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Now Karajan, in this new disc, comes slap up against comparisons with Ansermet. At first hearings I despaired of reaching a conclusion; but on repeated playings an initial slight preference for the German conductor and English players became increasingly strong. It is largely a matter of tone-colour. The Decca disc realises a great deal of the thrilling and gorgeous colour of Debussy's score; but in the Columbia the colours glow even brighter. This, you say, should have decided me at once. But Ansermet's readings have a particular kind of translucency about them which I find most seductive. It is this attractive quality which makes me waver continually in my preference for one or other of the two \u003ci\u003eHeures Espagnoles\u003c\/i\u003e the Decca or the Vox. And, on the other hand, with Karajan I always have to overcome some initial prejudice—I don’t mean prejudice before the music has begun, but after the first few phrases. I tend to feel that he is playing everything for effect, that he is making things larger than life, and so on. In the end I nearly always capitulate and humbly admit that I was wrong from the start, that he is a great conductor—of Richard Strauss, of Beethoven, of Debussy, Ravel, whatever it may be. I need hardly say, since he is conducting the Philharmonia, that the orchestral playing is superb. So is the recording.\"\u003cbr\u003e - A. P., \u003ci\u003eThe Gramophone\u003c\/i\u003e, February 1954 (excerpt) – on the Ravel (coupled with Debussy)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor all that the Beecham record of the \u003ci\u003eL'Arlésienne\u003c\/i\u003e suites is such a favourite of mine, there is no doubt that this Karajan performance is in its way of the highest class too. It is often very different, even in a basic matter like speed, the speed chosen for Carillon, for example, where Beecham swings the bells slowly, Karajan quite quickly (but don’t Continental bells toll heavily rather than briskly?); and in subtler ways of interpretation the differences are as great. But Karajan gets beautiful and brilliant performances, superb playing from the Philharmonia and a first-rate recording. And what may well sway the choice, there is the Carmen Suite of four extra pieces on his disc, a remarkable amount of extra music. (It consists of the Prelude and the Entr’actes to the other Acts.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf I say that the recorded quality of this record is even better than the Beecham, that is not to say that the Beecham will disappoint. The same is true of the difference between the Karajan stereo and mono, where the stereo is only just that bit more “sorted out”, more vivid and true. In making a choice between Karajan and Beecham you can, in fact, reasonably not worry about their sound—unless you put hi-fi before music.\u003cbr\u003e - T. H., \u003ci\u003eThe Gramophone\u003c\/i\u003e, September 1959 – on the Bizet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is fascinating to read these reviews of Karajan in the post-war years, clearly and consistently being recognised as one of the great conductors of his time. The fact of him being a German conductor playing French music, something which seemed to count against Furtwängler with many critics of the day, seems not to have been an obstacle for the younger man (I say “younger” advisedly – he was already forty-five years old when the Ravel and Chabrier recordings were made in July 1953). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth sets of recordings were fine examples of their day, technically – and yet both have benefited greatly from being XR-remastered, a process which has enriched and clarified the sound of both the mono and stereo recordings here, as well as accentuating the brilliance of the orchestral top ends. In the case of the 1953 Ravel and Chabrier recordings we also offer the extra sense of space and air that Ambient Stereo brings, without compromising the original central, mono sound source.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKARAJAN \u003c\/b\u003econducts French Music\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBIZET \u003c\/b\u003eL'Arlésienne, Suite No. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 1. Prélude  (7:00)\u003cbr\u003e2. 2. Menuet  (3:16)\u003cbr\u003e3. 3. Adagietto  (3:04)\u003cbr\u003e4. 4. Carillon  (4:07)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBIZET \u003c\/b\u003eL'Arlésienne, Suite No. 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. 1. Pastorale  (6:26)\u003cbr\u003e6. 2. Intermezzo (also known as \u003ci\u003eAgnus Dei\u003c\/i\u003e)  (5:24)\u003cbr\u003e7. 3. Menuet - from \u003ci\u003eScènes bohémiennes\u003c\/i\u003e (No.3)  (4:11)\u003cbr\u003e8. 4. Farandole  (3:33)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBIZET \u003c\/b\u003eCarmen, Suite No. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. 2. Aragonaise  (2:24)\u003cbr\u003e10. 3. Intermezzo  (2:58)\u003cbr\u003e11. 5. Les dragons d'Alcala  (1:36)\u003cbr\u003e12. 6. 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