Artist: Michael Stern, Kansas City Symphony
Title Of Album: Elgar: Enigma Variations; Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves, The Wasps
Year Of Release: 2013
Label (Catalog#): Reference Recordings
Country: USA
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (*tracks,d.booklet)
Bitrate: Lossless [24Bit/176,4kHz]
Time: 61:11
Full Size: 1,65 GB

Recorded: May 4–6, 2011 Community of Christ Auditorium, Independence, Missouri.

ClassicsToday Review by David Hurwitz:
The universe is not exactly desperate for more recordings of this repertoire, but this one, surprising as it might seem, is pretty excellent. Michael Stern and his Kansas City Symphony take to the music as if to the manner born. The Wasps, here given as the complete suite and not just the overture, is delightful. Perhaps the only slight miscalculation in the entire performance is the overly swift March Past of the Kitchen Utensils, which loses some of its comic swagger at Stern’s tempo. Otherwise the overture and (especially) the Ballet and Final Tableau offer pure enjoyment from start to finish. The Fantasia on Greensleeves, un-killable in just about any circumstances, sounds just fine as well.

Tracklist:

Ralph Vaughn Williams (1872-1958)

The Wasps- Aristophanic Suite 25:18
01 | Overture 8:53
02 | Entr’acte, molto moderato 2:46
03 | March Past of the Kitchen Utensils 3:03
04 | Entr’acte, andante 4:10
05 | Ballet and Final Tableau 6:24
06 | Fantasia on "Greensleeves" 4:34

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

07-20 | Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma,” Op.36 31:16

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Kansas City Symphony
Michael Stern, conductor

DOWNLOAD LINKS: Michael Stern, Kansas City Symphony - Elgar: Enigma Variations; Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves, The Wasps (HDTracks) FLAC