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Mercury Living Presence Boxed Set CD40 van55
Muted sounds are not to be found here, for the Hi-Fi Fiesta is celebrated with orchestral fireworks, which stress their close relationship with film music. A powerful string sound, paired with salvos from the blaring brass and thunderous drum rolls are just as characteristic of these spirited, effervescent works as are the lyrical, cantabile passages which reach ethereal heights with violin harmonics ("Mexican Rhapsody"). The Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, which here honors two former pupils of the Eastman School of Music - Robert McBride and Ron Nelson - performs the present collection with great spirit and a maximum of glorious sound.