One of Australia’s HIPpest bands just got a lot hipper.
This latest recording from the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra under co-artistic director Rachael Beesley is a masterclass in historically informed performance (HIP), offering listeners an electrifying, visceral experience that transports them back to a richly imagined 19th-century sound world. Indeed, these thrilling performances, captured live, of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Overture, Op. 21, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 in F, and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Scottish (1843 version), are among the finest and most exciting I’ve heard.
Will Yeoman, Limelight
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