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I've finally got around to putting this on. In fact,I've just finished listening,now! Wow! :o There's some very impressive music making here,indeed! :o I was going to turn it off near the beginning. It seemed a bit austere and solemn for my taste;but wow;some of it (all of it!!) is just great!! What a crying shame the recording was blocked! If I'm listening to the soloist responsible;he does sound like he needs a Fisherman's Friend;but,even though this kind of work isn't usually my cup of tea;I was gripped to the end! I read something,somewhere,about some of the vocal writing being repetitive. Well,not to my ears! And for a work described as being of "Mahlerian length" (The Guardian,I think?) the time certainly passed quickly. That soloist,aside (and the music's so great,you soon forget about his vocal deficiencies) I really can't hear anything wrong with the work,itself! Again,I am very impressed,indeed! A truly magnificent piece of music,imho! And far more than,mere,curiosity value! If there was any justice.......!!! >:(
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