Despite the poor sound and vagaries of pitch, this is an absolutely thrilling performance. Nilsson and Corelli generate an exciting dramatic tension and, vocally, they are on top form. Vishnyevskaya is a touching Liu - beautifully sung - and Ping, Pang and Pong are well balanced and delightfully characterised. Highly recommended.
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-contained artifact. The great records certainly feel that way. But albums are more permeable than solid, their motivations, executions and inspirations informed by, and often stolen from, their peers and forbearers. It all sounds awfully formal, but it's not. It's the very nature of music — of art, even. The Six Degrees features examine the relationships between classic records and five… more »
