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The speakers were much more at home with André Previn and His Pals on their improvisations on West Side Story [Contemporary Records S-7572]. Admittedly there’s not much to go wrong, with Previn’s piano and Red Mitchell’s bass on the left channel, and the drums of Shelly Mann on the right. Similarly, the very different Art Of Noise live recording of ‘Moments In Love’, from the Noise In The City set [Music On CD MOCCD14069], at last delivered a central soundstage image from the simple mix. But, again, the oh-so-polite Tokyo audience seemed rather more reticent than usual as there was not much live ambience.

This same tendency to dryness also affected Anna Lapwood’s arrangement of the Britten ‘Sea Interludes’, played on the organ of Ely Cathedral on her debut solo album, Images [Signum Classics SIGCD688]. There was good tonality to the instrument, and plenty of power for the room-shaking ‘Storm’ interlude, but the space of the cathedral was a tad diminished and there was less ambience than this music usually delivers.

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