Music query

[annafugazzi]

Feeling skeevy about my music sharing place, but not, apparently, skeevy enough to move. Yet. So, anybody out there who's bored and feels like listening to choral music, could you take a listen at these two versions of the same song? It's Blake's Jerusalem, and I can't figure out which version I want to keep. The version I really like is from the Chariots of Fire soundtrack, but it has weird Vangelis-timpani-cowbell stuff at the beginning, so I can't use that.

Jerusalem

Jerusalem


ETA: OMFG I am too stupid to live some days.

After three people commented that both versions sounded very similar, I took a closer look and discovered why. I had two versions; only linked to one. Twice.

::headdesk:: ::headdesk:: ::headdesk::

I have both linked to now. Aaaaaaaaaaaarg.

Comments

[annafugazzi.livejournal.com]

OMFG I am too stupid to live some days.

It is the same version. I had two versions; only linked to one. Twice.

::headdesk:: ::headdesk:: ::headdesk::

I have both linked to now. Aaaaaaaaaaaarg.

In case anybody's still speaking to me after me wasting their time with this, here are both versions (for real this time):

Jerusalem 1 (http://www.4shared.com/file/82332448/1303adf6/DVD3_Jerusalem_1.html)

Jerusalem 2 (http://www.4shared.com/file/82332556/ec62db87/DVD3_Jerusalem_2.html)

[nonajf.livejournal.com]

Hmm. . . Going into it, I would have said I would be predisposed to the first (being more familiar after listening to it twice). I do like the first.

But. I think I like the second better. I like how the upper registers ring clearer. I think it's just sopranos, but it sounds almost like a children's choir joining the adults. In any case, it lends that ethereal sound that is so fitting.

Also, the sound on it second is generally clearer. The first is slightly muddy (whether from venue or sound board/mixing).

Don't fuss over the mix up. I manage to be distracted enough to do that sort of thing way to frequently.

[annafugazzi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I prefer the second two. They are pretty similar, but the first sounds... I dunno, tinnier or something.