1.   Originally planned as a live recording, that strategy was abandoned after satisfactory performances could not be captured.

2.   The live recording shows few signs of an audience present and is evenly balanced between voices and orchestra.

3.   And there is also a live recording of a recital from the Salzburg Festival with Erich Werba which is very good.

4.   As is so often the case with live recordings, the album captures just the shadow of a live performance.

5.   Because these are live recordings, they capture an electricity that more pristine studio recordings lack.

6.   A gathering of live recordings from a band that was never fond of performing live might seem an iffy proposition.

7.   A live recording of the concert, another triumph, has just been released on the DRG label.

8.   After the tour ends in November, the group plans to release an album of live recordings of the new songs.

9.   All-out earnestness reigns on this live recording.

10.   But I know that only because Finlandia has documented the occasion with live recordings, economically packaged in a three-disk set.