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PHENOMENAL, COMMITTED PERFORMANCE!!! DO NOT MISS!!!
One of the mainstays of Colin Davis' repertoire, along with Berlioz and Sibelius, has been his devotion to this eclectic choral cantata by Sir Michael Tippett. The maestro has recorded this work a number of times and the new recording is excellent ... more |
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Review by toddao Yesterday 06:18 pm
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Could not agree less than with the above comment from swestbom.A beautiful performance and recording fully deserving of the accolades it has won.If you experience any distortion then you should look at your playback equipment.The recording is nigh on perfect-close to provide impact but with plenty ... more |
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Review by Beagle July 22, 2008
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The 2L label certainly has its mojo, DXD, working for it – but it also has freakishly good talents on-tap. If every SACD were this good I’d have to mortgage the farm. With most discs I can’t remember whether I liked them or not – I liked this disc instantly and so much so that I can’t wait to sing ... more |
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The music is certainly not my cup of tea, and I don't think this disk benefits greatly, if at all from being on SACD, and certainly not from being multi-channel, given that it is just two instruments playing infront of you, neither of which require high-resolution to reproduce their sound.
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I will only comment on the recording quality. If your idea of nirvana is to listen to an orchestra from the first row and your idea of a successful sound engineering job is to push the recording level right up to the threshold of distortion you will like this recording. To me it is recorded like ... more |
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