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This is one of my favorites. I bought this after seeing MG on tour with Bowie. The performance is purely studio but is indeed a pleasant surprise. There are layers upon layers upon layers of sound and detail. I have a high end 5.1 system (and it took a lot of convincing to get me to 5.1) and am ... more |
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Review by Johnno January 26, 2004
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I'm amazed at just how clean the sound is -- especially the percussion -- and lt leaves the sound of the standard CD way behind. Only in the heaviest moments of "Us and Them" do I feel that the recording shows its age (listening through Stax Lambda professional phones, connected directly to my SACD ... more |
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Despite the somewhat unconventional repertoire, the most satisfying SACD reissue I have heard is this Vanguard release from the Everest catalogue taped on three-channel Ampex 300-3 1/2" or Westrex RA1532 35mm recorders at Walthamstow Assembly Hall near London in sessions between 1958 and 1960 by ... more |
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A fine performance well recorded. My complaints have to do only with the size of the ensemble. The Netherlands Bach Society is apparently 20 instrumentalists playing period instruments and 20 vocalists. I miss the raw "punch" of massed voices singing the "Dies Irae," "Rex Tremendae" etc. And perhaps ... more |
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I bought this double-disc recording for $15. It is without a doubt the best classical SACD I own; the sonics are clear yet deep, and the power of the low end makes my small speakers sound quite large indeed. Awesome. Stunning. |
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