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This is a great disc. The concept of “shifting landscapes” is to show how the modern music is ‘healing’ itself from Schoenberg-ian atonality and using 12 tone system as much as classical harmony. John Adams is the best example of such compositional approach, but he wasn’t first with the idea, as you ... more |
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A lovely recording and performance. Wonderful surround mix--you can hear the room ambience but it doesn't distract at all. I'm just now getting into classical, and this disk is an ideal way to start a collection, as well as demonstrating how warm DSD-format recordings can be.
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The Mahler 3rd symphony is such a wonderful piece of music. Through the years I have listened to many different recordings of this symphony, enjoying them all. But this one by MTT and SFO is just superb. The sound is really something else, clearly a few notches above the old cd sound of other ... more |
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Like stvnharr we had this disc long before we even thought of buying SACD player. It was actually our first ever SACD and in many ways it is still our favourite. One could not imagine better way to promote new audio format – excellent recording and fantastic performance.
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I purchased this disc last summer for the cd performance as I had no sacd player, and no intentions of getting one. At first listen I found myself captivated in the music for the full 1 1/2 hours, only moving to change the discs. The sound was simply the best cd sound I had heard in any recording. ... more |
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