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Although I enjoy Sting's albums in general (including the Brand New Day release), and have bought all the DTS reeditions, this album just doesn't cut it.
The music is very predictable (none of the songs really deserve to be published on a good album), the production is uninspired, and the sound is.. ... more |
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Wow.
I've had this on LP, cassette, CD, remastered CD, and I've even got a bootleg of Townsend's home-cooked demos. This is like a wholly different piece of music altogether.
This one goes to "11"
The redbook layer is a huge improvement over the recently remastered CD.
The 5.1 mix is revelatory. ... more |
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Review by Marc P October 31, 2003
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Not being from the US means I am not exposed to Country music that often. Whether that is a bad thing depends on ones personal feelings towards Country. The fact is I hardly know any of the major Country stars popular in the US, and like most of my Country men I don’t even care. This attitude means ... more |
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I didn’t expect this recording to be as good as it is, but I have to agree with Dinko. I won’t be rushing now to buy more Harnoncourt CDs thou, but this performance ranks among the best available of Bruckner’s 9th. After all what has been said in the forum, I was eager to check it out for myself, ... more |
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Jarvi and his Cincinnati forces give very characterful and spirited performances here: appropriately spiky and punchy in Petrushka (in the sparer 1947 scoring), swaggering and witty in the Scherzo a la Russe, lush and romantic in the Firebird Suite. IMO, this is the most successful of their Telarc ... more |
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