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When I buy an SACD I am looking for excellent sound quality and hopefully an excellent performance. I do not have enough experience with this piece to comment on the performance but as to the sound quality it is poor. Shrill high frequencies and I mean painful especially on disc one of this two disc ... more |
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Review by Turin August 22, 2010
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Brubeck is one of the Gods of Jazz. And there are several outstanding SACD recordings to prove it. This is not one of them. Mono recordings on an SACD are like tennis shoes on a squid. They're interesting, bizarre, perhaps even artful. But ultimately, it's a huge waste of effort. The performance on ... more |
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Review by Turin August 21, 2010
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Wow! John Williams is a musical treasure who I hold in high regard. In terms of technical skill he's as good as (if not better than) Parkening and Segovia. But he truly excels at providing passion to a performance. This disc goes in several very unexpected directions for Williams, and does so with ... more |
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Review by Turin August 21, 2010
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Let me confess at the outset that this recording is the first time I've heard this piece in it's entirety. Part of my poor review is likely due to the fact that as a whole, I did not care for the music. Having said that, I was hoping for some stunningly beautiful choral music. And the performance of ... more |
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Review by Turin August 21, 2010
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I am a huge fan of Sting, especially his solo efforts. He is one the great living musical artists of the last 3 generations. I have this disc in regular format and love it. As SACD format is usually much better than standard red book format, it was with great anticipation that I sat down to listen ... more |
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