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May 28, 2004
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I would classify this album as progressive jazz which sometimes gets a little 'out there'. The intruments truly sound like they are three dimensional and their clearly defined positions relative to one another in the soundstage both left to right and front to back is palpable. This is a SACD ... more |
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May 27, 2004
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I enjoyed the content on about half the tracks on this SACD. The soundstage sounds a bit compressed to me and the lead vocals too closely miked. But there are some tracks on this SACD that are convincing both musically and sonically. |
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May 24, 2004
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This is the best recorded performance of the 9th Symphony I've heard sonically - the Adagio is particularly beautiful. But I've only critically listened to one other version which I didn't particularly like - The Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Telarc 1985 RBCD. I originally ... more |
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May 19, 2004
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There are two great compositions on this album and I enjoy listening to them both. This is a Telarc Soundstream and although the sound is good it still sounds a bit compressed and sometimes strident to me, particularly the strings as is the case with most RBCD's. |
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May 19, 2004
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“The multi-channel fosters an involvement that they stereo version simply cannot match...This is certainly what Berlioz intended when he imagined the Symphonie performed by an orchestra of 250. The “Love Scene” from Berlioz’s Romeo et Juliette is a sublime bonus on the disc.” -- The Absolute ... more |
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