| Review by Claude February 6, 2008 (4 of 4 found this review helpful)
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Performance: Sonics (S): |
Because many early Sony SACD releases are getting hard to find, I recently ordered this SACD (from Caiman), although I did not expect to hear a big sonic upgrade from the 4CD set I have of Boulez' Ravel recordings for Columbia (released by Sony France in 2002).
But I was wrong, and I listened to the stereo layer only. The SACD has a very different mix. On the CD set, the perspective is unnatural, too much sound is coming from the center of the stereo basis. A very constricted sonic picture, with spotlighted solo instruments. The SACD on the other hand sounds much better balanced. It's one of the best 1970's Columbia recordings I have heard.
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