SA-CD.net - The Butterfly Lovers Concerto

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Post by jazz1 June 22, 2012 (11 of 12)

nucaleena said:

However, I would far rather rely on reviews here than on amazon, where many reviews are short to the point of absurdity, or review the music without commenting on performance or sound.

Sure you have to take some of the reviews on Amazon with a pinch of salt but there is lots of good stuff too. SA-CD. net reviews tend to be too positive as sound is the main criteria, basically there is too many 5 stars reviews, surely 5 stars should be reserved for exceptional performances and recordings, not just good ones.

Post by TerraEpon June 22, 2012 (12 of 12)

I think a quote a worthy here:

"He who does not take a thorough pleasure in a simple chord progression, well constucted, beautiful in its arrangement, does not love music." - Camille Saint-Saens

Probably few pieces could be described better by this quote than this piece.

That said, I vagurely remember listening to this disc at some point and it wasn't all that, though who knows if it was THIS one (and looking, I appear to own a different recording of this with Miss Nishizaki so maybe I'm thinking of THAT one...)