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Label:
   PentaTone Classics - http://www.pentatonemusic.com/
Serial:
   PTC 5186 102
Title:
   Beethoven/Mendelssohn: Symphonies - Davis
Description:
   Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)
Details:
   1-4. Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67
5-8. Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 “Italian”

Total time: 64:22
Genre:
   Classical - Orchestral
Content:
   Stereo/Multichannel
Media:
   Hybrid
Recording type:
   Analogue
Recording info:
   Recorded in London, Walthamstow Town Hall, December 1974 and Boston, Symphony Hall, January 1976
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Review by deangeli December 7, 2004 (5 of 6 found this review helpful)
Sonics:
I will comment only on the sound quality of the Beethoven. It is the best digital sound I have ever heard (I listened only to the stereo layer, not having a surround system). There is a debate whether SACD producers should use Meitner or dCS equipment. Pentatone uses dCS. Just close your eyes and listen. The sound is lush and musical, absolutely convincing. After the Pentatone I listened to Kleiber on DGG. For whatever reason DGG interposes PCM between the music source and the final SACD. The Kleiber was so ho-hum, so lacking in aural excitement I just turned it off and went to bed. I doubt I will ever listen to it again.

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