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Label:
   Sony Classical - http://www.sonybmgmasterworks.com/
Serial:
   SS 87979
Title:
   Boulez Conducts Ravel
Description:
   Ravel: La Valse, Ma Mere l'Oye etc.

New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
Details:
   1. La Valse
2. Ma mhre l'oye (Complete Ballet)
2. Prilude
3. Danse du rouet et Schne
4. Pavane De La Belle Au Bois Dormant
5. Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bjte
6. Petit Poucet
7. Laideronnette, impiratrice des pagodes
8. Le jardin fierique
9. Menuet Antique
Genre:
   Classical - Orchestral
Content:
   Stereo/Multichannel
Media:
   Single Layer
Recording type:
  
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Review by Claude February 6, 2008 (4 of 4 found this review helpful)
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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