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Label:
   Challenge Classics - http://www.challenge.nl/
Serial:
   SACC 72145
Title:
   Mozart: Quartet & Quintets - Kuijken String Quartet
Description:
   Mozart: Quintet for clarinet, 2 violins, viola and cello in A major KV 581, Quintet for horn, violin, 2 violas and cello in E-flat major KV 407, Quartet for oboe, violin, viola and cello in F major KV 370

Kuijken String Quartet:
Sigiswald Kuijken, François Fernandez (violin)
Marleen Thiers (viola)
Wieland Kuijken (cello)

Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet)
Pierre-Yves Madeuf (horn)
Patrick Beaugiraud (oboe)
Details:
  
Genre:
   Classical - Chamber
Content:
   Stereo/Multichannel
Media:
   Hybrid
Recording type:
   DSD
Recording info:
  
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Reviews:
Horrible sound, strong performance (review from amazon.com)
This is the worst sounding SACD I have ever heard (I own 120 of them) and one of worst records of all time. The sound greatly improves for the oboe quartet, but the clarinet quintet is plain painful to hear and the horn quintet is just wrong (the horn sounds like if it was in another room).

The clarinet quintet sounds like a partially demagnetized tape and the clarinettist seems to think that we enjoy more is clapping and breathing than we do Mozart. Truly unpleasant the only SACD I have not heard in its entirety (I stopped after 2 movements of the clarinet quintet and after one movement of the horn quintet, while I enjoyed the whole oboe quartet; the latter is the reason why I give 2 stars instead of just 1).

The release of this product is unacceptable. Too bad because I usually like Kujiken quartet. Well, my only SACD that hit the bottom of a garbage bin.