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Label:
  Sony Classical - http://www.sonybmgmasterworks.com/
Serial:
  6765102
Title:
  Scriabin: Preludes, Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 - Vesselin Stanev
Description:
  Scriabin: Preludes Op. 11, Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor Op. 19, Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor Op. 23, Etude in D sharp minor Op. 8 No. 12

Vesselin Stanev (piano)
Details:
 
Genre:
  Classical - Instrumental
Content:
  Stereo/Multichannel
Media:
  Hybrid
Recording type:
  PCM
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Reviews: 1

Review by TT October 28, 2006 (5 of 5 found this review helpful)
Performance:  Sonics (S/MC): /
this is a real disappointment. i thought a sacd from sony is a highlight considering the great artistic and sound quality of former releases as the tchaikovsky, bell, thomas release.
first this sacd is recorded in 24/96 and not in DSD.
second the sound in MC comes almost only from the right speakers, something i have never heard before. i think its a engineering problem.
to sum the sound quality up, this is a bad SACD.
the performance is quite unemotional, usually scriabin opens my heart and his preludes take you to another place. not so in this recording, its played - lets say - in a cold way.
perhaps i made a mistake buying a sacd from a artist i dont know very much. its the first stanev cd i buyed and i think also the first cd release with stanev (besides some cds which are not available anymore).
- i wonder whats up with sony releasing sacds (this one or the schumann, kauten release) with artists nobody knows and artists who obviously dont have the quality to be released by a major label. i dont also understand the bad sound quality in MC.
its a bit crazy: you dont get a sacd with villazon, rattle, (other emi or dgg artists)..., but stanev or klauten are released in sacd??!!!

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