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I'm a 41 year old frequent live performance opera and symphony goer. More used to live sound. This makes me tend to dislike the recording medium in general, but I have, on rare occasions, found CDs and SACDs and vinyl to be quite notable. My reviews tend to come from a performance and interpretive perspective with a degree of sound quality criticism where it is compared to a live sound. I am someone who looks for integrity and excitement in interpretation, and transparency and clarity in recording quality. I have performed in many of the great halls in NYC and studied music and have hundreds of opera and symphonic printed scores, which is how I learn music. I own a huge collection of music recordings which I don't know what to do with because I am a voracious music consumer/listener. (I've started to sell them on Ebay, a local used CD store, etc.) |
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New York, NY |
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NAD Receiver, Sony DVP-NS685P SACD/DVD 5disk-Changer, Playstation 3, B&W DM220 (Front) Speakers, Sony rears, sub-woofer and center channels. |
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peteyspambucket @ aim.com |
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September 27, 2005
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I've had this set for almost a year at this point, and I've listened to it several times with very positive results each time. I'm listening to it again because I'll be seeing this opera a few times at the MET over the next month, and my interest was renewed.
The strength of this performance is in ... more |
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September 1, 2005
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I thoroughly enjoyed this performance! The music is played so lovingly and with attention to rhythm and inner harmonies. There are places that are faster or slower than others play it, but it's all done very convincingly and with feeling.
The sound is crisp and clear, and very nicely balanced. The ... more |
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September 1, 2005
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Once again, I will put myself out there and disagree with the praise-party for this SACD release.
I have loved this recording since I was very young, and I learned Elektra and Salome with the help of these excerpts, as well as Borkh's complete recording of Elektra with Karl Bohm. The performances ... more |
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August 24, 2005
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I know that this is not going to be a popular review, but I've listened carefully to this SACD about 10 times, and I have found it to be unrelentingly boring.
From the tentative first bar to the final note of the last movement, I was wondering what qualities this recording has that makes it worthy ... more |
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July 15, 2005
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I've always enjoyed Abbado's work with Mahler. I liked his old cycle, also on the DG label. This new recording with the BPO raises the bar of my admiration even more.
The performance is idiomatic and very colorful. The details in the heavily orchestrated passages of the first and last movements are ... more |
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August 16, 2007
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| I think that on top of the obvious positive expectation of what Luisi usually does with Richard Strauss, the biggest draw on this is the contribution of Anja Harteros in Vier Letzte Lieder. I was lucky to catch her a few seasons ago at the MET where she did an amazing Marschallin that was detailed, lyrical, and powerful. She followed that run with ... more |
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January 10, 2007
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| Still a little sluggish here in NYC... won't keep me from clicking this site up though... ... more |
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January 10, 2007
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| I just ordered it. :-) Along with a cap, and the refrigerator magnet pad. :-) I hope the SACD sounds good and that this is the beginning of a new series of orchestra-produced, private-label SACDs we can look forward to. ... more |
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September 22, 2006
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| My fingers are crossed and my mouth is watering. The way Matt Still mentions that the Greg Penny is doing 5.1 mixes of Elton's older albums sounds like it is still an ongoing process.
I'm planning to hold off on purchasing the new album until I can confirm whether it's being released as an SACD or not.
Thanks for posting the link to the ... more |
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November 22, 2005
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| I'm not complaining, but I am happy that Zorro and Phantom are coming out as SACDs. I did buy the Phantom but not the Zorro, but I do plan to purchase both SACDs, as well as the upcoming Duran Duran Astronaut (which I bought as a DualDisc).
With Sony's track record with the movie-musicals, Chicago and Phantom, I think I will hold off on buying the ... more |
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