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March 28, 2008
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The two greatest clarinet chamber works in the repertoire, perhaps the two greatest chamber works of either composer. Karl-Heinz Steffens has a beautiful, liquid tone which is just a joy to listen to, and the Scharoun Ensemble are fully equal partners.
Unfortunately if you play the Brahms at a ... more |
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March 26, 2008
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Like me I suppose a lot of readers had this on CD and bought it to see how much improvement there was in the master tapes. Well there is an improvement, but unfortunately I can't summon as much enthusiasm for the sound as the other reviewers.
This was recorded in 1974 and it would be idle to ... more |
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March 25, 2008
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In my listening room I have an upright Hoelling & Spangenberg, so I know how a piano should sound (though I wish it was a Steinway...). I've been on a vain search for a recording that properly reproduces the full sound of a piano - this disc probably comes the closest so far. Jonty put it correctly ... more |
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February 29, 2008
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I love this disc but not the programming! I am a typical collector, and would much prefer complete opuses to be recorded in the string quartet repertoire rather than selections. Having said that we are tempted in the liner notes with a statement that they will perform all the quartets in 2009. ... more |
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February 23, 2008
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After my excoriation of the sound in Pizarro's Ravel disc I'm happy to report the sound here is excellent.
At 9'30" he is extremely ruminative in the supreme masterpiece of the Barcarolle. Argerich seemed to have put a turbocharger on her gondola; I wish Pizarro had a stronger profile here. ... more |
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December 7, 2012
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| In the latest newsletter Giel says Pentatone are trying to convince Pletnev to record Manfred (if you can believe that you would have to!?!) to complete the Tchakovsky symphony series, after hearing his Shostakovich I'm sure Vladimir Jurovski would be great... ... more |
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April 18, 2012
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| Mono recordings:
"I was starting from monaural broadcast tapes copies emulated by DSD processing. Results: lower noise, near original bandwith and dynamics, less inter-modulation distortion, keyboard very stable and not too large. Comparing with the old RCA or Chant du Monde CD/PCM, this new release come back to the original public performance ... more |
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April 4, 2012
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| I will be interested as well!
I just got out my GROC CD of the Preludes and frankly they sounded really average.
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March 2, 2012
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| Hi PT
I'm thinking of getting these, but listening to the samples on CDJapan there seems like a fair bit of hiss and distortion.
I've got dozens of Richter CDs, can you tell me do these two SACDs sound like that in the flesh?
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August 21, 2010
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| DG has also just released a new Lang Lang Blu-ray in 3D.
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