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September 18, 2009
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It is difficult to assess this set of discs fairly because the recording quality is simply awful. After repeated listening my overall judgement has not changed. The metallic, unpleasant sound of the violins is worse than on any redbook CD. Combined with a lack of bass (and warmth), this creates a ... more |
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December 2, 2007
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First-class playing from an orchestra that was established only ten years ago. The reason is that it functions like the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Its members are drawn from top ensembles across Germany, including the Berlin and Munich Philharmonics. The chief conductor, Enoch zu Guttenberg, ... more |
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April 29, 2007
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A first-class recording. I have always admired Ashkenazy as an interpreter of Sibelius although his approach may be less idiomatic than that of other conductors (e.g. Davis or Berglund). He emphasizes the warmth and colour of these scores rather than the chilling and enigmatic quality associated ... more |
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March 11, 2007
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Sonically this Liszt recital is in a class of its own. It is difficult to think of a recording that captures the piano sound more faithfully or with more dynamic graduations. The sound engineer, Friedemann Engelbracht, noted in a full-page interview with the German classical music magazine "Rondo" ... more |
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February 25, 2007
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This is one of the best-sounding SACDs in the Membran series. The engineers have been content to use the rear channels for ambience only, eschewing any artificial effects. As usual, the recording level is quite high, but I did not notice any shrillness in the upper strings or trumpets (the piccolos ... more |
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Yesterday 04:25 pm
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| This is a very intriguing argument. We will just have to tell people how harmful their CDs and DVDs are to the environment. Even the most stubborn collectors of shiny plastic discs will then readily embrace the download culture. So we can really look forward to the day when the oil wells run dry. ... more |
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Yesterday 06:18 am
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| There are some people on this forum who never tire of prophesying the imminent doom of the SACD and, indeed, all physical formats. There are others who immediately applaud them. If they had their way, the SACD would long be gone.
Fortunately, what Ken Pohlmann writes is completely irrelevant and just a personal opinion (or not even ... more |
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March 14, 2010
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| We have had so many attempts to fool the music-loving public into believing that fiddling around with 44.1 kHz and 16-bit technology will, by some miraculous sleight of hand, produce a hi-rez recording. Some of these formats (such as xrcds) are offered at higher prices than SACDs. Mahler's Fourth conducted by Fritz Reiner is a case in point. The ... more |
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March 14, 2010
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| The fact that a few re-mastered jazz recordings sound good (or are believed to sound good) does not prove anything. And Concord, having killed off Telarc, are not a reliable source of information.
If resolution is the basic problem of the redbook CD, how can 44.1 kHz be part of the answer under any circumstances?
I have occasionally bought ... more |
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March 8, 2010
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| Brahms 2
Beethoven 3,4
Mozart 21,27
Grieg
Chopin 1 ... more |
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