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Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas & Trio - Fröst, Pöntinen, Thedéen        (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
  March 26, 2006

I already own an SACD showcasing Martin Fröst playing the Mozart Clarinet Concerto and Quintet (with strings). Despite a nice sound and virtuoso level technique I did not like this recording because I found his approach to the music much too cold and technical. Here there is no trace of these ... more
Berlioz: Requiem - Spano          (6 of 6 found this review helpful)
  December 29, 2005

I maybe a little harder on this recording than other reviewers maybe because this is one of my favorite pieces and I had (too?) high expectations. This is a recording that is hard to grade because in some part it is marvelous (tuba mirum) in others it is way below the in terms of both recordings and ... more
Orfeo Fantasy - Charles Daniels & Montréal Baroque        (4 of 4 found this review helpful)
  June 14, 2005

This is the SACD I have been searching for a long time! This is the best SACD in my collection (of about ~100). WOW, I do hope ATMA produce more of those! The sound take is sumptuous, even the short silence before the musicians start gets some auditory clue to the venue. This is an absolutely ... more
Music for Organ, Brass and Timpani          (6 of 7 found this review helpful)
  April 21, 2005

Having heard of this recording as the best possible exemple of SACD (DSD) technology through SONOMA records I was having very high expectations for this recording. My initial reaction was a bit of a deception because this recording is not the best in terms or reproducing the acoustics of a large ... more
Brahms: Clarinet Trio & Quintet - Kjell Fagéus          (5 of 6 found this review helpful)
  March 4, 2005

OK First I own about >15 recordings of the Brahms Quintet including 7 by Karl Leister (my favorite is the one on the Japanese Camerata label). I have played both the trio/quintet in concerts (albeit a long time ago!) And I am not a frustrated ex-musician. I really do not like the way Mr Fageus ... more

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