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August 9, 2005
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Salome: Dance of the seven veils; Final scene.
Elektra: Soliloquy; Recognition Scene; Final scene
A self recommending SACD, especially with the underrepresentation of opera in the new format.
The cover art of this disc, was once one of the most sensational paintings in the world. The painter was a ... more |
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May 27, 2005
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There exist a handful of orchestral performances where after only a handful of bars, one realises one is in the presence of a truly superlative occasion; Toscanini's Eroica or 1936 Beethoven 7, Karajan's 1964 La Mer, any Mravinsky Tchaikovsky 5. Of course, this doesn't imply one agrees with all that ... more |
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May 13, 2005
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Sonata in A minor, K 310
Sonata in A, K 331/300i
Sonata in D, K 576
Rondo in A minor, K 511
2 pieces, K 399/385i
Gigue, K 574
First the good news. This was recorded in situ at an Italian residence, the Villa di Ninfa, which was the locus of an artistic salon in the nineteenth century; I've just ... more |
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May 4, 2005
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The violin is arguably the most intractable string instrument to record in PCM digital, the high frequencies eliciting the worst in phase effects and decimation filtering with limited bandwith. The first two sets of Bach solo violin I listened to were Oscar Shumsky's analogue ASV set recorded in ... more |
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April 30, 2005
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COMPARATIVE REVIEW Böhm ( Ed Nowak 1953 ) with Wand/Berlin Philharmonic ( 1878/80 version ) SACD in BMG Japan Box Set BVCC-34123~29
The appearance of Böhm's famous 1973 version of Bruckner 4 on an expensive stereo only hybrid from Japan raises the question of whether it's worth getting, compared to ... more |
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