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May 17, 2006
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Who's that playing 'cello?, my wife demanded, no little excitement evident in her voice. Is it Rostropovitch? I had the radio on upstairs as we prepared for dinner. I said I didn't know since the piece was playing when I turned on the radio.
I had ordered this recording just the day before and when ... more |
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May 14, 2006
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Mozart’s Serenade No. 10 in Bb is an undisputed masterwork. Few compositions match this serenade's display of genius in writing for wind instruments. The portentous opening chord arrests the listener, raising great expectations, which are indeed rewarded as the work progresses with a sense of the ... more |
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May 12, 2006
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This review is of the Dvorak. I never had much interest in this particular Tchaikovsky. Maybe I ought to listen to this performance of it at least once!
I've had this for several months. I think the Dvorak is an inspired and beautiful performance. The first movement is sensitively played with just ... more |
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April 28, 2006
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I bought this on the strength of Beagle's review. Everything Beagle said is true....except he took off one half a star for those of us who dread "resonance". There is such a thing as excess resonance, but I don't think this disc suffers that drawback. Not in Multi-Channel anyway. Oh is this ever ... more |
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March 30, 2006
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I'm cheating here - this review pertains only to the Midummer Night's Dream. I've not listened to the concerto. I have so many recordings of this by "superstar" artists and have heard it so many times that I have no real enthusiasm for doing so. The Midsummer Night's Dream is another story!
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