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April 23, 2007
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Very fine re-mastering of this quadraphonic original, providing warm, well-balanced piano sound - typical Pentatone high quality.
The performances are typically Arrau - deeply considered, lovely rich tone, fundamentally serious in outlook.
I personally find the effect just a touch ponderous, the ... more |
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April 7, 2007
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This is highly recommendable. I listened in 5.1 multichannel and found the piano tone among the very best and most natural I've heard, extremely realistic. Balance is not too far forward, not too far back - well nigh perfect.
Zacharias's interpretation uses a wide range of dynamics, and has a ... more |
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September 9, 2006
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I raised the issue highlighted in AmirKessner's review above in a separate thread some time ago, and can confirm that at the upper end of my normal volume settings i actually couldn't tell whether or not the performance of the firebird had started.
i needed a massive boost from normal settings to ... more |
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June 25, 2006
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Who needs another "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"? Strictly speaking I certainly didn't (plenty on the shelves already).
This superb SACD from German company TACET, however, compels attention. Technically, it's a fascinating blending together of old and new recording technologies. The old is represented ... more |
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June 15, 2006
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really disappointing - the engineers here have made a major miscalculation in doing little or nothing to rein in the cavernous church acoustic.
taking the example of cantata 167, the solo arias suffer from the voice image swimming round woozily - you can't get a clearly defined take on where the ... more |
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