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May 17, 2006
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mixed feelings about this - great to hear the philadelphia back on record, slightly underwhelmed by this particular disc.
sonically it's fairly disappointing. i find it lacking in "see-through" transparency, muggy on detail. timps "swim" around a little and rumble. dynamic range seems quite narrow. ... more |
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May 12, 2006
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i enjoyed the interpretation and sound more than the other two reviewers - i find the elgar on the whole a very fine performance.
i would suggest you don't buy it, though - what spoils it almost totally for me is the pitiful amount of grunting, moaning and sniffing indulged in by conductor sir ... more |
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April 30, 2006
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i find the rear channels more proactively used than wehecht does - in fact i reckon there's more coming out of them than on virtually any other SACD i currently own. it's not by any means the full utilisation you get on the wonderful TACET beethoven syms. 7/8 SACD i reviewed recently, but it ... more |
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April 27, 2006
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The RBCD I thought of most often when listening to Pizarro's interpretation of the Third Sonata here was Rubinstein's stereo RCA recording. That of course is a formidable comparison, but Pizarro much of the time can take it - his playing has the same type of Romantic grandeur combined with sweet ... more |
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April 23, 2006
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Now, without wishing to go OTT about it, this is one SACD which I think I can unreservedly recommend to EVERY reader of this website who likes classical music. I'd personally go so far as to rate it as probably the most important issue sound-wise I've come across in listening to multichannel CDs, ... more |
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