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January 17, 2008
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Few years ago a reasonably successful British composer told me how sick he was of Monteverdi being treated and worshipped in this country as a 'holy cow'. This got me thinking, but it also made me revisited Monteverdi's music I usually take for granted. Was it the music or some mediocre performances ... more |
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January 17, 2008
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Jordi Savall is set to re-release his pre Alia Vox catalogue in the Heritage series. If it is to judge by this first outing we're in for a treat and it looks like Savall, as much being European's greatest early music authority also knows where to stop in fiddling with old recordings and not to ... more |
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January 16, 2008
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This is unfortunately nothing more than a curiosity - for the same reason we don't have any Peking opera translated into English (or German), 'Das Lied' should have been left as it is language-wise. Shame for missed opportunity from BIS to give us such a high quality audio recording married with ... more |
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May 20, 2005
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The only thing missing here is any information about the recording. It sounds dangerously close to pure DSD, but even if it’s 96 kHz it’s one of the best I’ve ever heard. And who ever produced it, knew where to put their microphones and how far. Depth of the soundstage measures up well to some of ... more |
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May 12, 2005
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The second SACD from LPO is even better than the first one (Shostakovich). There are much less non musical noises and, appropriately, Jarowski produces a completely different orchestral texture than Masur. LPO sounds like big lump of sound in The Isle of the Dead, building up slowly towards the ... more |
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