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Villa-Lobos: Floresta do Amazonas - Neschling        (9 of 9 found this review helpful)
  July 14, 2010

This is an outstanding disc which brings forward a piece most will not know. Very much in the vein of the Bachianas Brasileiras. The original creation of this music was for the classic film Green Mansions. No one told Villa Lobos that you have to tailor the music to the film. So he showed up in ... more
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - San Francisco/Michael Tilson Thomas          (4 of 12 found this review helpful)
  November 23, 2007

As I said about the other review the above reviewer posted. It's HIS problem. No one else reports the issue, and it's certainly not an issue for me. The recording is great, despite the inaccuracies of the above review. Thanks Norm
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 - San Francisco/Michael Tilson Thomas          (4 of 13 found this review helpful)
  November 23, 2007

I have both the discs this jerk above talks about having problems with, and there is no problem. It's obviously with his own equipment. Even though he says other disc play fine, no one else reports the problem. It's obviously HIS problem. The recording as others have said, is truly ... more
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 - Paavo Järvi          (13 of 14 found this review helpful)
  February 10, 2007

Wow! This is the kind of disc that justifies your purchase of a multichannel system. So many regular CD versions of this piece wind up with a sonic murk of sound due to the rich orchestration. With this version by Jarvi, transparency is the word, and you hear a wealth of detail lost in competing ... more

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