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  October 5, 2012

Sviatoslav Richter's recording of the Well-tempered Clavier is my favourite rendition … I prefer it to even that of Glenn Gould. So, this is not only a five-star performance, but amongst the very finest that exist, and the best that I know of. The merits of the performance are already well-known, so ... more
Paganini: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 - Henryk Szeryng        (8 of 9 found this review helpful)
  May 22, 2012

Performance ----------------- I have many, many recordings of this violin showpiece, as it is a piece I studied when I was a young teen. My favourite recordings include a young Itzhak Perlman, the superbly brilliant (but short-lived) Michael Rabin, and Nathan Milstein. It may not be a very deep ... more
Georg Gulyás plays Bach II        (2 of 6 found this review helpful)
  November 28, 2011

If you like your Bach transformed into elevator muzac, then this is the disc for you. I find it bland and boring, and ever so dull. Bach's music famously transcribes well to almost anything … but alas not here. Here it seems heavy, banal and trifling … lacking its usual complexity and any subtlety ... more
Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 - Musica Amphion        (2 of 7 found this review helpful)
  August 3, 2011

This must be one of the worst sounding SACDs I have had the misfortune of purchasing: the sound is completely 'digital' - harsh and grainy. Awful. And if the sonics are dubious, I am not sure why anyone would want to specially purchase this as a SACD. What can be its raison d'être? It doesn't seem ... more
Mozart: Requiem - Böhm      (4 of 7 found this review helpful)
  February 8, 2011

This is unquestionably the finest performance of Mozart's requiem I have yet heard on SACD .... Karajan's performance on SACD is scarred by a woeful performance by the choir. Harnoncourt's SACD version was not to my taste at all, and decidedly mediocre. This version is stately, grand, reverential, ... more

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