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October 19, 2004
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As others have said, Chandos' recordings are often so rich that detail is clouded - but this one is decidedly above average, with a nice acoustic and no excessive reverberation. And the performance of the symphony is an excellent one - I'm no great admirer of Hickox normally, finding him efficient ... more |
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October 17, 2004
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Simply superb - Li's previous released of Chopin and Liszt have shown him fully worthy of his Warsaw Chopin competition first prize in 2000, and I reckon this is his best disc yet.
The four scherzi are oft-recorded works, and comparing these performances with other sets I have, by Rubinstein, ... more |
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October 16, 2004
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I first listened to this hybrid disc in my car (not ideal I know), and my first impressions from the CD layer were that the first two movements didn't quite engage with me in the way that Bruckner almost always does - and I thought it was perhaps that this fine Japanese orchestra hadn't quite ... more |
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October 14, 2004
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Just finished listening to the Elgar in multi-channel and my first thoughts are: there is a febrile quality and lack of warmth in the violin sound that those used to more opulent interpretations will find unidiomatic.
In fact, the soloist as recorded sounds like an attempt has been made to overlay ... more |
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October 14, 2004
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Interpretatively this is a superb Mahler 1, alongside Bernstein's and Abbado's DG recordings and many others.
One tiny caveat is that compared to the other MTT Mahler SACDs I have heard in surround sound (Nos 4 and 6), this one does feature rather too much ambient sound from the rear speakers - ... more |
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