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June 19, 2005
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Awesome performance with an LSO that play like angels, with great energy, feeling and wonderfully crisp ensemble. The recording is also very fine, and the Barbican problems seem to have been overcome almost entirely. The rasp of the brass and the sheen of the strings is caught perfectly, and if the ... more |
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May 7, 2005
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At last Telarc has remerbered the old glorious days of super sound and super performances from Cincinatii Pops and Erich Kunzel. This is a mc spectacular per se and a demonstration SACD that will challenge even the best multichanell systems. I strongly agree with toddao for his review and strongly ... more |
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April 11, 2005
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This is a live recording in Vienna and it clearly shows the problems of recording live in that otherwise great hall. The sound is somewhat opaque and with a degree of harshness in the upper register. The performance is certainly magnetic and demonically driven, but you have to go back to Mravinsky ... more |
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April 11, 2005
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This is so good I had to go back to my old Mravinsky DG CD's to be absolutely certain that I'm not fooling myself. And I wasn't. The recording is up to the usual BIS standards and much better, clearer and more full bodied than for the 6th symphony in the same series. The orchestra play like angels ... more |
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January 23, 2005
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We have come to expect only the best from Savall and his musicians and this is no exception. Splendid playing and wonderful 24/96 PCM recording, expertly transferred to DSD are this disc's characteristics. If only this gem war recorded in surround! |
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