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Mahler: Symphony No. 9 - Fischer          (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
  June 23, 2015

Deeply moving approach from Fischer... Channel Classics's 5.0 recording captures the Concert Hall's acoustics perfectly. Tempi are mostly faster than usual - for example in the first movement - but they aren't hurry. the strings tone is warm and emotional. Highly recommended for all Mahlerians! ... more
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 - Kovacevich/Davis        (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
  June 22, 2015

I bought this disc because I had already this one: Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & 5 - Eschenbach, Ozawa, Henze. This album is my first impression of Pentatone's RQR (Remastered Quadro Recording) Series, which contains Philips Classics old surround recordings. During the remastering process the engineering team used a DSD ... more
  June 12, 2015

Lovely performance from the Concertgebouw Orchestra and its chief conductor Mariss Jansons! This is my first impression of the RCO Live's SACD. It is at the same time my first SACD of Dvorak's Ninth. I wasn't disappointment. PERFORMANCE The disc has recorded at the Great Concert Hall of the ... more
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - Fischer          (2 of 6 found this review helpful)
  June 11, 2015

I was surprised, even disappointed, when I heard this at the first time. The performance is very good. The first movement begins from the shadows, quietly and mysteriously. Fischer builds the impressive raising to the main theme. The whole movement's tempo is slower than usually - but it is of ... more
Bizet: Carmen - Bernstein        (6 of 6 found this review helpful)
  May 31, 2015

Another wonderful addition to the REMASTERED CLASSICS. Lenny's approach of Bizet's "Carmen" is historical in every ways. His tempo choices were surprising: sometimes he used traditional tempi and the other tempi - for example the opening Prélude - were much slower than normally. I think that 4.0 ... more

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