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July 5, 2006
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In this Year of our Dmitri, 2006, we are up to our ears in multiple editions of his symphonies. They are indeed rippingly great cinematic adventures (and sit well on the shelf next to those of Mahler). But they are the public Shostakovich, overly-conscious of his role in soviet history and Stalin’s ... more |
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May 23, 2006
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While Robert Zimmerman was recording this (and alienating virtually all of his turtlenecked, ill-lit coffehaus-haunting fandom) I was 2 months out of high school on my first job, smoking my first pack of Pall Malls and shovelling red slop off a factory floor into 10 gallon tins labeled ... more |
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May 11, 2006
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I have a beautiful memory from my 50th birthday: my wife and I were strolling along the waterfront after a good restaurant meal. It was a perfect August evening and apartment dwellers had their windows open. Suddenly we both lurched to a halt in front of one first-storey window, because the most ... more |
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March 14, 2006
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DISC ONE
(disc two below)
When this disc arrived and the player got to the “Song of Thanksgiving”*, I was literally ‘floored’: I just sat yoga-style on the carpet and listened and listened ‘til 'way past midnight. The cellist wife and I have played this and the Haydn disc every day since. Bear ... more |
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March 9, 2006
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As I opined in the discussion section, the Fry Street* Quartet + IsoMike SACDs don't need reviews, other than a deSelbian "O brave new world! Wonderful, wonderful, and again most wonderful". But convention requires more.
THE SOUND
There's a strong consensus opinion here: the sound is breath-taking. ... more |
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