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February 3, 2007
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Please see Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Bartók: Bartók the Magyar
http://www.sa-cd.net/showthread/18963/18964#18964
THE RECORDING
My prayers have been answered, not only by two-thirds of the Bartók Six Quartets on SACD, but by very good SACDs. These recordings are spacious and clear, neither ... more |
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December 4, 2006
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I ran into an old friend in our favourite old bricks-and-mortar CD store, and asked what he'd been listening to. "Uchida playing Mozart's piano sonatas" was the reply. That brought back fond memories: A decade ago when an aunt of my wife lent us her lovely japanese-style house on an island, I repaid ... more |
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November 14, 2006
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I am not reviewing this disc to tell you that I have discovered another rare gem that you really should buy. I am not even warning you away from a disc which you might be tempted to acquire, only to regret. Few if any on this forum would ever be tempted to buy this disc: it has no recommendations, ... more |
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September 14, 2006
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I've been savouring the 2 discs from Polish BeArTon all week, and tho' I should throw some Bartók on now while the wife is out of the house, I am listening once again to this disc, which is deeply satisfying in terms of music, musicianship and recording.
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-72) was just a ... more |
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September 6, 2006
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Borodin, the bastard aristocrat and medical research chemist, wrote better music in the odd spare moment than most dedicated composers write in a lifetime; he simply had no time to produce reams of derivative bumf. It's all remarkably good, but the Quartets stand out as gems of his maturity -- no. 2 ... more |
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