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I see this disc has 4 out of 4 recommendations. I'd appreciate it if anyone had any feedback on the sound quality. Given the price of the newer SHM-SACDs, this one seems like a bargain!
Cheers!
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Post by DSD July 29, 2011 (2 of 23)
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Absolutely disturbing cover artwork, a headless quadruple amputee. Sick!
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DSD said:
Absolutely disturbing cover artwork, a headless quadriplegic. Sick!
Quadruple amputee, not quadriplegic.
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Post by DSD July 29, 2011 (4 of 23)
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Fixed, thanks.
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Post by jdaniel July 29, 2011 (5 of 23)
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DSD said:
Fixed, thanks.
Good Lord.
Anyway; if it's Bernstein's **2nd** Shosty 5th, (recorded live in Tokyo), I can tell you I was very impressed with the record. It's from '80 I believe. Very early PCM which is supposed to be ground zero for horrid sound, but the orchestra was recorded at a slight distance and allowed to blend with the Hall and it's not bad at all: infinitely more easy on the ear than his earlier, more famous, pure analog recording on early Columbia. Not harsh, better dynamics and transparency.
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DSD said:
Absolutely disturbing cover artwork, a headless quadruple amputee. Sick!
A potently grim reminder of the horrors of war!
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Post by Claude July 30, 2011 (7 of 23)
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rosenkavalier817 said:
I see this disc has 4 out of 4 recommendations. I'd appreciate it if anyone had any feedback on the sound quality. Given the price of the newer SHM-SACDs, this one seems like a bargain!
Cheers!
The SQ is hideously poor and performance overblown. No stars out of five!
BUT it also has the only extant version on SACD of the Shostakovich Cello Concerto as a coupling. Decent reading and better but dry early digital sound.
In the absence of any other version of this great piece on SACD (shame!) probably worth getting for that alone.
There are certainly far better fifths out there, without breaking sweat.
Cheers.
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Post by Claude July 30, 2011 (9 of 23)
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