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December 16, 2011
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I have the Karajan Sibelius disc in my hands. Analog tape was used in the production of this SACD, there is no doubt in my (ears) mind. Perhaps it was a digital recording originally, made with an analog back-up? Or, was it an analog production all the way? I do not own previous editions of this title. ... more | |
August 22, 2011
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Jed Distler weighs in. From ClassicsToday.com: http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=13468 Performance 8 / Sound 9 Unlike other Beethoven piano sonata cycles on the market, the present release is truly complete in that it includes the rarely performed early C major sonata and F major sonatina without opus numbers, the three "Elector" ... more | |
July 28, 2011
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I said I have only had the set for a couple of days, having listened to just a couple discs so far. A complete appraisal would be premature, but I listed three adjectives to give an idea of what I have heard. I found Korstick to be, overall, heavy-handed, lacking grace and missing much of the poetry, and overly clangorous in percussive attacks. ... more | |
July 28, 2011
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Correct. And the BSO recording is not Kubelik's 'best'. Much preferable, IMHO, is his May 12, 1990 live recording on Supraphon, made with the Czech Philharmonic in the wake of the Velvet Revolution, and recorded after 41 years away from home. As good as it gets. ... more | |
July 28, 2011
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For curious pianophiles, Takács plays a Bösendorfer Imperial Grand, Model 290-9'6", Opus 44786. This is a set to treasure, so far exceeding my reservations about J. Gordon Holt's law on music and recording quality (the one which states they are proportionally inverse). I have over 15 complete cycles on disc, and a few dozen more CD's with ... more |
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