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Bach: Keyboard Concertos 2 - Hewitt/ACO        (1 of 4 found this review helpful)
  January 4, 2006

Sonically this recording is great...but that's also the problem. A good recording is ultimately only as good as the performance it captures. Hewitt's performance is disturbingly bland. Polite, but no soul and nothing profound. "Politically correct" and "canadian" would be a good way to describe it ... more
Bach: Goldberg Variations - Perahia      (2 of 9 found this review helpful)
  April 5, 2005

This SACD was good, but does not do enough to displace my favorite version by Gould. I purchased this with the oversight that it is recorded only in stereo sound (no multi-channel sound)...which for me is a key selling point of SACD. To my ears it sounds flat and unengaging. The performance is ... more
Vivaldi: Vespri per l'Assunzione di Maria Vergine - Alessandrini        (1 of 8 found this review helpful)
  April 5, 2005

This was the third SACD I added to my system. I'm not really impressed in direct comparison to Podger's Vivaldi: "La Stravaganza" and Fischer's Dvorak New World Symphony. Good, but not so beautiful, unlike the pretty face that adorns the cover. ;)
Vivaldi: La Stravaganza - Podger/Arte Dei Suonatori          (10 of 11 found this review helpful)
  April 5, 2005

Awesome! This SACD was the first I ever listened to. I had just received my order from Amazon.com and popped in Podger's Vivaldi "La Stravaganza" into my new (cheap) SACD player not really expecting much. After the first few notes I was amazed. The sound was incredible. Such warmth and vitality...I ... more
Dvorak: Symphony Nos. 8, 9 - Fischer          (9 of 9 found this review helpful)
  April 5, 2005

Awesome! This SACD was the second I listened to, but..well read on. I had just received my order from Amazon.com and popped in Podger's Vivaldi "La Stravaganza" into my new (cheap) SACD player not really expecting much. After the first few notes I was amazed. The sound was incredible. Such warmth ... more

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