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  September 12, 2003

One of my favorite operas. Great dissapointment. Sonic is excellent, voices are very good. Performance? none. All opera is about obsession. Old duches about three cards, German about lisa, then gambling then old duches. Not hobbies, there are obsessions - dark, passionate fully absorbing etc. Well, ... more
Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Romances - Mutter/Masur        (2 of 5 found this review helpful)
  June 30, 2003

Respectably disagree with "pann". I love her interpretation: added texture, some mannerism. Typical mutter!. Sound is good to very good. Certainly its a keeper!!!
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Symphony, In Autumn - Ruud          (0 of 4 found this review helpful)
  June 30, 2003

Piano Concerto is not bad. Performance is good but not exceptional. Piano recording is always extremely difficult work and very rarely is successful. This is no exception. Yet one can enjoy! Symphonic works are excellent, both very good performance and silky analog-like sound. Overall, I would ... more
Britten: War Requiem etc - Hickox        (3 of 4 found this review helpful)
  May 20, 2003

As I understand, this is one of the first high resolution CD's of this label. Britten was mastered from 16/44 (info from discs cover). Dispite this, the sonic is increadibly analog like! I couldn't hear any harshness and brightness, usually, associated with such PCM mastering. Superb transparency, ... more
Piazzolla: Orchestral Works - Castagna        (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
  May 20, 2003

As I understand, this is one of the first high resolution CD's of this label. Piazolla was mastered from 24/48(info from discs cover). Dispite this, the sonic is increadibly analog like! I couldn't hear any harshness and brightness, usually, associated with such PCM mastering. Superb transparency, ... more

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