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Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart - Stile Antico          (2 of 12 found this review helpful)
  January 13, 2015

This SACD has such a metallic high end that it is unlistenable. The music is also very boring. One of the worst if not the worse SACD I own.
This England - Kalmar          (2 of 14 found this review helpful)
  December 20, 2012

The sound quality of this disc is as good as SACD gets - especially the cuts from Peter Grimes. Try cut 10 "Storm". RVW symphony No. 5 is a snooze at least to me. This disc was recorded, mixed and mastered in the USA. I would to see them start recording the many top notch orchestras in the United ... more
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Haitink          (3 of 16 found this review helpful)
  August 2, 2012

Whenever I see LSO Live I know the sound quality wiill be awful but then I read a good review and I buy the disc. It is not the halls fault. I have been in Barbican and the sound quality was magnificent - not at all dry. This disc in two channel was totally two dimensional. No depth at all. No ... more
Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 - Paavo Järvi          (7 of 19 found this review helpful)
  June 18, 2012

This is a flat two dimensional, thin, somewhat bright sounding SACD. The interpretation is quite joyful although I am no Schumann expert but the sound is strikingly bad. I listen in two channel.
Richard Strauss: Josephs Legende - Fischer          (6 of 14 found this review helpful)
  June 12, 2012

I purchased this based on the SACD.net reviews and the fact that I basically like Richard Strauss. This is definitely not first rate Strauss. There is little to distinguish the beginning from the middle and end of the piece. There is good reason that the piece has fallen out of favor. What was ... more

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