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September 9, 2009
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Early on I made a New Years resolution: No new Mahler for 2009. Well I have broken that resolution (and most others) several times over.
There are a lot of Mahler 5th’s out there. But I got to tell you I found this Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Mahler 5th performance with Mariss Jansons conducting ... more |
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July 8, 2009
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I would estimate that 80% of my listening is to classical music with most of the remainder being jazz. I don’t recall ever posting about an SACD remotely close to this genre: Hip Hop. If you list out the previous SACDs for which I have posted reviews you will find nothing like this disc. But it ... more |
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March 28, 2009
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Even though I am an enthusiastic fan of full range classical pipe organ and own a sizable number of organ recordings, listen to organ music live 5 or 6 times a year, I understand completely that it's a niche within a niche of classical music and that much of it, even to me, can fall flat. But not ... more |
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March 28, 2009
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The dearth of quality and quantity of SACDs outside of the classical and jazz genre, most oft mentioned Rock, has been sharply voiced in SA-CD circles and for very palpable reasons. The lack of a wide tent of music selection has deeply wounded SACD market success. I'm sure we can all make our ... more |
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December 22, 2008
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Let me show my cards early. I just read what I have just written about the Davis/Berlioz Requiem and it may seem that I've fawned over this recording to a syrupy excess. Well, I'm guilty as charged. I am more excited about the Davis/Berlioz “Requiem” than I have been about any SACD in recent memory ... more |
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