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OT, but some observations on Szell

Posted by docw (A) on April 24, 2007 at 11:40:40

In Reply to: A Survey of the "New World" on SACD posted by madisonears on April 23, 2007 at 23:30:45:

the Szell is a great musical performance and a historical document, aside from your cavils about the recorded sound. Your impressions of the recorded sound especially regarding the Slavonic Dances is much more critical than others I have read. I own almost all that material on LP.

I have been trying to acquire different formats of that performance. I think that the best thus far is the Great Performances CBS version on LP. I got a pretty good copy of the original stereo Gold Epic and the sound was really pinched (disappointment, in light of good copies of other works).

A German/Austrian version on rbcd was really weird sounding, with highs and so forth as if a blanket covered my tweeters in parts of the piece. Far worse than a Type I LN cassette copy I made of the CBS LP reissue!

Thanks for the observations. I own the Reiner SACD/CD hybrid.

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