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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Litton        (5 of 6 found this review helpful)
  September 22, 2012

What can I add to Castor's impeccable review? It says it all! Modestly, I just would just say that I gave been hooked by this SACD, listening to it again and again, discovering the many subtleties of these magnificent performances. I do own a few excellent blue Rhapsodies, but this one has opened my ... more
Haydn: 9 Piano Trios - Beaux Arts Trio        (6 of 6 found this review helpful)
  May 4, 2012

I have always been an admirer of Menahem Pressler, piano player and leader of the Beaux Arts trio. His playing is witty, gracious, stunningly virtuosic, but mainly very musical. Their recordings of Mendelssohn, Mozart, Brahms, Schubert and Turina have been my references for many years. But I had ... more
  May 1, 2012

I owned this recording in LP format in the seventies and used to love it. The music is wonderful, full of excitement and groove. The problem is the sound. I cannot blame the SACD, really, for what I believe is a problem of a very poor master. But I have heard many old masters that do happen to sound ... more
Mendelssohn: String Quintets - Mendelssohn String Quartet/Mann          (3 of 4 found this review helpful)
  June 25, 2011

Well, the review by Krisjan is SO perfect in the description of the sound and the performance that I am probably not adding much to his. Anyway, I have just ended listening to the SACD (IN STEREO ONLY) and I stayed in awe after it finished. Everything is done right! And both pieces are among the ... more

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