Review by Ivymike July 29, 2005 (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
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Here it is--one of the most sought-after Shaded Dogs in all its glory.
The performance is quirky, there's no doubt. The tempi are very fast and are, as mentioned in the review above, actually exhausting. I've heard other recordings and, because this is the first I'd heard, all others seemed freakishly and ponderously slow in comparison. If for no other reason,then, I like the performance; it is hard to sit still through it.
The sound is unbelievable for its age. It has it all: excellent bandwidth, wide and deep soundstage. The only nit I can pick is that it does show some of the early RCA propensity for the hole-in-the-middle effect. It is not anywhere near as pronounced as on the Strauss and Brahms Piano Concerto discs, however. There are a few mild instances of material damage to the tapes as evidenced by soundstage shifts. There is very little tape hiss but then the close miking doesn't actually permit a true pianissimo, so there wouldn't be much, would there?
Go out and buy this immediately. Really. Tie someone into a chair, force them to listen to it, and then spring the 1954 recording date on them.
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