Post by akiralx April 19, 2006 (1 of 5)
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First of all, is this the same SACD as this one?
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 - Czech Philharmonic/Kobayashi
That is stereo only though, this is multi-channel - recorded on 25-26 Feb 1999 if that's any help to those who have reviewed the other disc and could check.
Secondly, this one is a very fine performance, extremely well recorded, so I don't feel the need to investigate Eschenbach's recent version.
A review will follow.
I see he's done another Tchaik 5:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 - Kobayashi
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Run, do not walk away from Kobayashi. He has ruined more performances than I can count with his incessant grunting, growling, and stomping. I hate his performances (even though I gave one recording 4 stars, I'd take that back now).
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Post by akiralx April 20, 2006 (3 of 5)
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flyingdutchman said:
Run, do not walk away from Kobayashi. He has ruined more performances than I can count with his incessant grunting, growling, and stomping. I hate his performances (even though I gave one recording 4 stars, I'd take that back now).
He doesn't really bother me actually - the superb Mahler 3 had ony a few groans (barely more than Barbirolli and others on record) and this Tchaik 5 is only a little worse, though in the Finale I did detect what sounded like mild croaking... I am tempted by his Manfred though.
I was listening to Pollini's Pathetique on DG RBCD the other day and there are a few really loud groans, close to the level of being distracting.
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Post by Claude April 20, 2006 (4 of 5)
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akiralx said:
He doesn't really bother me actually - the superb Mahler 3 had ony a few groans (barely more than Barbirolli and others on record) and this Tchaik 5 is only a little worse, though in the Finale I did detect what sounded like mild croaking... I am tempted by his Manfred though.
I was listening to Pollini's Pathetique on DG RBCD the other day and there are a few really loud groans, close to the level of being distracting.
His Manfred is the worst one. I don't mind mild groans, but it's the growling that really gets me.
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