I have not listened to this yet and I do generally like Mälkki. She may be a more "lyrical" conductor than some. I recently listened to her recording of Bartók's Concerto ...
I bought this earlier this month in Hong Kong - it is labelled as a Chandos Classics release, no mention of Obsession. (P) date is 1966 (C) date is 2003, country of origin is ...
A surprisingly lovely album.
Originally released on CD in 2009 sporting an average DR of 9 and released on SACD in 2012 with an improved DR of 12.
Kevin Gray has done a very ...
I share your frustration with the Bychkov / Czech PO issues. The answer, sadly, to your point about Pentatone's priorities is that they have none - everything they do ...
Regarding Spanyi's CPE Bach concerto cycle, the final 20th volume was released in 2014. I own the complete cycle and enjoy listening to these lovely concertos. As far as I ...
6 of 6 recommend this, would you recommend it? yes | no
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Comments (3)
Comment by sylvian - January 12, 2017 (1 of 3)
I recommend Amazon.it while the supplies last, since it is 15€ cheaper than Anywhere else.
I wonder if Dynamic range will be the same as on infamous 2003 so called remasters or better?
Comment by Downunderman - May 9, 2017 (2 of 3)
I was not expecting much from this, given it's provenance.
It being based on the 2003 PCM remaster and being a Hong Kong title (though the disk itself is stamped in Japan).
However it sounds very good. It has that clean early 80's sound and is quite smooth and full sounding. Not at all pinched as some stuff from that era can be.
Also, the amount of compression used is minimal.
The sound stage is excellent and there is a fine airy element to the presentation, with lots of space between the instruments.
It remains available as of now for $28.19 USD so get it while you can.
Comment by sylvian - July 16, 2017 (3 of 3)
I have finally inspected this disc:
Please, pay ATTENTION to these references -
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/132408
and
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/132050
the former is done by myself just yesterday evening and the comparison with the latter proves that resolution AFFECTS dynamics (not vastly but significantly).
Also the latter is not by me but someone, who is probably better equipped than me :-)
Nevertheless these releases are still far from the original dynamics present on the first Japanese release VDP 56.
Conclusion: all this post is to support better remastering of the recorded music at the dawn of the digital era.
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Comment by sylvian - January 12, 2017 (1 of 3)
I recommend Amazon.it while the supplies last, since it is 15€ cheaper than Anywhere else.
I wonder if Dynamic range will be the same as on infamous 2003 so called remasters or better?
Comment by Downunderman - May 9, 2017 (2 of 3)
I was not expecting much from this, given it's provenance.
It being based on the 2003 PCM remaster and being a Hong Kong title (though the disk itself is stamped in Japan).
However it sounds very good. It has that clean early 80's sound and is quite smooth and full sounding. Not at all pinched as some stuff from that era can be.
Also, the amount of compression used is minimal.
The sound stage is excellent and there is a fine airy element to the presentation, with lots of space between the instruments.
It remains available as of now for $28.19 USD so get it while you can.
Comment by sylvian - July 16, 2017 (3 of 3)
I have finally inspected this disc:
Please, pay ATTENTION to these references -
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/132408
and
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/132050
the former is done by myself just yesterday evening and the comparison with the latter proves that resolution AFFECTS dynamics (not vastly but significantly).
Also the latter is not by me but someone, who is probably better equipped than me :-)
Nevertheless these releases are still far from the original dynamics present on the first Japanese release VDP 56.
Conclusion: all this post is to support better remastering of the recorded music at the dawn of the digital era.