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Mendelssohn, Shostakovich: Violin Concertos - Hahn, Wolff, Janowski
Sony Classical SS 89921
Stereo/Multichannel Single Layer
Classical - Orchestral
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64, Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 77
Hilary Hahn (violin)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, Marek Janowski (conductor)
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Comment by JPO - May 11, 2025 (1 of 1)
Disappointing experience. The multichannel area of the SA-CD layer contains a fake multichannel recording, with very little signal in the center channel. It is highly likely that it is a 2 channels recording up-mixed to 5 channels by a processing device.