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It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes.

I don't know, Amphissa. . .

. . . that Neveu recording (which I didn't keep for very long) is awfully slow in the "dancing polar bear" movement compared to the current crop of babe violinists. BTW, I also owned the Mullova/Ozawa recording for many years, and I agree that it's a great performance - but, for me, it's by no means greater than those of Suwanai or Pike, and the recorded sound is relatively (and a bit unpleasantly) constraining, compared to some of these newer recordings. In fact, when I'm on my own deathbed, I'm sure I'll thank my lucky stars that I lived into an era when I could experience great artists' recorded performances in relatively unconstrained sound.

I've had only about 17 or so Sibelius Violin Concerto recordings come through my library at various times, some of which are still there. But I've played the piano reduction of the concerto with several local violinists, so I like to flatter myself that I do know the work.

And finally, I'm wondering why you're on such a war-path against hi-rez? All it does is allow more subtlety and nuance (as well as range) to come through. It's by no means a panacea, but, really, there's nothing inherently "slick" about it and I'm glad we're getting more and more choices on the various hi-rez media.


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