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In Reply to: RE: I'm tempted! posted by Chris from Lafayette on November 13, 2011 at 13:22:08
I have the Wit disc on Blu-ray and the old Chailly on CD. I believe the new Chailly is sonically superior to both, and with this work the sound is important.
I'm hoping Abbado eventually does the Eighth at Lucerne. I have his third, fourth, fifth, six and ninth on Blu-ray (I have the first and seventh on DVD). Since his Second is older, and from what I hear the BD is not that great sonically, I'm hoping Chailly can substitute well with his new Second.
I just noticed that there are several rave reviews on Amazon. You may read those more than I do, so you might know if these folks are review-worthy.
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I'm tempted, too. The older Chaily (Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam) has muddy sound. The Wit has better sound than the old Chailly, and it's a better performance.
I have an mp3 (audio-only) download of the Chailly Mahler 8, and the performance is excellent. The Tilson Thomas Mahler 8 on SACD has fine sound, it's a great performance, and the soloists are unveven.
Here's a trailer for the new Chailly recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQh_bPZWh8k&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLA037885D2430B252
I'm surprised when you say the Chailly/Concertgebouw recording has muddy sound - do you have the CD or the DVD-Audio? I've been very impressed by the sound on the DVD-Audio, but that may be because the DVD-Audio multi-channel is separating out the sound better than is possible on a regular stereo CD. As I mentioned, I like the Wit performance too (actually, I like it a lot!), but I wouldn't say it's necessarily better than the Chailly, either sound- (on the DVD-Audio) or performance-wise.
BTW, thanks for the "preview" link to the new Chailly/LGO performance - it looks great. I'll HAVE to get it now! ;-)
I had the CD--never heard the DVD-Audio. I do have the SACD of the Chailly Mahler 3, which I also find kind of muddy--there is very little side to side imaging going on in the multichannel track. That's not my experience inside the Concertgebouw (where I heard Mahler 7 with Rattle and the Vienna Philharmonic a long time ago) or on most recordings from that venue.
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