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In Reply to: RE: Sigh .... posted by Amphissa on September 23, 2016 at 16:48:21
. . . 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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I don't hate hi rez and am not on the warpath against it. I still buy SACD when the choice is between that and red book. I buy DVD-A and bluray. (I don't do streaming, but I am happy if others like it.)
Yes, the Neveu is slow. I was just illustrating the variety available to us by mentioning those particular recordings, which are all very different, each having its own vision of the piece. One would never hear that kind of variety if one limits choices to hi rez.
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
Perhaps not. However, just on SACD we have available the following:HeifetzWhile on a couple of download sites which I just checked (and this is by no means exhaustive), you can find (24 bits at a minimum):
Suwanai
Pike
Kraggerud (excellent - I have it on DVD-Audio)
Chung (Japan only)KangSo, OK, this is not the ultimate in variety, but it's still pretty wide (perhaps surprisingly wide) nevertheless.
Christodoulou
Yoo
Roussev
Spivakovsky
M
But I like to feel as if I'm a bit more on your side - after all, check out my recent post over on hi-rez highway, where I stated that I still do a lot of listening in two-channel only. Don't take my enthusiasm for multi-channel as evidence for my being "on your case" for listening in two-channel. ;-)
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