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Re: [ARSCLIST] Vanguard Classics reappears in 2 cd sets
On 11/06/06, David Lennick wrote:
>
> My local classical station WNED-FM (I don't consider the CBC or CFMX
> worthy of passing gas at) pushes SACDs all the time, and either
> Borders or Barnes & Noble had a display rack of them last year with a
> decent sale price....problem was that there was NOTHING I'd pay more
> than ten bucks for, except for the Dorati Ancient Airs & Dances disc.
> Same old Reiner, Heifetz, Rubinstein and a certain overrated Texas
> pianist I've spent 48 years trying not to listen to.
But have you actually listened to those Reiner recordings on SACD?
You can hear a lot more of the music than you can on the CD or LP
versions. Heifetz' violin is much more pleasant to listen to.
Regards
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Don Cox
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