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First impressions...

Posted by srl1 (A) on August 13, 2016 at 11:38:59

In Reply to: "Who are these people? And how can they be so good?" posted by Chris from Lafayette on August 12, 2016 at 13:44:56:

Well, I've listened to this album twice on Tidal--on headphones with iPod and AudioQuest Dragonfly Red, and today on my main system through the Tidal app on my Squeezebox Touch. The reviewer you linked to was pretty much spot on, but I disagree about the Rhapsody in Blue. It was the highlight for me. The orchestra and soloist were having a ball digging in and showing their jazz chops! I've heard a lot of dull performances on CD, but this one far from that. Isn't it interesting that the reviewer commented on the risk of playing French music when so far from France, but nothing about the idiomatic playing of the American Gershwin? I might have to order the CD mainly because discs still sound better than streaming on my systems.

As I think I've mentioned it before, if you want a really off-the-wall version of Rhapsody in Blue, you can't go wrong with the Weissenberg/Ozawa/Berlin Philharmonic performance on EMI.

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