I would have thought you were aware of the issues in the spelling of Rachmaninoff's name

Sure, we both know he spelled it Rachmaninoff - but there's a movement underway to enforce uniformity in the transliteration of Russian words and names. Not a big deal to me, and I wouldn't read too much into the spelling on the cover - it's hardly the only cover that has the name of the composer spelled that way.

Regarding Daria's Tchaikovksy Sonata disc. . .

. . . it's a very good performance of an all-too-infrequently encountered work (I posted about it a couple of years ago AFAIR), and I don't see anything unusual about the cover.

I've now had a chance to listen to the new download and the Rachmaninoff performance is excellent - with superior articulation in the last movement in particular, not only on the repeated notes, but with the whole pianistic line throughout. The Ravel is very exciting, due to some gear shifts she takes at certain places (unfortunately, one of these is right before the "bassoon solo from hell" in the last movement - the poor bassoonist!). The orchestra could have helped out more on the last note however - not enough oomph and guts for my taste! I also enjoyed the Gershwin, and it's true, she does give us a modest amount of improvisation in the long solo section in the middle. (Improvisation from the academe, as it were - she apparently has a DMA!)

As I mentioned, the only download I could find was a FLAC (which I converted to AIFF) at CD (16/44.1) quality, and I checked one of the tracks with spectrograph software: it's annoying - the original recording obviously has signals which go well above 22KHz, but they're lopped off in the limited CD bandwidth. Other than that, the SQ is pretty good. Even so, the CD-limited bandwidth is annoying enough that I just sent Daria an e-mail to ask if she might know whether a higher-rez version/download might be available at some point. I'll let folks know if she replies. (But if she's like my wife, she'll start running the other way once she hears terms like "24/96" - LOL!)

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Topic - "Who are these people? And how can they be so good?" - Chris from Lafayette 13:44:56 08/12/16 (13)

Since you seem disappointed that she didn't display more skin ... - Amphissa 17:00:31 08/13/16 (3)

I would have thought you were aware of the issues in the spelling of Rachmaninoff's name - Chris from Lafayette 00:25:51 08/14/16 (2)

You know that I'm very aware of the issue .... - Amphissa 08:52:19 08/14/16 (1)

CORRECTION to my post just above - where did those additional notes come from? - Chris from Lafayette 16:33:34 08/15/16 (0)

First impressions... - srl1 11:38:59 08/13/16 (3)

Thanks for your impressions! - Chris from Lafayette 15:04:12 08/13/16 (2)

RE: "Stanislav Knor / Vaclav Neumann / Prague Symphony version on Supraphon"... - Ivan303 20:27:31 08/13/16 (1)

Oops - my mistake! Sorry! (Glad you liked the Concerto in F anyway!) [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 23:33:02 08/13/16 (0)

Hard work - "Rabot..." is "work".... (nt) - andy evans 03:11:12 08/13/16 (0)

RE: "Who are these people? And how can they be so good?" - Eldragon 17:40:51 08/12/16 (1)

Thanks - I saw a download at CD Baby - it's a CD quality FLAC - Chris from Lafayette 18:28:20 08/12/16 (0)

RE: "Who are these people? And how can they be so good?" - Ivan303 17:02:20 08/12/16 (0)

RE: "Who are these people? And how can they be so good?" - srl1 14:11:42 08/12/16 (0)

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I would have thought you were aware of the issues in the spelling of Rachmaninoff's name - Chris from Lafayette 00:25:51 08/14/16 (2)

You know that I'm very aware of the issue .... - Amphissa 08:52:19 08/14/16 (1)

CORRECTION to my post just above - where did those additional notes come from? - Chris from Lafayette 16:33:34 08/15/16 (0)

I would have thought you were aware of the issues in the spelling of Rachmaninoff's name

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