Maazel's VPO Sibelius reissue

Posted by TGR (A) on January 12, 2017 at 09:42:57

The latest issue of The Absolute Sound has a review penned by Arthur Lintgen (a relatively knowledgeable critic, IMO) of the Maazel VPO Sibelius cycle, which has been reissued on CD/Blue Ray Audio. Highly favorable review, both for performance and sound. I have the Maazel set on RTR tape, and a few of the releases on LP as well, and I certainly wouldn't criticize anyone who prefers this cycle, which was one of the best things that Maazel ever did. The VPO might not be the most idiomatic Sibelius orchestra, and the readings are a touch muscular, but very much worth hearing.

I'm not sure I know how to play BlueRay Audio - I have an Oppo BDP-105, but use it for movies and streaming. I have a Sony XA9000ES for silver disc music. Well, heck, the LPs sound great anyway.

The other notable item in this issue is the preview of the new Wilson WAMMs, which are priced at $650,000. (!) One of my stepsons saw the picture, thought they looked cool, and wanted to know what they cost. I asked him to guess - so he said $10,000. I didn't know the price yet, so I said he was off by a factor of 10....little did I know that I was, in turn, off by another factor of 6+

I hear that the production lines for all of these high-end products are full and sold out....who buys them?

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Topic - Maazel's VPO Sibelius reissue - TGR 09:42:57 01/12/17 (16)

RE: Maazel's VPO Sibelius reissue - Ivan303 12:50:49 01/12/17 (0)

RE: Maazel's VPO Sibelius reissue - Russell 11:01:31 01/12/17 (0)

I think it's possible to play a blu-ray audio disc without a TV screen - Chris from Lafayette 10:39:54 01/12/17 (2)

RE: I think it's possible to play a blu-ray audio disc without a TV screen - johngladneyproffitt 11:38:36 01/13/17 (1)

Wow - sounds great! - I may want to investigate DTS 10 with height speakers myself - Chris from Lafayette 19:20:27 01/13/17 (0)

RE: Maazel's VPO Sibelius reissue - Ivan303 10:15:44 01/12/17 (10)

No, I'm saving up for the WAMMs - TGR 12:06:39 01/12/17 (9)

Is this CD Red Book resolution? NT - Frihed89 10:34:00 01/13/17 (8)

I believe the blu-ray is 24/48 [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 19:58:08 01/13/17 (7)

It's actually 24/96. (See my earlier post above.) (nt) - Russell 15:38:44 01/14/17 (3)

Ah - I was confused (and not for the first time!) - Chris from Lafayette 17:40:39 01/14/17 (2)

RE: Ah - I was confused (and not for the first time!) - frankwm 01:16:17 01/15/17 (1)

Never noticed that, but I'll try to listen for it if I get the set - Thanks! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 10:23:11 01/15/17 (0)

RE: I believe the blu-ray is 24/48 [nt] - Frihed89 01:11:10 01/14/17 (2)

But the regular CD's are included in the set too, right? [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 12:50:19 01/14/17 (1)

I don't know - Frihed89 02:54:23 01/15/17 (0)

Maazel's VPO Sibelius reissue

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