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Just DL'd the DSD128 incarnation.

Posted by Jim Treanor (A) on February 20, 2017 at 17:08:19

In Reply to: Beecham Scheherazade available at HDTT, finally posted by jdaniel@jps.net on February 20, 2017 at 08:16:29:

For those who don't read beyond one-line commentaries: I like it--a lot.

Most of the online reviews I've read of the Beecham CD reissues have ranged anywhere from provisionally accepting to "meh" to downright critical of both performance and sonics (a lot of it having to do with shy bass). Having sampled everything from Bernstein and Rossi to Ormandy and Ansermet to Reiner, Stokowski (all on vinyl plus Stokie on a terribly-compressed CD reissue of the same Phase 4 outing) and Temirkanov (CD) over the years, I figure I've traversed the landscape of performance interpretations and recording approaches. So, based on listening on my acoustically-treated Windows 10/JRiver-based bedroom system (TEAC UD-501 to Counterpoint SA-2000 to Sonographe SA250 to stand-mounted Paradigm Studio 20 v.5's)...

The Beecham DSD128 transfer from the 15ips tape, whatever its provenance, is exquisite. Quiet and transparent. The performance is not as fiery as, say, Temirkanov's or Stokie's (particularly in the final movement) and the bass is perhaps understated, but the reading and what the ensemble does with it is well-balanced overall and, as jd put it, "charming", evoking the mood with which Scheherazade no doubt spun her nightly tales to the sultan in order to keep her precious head. I agree, too, with his characterization as "comfortable," though I'd term it "relaxed."

The bottom line is that it will get more play here.

Thanks for the heads-up, jd.

Jim

Edits: 02/20/17 02/20/17 02/20/17

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