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The Franz Welser Most/Cleveland Schubert Symphony 9 "Great"/Krenek "Static and Ecstatic", recently released under the Cleveland Orchestra's own new label...... The Schubert, which is a nice and "un-finicky" performance, good enough to purchase the CD on its own merit...... (This is a rare performance which takes all the "repeats".) This performance was well-recorded, but had noticeable "limiting" at the loud end of the dynamic envelope.The Krenek "Static and Ecstatic" struck me as being "bonus" material..... But this is the part of the CD which is truly audiophile "demonstration" quality..... (Didn't care much for the work, musically speaking..... A typical indistinguished modern composition.) But it's a sonic blockbuster, with strings, winds, brass, and percussion recorded with stunning "realism"...... A great test for instrumental timbre, transients, soundstage, resolution, and dynamic range. It was kind of reminiscent of some modern works I've experienced live at Severance Hall (albeit in a somewhat different acoustic space, I've never been to the "renovated" venue).....
The only caveat with this CD is the unusual (oversized) packaging, a "raised" rubber "button" that holds the CD in place in a "half pocket" could "scuff" the disc while it's being removed or put back in place. The disc also has over 77 minutes of music on it (violates commercial "Redbook" limit of 74 minutes), which means the disc is read by the laser to the very edge, fingerprints at the edge could cause the end of the disc to "skip". (I found this out the hard way.)
I can recommend this CD.... The Schubert for the music/performance, the Krenek for audiophile "demo" material.
Edits: 10/30/20
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Topic - Classical CD That's "Demo" Quality (Partly) ...... - Todd Krieger 23:35:01 10/29/20 (36)
- RE: Classical CD That's "Demo" Quality (Partly) ...... - immatthewj 19:51:43 10/31/20 (0)
- Solti Wagner The Ring, all four, the Von Karajan set also. Nt - geoffkait 05:11:31 10/31/20 (0)
- RE: Classical CD That's "Demo" Quality (Partly) ...... - SgreenP@MSN.com 20:11:48 10/30/20 (12)
- RE: Classical CD That's "Demo" Quality (Partly) ...... - Mel 11:21:02 10/31/20 (0)
- The LP is a Great Recording........... - Todd Krieger 23:17:52 10/30/20 (10)
- Maazel/Cleveland R&J is Decca/London, not Telarc, right? [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 01:30:07 10/31/20 (9)
- Nope..... It's Telarc...... - Todd Krieger 01:58:03 10/31/20 (8)
- Wrong Romeo (and Juliet). - Kal Rubinson 05:30:01 10/31/20 (7)
- Krieger's Law of Probability........ - Todd Krieger 21:59:42 10/31/20 (4)
- Ambiguity and inscrutability in posts do not help you. (NT)................... - Kal Rubinson 08:33:37 11/01/20 (2)
- I think Mr. Green needs to weigh in to tell us what he meant - Chris from Lafayette 15:47:42 11/01/20 (1)
- Right. - Kal Rubinson 16:33:45 11/01/20 (0)
- RE: Krieger's Law of Probability........ - rivervalley817 22:18:08 10/31/20 (0)
- RE: Wrong Romeo (and Juliet). - Ivan303 09:48:40 10/31/20 (1)
- Bingo!!! (NT) - Kal Rubinson 10:37:20 10/31/20 (0)
- And... My system must suck... - Ivan303 13:52:02 10/30/20 (5)
- Question....... - Todd Krieger 23:55:53 10/30/20 (3)
- Same source as the Schubert, which sounded grreat - Ivan303 09:52:14 10/31/20 (0)
- Depends. - Kal Rubinson 05:34:01 10/31/20 (0)
- RE: Question....... - Todd A. 04:27:38 10/31/20 (0)
- RE: And... My system must suck... - AbeCollins 14:50:04 10/30/20 (0)
- Reference Recordings CD are almost all great - Feanor 11:39:25 10/30/20 (0)
- Streams at CD Quality on Tidal - AbeCollins 07:12:59 10/30/20 (0)
- you have to get used to that belly button in the middle with - Story 06:31:45 10/30/20 (0)
- Streams at 24/96 on QOBUZ... - Ivan303 06:12:46 10/30/20 (11)
- RE: Streams at 24/96 on QOBUZ... - Todd Krieger 10:26:28 10/30/20 (10)
- Really? Have you heard the WM/Cleveland Prokofiev Third? - Chris from Lafayette 10:54:51 10/30/20 (9)
- RE: Really? Have you heard the WM/Cleveland Prokofiev Third? - Todd Krieger 11:49:14 10/30/20 (8)
- If you haven't heard the scherzo, you will not believe it! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 14:11:10 10/30/20 (7)
- RE: If you haven't heard the scherzo, you will not believe it! [nt] ;-) - Todd Krieger 23:38:34 10/30/20 (0)
- OK. OK. I love the Prokofiev 3. - Kal Rubinson 19:31:17 10/30/20 (5)
- Hey - I'm trying to browbeat Todd - not you, Kal! ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 01:39:24 10/31/20 (4)
- Agreed. - Kal Rubinson 05:27:45 10/31/20 (3)
- What one of the reviews said about the Welser-Most Scherzo (and I agree). . . - Chris from Lafayette 10:58:49 10/31/20 (2)
- RE: What one of the reviews said about the Welser-Most Scherzo (and I agree). . . - Todd Krieger 21:51:18 10/31/20 (1)
- Haven't heard the Schubert yet - will try to listen soon! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 01:01:14 11/01/20 (0)
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