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Piano comes across beautifully on SACD, finally!

155.69.1.44

Posted by DkB on June 22, 2001 at 12:49:15

In Reply to: Good piano SACDs? posted by Alarik on June 22, 2001 at 07:43:10:

Gould's recording is an early digital recording, and some of that comes across in a metallic nature in the sound.

Volodos playing Rachmaninov 3 is an overwhelming display of unworldly fiendish virtuosity. The sound is excellent.

For an older recording, the Horowitz SACD recital is also magnificent, and here is some stuff I posted about it previously:

"In piano music, you don't just hear individual notes. You hear the myriad harmonics of the resonating strings interact and modulate against each other, producing a magical sonic cushion of sound. A good pianist does not just press keys that produce notes; he/she becomes a master sculptor moulding rich tapestries of sound by controlling the interplay of the resonating strings using the pedals and holding down the keys.

Unfortunately, recording piano music in PCM 44Khz 16bit does not capture that rich tapestry of overtones. Often, you would only hear the fundamental (basic)notes being produced, and miss out on the profound and transcendant drama the pianist is enacting in the realm of the overtones. Piano sound on CD sounds hard and lifeless. Loud climaxes sound constricted, while soft subtle passges don't quite "whisper" as they should. This is something about CD people don't realise until they hear an SACD like the superb Horowitz re-master.

In summary, if you like romantic piano music and Horowitz's style, this SACD captures the grandeur and sweep of Horowitz playing in his prime. His interpretation has amazing depth and breadth, penetrating insight and transcendant vision."

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