Telarc's Britten/Elgar and Sibelius Kullervo and Kimber Kable Frye Street Quartet

Posted by Robert C. Lang (A) on February 15, 2007 at 10:17:04

In Reply to: Recent SACD Acquisitions posted by Doktor Brahms on February 15, 2007 at 09:21:12:

Agree 100% on the sound of the Britten/Elgar and the Sibelius Kullervo Telarc discs. I cannot say it better than you: the conclusion of the Enigma Variations is "utterly splendid".

I will definitely revisit the Sibelius Kullervo, especially based on your comments. While the sound is indeed supurb, by any measure, the music had me nodding until probably "Kullervo Goes to Battle". But that was on first listening. I will listen again.

It should be noted that both the Britten/Elgar and the Sibelius Kullervo are Michael Bishop engineering masterpieces. The man knows what he is doing. And you really know what the definition of "ratchet up" when you hear his work in multi-channel!

But beyond Mr. Bishop's contributions with respect to *consistency*, Telarc has the most close to lifelike recordings in my collection.

You comments on the Frye Street Quartet almost precisely mirror mine in that you compare it to a live experience. See my comments below.

Robert C. Lang

Frye Street Quartet (Open in New Window)

This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:

Follow Ups Full Thread

Topic - Recent SACD Acquisitions - Doktor Brahms 09:21:12 02/15/07 (16)

Where did you buy the Fry Street Quartet SACD? - splunge 16:36:51 02/16/07 (3)

Thanks for both responses! (nt) - splunge 16:17:54 02/21/07 (0)

Re: Where did you buy the Fry Street Quartet SACD? - Mike Long 11:08:00 02/20/07 (0)

Re: Where did you buy the Fry Street Quartet SACD? - Doktor Brahms 11:06:34 02/19/07 (0)

Re: Recent SACD Acquisitions - madisonears 16:32:26 02/15/07 (1)

Re: Tosca - Kal Rubinson 19:16:04 02/15/07 (0)

Re: Recent SACD Acquisitions - mr. woodford 11:51:46 02/15/07 (4)

Disagree on Beethoven Vanska. - sser2 13:42:57 02/15/07 (2)

Beethoven/Vanska: Clarification - Doktor Brahms 14:14:02 02/15/07 (1)

The 9th. - jsm 14:47:42 02/19/07 (0)

Heartfelt agreement about Carreras. [NT] - Doktor Brahms 13:04:33 02/15/07 (0)

Miscellaneous comments. - Phil W 10:40:41 02/15/07 (3)

new Pentatones - Robert C. Lang 15:04:23 02/15/07 (2)

Re: new Pentatones - Phil W 20:01:51 02/15/07 (1)

A fresh listen - Robert C. Lang 18:15:38 02/19/07 (0)

Telarc's Britten/Elgar and Sibelius Kullervo and Kimber Kable Frye Street Quartet - Robert C. Lang 10:17:04 02/15/07 (0)

Follow Ups

Telarc's Britten/Elgar and Sibelius Kullervo and Kimber Kable Frye Street Quartet - Robert C. Lang 10:17:04 02/15/07 (0)

You can not post to an archived thread.