Rimsky-Korsakov:Schehrazade: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Mily Balakirev: Amazon.ca: Music

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3.0 out of 5 stars Fine playing, somewhat dead sound - even in SACD, Sep 8 2003

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This review is from: Rimsky-Korsakov:Schehrazade (Audio CD)

I've purchased a number of Gergiev recordings, all of which are quite exciting. This is the first time I've been let down.

While the playing is great, there's something wrong here with the multichannel mix. I read a review that indicated that the engineers recording this session may have multimiked the hall too aggressively and then tried to make up for it by adding artificial reverb in the mix. I'm not an engineer, but there is a compressed and somewhat flat sound to the recording, even in SACD. I also have an XRCD version of Fritz Reiner's 40 plus year old recording of this piece, which sounds much more dynamic and new.

So while Gergiev is an awesome conductor, this may not be the best version of this particular work.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A Compromised Sheherazade, April 14 2003

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This review is from: Rimsky-Korsakov:Schehrazade (Audio CD)

Simply stated, this performance has been undermined by a recording team who has failed in its task. The louder the music gets, the more congested and shallow the sound becomes. Just when you would love to revel in the sound this marvelous orchestra can produce, you are confronted with the paradox of a great resonant acoustic collapsing before your very ears.
This is deeply disappointing given the marvelous previous recordings of Scriabin, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky.
More satisfying recordings which capture marvelous performances and better sound would be Chicago/Reiner and Mehta/LAPO.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This will knock your socks off, Aug 23 2003

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Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra's Scheherazade is a splendid performance full of excitement and drama along with superb violin solos. When played on a high quality SACD stereo system, the sound is nothing less than breathtaking. Those previous reviewers who found the sound to be congested or thick and plodding might want to seriously consider upgrading their electronics. The SACD version of this performance is fast becoming an audiophile demonstration disk.

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