- Audio CD (April 22 2003)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Hybrid SACD
- Label: Philips
- ASIN: B000079BGF
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #73,305 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Leave this one alone!,
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This review is from: Scheherazade (Ss) (Audio CD)
I ordered this SACD with some trepidation. The Mariinsky Theatre is NOT a good recording venue. In fact, it is an appalling venue! This recording of one of the greatest works of the romantic orchestral era is badly compromised by this theatre in which it is recorded.It incredible to think that a recording engineer of Andrew Cornall's professionalism could have actually sanctioned this disc's release.If you recall the recordings Melodiya was making in the 60's/70's ( overloaded and raucous) then that will give you some idea of what to expect if you buy this cd. It is hard to believe that a recording company can actually make a recording as bad as this, and why not add some artificial reverb. to make it even worse! As for the performance, Gergiev remains something of an enigmatic conductor. His Tchaikovsly 5 & 6 are wonderful, yet he can be an extremely wayward interpreter as well. Parts of this performance will be frustrating for those brought up on the recordings of Monteux, Beecham, Karajan, Haitink et al. The finale will, on first acquaintance, seem revelatory. Play it a second time, and you will realise that it is merely a virtuosos orchestra being put through its paces. I cannot honeslty recommend this sacd. Given the ridiculous prices recording companies are charging for these discs, I can only advise that this one is to be avoided at all costs. Get the (ordinary) cd of the Beecham, Haitink to find out what this music is all about. I would have included Reiner in the list, but he ruins his reading with a funereal third movement, otherwise it is a great performance.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Yet to listen,
By "pgwilliamson22" (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Scheherazade (Ss) (Audio CD)
I was amazed by the previous reviewers comments considering Edward Greenfield (Gramophone 11/2002) gave such postive slant on the recording, as quoted below:"Recorded under live conditions but without an audience in St Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre, this Scheherazade is the most red-blooded, exciting account of Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral warhorse that I know, helped by full, immediate sound of a richness rare in Russian recordings..." However, I have ordered the recording and will obviously form my own opinion on hearing.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Funny, the Penguin Guide gives it a Rosette!,
By Basel (NL, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Scheherazade (Ss) (Audio CD)
Not the best recording perhaps, but still a fine disc. The performance is excellent.
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