Search - Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak, Guarneri Trio :: Dvorák: 'Dumky' Piano trio Op. 90; Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 97 'Archduke' [Hybrid SACD]

Fine playing but CD sound

B. Hendriksen | 01/26/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Nothing wrong with the fine playing but:

1. This is not a surround SACD, but just stereo.

2. The SACD layer is not better than the CD layer.

3. This is a rather close miked recording with much stray sounds from the trio.

4. This is a live recording, and apparently there was a flu virus going round, because there are a few nasty and insistent coughers."

Fine performance: so-so sound

Eric Bergerud | Albany, CA USA | 05/23/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Multi-channel SACD is a substantial advance over two channel stereo. Two channel SACD is a god-send those who love old remastered late 50's stereo CD released by RCA. However, modern recordings that pose as SACD and are only two channel are a disappointment. Unless very well recorded the sound is not much different from standard stereo, so what's the point? This effort falls into this category. It's a spirited performance of two wonderful "big name" chamber works. But when wait for that rich full SACD sound out comes the two channel. Not bad, mind you, but it could have been so much better."