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Music is wonderful....misleading and terrible liner notes

dm | rochester, ny | 07/22/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"These performances are from piano rolls...although you wouldn't know it from anywhere on the title or literature included with the CD.



Not that I'm against piano rolls, I like hearing Saint-Saens playing in a crisp clear fashion. The Hofmann selections are also wonderful, but I believe also available elsewhere, such as on the Nimbus series featuring piano rolls.



I wouldn't pay the high price listed here...apparently it's out of print. I believe I found it used for a reasonable price.



To sum up: piano roll performances, sound great, wonderful historical documents, don't pay too much though because you can probably find these performances elsewhere.



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Very low Price but great recodrding!

dm | 12/14/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Good Cd for a very low price. Although Laserlight is not comparable to Grammophone, Decca,RCA or Phlips one gets a good set of recordings. The sound was excellently captured. With the composers playing it themselves, this is a steal and defenitely should not be overlooked."