Search - Schubert, Mackerras, Orch of St Luke :: Sym #8 (Unfinished) / Sym #9 (Great)

Fair interpretation, bad sound.

Kjetil Heiland Soerensen | Norway | 05/19/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Dohnanyi's recording of these masterpieces is straightforward
and unobstrusive.
He is a little slow and heavyhanded in the 1.movement of nr.8,
and rather measured in movement 2, but this is serious music. The same goes for the first movement in nr.9 in a minor degree.
Movement 3 is easygoing, but mildly tampering.
The two last allegro movements are quicker and wellsprung.
But what about the sound?
The sound is closed in and wrapped in cotton,at least on mystereorig.What is this Telarc?
Go to Sir John Barbirolli with the Wiener Phil. in the Emi
recording from 1966. Hear how the sound picture opens up and
the climaxes come through effortlessly."

Disappointment

Trent Vaughn | 04/04/2006

(1 out of 5 stars)

"The sound quality on this CD is very poor. I usually favor the telarc label because of the excellent sound, but this CD is a big disappointment.



Mackerras also has a version of Schubert's 8/9 on telarc that is much better."