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Artist:  C harles Munch, Boston SO, Gregor Piatigorsky   Album:   Antonin Dvorak, William Walton - Cello Concertos Released:  2005 Label:   RCA Living Stereo Catalog N°:   66375 Genre:  Classical File Format:  eac_flacs_cue_log covers - 371MB, mp3 VBR 250 - 119mb On this CD: 1-3. Antonin Dvorák Cello Concerto in B minor, B. 191 (Op. 104) 42:01 4-6. William Walton Cello Concerto 29:19 A wonderful SACD... I recently heard the Dvorak live and I found myself comparing that performance to that on this disc. The sound is excellent, with a very wide soundstage that may surprise those not used to hi fi playback. The sense of depth is also fine. The RCA transfer issued in the 1990's was apparently mastered from a protection or safety dupe and suffered from a horrendous tape splice about seven minutes into the first movement; I used to cringe in anticipation of that evil edit and the change in timbre and lurch it caused in the soundfield. I'm glad to say th...

Artist: Jascha Heifetz and other Album: Jascha Heifetz - Bach - Mozart - Brahms: Double Concertos Released: 2006 Label: RCA Living Stereo Catalog N°: 88697-04605 Genre: Classical, Orchestral File Format: eac_iso_flac_cue_log covers 434MB Erich Friedman, violin/ New SO of London/Malcolm Sargent 01. Bach: Concerto for Two Violins, BTW 1043 - I. Vivace 03:45 02. Bach: Concerto for Two Violins, BTW 1043 - II. Largo ma non tanto 06:03 03. Bach: Concerto for Two Violins, BTW 1043 - III. Allegro 04:52 William Primrose, viola/RCA Victor SO/Izler Solomon 04. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 - I. Allegro maestoso 12:18 05. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 - II. Andante 08:49 06. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 - III. Presto 05:59 Gregor Piatigorsky, cello/ RCA Victor SO/Alfred Wallenstein 07. Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op. 102 - I. Allegro 14:46 08. Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello, O...