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US Mall 1 - Saint-Saëns: The Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra
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List Price: $47.98
Our Price: $32.90
Your Save: $ 15.08 ( 31% )
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Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0034571173313
Format: Import
Label: Hyperion UK
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Hyperion UK
Release Date: 2001-10-09
Studio: Hyperion UK
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Summary: 2008 Gramophone Gold Disc
Comment: This set won the 2008 Gramophone Gold Disc against some very stiff competition over the last 30 years.
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Summary: Perfect performances
Comment: Having heard many performances of the S/S concertos, both singly and in sets -- and finding something to gripe about in each of them, except perhaps the old Entremont/Ormandy readings on Sony/Columbia -- I have to say this one is far and away the best. The details are right, there aren't any klunky edits, the sense of line and balance is point-perfect. More importantly, they're thrilling. Fast, yes, but always clean and accurate and rhythmically precise, orchestra and soloist alike.
I seriously could not want for a better recording of these pieces. They rock.
Oh, and people seem to dislike the recorded sound, but it doesn't bother me at all. It makes me feel like I'm sitting on the bench turning Hough's pages, rather than being half way back in the hall.
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Summary: a thousand times bland
Comment: Good grief, could anything be anymore uninspiring? I'm not talking about the performance so much as I am the compositions. How anyone could find something in these pieces is beyond me. Saens makes no innovative or bold advances in the work of music. The scales are generic. The interplay between piano and orchestra is cliche. Unless you know you like Saens, I do not recomend buying this album for anything.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra
Comment: A beautiful CD, brand new and exactly what I ordered but apparently I don't understand what free shipping means because it looks like I was charged for shipping.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Russian Nights
Comment: Great music! And it came with a freebie trial CD of some other Classical CDs- like getting a free CD.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: 2008 Gramophone Gold Disc
Comment: This set won the 2008 Gramophone Gold Disc against some very stiff competition over the last 30 years.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Perfect performances
Comment: Having heard many performances of the S/S concertos, both singly and in sets -- and finding something to gripe about in each of them, except perhaps the old Entremont/Ormandy readings on Sony/Columbia -- I have to say this one is far and away the best. The details are right, there aren't any klunky edits, the sense of line and balance is point-perfect. More importantly, they're thrilling. Fast, yes, but always clean and accurate and rhythmically precise, orchestra and soloist alike.
I seriously could not want for a better recording of these pieces. They rock.
Oh, and people seem to dislike the recorded sound, but it doesn't bother me at all. It makes me feel like I'm sitting on the bench turning Hough's pages, rather than being half way back in the hall.
Customer Rating:
Summary: a thousand times bland
Comment: Good grief, could anything be anymore uninspiring? I'm not talking about the performance so much as I am the compositions. How anyone could find something in these pieces is beyond me. Saens makes no innovative or bold advances in the work of music. The scales are generic. The interplay between piano and orchestra is cliche. Unless you know you like Saens, I do not recomend buying this album for anything.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra
Comment: A beautiful CD, brand new and exactly what I ordered but apparently I don't understand what free shipping means because it looks like I was charged for shipping.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Russian Nights
Comment: Great music! And it came with a freebie trial CD of some other Classical CDs- like getting a free CD.
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