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From: rfradenb@bbnccv.UUCP (Roger Fradenburgh)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Mozart on CD - warning
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Date: Tue, 25-Mar-86 09:49:24 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 25 09:49:24 1986
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Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, MA
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Keywords: Posted as a public service to Mozart fans


I  just  bought  a  copy  of Mozart Concerti Nos. 5 and 25, performed by
Murray Perahia and the English Chamber Orchestra on  a  CBS  Masterworks
CD...  Biiig mistake!  The performance itself is just swell, the problem
is the recording.  It is, in a word, abysmal.  I'm  a  newcomer  to  the
Land of CDs, but I already know how incredibly good they can sound: When
I play my copy of Beethoven Cello Sonatas (Yo Yo Ma and  Emanuel  Ax  on
another  CBS  recording),  the  piano sounds like it's in my living room
with me.  Murray Perahia's piano also sounds  like  it's  in  my  living
room, only this time someone laid alternating layers of cotton and waxed
paper on the strings and gave Murray a leaking inner tube to use  for  a
seat  cushion:  There's  a  constant, loud tape hiss.  This is a digital
recording, but someone did an absolutely rotten mastering job.

So,  that's  it.   Hopefully,  ths  posting  will  spare   someone   the
aggravation and the loss of $12 - $15 dollars I've endured.

Roger Fradenburgh
Cambridge, MA