11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fine! ... but I've heard better., March 17, 2003
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This review is from: Mozart, Beethoven: Piano and Wind Quintets in E flat (Audio CD)
When I fist got this CD, I knew that this would be another fine addition to my Telarc CDs. Nice performances. Appropriate for taking it easy. Makes me think that whoever buys this would not go wrong.
But then I recently compared this to a Delos CD (by Carol Rosenberger on the Bosendorfer piano with 4 wind instrument players). I find the performances to be even better. The sound from the players are more distinctive. So if you want these Quintets by Mozart and Beethoven, then I would make the Delos CD the first choice. I don't know what would be my second choice, maybe the Telarc (or Naxos, although I MIGHT listen to that someday).
* UPDATE * I listened to the Naxos CD and that, too, I perfer over the Telarc CD. So the Naxos would be my second choice.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Little Too Stately, June 24, 2007
This review is from: Mozart, Beethoven: Piano and Wind Quintets in E flat (Audio CD)
A good performance, affectionate and precise, sound is very good, Previn plays beautifully, but somehow the joy has been lost. Almost certainly because the performance is rather slow, the Mozart takes 12% longer than Haebler and the Bamberg Wind Quintet on Philips Duo. Disappointing, I expected a great interpretation, but I expect this Mozart to sparkle.
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