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The quality of recording is excellent. The tempo is on the slow side. Still, a nice listen but doesn't replace the Chandos version, even with the extra music. For me it replaces the Chandos in every possible way, especially sound. This is a fantastic recording with great detail. It's great having the complete score and I loved every single cue.
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Jun 3, 2017 - 3:14 PM
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Ian J.
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I'll be curious to hear why people like or prefer the new version. Like most of us, I suppose, I came to the Symphony first, and it remains definitive for me. The film did not impress when I saw a lousy telecast years ago. (I need to see it again.) And while I was glad to acquire the Chandos, I don't recall that it added much to the overall experience. So what's new or revelatory here? I don't have the Chandos so can't comment on that. But this recording sounds like a film score, much more so than the 7th Symphony, and to my ears sounds beautifully played and recorded. The Chandos appears to be a single CD and as it has other stuff on it, then this release eclipses it as it is 79 minutes long. Some of this release's material is similar in sound, but it is all different, pretty much.
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I love all my SACDs for their spaciousness, "air," and clarity. So glad that reports of the medium's demise are greatly exaggerated. Fanfare reviews many new SACDs in every issue. Sony, which has a monopoly on the chip required to read the DSD data stream from the SACD disc, has stopped supply of the chips. Play it safe, John, and buy a spare Oppo player.
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