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Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite; Kabalevsky: the Comedians.(Sound Recording Review)
Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite; Kabalevsky: The Comedians. Kiril Kondrashin, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. JVC JM-XR24014.
I've heard quite a few of the JVC remasterings now, and this is the first one that I have never had in my collection, and never even heard before. So, I have no basis for comparison to tell whether JVC's very expensive processing of the master tape is superior to anything else available at the moment. I do know the album is currently available in RCA's "Living Stereo" line at about $13.00 (along with Tchaikovsky's and Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccios), whereas the JVC lists for about $31.00. If you've heard a difference for the better in JVC products in the past, as I have, perhaps the costlier investment would be worth it. Otherwise, who knows; I make no promises.
In any case, I was familiar with Khachaturian's Masquerade Suite, if not this particular recording of it, and I was most looking forward to it here. I was also most disappointed in it. It had been maybe twenty years since my last hearing it, and I'd forgotten how very loud and very bombastic the work is. This is a matter of taste, of course, but I found even the two slow movements, the Nocturne and Romance, uninspired. What's more, I wasn't much impressed by the sound, remastered or not. The bass was ...
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