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Shostakovich, Dmitry: the Bolt: Suite from the Ballet; Jazz Suites Number 1 and 2; Tahiti Trot.(Sound Recording Review)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dmitry Yablonsky. Engineer: Aleksander Karasev. Recorded in 2001, at the Moscow State Broadcasting and Recording House, Studio 5. 62+ minutes. Naxos 5.110006.
While Shostakovich is mainly known for some pretty serious symphonic and small-ensemble music, he occasionally did compose some lighter material, and that is what we have here. While the "jazz" pieces are more like light Broadway fare than real jazz, they do entertain. Surround sound aside, the soundstage exhibits nice clarity and good depth, with plenty of dynamic impact at times.
This is a DVD Audio disc with the usual alternate Dolby Digital (at 448 kbps) and DTS (at 1509 kbps) tracks. Overall, the three technologies seemed subjectively equal in terms of sonics, although the DTS track was 4 to 5 dB louder than the DD track. I suppose this contrast in levels will have some DTS fans lauding their favorite, but louder is not automatically better. According to the blurb on the back of the disc container this performance was recorded in "surround sound," at 48 kHz and 24-bit ...
- Onkyo DV-S939 DVD Player.(Evaluation)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Ferstler, Howard June 1, 2001 700+ words
...discussion of a serious problem with DVD-A as it is now configured. In addition to being a standard DVD video player, the Onkyo DV-S939 (hereafter mostly referred to as the 939) is fully able to deal with DVD-A program sources. It can also output...
- RENOWNED CELLIST/CONDUCTOR DMITRY YABLONSKY TO MOVE TO AZERBAIJAN.
- News wire article from: AZR - State Telegraph Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan August 19, 2009 700+ words
...19 August (AzerTAc). Renowned cellist and conductor Dmitry Yablonsky has decided to move to Azerbaijan, according to rector...further educational studies at Yale University. In 1990 Dmitry Yablonsky began his career as a conductor and was asked to conduct...
- Onkyo DV-SP502 Universal CD Player.(Product/Service Evaluation)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Rich, David A. February 1, 2006 700+ words
Manufacturer: Onkyo USA Corporation, 18 Park Way, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458; 201/785-2600; www.onkyousa.com Price: $299 Source: Manufacturer loan * Weight: 7.5 lbs * Dimensions (W x H x D): 171/8"" x 3 3/16"" x 12 3/16" * Formats supported: SACD/CD/CD-R/CDRW; DVD-Video/Audio * Dolby Digital and
- New age audio: more DVD-A technical observations. (Skeptimania).
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound July 1, 2002 700+ words
...amp (reviewed by me in issue 72), in combination with the Onkyo DV-S939 player (reviewed by me in issue 86) and Sony DVD...time the player was designed. In any case, if you have an Onkyo DV-S939 player, or any other DVD-A player for that matter...
- Bruch: Violin Concertos 2& 3
- Newspaper article from: The Irish Times MICHAEL DERVAN July 17, 2009 700+ words
Maxim Fedotov, Russian PO/Dmitry Yablonsky Naxos 8.557793 *** Poor Max Bruch. He wrote one of...concertos with luscious tone and fervent expressiveness, and Dmitry Yablonsky offers sturdy support. www.naxosdirect.ie
- Yamaha DVD-S1500 DVD player.(Product/Service Evaluation)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Ferstler, Howard July 1, 2005 700+ words
...weighs in at a modest 7 pounds. This is in considerable contrast to the almost elephantine, but still very fine performing, Onkyo DV-S939 player that I reviewed in issue 86. The DVD-S1500 has a big edge even over the earlier Yamaha models when it comes...
- Carousel corner.(THE MUSIC)(Chaos and Creation in the Backyard)(Sound recording...
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound April 1, 2006 700+ words
...played without a hitch. The disc would not play on the Parasound C/DP 1000 in the big rig, but played flawlessly on the Onkyo DV$555 DVD player in the newly finished A/V room. So much for copy protection. Turns out that my overnight/every night...
- Mozart, W. A.: Don Giovanni.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound April 1, 2004 700+ words
...44.1 kHz, with 24-bit resolution. Most of the DVD-A material I have reviewed was at 96 kHz, but the readout on my Onkyo DV-S939 player confirmed the listed information. The audible effect of this lower data rate should be zero. One of the first...