The Moscow Sessions
Vinyl Rip in 24-Bit/96-kHz | FLAC tracks | no cue | no log | Covers | FS, MU, HF | 1.06 GB 3% rec
1987 | Genre: Classical | Label: Sheffield Lab | TLP-27 | US pressing, Direct from master tape
The sound is first class (as the bright-as-a-button Shostakovich overture readily shows at the opening), and the large TV studio in Moscow proves an admirable venue, offering plenty of ambience, while the microphone placing seeks a natural concert hall balance throughout the three programmes. There is brilliance without edge and the recording truthfully reflects the fact that the strings have not quite the body and weight of the finest West European orchestras, but that they do not lack commitment or vitality.[ Gramophone Magazine, February 1988 ]