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<p><img class="story_image" src="http://www.stereophile.com/images/Beethoven_Enescu-600.jpg" /></p> <b>BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata in G, Op.96<br />ENESCU: Violin Sonata No.3, Op.25 (In Rumanian Style)</b><br />David Abel, violin, Julie Steinberg, piano<br />Wilson Audio W-8315 (LP). David Wilson, prod., eng. AAA.
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Oh, what a breath of fesh air this is! And audiophile recording of real music that isn't bombastic, overblown, or high-powered.
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Imagine, if you can, a private recital in your own home by two consummate artists who play these works for their own delight as much as for yours. Imagine sound so completely and disarmingly natural that after 30 seconds you're unaware it's reproduced. That's what this record is all about (footnote 1).
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I could rhapsodize endlessly about this record, but I won't. Suffice it to say that if you think there's even a remote chance you'll like this music, you will be positively memorized by this recording of it. I'm forced to wonder, though, what would have happened to the sales of chamber music recordings (traditionally the worst sellers) if ones like this had been available ten years ago.
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I am being restrained about this record simply because my inclination is to go completely overboard. Could you envision a recording of piano and violin getting <i>Stereophile</i>'s coveted Definitive Disc Award. I can. This may be next.
[Source: http://www.stereophile.com/content/recording-february-1984-beethovenenescu-violin-sonatas]
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Oh, what a breath of fesh air this is! And audiophile recording of real music that isn't bombastic, overblown, or high-powered.
</p><p>
Imagine, if you can, a private recital in your own home by two consummate artists who play these works for their own delight as much as for yours. Imagine sound so completely and disarmingly natural that after 30 seconds you're unaware it's reproduced. That's what this record is all about (footnote 1).
</p><p>
I could rhapsodize endlessly about this record, but I won't. Suffice it to say that if you think there's even a remote chance you'll like this music, you will be positively memorized by this recording of it. I'm forced to wonder, though, what would have happened to the sales of chamber music recordings (traditionally the worst sellers) if ones like this had been available ten years ago.
</p><p>
I am being restrained about this record simply because my inclination is to go completely overboard. Could you envision a recording of piano and violin getting <i>Stereophile</i>'s coveted Definitive Disc Award. I can. This may be next.
[Source: http://www.stereophile.com/content/recording-february-1984-beethovenenescu-violin-sonatas]