Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Edvard Grieg Available Now
An audiophile hall of shame pressing from Cisco / Impex / Boxstar / Whatever.
Pretty bad, on a par with the transistory, shrill crap Classic Records had been dishing out for years, but in the opposite direction tonally: it’s dull and dead as a doornail.
I often mention on this blog that Cisco’s releases (as well as DCC’s) had to fight their way through Kevin Gray’s transistory, opaque, airless, low-resolution cutting system. We discuss that subject in more depth here.
Our favorite recording of Peer Gynt is the one by Otto Gruner-hegge and the Oslo Philharmonic from 1959.
The Fjeldstad with the LSO is our second favorite and much easier to find. We hope to do a shootout for it soon.