This is one of the pressings we’ve discovered with Reversed Polarity.
A stellar reading of the Franck from this formidable group.
Side one of this Shaded Dog is excellent: rich, smooth and sweet.
The piano is exceptionally well-recorded, with real weight.
The Brahms is very good if you can reverse your polarity. (more…)
This is an exceptionally good sounding chamber record on the RCA White Dog label, especially on side two, which earned a sonic grade of A++ to A+++. Side two has the Beethoven work for horn and piano, and it sounds about as real and natural as a chamber recording can. Side one is not quite up to the same sonic standards, but is quite good nevertheless, earning a very respectable grade of A+ to A++.
This title is so rare I had literally never seen one in my 25+ years as a dealer in audiophile-oriented recordings. The other bit of good news is that the vinyl is unusually quiet, playing as it does mostly Mint Minus. How many early RCA pressings can make such a claim? No more than five per cent I would think, if that. (more…)