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May I refer you to the review Jonathin Valin wrote in 2013 for the Analogue Productions Scheherazade. (Emphasis added.)
LSC 2446 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade. Grade: A+.
Another one of HP’s favorites, this LP (at least in its earliest pressings) is famously wonderful sounding, and the Analogue Productions version certainly lives up to the hype.
Once again string tone—and this disc is celebrated for its string tone—is ravishingly beautiful. The bass is astonishing, deep and authoritative. And dynamics are tremendous.
We Beg to Differ
The bass is not authoratative, it is overblown and annoying.
The dynamics are not tremendous, they are, in fact, lacking.
The string tone is at best passable – ravishingly beautiful is hopelessly off the mark.
A properly-mastered, properly-pressed vintage RCA should sound more or less like this one.
Worlds better in every way.
If I were in charge of the TAS Super Disc list, obviously I would not have put this record on it.
It’s not a Super Disc. It’s not even a Very Good disc.
To be honest, it’s actually a pretty Bad Disc. The TAS List is full of them these days.
Granted, it always had some bad records on it, but now it has a great many, with more being added every year, most of them pressed on Heavy Vinyl.