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Our notes read “blary, bright, not nearly as good as Anserment’s recordings,” which are the ones we compared it to, both the complete balleet and the highlights.
In other words, it just sounded like an old record.
If you are looking for a top quality pressing with a performance to match, we recommend two:
- The complete ballet on three discs with Anserment conducting, and/or
- The highlights, on a single disc, again with Ansermet conducting.
This Shaded Dog might be passable on an old school audio system, but it was too unpleasant to be played on the high quality modern equipment we use.
There are quite a number of other vintage classical releases that we’ve run into over the years with similar shortcomings. For fans of vintage Living Stereo pressings, here are some to avoid.