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Julian Reville · 01-26-2005, 08:33 AM

Can anyone recommend a HiRez version on Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 to replace my CD version?

Last night I was listening to this CD, the RCA Red Seal David Helfgott recording, on headphones. I've listened to it a thousand times through speakers, but this was the first time through headphones. I'm sitting there enjoying it when I start hearing these strange sounds; they are discordant, off beat, out of tune. Finally I figured it out: the crazy bastard is SINGING and HUMMING! Who does he think he is, Glenn Gould?

So then I spent the rest of the CD cringing in fear of when he would start up again. Oh, the horror!

Is the Mercury Living Presence - RACHMANINOFF/PIANO CONCERTOS NO. 2 & NO. 3/BYRON JANIS/ANTAL DORATI - MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (NO. 2) LONDON SUMPHONY ORCHESTRA (NO. 3) *Hybrid SACD 3.0* any good?

01-26-2005, 08:33 AM	#1 of 8
Julian Reville Member Location: Augusta, GA Join Date: Aug 1999 Local Time: 12:04 PM Local Date: 11-22-2008 Posts: 1,435	Concert pianists should have their mouths duct-taped shut OR Can anyone recommend a HiRez version on Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 to replace my CD version? Last night I was listening to this CD, the RCA Red Seal David Helfgott recording, on headphones. I've listened to it a thousand times through speakers, but this was the first time through headphones. I'm sitting there enjoying it when I start hearing these strange sounds; they are discordant, off beat, out of tune. Finally I figured it out: the crazy bastard is SINGING and HUMMING! Who does he think he is, Glenn Gould? So then I spent the rest of the CD cringing in fear of when he would start up again. Oh, the horror! Is the Mercury Living Presence - RACHMANINOFF/PIANO CONCERTOS NO. 2 & NO. 3/BYRON JANIS/ANTAL DORATI - MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (NO. 2) LONDON SUMPHONY ORCHESTRA (NO. 3) Hybrid SACD 3.0 any good?