专辑简介:
Deutsch Gramaphone is not noted for its lifelike engineering, but when it comes to SACD they are doing something right. Of the several DG's I've heard, none have been bad and most much better sounding than their stereo cd versions. Moreover, they seem to be going back to the master tapes and avoiding all compression. But nothing prepared me for this.
DG's 1976 recording of Maurice Pollini playing Chopin Polonaises is absolutely stunning. The piano (not indicated) is located on the stage of the Grosser Saal of the Vienna Musikverein. The ambience in the rear channels appears to be real, distant ambiance and not a synthetic reproduction. Moreover, since this is a solo instrument DG's engineers haven't much chance to muck up the sound with two much multimiking, as is their want. As a result, the piano is presented as a solid image at a believeable stage distance, with just enough of the outstanding hall acoustics to give the piano the warm acoustics appropriate to Chopin. This is far and away one of the best piano recordings I have ever heard, in any medium. The lower registers in particular combine with the halls acoustics to stunning effect.
As to the performance, well, Pollini is top-notch and these are beautifully realized performances. Combined with the exquisite sound, this is a must have disk for anybody with a SACD player and a multichannel setup.
If your tastes (or current equipment) run to stereo SACD or CD, the story is a bit different. While the playing is still excellent, it is apparent that DG did not "mix" the stereo version using any hall ambience. In fact the stereo sound is essentially the close-mic'd "front" sound of the 5.1 mix. What's wrong with this, you say. Well, all that lovely, rolling, natural sounding bass that I raved about above is missing. And with it the special magic of this disk. 曲目列表:
1. Nr. 1 cis-moll
2. Nr. 2 es-moll
3. Nr. 1 A-dur "Militär-Polonaise"
4. Nr. 2 c-moll
5. Polonaise Nr. 5 fis-moll op. 44
6. Polonaise Nr. 6 As-dur op. 53 "Heroische"
7. Polonaise Nr. 7 As-dur op. 61 "Polonaise Fantaisie" 试听: