Title: Classic Serkin
Review: The LP of Serkin playing this same concerto was the first classical record I bought, back in 1966 or so. I loved his playing then, and love it now. These two recordings of the Emperor are bookends of his career more or less. Serkin was a great artist, but was also a hummer, which is distracting to some people (it doesn't bother me).The recording engineering is excellent and the sound has a great presence. I've always like Telarc's engineering, and think the engineers' names should be on the labels of all CDs so we can follow them and pick out the ones we like. Failing that, we go with the label name, which, as I say, I consider good in the case of Telarc.My only gripe is that the adagio is not quite as sweet as I've heard by some other artists and even by Serkin himself in the earlier LP recording. But this recording is well worth the money, and, if the Emperor is one of your favorites, I think you should add this one to your collection.
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