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Title: Glad it was cheap
Review: Like one other reviewer, I am scratching my head about all the raving five-star reviews here. This performance is somewhat interesting and yes, Baker's voice is nice to hear. If you already have more recordings of the 2nd than you can count, sure, add this one to the collection. But if you are looking for one to return to again and again, this ain't it. The tempos are sometimes a bit off -- as if the communication in the performance hall was sometimes distracted by god-knows-what. The coughing? Yes, plenty of that to be heard here. Also, most irritating, the editing between movements is sloppier than sloppy. The hiss goes away and then suddenly you hear the next movement already in progress and feel that you missed something. Ah, yes, you did. Only a fraction of a second but that's too much. BTW, I really think this is worthy of two stars but gave it one just as a counterweight to all those unfathomable fives.
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