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Title: Wears thin in a hurry
Review: I have a large collection of Scott Ross harpsichord recordings. The consistency with which the late Scott Ross delivered elegant, polished performances, eminently musical, was extraordinary! In his short life (38 years, dying in 1989), he recorded all 555 Scarlatti sonatas, and I can attest that there isn't a dull performance anywhere in that vast collection. He wasn't really known as an organist, and the organs he used in this recording were certainly historically significant. Alas, the recorded sound is shrill and screechy (and I do appreciate good recordings of organs of many periods). The performances are skillful, but the off-putting sound of the instruments is a big liability, and, to be blunt, the music itself isn't interesting enough to overcome that problem. The playing is very good, of course, but not very interesting listening. If you are interested in the rarity of a Scott Ross organ recording, get it, but otherwise, I'd skip it.
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