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Title: Great performance; adequate recording.
Review: I disagree with other reviewers who say that Ms. Hahn isn't miked close enough. I hate it when producers make it sound as though the soloist is ten feet away and the orchestra is in the next county. That isn't the problem here. The balance between soloist and orchestra here is perfect, in my opinion. The problem is the dry sound. Orchestra and soloist both sound stark, as though in a hall with no natural reverb at all. Nor is there much directionality to the stereo sound-- very austere. But all that is mere carping. The performance makes up for everything. Ms. Hahn plays cleanly, warmly, fervently. You can tell how much she loves the music. She makes us love it too. Nice pairing of the Beethoven and the Bernstein.
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