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Title: Not a great CD Mastering
Review: In my humble opinion, there are only 2 truly great recordings of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major - Haifetz with the Chicago Symphony and Kung-Wa Chung's. These are the only peformers who capture for me the gypsy spirit of this magnificent piece. The CD mastering of the Heifetz version in this recording is terrible. Even on a good system, it is screechy and irritating. I have a Time-Life LP recording of this performance which is much better, crackles and all. Lovers of this masterwork who like to hear it played with a full range of emotion would be better advised to get the Kung-Wa Chung version which has been recorded with more up-to-date technology. This CD does no service to the great Heifetz.
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