Negative Positive
Title: When an 'engineer' ruins everything...
Review: What do "engineers" have in their heads to treat such masterpieces the way Mr. Crimp did with these Mengelberg recordings? They're 'overfiltered' and with serious problems of balance in the Franck Symphony. As a result, one does not hear the clicks and noises present in the original, but high frequencies are not present either. IMO Mr. Crimp made the "mediocre" originals sound even more mediocre.As for the performances, if you appreciate Mengelberg's abilities as a colorist (like I do) and if you're, just like me, a fan of his surprising and funny rubati, these performances are for you. But, for God's sake, try to purchase the earlier Teldec reissue of the Dvorak (Symphony 9 " New World ") and the Opus Kura edition of the Franck (Franck: Symphony in D; French Music). With all the clicks and noises/hiss there's much more music in these alternative releases.The performances deserve 5 stars, but the "remastering"...
Is the review positive or negative? 