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Title: Soporific
Review: Expected more from Cincinnati/Telarc (see Kunzel, Erich cond. Hard to believe mostly the same musicians played so well for his baton.) Lightweight Gallic performance, recorded at low levels with little bass, dynamics seldom exceed much of anything (far under reference level technically), little hall reverb, all in all like sleepwalking through while mechanically doing each note on pitch and in largo tempo cutting off transients. This misfire has no resemblance to most other recordings of the work; it will not interrupt anyone's sleep or interfere with their concentration elsewhere for the most part.
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