Virtanen Jukka writes:

>has anybody noticed that the sound quality of DG's recent recordings
>has got worse?  This is common to almost all Abbado's recordings.

I haven't noticed any recent differences, athough I don't often buy DG
orchestral discs.  Just yesterday, I read a review in Fanfare of Abbado's
new Dvorak 9th; there weren't any negative comments about the sound
quality.

I would like to mention that Decca's piano sound has improved greatly in
recent years.  In the past, piano recordings for Ashkenazy, Schiff, Roge,
etc., tended toward a tubby and "ping-like" sound which wasn't to my
liking.  Those two problems appear to have been corrected.

Don Satz
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