Donald Scarinci ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Naxos puts out a DDD Sibelius 7th.  It is by LEAPER/SLOVAK PHIL ORCH.  The
>price is a cool $5.00.  Is the performance and sound quality there or is
>there a better Sibelius 7th out there?

I liked the Leaper/Slovak edition, but apparently the critics did not.
Atypically, Naxos is already underway in releasing a new set, which has
received high praise, and quite rightly.  I lost the first set in a theft,
and decided not to replace it (I already have eight sets).  I am, however,
investing in the newer set by Sakari/Iceland which is refreshingly
idiomatic and less-stenotic than many other sets.  The sonics are
near-demonstration quality.

Stephen Heersink
San Francisco
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