The recordings released by Germany's MDG label (the initials stand for Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm) have long been cherished by audiophiles for their combination of technical engineering skill and musical attention to what makes an appropriate and sonically superior venue for the music under consideration. You might think a recording of encores would be a good place to start in sampling what this unique label has done, but there are some problems here. First, this is not an album of encores. In the first half of ...
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The recordings released by Germany's MDG label (the initials stand for Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm) have long been cherished by audiophiles for their combination of technical engineering skill and musical attention to what makes an appropriate and sonically superior venue for the music under consideration. You might think a recording of encores would be a good place to start in sampling what this unique label has done, but there are some problems here. First, this is not an album of encores. In the first half of the program you get single movements of music by Mozart and by C.P.E. and J.S. Bach; they could conceivably serve as encores for a concert of Baroque or Classical-period music, but there's nothing in particular about these pieces that suits them for this purpose. Then, later in the program, even that possibility is dropped; you get two substantial complete works, by Telemann and Handel. Second, despite the "Audiophile Sound of MDG" banner on the cover and the lengthy boilerplate...
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