Schumann: Frauenliebe- und Leben; Schubert: Lieder für Gretchen, Ellen und Suleika (2004)

This splendidly engineered PentaTone release offers owners of SACD equipment the opportunity to hear Elly Ameling singing signature lieder of Schubert and Schumann in quadraphonic sound. The multi-channel technology developed by Philips in the early '70s was not reproducible on either LP or CD, so these recordings have waited 30 years for consumer technology to make their true sonic depth and clarity available to the public. Those without the necessary bells and whistles can still enjoy the recordings in stereo, but all of ... Read More

This splendidly engineered PentaTone release offers owners of SACD equipment the opportunity to hear Elly Ameling singing signature lieder of Schubert and Schumann in quadraphonic sound. The multi-channel technology developed by Philips in the early '70s was not reproducible on either LP or CD, so these recordings have waited 30 years for consumer technology to make their true sonic depth and clarity available to the public. Those without the necessary bells and whistles can still enjoy the recordings in stereo, but all of these recordings have been available for years on other popular releases, so Ameling fans may already own them, and those who don't might be attracted to other packages that offer a more generous program.Regardless of how well equipped one's stereo is, this is a fine musical package, capturing Ameling in her early-'70s prime, singing signature repertory with Dalton Baldwin at the piano. It would be hard to find anything wrong with it. The Schubert songs in particular -- a selection... Read Less

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2004, PentaTone Classics UPC: 827949013164 SACD See All