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Mosh Pit – One Piano, Four Hands [TrackList follows] – Zofo – Sono Luminus (audio-only Blu-ray + CD)

by John Sunier | Jun 7, 2013 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

Mosh Pit – One Piano, Four Hands [TrackList follows] – Zofo (Keisuke Nakagoshi & Eva-Maria Zimmermann, piano) – Sono Luminus Pure Audio Blu-ray (7.1, 5.1 or 2.0)  + standard CD DSL-92167, 76:31 (4/30/13) [Distr. by Naxos] *****: Another fine two-disc album from Sono Luminus, with a better combination to my mind than the two-disc sets from 2L which are audio-only Blu-ray plus SACD. This one is audio-only Blu-ray plus a standard CD for playing on other CD-only decks in your home, car or portably. This release follows on last year’s first album for Sono Luminus by Zofo, Mind Meld. The piano-four-hands team probably has a lot fewer problems giving concerts than piano duo teams, though one doesn’t get the interesting spatial separation of two keyboards in these works. Nevertheless, there is a clean and beautifully realistic portrayal of both pianists at the keyboard of their Steinway Model D Concert Grand. Not many music Blu-rays offer a 192K/24bit option, though it is only 5.1 channels (I happen to think the typical 7.1 speaker layout is silly). For 7.1 channels it is reduced to 96K/24bit—plenty good enough hi-res for my older ears. Then there is also a 192K/24bit Stereo PCM option. Zofo […]