Classical Candor‘s John J. Puccio reviews The Kansas City Symphony and Michael Stern’s new Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool on SACD:

“You can be sure with Keith Johnson’s Reference Recordings, for example, that an orchestra sounds the way a real orchestra would sound in a real concert hall. That’s certainly the case with this recording of the Kansas City Symphony, under the direction of its longtime Music Director Michael Stern, and made in Helzberg Hall. You’re pretty much there with the orchestra. … Reference Recordings have gotten us into audiophile territory again so expect an enormous dynamic range. There will be a temptation to turn up the volume as you begin. Don’t. Things get very loud very quickly enough. There’s good imaging involved, left to right and front to back, with sections of the orchestra clearly defined. … It’s quite good. In The Perfect Fool, everything seems perfect, up and down the spectrum.”

—John J. Puccio, Classical Candor

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