Media Check:
Only thing of note to report is that I've been listening to The Frogs OCR this morning (I ordered it direct from the PSClassics website two weeks ago on the pretext that I would get it ahead of the 1/25 release date--I only received it yesterday.)
It's not a very good recording, aurally speaking. It sounds rather muted, overall. And there is absolutely no separation in the performers. Everyone is dead center--the chorus included. Even most of the orchestra parts sound like they are performing in a very narrow space.
The performers, themselves, are low key. They sound like they are doing a musical written by Chekov. My favorite new song from this score, "Ariadne", which was such a beautiful and surprisingly warm moment in the show, now comes across like a funeral dirge.
A very disappointing recording. I'll be playing my live ootlegbay much more that this disc.