Kroma Mimi Xtreme plays Liszt with Valentina Lisitsa

Two excerpts of the unedited live performance of Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 by the Ukrainian (born in Kyiv) classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa as a homage to her people now suffering the horrors of war.
The original recording was made by my good friend Peter McGrath, then Audiofon's Chief Engineer, with a Nagra 24-bit digital tape recorder, and it sounds superb.
Valentina plays the piano as if she were possessed, in a good sense, and Kroma Mimi Xtreme monitors driven by Pilium Leonidas integrated amplifier did not let her down, nor did it transform the Bösendorfer into Linus’ piano. You can hear every minute detail, the power and decay of the piano chords vibrating and the wooden resonances.
The sound was recorded 'live' in-room directly from the loudspeakers with a 24-bit 96kHz digital recorder and a pair of cardioid mics crossed at 90º placed 2.5 meters away (you can see the position of the microphone in the video).

Note: video and sound were recorded separately to keep the microphone stationary.

For the full review, go to: www.hificlube.net.