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Puccini: Turandot - Mehta | Paul Hannah - September 20, 2021
I don't know what goes ..............but go to Amazon or Presto and they are not offering this just the old CD
Roxy Music: Avalon | Downunderman - September 16, 2021
A small technical clarification with regard to the comments/review by 'Analogue'; By way of brief historical background - The multi track Ampex tape used in the recording of ...
Mozart: Piano Sonatas - Brendel | James Faulkner - September 18, 2021
The old SACD.net site included some comments to the effect that this recording had some problems. I'm afraid I can't understand why anyone should think so. The performances ...
Roxy Music: Roxy Music | Downunderman - September 17, 2021
This SHM-SACD came out in 2015 and represents the album as it was originally issued back in 1972. Consequently, and contrary to the track listing further up the page. it does ...
Puccini: Turandot - Mehta | Contrapunctus - Yesterday 12:29 pm
Paul, as with most Tower Record releases, they aren't available on amazon or presto. Instead, have a look at cdjapan. There are many of the Tower Records items available ...
Diabelli: Chamber music for Flute and Guitar - Duo Images | oxenholme - Yesterday 01:46 pm
A truly superb SACD! The material is wonderful and the performance is remarkable. The last track - The Thieving Magpie - is incredible. VERY highly recommended!
Brahms: 4 Symphonies - Sanderling | Contrapunctus - September 18, 2021
What a fine Brahms cycle! Apart from being surprisingly well-recorded, Sanderling's account reveals lots of interesting detail. Especially the wood winds are treated with love ...
Berlioz: Grande Messe des morts - Pappano | Marcus DiBenedetto - Yesterday 05:32 pm
I looked up his resume on the Polyhymnia website. He used to work with the Sound Mirror team. Very impressive. Thanks for all the background information. Marcus
Roxy Music: Avalon
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21st Anniversary Edition
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Comment by Ben Leggett - September 14, 2021 (1 of 1)
In my opinion most "rare and expensive out-of-print" SACDs are not worth the expenditure - this is the rare exception.
Unfortunately, most/all of the US regular CD releases of this album were HDCD encoded - and encoded in a way that doesn't take advantage of that format particularly well.
Even the Qobuz digital release is - again - a rip of a HDCD-encoded disc.
That leaves this SACD as the best digital release of this album you can get, even in 2021, even if you ignore the multichannel layer.
And the multichannel layer is excellent.
It's a gigantic shame that this hasn't been reprinted by any boutique labels, like the Pink Floyd discs have.