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Patricia Barber: Higher | Roadster-S - December 31, 2020

67 Euro??? The cost of Hi-Rez discs has just gone plain crazy over the last few years.

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 - Boulez | Mark Werlin - January 16, 2021

Hello, Darryl, and welcome to the site. There are many fine performances of the Mahler 6th on SACD (I have six in my collection). Pierre Boulez, unlike other Mahler ...

Rossini: Famous Overtures | Mr Acastos - January 17, 2021

Reference recording.

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 - Boulez | Steven Harrison - January 24, 2021

AFAIK Esoteric does not make new masters of the material. They are much like Mofi in that. Perhaps in the future that policy may change. I did not read anything in the ...

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 - Boulez | Athenaeus - January 24, 2021

Universal Japan released the '80s recording Grieg/Peer Gynt/Karajan that I mentioned in my first comment (UCGG-9068, re-issued as UCGG-9505). They also did ...

Santana: Abraxas | David Block - December 27, 2020

Update: I received a replacement Abraxas disc. It contains the same audio error as my first copy.

John Williams Live in Vienna 'Live edition' - Mutter, Williams | john hunter - December 29, 2020

This is the one to get unless you like having to turn a screen on to select the resolution you want which the BD requires you to do.

Beethoven: 9 Symphonies - Karajan (1963) | Contrapunctus - January 23, 2021

I think you're right, Athenaeus: this set is indeed the only release in a cardboard box. I also like it because of its unique (and a bit nostalgic) look. After my observations ...

Horowitz at Carnegie Hall: Historic Return (Ultimate Edition)

Sony Classical (Japan)  SICC-10231/4 (4 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Instrumental

Bach: Toccata, Adagio und Fuge (trans. Busoni)
Schumann: Fantasia in C major; Traumerei (Kinderszenen)
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9 in F major, Op. 68 "Black mass"; Poeme, Op. 32 No. 1; Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2
Chopin: Etude, Op. 10 No. 8; Ballade No. 1; Mazurka, Op. 30 No. 4
Debussy: Serenade for the Doll (Children's Corner)
Moszkowski: Etude, Op. 72 No. 11

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (11)

• Ferruccio Busoni: Toccata, Adagio und Fuge, BV B 29 No. 1 (after Bach)
• Frederic Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 10
• Frederic Chopin: 4 Mazurkas, Op. 30
• Frederic Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
• Claude Debussy: Children's Corner, L 113
• Moritz Moszkowski: Concert Etude in A-flat major, Op. 72 No. 11
• Robert Schumann: Fantasia in C major, Op. 17
• Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15
• Alexander Scriabin: 2 Poemes, Op. 32
• Alexander Scriabin: 3 Pieces, Op. 2
• Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Messe noire'

Related (3)

Note

Presented twice - once edited (discs 1 & 2), once unedited (discs 3 & 4).