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Mahler: Symphony No. 5 - Runnicles | Stephen Best - April 22, 2026

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Mahler: Symphony No. 5 - Runnicles | Graham Williams - April 21, 2026

Adrian The Mahler 5, Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Sir Donald Runnicles is, as I stated in my review, a 5.1 Multi-channel SACD. What Presto and Native DSD say is ...

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 - Runnicles | Adrian Quanjer - April 21, 2026

Excellent review. However, it’s perhaps wise to check before purchasing. I came across several contradicting references. Presto announces this release as hybrid-stereo. At ...

Puccini: Turandot - Leinsdorf | Hade - May 1, 2026

This new edition has not been issued by Tower Records but by Rca/Sony. It is différent from their previous and first "living stereo" issue. The voices do not sound as big as ...

Genesis: Genesis | EugenF - May 7, 2026

Dear Stephen Best, Indeed I will do. Thank you for telling me the contact address. Now I see the new release of Genesis: Genesis (Analogue Productions CAPA 043 SA) album is ...

Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings | Mark Werlin - May 14, 2026

From mastering engineer Paul Blakemore's website. He discusses working on the Coltrane '58 set: It was a massive project sourced only from original Rudy van Gelder master ...

Dvořák: Cello Concerto - Rostropovich, Karajan | DYB - April 22, 2026

Contrapunctus, thank you for that review. This is disappointing, to say the least! I'll stick with the original masters. (Removing page rustlings is really bizarre and, ...

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 - Runnicles | Adrian Quanjer - April 23, 2026

Je confirme: I have it now, and it's like Graham says SACD 5.1 - multi-channel.

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