Recent reviews

Traditio - Cuarteto Iberia

Lee Morgan: Candy

Miles Davis: Big Fun

Cannonball Adderley: Somethin' Else

Recent comments

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | EugenF - October 11, 2026

Thank you again Mark for very useful infos about waveforms & spectrograms. Just want to add another quote, regarding the tape source of Hemiolia's SACD: 'Hemiolia presents, ...

Hidden Voices: Kletzi - Complete String Quartets - Bacewicz String Quartet | Mark Werlin - October 12, 2026

The album is available in several DSD resolutions and the original recording resolution, DXD 24/352.8, at ...

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Mark Werlin - October 12, 2026

The discussion thread about the Hemiolia SACD here: Miles Davis: Kind of Blue supersedes my comment, above.

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Mark Werlin - October 1, 2026

A fellow site member kindly allowed me to audition the Hemiolia SACD for review purposes. Based on listening and comparing waveforms, I now think the Hemiolia SACD was ...

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Mark Werlin - October 4, 2026

Thanks to EugenF and Longjohns for contributing to this informative discussion thread. It helped to answer questions about the source of the Hemiolia SACD. Several site ...

Liszt: Dante Symphony - Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Gergely Madaras | Gurkensalat - Today 02:34 am

I just want to take this opportunity to express my joy that BIS is still releasing lots of recordings, and on multichannel SA-CD, too. After Robert von Bahr sold the company ...

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Longjohns and Wifebeaters - October 3, 2026

There is a relevant discussion here on a German site (some of it in English, the rest easily translatable), which states it (the Hemiolia) is derived from Job Reel C. Also ...

Cello Abbey - Rochat / Meyer | Andreas - October 11, 2026

I just acquired a copy of this SACD. The interpretation is a good one and and the sound is very successful, but the disc was hardly recorded in DSD (which the review seems to ...

Prokofiev: 7 Symphonies - Litton

BIS BIS-2594

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Prokofiev: 7 Symphonies, Romeo and Juliet - three suites, Scythian Suite, Lieutenant Kijé* - suite, The Love for Three Oranges - suite

Andrei Bondarenko* (baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)

Celebrating the 130th anniversary of Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953), the present box set brings together recordings of his seven symphonies made by Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra between 2012 and 2017. Released on separate discs, the series has received acclaim from international reviewers, variously highlighting the orchestra ('Bergen Philharmonic plays gorgeously…', ClassicsToday.com), the conductor ('It is clear that Litton has a deep understanding of Prokofiev's complex, protean style…', MusicWeb-International) and the recordings themselves ('BIS's blockbuster sound…', Fanfare).

The symphonies appear with their original couplings, including the popular suites from the film score to Lieutenant Kijé and the ballet The Love for Three Oranges. As an added bonus, the set includes the team's very first recording for BIS: an innovative and highly praised version of Prokofiev's three suites from Romeo and Juliet, with the 20 movements reordered to follow the ballet score.

Support this site by purchasing from these vendors using the paid links below.
As an Amazon Associate HRAudio.net earns from qualifying purchases.