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The Who: Live At Leeds | analogue - September 26, 2026

Hello. Always a huge fan of this album and was awaiting its sacd release. Cant say I was overwhelmed but all is not lost. I was forewarned as to deficiencies' with the tape ...

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 ...

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | EugenF - September 23, 2026

Wander how the sound (stereo) of this Sony sacd release compares with the recent release of Hemiolia label? More infos about the new Hemiolia Kind of ...

John Hammond: Rough & Tough | Kveld-Úlfr - October 7, 2026

Already own the first edition John Hammond: Rough & Tough, catalogue reference SACD346, and I find it really great to see it reissued for all hose who missed ...

Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten - Böhm | Hade - September 28, 2026

This recording is in stereo but the sacd is no real improvement. The treeble notes are less agressive but more present, leaving the feeling that the sound is not well balanced ...

In Motion - Andreas Mader & Friends | Adrian Quanjer - September 29, 2026

On several occasions, others and I have expressed concern about the continuity of SACD. Times change, everybody is in a hurry, ears are blocked by daily noise, and the ...

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Mark Werlin - September 23, 2026

The Hemiola label uses production master tapes (tapes sent to LP pressing plants) as the source for their own tape copies, and for the Miles Davis SACD. The Hemiola release ...

The Who: Tommy | analogue - September 26, 2026

Hello: I took a chance and purchased this version of Tommy. I will keep this review short suffice it to say that as with Live at Leeds.....I was not overly impressed. I do ...

Wiener Phiharmoniker broadcasts by ORF

Altus  ALTB543 (6 discs)

Mono Single Layer

Classical - Orchestral

Irmgard Seefried (soprano)
Rosette Anday (alto)
Anton Dermota (tenor)
Paul Scheffler, Alfred Pell (baritones)
Willi Boskovsky (violin), Emanuel Brabec (cello)
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
Wiener Singverein
Wiener Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Hans Knappertsbusch, Karl Schuricht, Karl Böhm, Bruno Walter, André Cluytens (conductors)

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Analogue recording

Works (21)

• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor, WAB 103
• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, WAB 105
• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107
• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108
• Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (9) in C major, D 944 'Great'
• Franz von Suppe: Leichte Kavallerie (1866) Overture
• Gustav Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1892-1901)
• Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102
• Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
• Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme (Haydn) in B flat major, Op. 56a
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
• Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57b Suite No. 2
• Richard Strauss: Don Juan, TrV 156
• Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, TrV 233
• Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, TrV 158
• Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
• Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 'Haffner'
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 'Prague'
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550