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Seems this is a 2019 remaster, not more recent, correct?

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Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings | Mark Werlin - April 27, 2026

John Bacon-Shone: yes, this is the 2019 set from Craft. A quick search through discogs.com does not show any newer remasters of the 1958 recordings. I will write about newer ...

Reflets dans l'eau - Hyakusai, Yuki

M Classics  MYCL00057

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Chamber

Ishihara Yuki (violin)
Hyakusai:
Ayaka Sato (euphonium)
Yunha Tetzu (piano)

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Works (7)

• Claude Debussy: Beau soir, L 6
• Edward Elgar: Chansons (2), Op. 15 for Violin and Piano No. 2 'Chanson de Matin'
• Frederic Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C major, Op. 3
• Gabriel Fauré: Sicilienne, Op. 78
• Jascha Heifitz: Debussy: Beau soir
• Johannes Brahms: Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40
• Johannes Brahms: Mondnacht, WoO 21