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Recent comments

Mahler: Symphonies 1-3 - Kubelik | Contrapunctus - September 13, 2026

The new 2026 remaster by EBS significantly surpasses both the old SHM-SACD release of the 3rd Symphony and the complete high-res PCM 24/96 cycle from about 10 years ago in ...

Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Pletnev: Rachmaniana - RIO, Pletnev | [Current93] - September 9, 2026

In the Symphonic Dances and the new suite, the RIO delivers a performance of high caliber, featuring superb solos, excellent coordination, and tight ensemble playing. I ...

Schumann: Missa Sacra - Putniņš | wilbur - August 13, 2026

There is a reason Schumann is not well known for his choral music. Neither of these works is in the same cosmos as anything by Mendelssohn, Brahms, or Rheinberger (at the very ...

Di Meola/McLaughlin/De Lucia: Friday Night in San Francisco | Paul - August 14, 2026

This 2026 Japanese hybrid SACD edition of this classic recording is without a doubt THE definitive version of this recording to date. I have the first SACD edition which was ...

Mozart: Don Giovanni - Iván Fischer | breydon_music - September 1, 2026

"All Ivan Fischer releasese will continue to be issued on SACD" ???????

Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 7 - Honeck | Adrian Quanjer - September 12, 2026

Last night I listened once more to Beethoven's 5th in Honeck's personalised interpretation. I found it difficult to set the volume at a realistic level. At times it was either ...

John Coltrane: Blue Train | John Bacon-Shone - August 1, 2026

Dolby TrueHD should be identical to the LPCM as it is a lossless compression.

Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5-9 - Herbert von Karajan | John Broggio - August 2, 2026

Maybe the master tapes aren't up to the required standard? (Not that this has ever bothered anyone with that frankly incredible tape wobble in the Wagner overtures set)

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