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Dvorak: 9 Symphonies - Kertesz | Athenaeus - January 18, 2021

Perhaps Tower Records will eventually release these recordings on SACD. They seem to like working by conductor. They have already released a few Kertész discs.

Beethoven: 9 Symphonies - Karajan (1963) | Athenaeus - January 18, 2021

I finally ordered this when the price dropped on Amazon for a few days. I will try to find some time to post my impressions after I'm done listening to it. However, I wanted ...

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Yes, Universal Japan often used to package their SACDs in those gatefold digipaks. However, as far as I know, they abandoned that packaging a few years ago. All the SACDs I ...

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta - Ozawa | Mr Acastos - January 17, 2021

Reference recording.

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 - Mravinsky | Athenaeus - January 19, 2021

"This is a live analogue..." I noticed the typo after the (rather short) edit window had closed.

A Late Romantic Christmas Eve - Fink / Le Quatuor Romantique

Ars Produktion  ARS 38 086

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical

Peter Tchaikovsky, Gustav Lewin, Sigismund Schneider, Arnold Schönberg, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Adolf Schreiner, Wilhelm Berger, Arnold Mendelssohn, Wilhelm Lindemann, Jonny Heykens, Jean Dasty, Siegfried Wagner, Richard Eilenberg, Émile Waldteufel, Engelbert Humperdinck

Elena Fink (soprano)
Le Quatuor Romantique

All

Tracks

Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski (1840-1893): Suite aus ‚Der Nussknacker’, op. 71
Gustav Lewin (1869-1938): Weihnachtslied ‚Nun ist sie endlich kommen’
Sigismund Schneider (1897-1957): Weihnachtsmarsch (1924)
Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951): ‚Weihnachtsmusik‘, Choralbearbeitung
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) nach Johann Sebastian Bach: Arie ‚Mein gläubiges Herze’
Adolf Schreiner (1791-1864): Paraphrase über ‚Stille Nacht’
Wilhelm Berger (1861-1911): Weihnachtslied Op. 52 No. 4 ‚Vom Himmel in die tiefsten Klüfte’
Arnold Mendelssohn (1855-1933): Weihnachtslied ‚Markt und Straßen steh’n verlassen’
Wilhelm Lindemann (1882-1941): ‚Eine Muh, eine Mäh…‘, Charakterstück
Jonny Heykens (1884-1945): Ave Maria
Jean Dasty (spätes 19. Jh.): Ave Maria
Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930): Weihnachtslied ‚Was soll das bedeuten’
Richard Eilenberg (1848-1921): ‚Norwegische Renntierpost‘, Charakterstück
Émile Waldteufel (1837-1915): ‚Les Patineurs’, Konzertwalzer
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1924): Ouverture zur Oper ‚Hänsel und Gretel’

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