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Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol 5 - Gardner | hiredfox - August 13, 2019

A very mixed bag indeed, a collection of pieces recorded over a number of years with varying degrees of success. At times scruffy playing by the CBSO coupled with generally ...

Schubert: Impromptus - Pires | DYB - August 16, 2019

Just finished listening to this... Pires' interpretation is for the ages. But what about the sound? It's very good. Esoteric did whatever they do upscaling standard 16 bit ...

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto - Braunstein, Karabits | hiredfox - August 19, 2019

It is indeed a very enjoyable disc; what I like most about Braunstein is his absolutely straightforward style of playing without distracting stylistic habits. He is also ...

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 30 - 32 - Kodama | breydon_music - Yesterday 09:34 am

Adrian, that's very exciting news. I've had the Pentatone box for some time now and feel it is one of the jewels of their catalogue. Both Kodama and Pentatone deserve credit ...

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov - Nagano | hiredfox - August 18, 2019

I believe this is a 'first' on SA-CD so let's hope it is good.

Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle - Gardner | Jan Arell - August 20, 2019

Is this really the first SACD surround recording of Bartok's opera as Chandos claims? I have a recording conducted by Ivan Fischer, first released as a conventional CD by ...

Bill Evans: You Must Believe in Spring | SteelyTom - July 18, 2019

Perhaps the best-recorded of any of Evans's studio albums, albeit reissued here in 2-channel, hi-res PCM. Worth the price of admission for 'Gary's Theme.'

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 - Honeck | hiredfox - August 13, 2019

The Ninth is certainly one of the old curmudgeon's more accessible and enjoyable works, whether that is enough to warrant it's addition to one's collection is a mute point. ...

PentaTone - The First 10 Years

PentaTone Classics  PTC 5186500 (11 discs)

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical

"PentaTone - The First 10 Years"

Various Artists

All

Recording

DSD recording

Works (29)

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt'
• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107
• Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
• Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
• Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, B. 178 Op. 95 'From the New World'
• Antonin Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, B. 108 Op. 53
• Gordon Getty: Ancestor Suite
• Gordon Getty: Homework Suite
• Gordon Getty: Plump Jack
• Gordon Getty: Raise the Colors
• Gordon Getty: The Fiddler of Ballykeel
• Gordon Getty: Tiefer und Tiefer
• Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82
• Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415/387b
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
• Serge Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19
• Joseph Schmitt: Flute Quartet, Op. 3/3
• Joseph Schmitt: Flute Quartet, Op. 3/6
• Joseph Schmitt: Symphony in B major, Op. 6/2
• Joseph Schmitt: Symphony in D major, Op. 1/1
• Joseph Schmitt: Symphony in E major "The Hurdy Gurdy"
• Joseph Schmitt: Symphony in G major
• Karol Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1, M 37 Op. 35
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (fantasy overture), TH 42
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra in C major, TH 48 Op. 48
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, TH 118 Op. 70