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Handel: Messiah - Savall | Dissonance - October 14, 2019

Bach: Markuspassion - Savall was very pleasant listening experience; Savall had a good sense of emotion compiled with radiant expression. I suppose this ...

Thelonious Monk: Monk's Dream | Downunderman - October 1, 2019

That's worrying. This is a disk I have been thinking of stumping up for myself. Is there any indication of the problem from physically looking at the disk surface?

Holst: The Planets - Stern | john hunter - October 7, 2019

Couldn't agree more. Always thought that the Prof's recording were somewhat overrated. The frequent perspective changes I found somewhat annoying.

Rachmaninov: 4 Piano Concertos, Paganini Rhapsody - Ashkenazy, Previn | Athenaeus - October 7, 2019

Thank you for that piece of information, Contrapunctus.

Thelonious Monk: Monk's Dream | SVL1970 - October 1, 2019

I cannot recommend this for one simple reason - I have got a defective pressing of this SACD from MoFi that stucks or skips in several places on several different tracks on a ...

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis | Bart Lambert - September 10, 2019

Indeed fantastic!

Nielsen, Aho: Clarinet Concertos - Fröst, Vänskä | Bart Lambert - October 7, 2019

Mark, a nice review, thank you! I find the surround mix quite good. The clarinet is not forward at all. Soundstage could be wider. I'd rate it 4 stars.

Schubert: Piano works - Kempff | Gilbert Burnett - October 15, 2019

I believe all the DG re-issues are remastered at 24/192. (Some in 5.1 or even 4.0 but most as stereo) What is not clear is what rate is on the actual disc. They often quote ...

Strauss: The Complete Analogue Recordings - Karajan

Deutsche Grammophon 4792686

Stereo

Classical - Orchestral

Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Oboe concerto; Horn concerto No. 2; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Don Juan, Op. 20 (two versions); Salome's Dance Of The Seven Veils, Op.54; Tod und Verklärung, Op.24; Four Last Songs; Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30; Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings

(also on normal CDs: Eine Alpensymphonie, Op.64; Der Rosenkavalier*, Op. 59; Also sprach Zarathustra*, Op.30; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche*, Op. 28; Don Juan*, Op. 20)

Michel Schwalbé (violin)
Pierre Fournier (cello)
Giusto Cappone (viola)
Lothar Koch (oboe)
Norbert Hauptmann (horn)
Gundula Janowitz, soprano
Die Marschallin: Lisa Della Casa
Octavian: Sena Jurinac
Sophie: Hilde Güden
Ochs: Otto Edelmann
Faninal: Erich Kunz
Valzacchi: Renato Ercolani
Annina: Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Italian Singer: Giuseppe Zampieri
Marianne: Judith Hellwig
Wiener Staatsopernchor
Berliner Philharmoniker except for:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in one version of Don Juan on BD
Wiener Philharmoniker*
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)