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Now, when Stereo Sound are done selling these individual deluxe editions, it would be great if they could release a single box-set of the complete Ring using these ...

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony - Pletnev | hiredfox - May 30, 2020

There is a lovely back story to this disc. Pletnev hated Manfred and would not record it as part of his survey of the symphonies. When we were sa-cd.net we campaigned very ...

The Alan Parsons Project: Tales Of Mystery and Imagination | Postercowboy - May 2, 2020

I bought this for the original stereo mix and because it‘s a lot cheaper than the oop MoFi Gold CD. No surround sound here, so I can‘t judge the 5.1 mix. Sound quality of ...

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Just to confirm the Blu-ray Audio options are: DTS-HD 2.0 24bit 192kHz DTS-HD 4.0 24bit 192kHz Dolby Atmos 24bit 48kHz (which is listed as Dolby TrueHD 7.1 if your player does ...

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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Steinbacher | Scott A. - June 2, 2020

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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)