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Haydn: Symphonies 31, 72 & 73 - van Zweden | hiredfox - February 22, 2020
Please note this is a re-issued recording.
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon | Mark Werlin - January 13, 2020
Excerpts from the credits of the 2003 EMI SACD: 5.1 surround mix by James Guthrie 5.1 and stereo mastering by Doug Sax and James Guthrie Mixed and mastered at das boot ...
Opera Suites for Nonet - Ensemble Minui | hiredfox - February 19, 2020
An interesting concept that catches the eye. "Highlights" recordings do not have much appeal for this listener but this one might be interesting. Any thoughts?
Beethoven: String Quartets 1-10 - Amadeus Quartett | Contrapunctus - February 19, 2020
After its release on BluRay 2 years ago (remastered by MSM Munich), Universal Japan offers a new remastering (by EBS) on 2 volumes of each 3 SHM-SACDs. After listening and ...
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon | AudioEd - January 13, 2020
I have heard from someone who spoke with Analogue Productions that this disc is the same as the 2003 SACD as far as the mixes are concerned. The packaging will be different. ...
Dire Straits: Love Over Gold | Downunderman - February 10, 2020
Just like it used to be! The JSACD was based on the Japanese master (Dub) tape. This one is an OMR, so one less step. Interestingly MoFi used the 'Plangent Process' as a ...
Sly & The Family Stone: Greatest Hits | Downunderman - January 18, 2020
Here's a bit more detail on the authoring issue with this title; "AFZ5 215" has a defective SACD(MONO) layer - There is an authoring issue on the DSD layer only which caused ...
Oscar Peterson Trio: Night Train | Athenaeus - February 17, 2020
I recently replaced my bookshelf speakers by a pair of ATC floorstanders. I have since been revisiting a lot of my discs with "fresh ears". Back in November I compared this ...
Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux, Preludes (selections) - Richter
Praga Digitals Reminiscences PRD/DSD 350 083
Mono Hybrid
Classical - Instrumental
Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux Op. 33 (5-7, 9) & Op. 39 (1-4, 7, 9); Preludes Op. 23 (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8) & Op. 32 (1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12)
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
This romantic programme juxtaposes the best piano solo pieces of Rachmaninov, selected by Richter himself, and charms with his old-fashioned and romantic Russian approach, with elegance, energy and virtuosity, an irresistible balance between secret humour, power and native melancholy. Before him, only Vladimir Sofronitzky risked such modernity, now....
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