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801: 801 Live | Downunderman - August 23, 2024

Released April 28, 2024, as a single disc SACD hybrid in a card sleeve. A bit surprisingly for a Japanese SACD release the disc is made/glass mastered by Sony DADC in ...

Yes: 90125 | analogue - June 10, 2024

Hello. Hate to bicker with you....but if you will peruse the back of the actual sacd and visit the sites that sell this disc, you will notice a very small disclaimer ...

Stravinsky: Symphonies - Slobodeniouk | Graham Williams - Yesterday 06:16 am

Hi John No disrespect to the Spanish orchestra, but the BBC Philharmonic are on top form and the programme is considerably more generous.

Stravinsky: Symphonies - Slobodeniouk | hiredfox - September 8, 2024

Thanks for your excellent review Graham. I follow your advice on the Chandos recording and have deleted this one from my wish list.

John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard | Downunderman - August 18, 2024

This version was released in May 2024 and the jacket advises it is mastered by Ryan Smith of Sterling Sound. The Obi. advises it as "Verve Label Group 2024 DSD". It is a ...

Kip Hanrahan: Vertical's Currency | Downunderman - June 26, 2024

Kip Hanrahan's work is quite idiosyncratic. Described variously as Afro-Cuban Jazz, Fusion and Latin Jazz but somehow those descriptions don't quite cover the overall vibe of ...

Yes: The Yes Album | aubullience - August 25, 2024

Both the SACD and 45 rpm releases of this album by AP are the hands-down winners in their respective (hi-res and analog) formats.

Yes: The Yes Album | Downunderman - August 6, 2024

Agree with Analogue on this one. Really surprisingly good.

La harpe française - Nordmann

Lyrinx  LYR2211

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Instrumental

"La harpe française" Gabriel Pierné, Claude Debussy, Georges Enesco, Gabriel Fauré, Camille Saint-Saëns, Albert Roussel, Henri Duparc, Alphonse Hasselmans

Marielle Nordmann (harp)

All

Recording

DSD recording

Works (12)

• Claude Debussy: Arabesques (2), L 66
• Claude Debussy: Préludes I (12), L 117 No. 8 Le fille aux cheveux de lin
• Claude Debussy: Rêverie, L 68
• Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque (4), L 75 No. 3 Claire de lune
• Henri Duparc: Mélodies (5), Op. 2 No. 4
• George Enescu: Allegro de concert (1904)
• Gabriel Fauré: Impromptu No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 86
• Gabriel Fauré: Une châtelaine en sa tour, Op. 110
• Alphonse Hasselmans: Les follets
• Gabriel Pierne: Impromptu-Caprice
• Albert Roussel: Impromptu, Op. 21
• Camille Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125 No. 13 The Swan