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I cannot agree more (of course). I listened to various formats, but this site is about the physical product SACD and the sound is pretty good as well.
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Thank you for sharing the link and information. I have ordered my copy from CDJapan with the caveat "availability to be confirmed". Certainly not cheap as it's a proxy ...
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Brahms: Piano Concertos 1-2 - Brendel, Schmidt-Isserstedt, Haitink, Abbado | Longjohns and Wifebeaters - September 21, 2024
Later on they (Brendel and Pollini) both went to Abbado to record both of the concertos with him & BPO. Says something.
Brahms: Piano Concertos 1-2 - Brendel, Schmidt-Isserstedt, Haitink, Abbado | Contrapunctus - September 21, 2024
I bought this double SACD for several reasons. I love the sound of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in its concert hall, especially recordings from the 60s and 70s. I also enjoy ...
Paul Simon: There Goes Rhymin' Simon | Downunderman - September 13, 2024
......SACD disc is made in Austria as that's where the Sony DADC plant is located. Maybe the card sleeve is made in Germany.....or it's just plain wrong! See here: ...
Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concertos No. 1 - Argerich, Abbado | EugenF - September 30, 2024
No info on disc about re-mastering. Assume it is done by – Emil Berliner Studios, or not? The disc is the same with: Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concertos No. 1 - Argerich, Abbado or ...
Holst: The Planets - Steinberg
Deutsche Grammophon 47986690
Stereo/Multichannel
Classical - Orchestral
Holst: The Planets
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
New England Conservatory Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra
William Steinberg (conductor)
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Comment by Dissonance - May 22, 2020 (1 of 3)
It was a great joy to see this album to appear, real classic and very well made, presumably the first to be released (an orchestral quadrophonic recording by DG from 1970s, newly remastered as such in 24-bit / 192 kHz to BD-A by Emil Berliner Studios). It’s hoped more like this will follow in the years to come.
If my assumption is correct, DG/Universal is mainly focusing on to release its analogue opera recordings, when appropriately possible, with an alternative surround sound options instead of its orchestral recordings. Of course there are exceptions, Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 - Karajan (1975-77), Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 - Bernstein and more recently Mozart: Piano Concertos 20, 21, 25 & 27 - Gulda, Abbado. According to the booklet notes by EBS’s Rainer Maillard for the present album, DG still has about 800 quadrophonic tapes in its storage, carefully achived. I’m interested to see what we will receive as the time passes by...
Comment by Jan Arell - July 10, 2024 (2 of 3)
This BR Audio is one of the best sounding recordings I have ever heard during my 70 years on Earth. Period.
Comment by Scott A. - July 28, 2024 (3 of 3)
... and this is the recording to have. Boult & Dutoit are boring by comparison. Steinberg makes The Planets sing.
Also nice that this Blu-ray comes with a regular cd included, so you've got something for the car, or archive, or whatever.