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Michel Petrucciani Trio: Estate | Rafael Méndez - April 12, 2023

It is Hybrid Stereo SACD

Jethro Tull: Aqualung | Downunderman - April 27, 2023

Not at all like the Stand-Up master tape - This one is really rather good. The master tape used (IA's 'shed' master?) here is in very good shape. There are no obvious signs ...

Les Espaces Électroacoustiques III | Amfortas - May 23, 2023

Yes, same happened to me, got it from Amazon.co.uk and it’s not SACD. No logo but the title clearly says surround sound. And the Amazon title advertises this disc as SACD ...

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon | Paul Hannah - May 8, 2023

Anyone heard this...............Is it better than the DVD-A that was released years ago ?

Jethro Tull: Stand Up | Mark Werlin - April 25, 2023

Downunderman (and any other Jethro Tull fans), you need to hear the Steven Wilson remixes of This Was, Stand Up, Benefit, Aqualung, and Thick as a Brick in 24/96. The sonic ...

Jethro Tull: Stand Up | Downunderman - April 26, 2023

Thanks MW - I do wonder about the flat transfer of the master tape thing on occasion and this release is one of those occasions! It might have been better if they had dragged ...

Rachmaninov: 4 Piano Concertos, Paganini Rhapsody - Ashkenazy, Previn | Contrapunctus - May 30, 2023

Esoteric is going to release these recordings on June 17th. Given the already brilliant transfers out there, I'm definitely not interested.

Michel Petrucciani Trio: Estate | Gleb Panaeff - April 24, 2023

It is in fact a hybrid MULTICHANNEL SACD, albeit very poorly recorded or remastered, not sure which

All time popular favourites - Knappertsbusch

Tower Universal Vintage  PROC-2176

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
Weber: Invitation to the dance
Schubert: Marche Militaire
Nicolai: Merry Wives of Windsor - overture
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Wiener Philharmoniker
Hans Knappertsbusch (conductor)

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (5)

• Carl Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor)
• Franz Schubert: Marche militaires for Piano Duet, D 733 No. 1 in D major
• Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Suite, TH 35 Op. 71a
• Richard Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll in E major, WWV 103
• Carl Maria von Weber: Aufforderung zum Tanze for Piano, J. 260 Op. 65

Note

Wagner is a mono recording