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Recent comments

Gil Evans: Gil Evans & Ten | John Bacon-Shone - July 14, 2022

Although I love Art Pepper, I cannot justify buying the Craft issue unless someone compares it with the Fantasy issue, hint, hint.... ;)

Wagner: Lohengrin - Kempe | Andre Vital - Yesterday 05:54 am

And... I'd be thankful for your appreciation of my next "target" of this series; Muti's Aida (still in print!).

Gil Evans: Gil Evans & Ten | John Bacon-Shone - July 24, 2022

Thanks Mark, it seems likely that the HDTracks is converted from the earlier SACD, given the 88.2K sampling rate. As I love Art Pepper, looks like I will be tempted into ...

Ireland: Orchestral works - Wilson | John Bacon-Shone - July 28, 2022

Indeed, Chandos have updated their website, which previously showed it as a CD. Great news!

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 - Karabits | Steven Harrison - July 30, 2022

Ah, completely missed the Kofman's in every way. I'm not exactly short of recordings of the Shostakovich symphonies with the Rostropovich and Ashkenazy rbcd box sets and ...

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out | Mark Werlin - August 3, 2022

At about 6:30 into the second track, "Strange Meadow Lark" (2012 AP SACD, stereo program), Brubeck plays a chordal passage very forcefully. There was probably some mic preamp ...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 - Karabits | Marcus DiBenedetto - July 30, 2022

An interesting conversation. I have all the Pentatone releases now. This one (#13) is recorded in DXD, and my favorite, while all the others are recorded in DSD64. I like them ...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 - Karabits | Steven Harrison - July 26, 2022

HF, The comment about conductors came from Giel Bessels. So it was awhile ago as he is now retired. I clearly remember the stated intention by Pentatone with this series that ...

Strauss: Orchestral Works - Blomstedt

Columbia x Tower Records  TWSA-1121 (3 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Strauss: Orchestral Works

Staatskapelle Dresden
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

All

Works (6)

• Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra - Symphonic Poem, TrV 176 Op. 30
• Richard Strauss: Don Juan - Symphonic Poem, TrV 156 Op. 20
• Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben - Symphonic Poem, TrV 190 Op. 40
• Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen - Study for 23 Solo Strings, TrV 290
• Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche - Symphonic Poem, TrV 171 Op. 28
• Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung - Symphonic Poem, TrV 158 Op. 24