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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 ...

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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 - Kertész | Contrapunctus - September 24, 2024

This release has completely passed me by so far. This is probably because it’s a release from Hong Kong, which is quite rare. However, I would be very grateful for more ...

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 - Kertész | breydon_music - September 23, 2024

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Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch | Mark Werlin - October 4, 2024

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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: ...

Smetana: Má Vlast - Berglund | hiredfox - September 24, 2024

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 ...

Wagner: Siegfried - Solti

Decca Classics 4853161 (4 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Opera

Wagner: Siegfried

Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried)
Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde)
Gerhard Stolze (Mime)
Hans Hotter (Wotan - the Wanderer)
Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich)
Marga Höffgen (Erda)
Kurt Böhme (Fafner)
Joan Sutherland (Waldvogel)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

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