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Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Mark Werlin - October 12, 2026

EugenF: The article by Matej Isak linked to your most recent post provides a lot of interesting detail about the equipment used to master Hemiolia's releases, but it also ...

Hidden Voices: Kletzi - Complete String Quartets - Bacewicz String Quartet | Andreas - October 11, 2026

Available on Qobuz (but only in 16/44.1, for now). Currently I cannot locate the highres file for streaming or downloading, not even on Prelude Classics' own website. If ...

Funkadelic: Maggot Brain | Downunderman - Today 12:23 am

I feel your pain Analogue! I wonder if the generic (analog tape) description on the Org Music site is instructive - "For this definitive 2026 reissue, the album was mastered ...

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Mark Werlin - October 3, 2026

Longjohns: Many thanks for the link to the jpc.de discussion thread. In front of me as I write this comment is the MoFi Kind of Blue SACD. On the inside cover, there is a ...

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | EugenF - October 4, 2026

I have both sacds Hemiolia & SME SICP-10083 and for my ears they sound almost the same (there are minor differences). I like them both. I also have HDtracks (24/192) release ...

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Mark Werlin - October 4, 2026

Thanks to EugenF and Longjohns for contributing to this informative discussion thread. It helped to answer questions about the source of the Hemiolia SACD. Several site ...

Little Feat: Dixie Chicken | Downunderman - Today 01:47 am

It is claimed that the original analog tape was used for this SACD mastering by Matthew Lutthans. No grumbles from me with this one - It sounds very good and you are unlikely ...

John Hammond: Rough & Tough | Kveld-Úlfr - October 7, 2026

Already own the first edition John Hammond: Rough & Tough, catalogue reference SACD346, and I find it really great to see it reissued for all hose who missed ...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 - Svetlanov

Octavia Records x Tower Record  OVEP00026 (2 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Works by Shostakovich, Glinka, Borodin, Khachaturian, Mussorgsky

State Symphony Orchestra of Russian Federation
Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

All

Works (9)

• Alexander Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia (1880)
• Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor (1869-87) Polovtsian Dances
• Aram Khachaturian: Gayane (1943) Suite
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
• Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila, IMG 33 Overture
• Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (1872-80) Prelude
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain