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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 1-15 - Gulda | Contrapunctus - May 10, 2025

In my first comment, I pointed out a few small differences in this SACD release compared to previous Universal Japan editions. Now it seems there's another interesting ...

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem - Suzuki | Observer - May 8, 2025

It seems that the plight of the industry has also been reflected in BIS's recording preferences, especially for releases in the last six months (which were, however, recorded ...

Bad Company: Straight Shooter | Downunderman - May 1, 2025

Mastered directly from a 1/4-inch copy of the original master tape as Bad Company: Bad Company also was. Though quite different sounding to it, even ...

Simon and Garfunkel: Bookends | Downunderman - April 21, 2025

This SACD mastered by Neal Harris, assisted by Shawn R. Britton and an interesting mastering at that, but not an Original Master Recording. The MoFi vinyl for this was ...

Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water | Downunderman - May 12, 2025

A remarkable job has been done with the 55 year old master tape here. It was very well recorded to begin with, but Rob LoVerde and Shawn R. Britton have combined brilliantly ...

Mendelssohn, Shostakovich: Violin Concertos - Hahn, Wolff, Janowski | JPO - May 11, 2025

Disappointing experience. The multichannel area of the SA-CD layer contains a fake multichannel recording, with very little signal in the center channel. It is highly likely ...

Joni Mitchell: Ladies of the Canyon | Downunderman - May 5, 2025

Not too much to grumble about here. An excellent mastering by Neal Harris, assisted by Krieg Wunderlich. It is quite spacious and detailed with lots of separation. It does ...