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Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Karajan | hiredfox - July 3, 2025

The World has gone mad. Who in their right mind could even consider buying this release? Charging this much for a withering SACD format will only hasten its demise.

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 - Noseda | BrianE - June 30, 2025

Distortion/clipping on the right channel at 8m8s in the first movement on both the RBCD and stereo SACD layers; if it's from the recording itself, it sounds like something was ...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Karajan | onenairb - July 4, 2025

I would agree hiredfox. I got excited to see this release only to be shocked at the £/€120 price tag. Seriously! For a 2 disc release! Sadly I won't be purchasing at this ...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Karajan | EugenF - Yesterday 01:06 pm

Quoted from Presto: ' New high definition 24-bit 192 kHz transfers from the original 1975 master tapes.' and form JPC: 'The recording has been remastered from the original ...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Karajan | John Broggio - July 4, 2025

I suspect the execs looked at how much (lo-fi) LP re-releases go for and thought they'd create another slice of the action.

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 - Storgårds | EugenF - June 30, 2025

Thank you for clarifications Scott A. This is a very interesting information about '12 weeks for essential maintenance' at Sony DADC Salzburg. My guess is that all 3 pressing ...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Karajan | John Broggio - Yesterday 05:20 am

I've not heard this but the improvement of the equivalent Britten War Requiem release is astonishing; it could have been recorded yesterday.

Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 - Rubinstein, Barenboim | Adrian Quanjer - Yesterday 01:26 am

I see that some people, perhaps driven by nostalgia (and willing to pay for it!), collect yesteryear's heroes. That's OK with me. However, isn’t it sad to observe that with ...

Eiichi Ohtaki: Each Time (40th Anniversary Edition)