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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 | 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 | 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 ...

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 | 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.

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 ...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 - Storgårds | Scott A. - July 2, 2025

Heard from Chandos that the next up (after the 1st/3rd CD in August) will be the 2nd/5th early next year. That one will be on SACD, and in surround.

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.

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Tower Records/Blue Note  PROZ-1144

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Comment by Downunderman - February 3, 2025 (1 of 1)

A release in the 2024 Tower Records BLUE NOTE SA-CD HYBRID SELECTION which is intended to mark the 85th Anniversary of Blue Notes founding. This one is from the 2nd tranche of this series released in October 2024.

Tower Records claims "The latest remastering in 2024 based on DSD transferred from US original master tapes ・ The CD layer is also newly converted from DSD master to PCM"

Sadly, there is no indication on who is responsible for the (re)mastering we hear here.

Sounds very good, though I am not in a position to compare it to the earlier SACD releases from 2011 and 2017.