This recording has a unique Viennese flavour that even Karajan misses in both his attempts, a great achievement by Ackermann although not flawless : one could have hoped a ...
Originally released in 1998 and now released on SACD 2026. It certainly has the goods sonically and is well worth a listen.
Leans heavily in the cocktail jazz vocal direction ...
Again many will complain that this new edition is stereo only, but what an edition!
The first Sacds issued by Universal only improved the CDs a little bit, the sound remaining ...
Hello, I received my copy this morning and was surprised to discover the AI upscaling mention. It is kind of ironic because I had ordered the set specifically for the Manfred ...
I agree that speaking parts not being done by the singers is such a glaring mistake with this recording. It's *obviously* not the singers speaking. (Kleiber ruined more than ...
That is totally consistent with the following :
[Remastering]
DSD Remastering by Emil Berliner Studios, May 2025.
The DSD data, created in 2016 from the original analog master ...
Simply one of the best Tower Records Japan sacds edition.
The remastering is wonderful really preserving the qualities of the original tapes.
A version of Traviata that many ...
Comment by Shane Jack - March 6, 2026 (1 of 2)
A big thank you to whoever added the Rhino Blu-rays and Quadios to the HRaudio catalog
Comment by John Broggio - March 13, 2026 (2 of 2)
Pleasure - please give me a nudge if I miss anything in future!