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Recent comments

Puccini: Turandot - Leinsdorf | Hade - March 29, 2026

Tower records Japan will soon release their own remastering on Sacds. The official Rca one presented here was issued at a time when the top range was not well preserved, ...

Shostakovich: Symphonies 1-15 - Noseda | John Bacon-Shone - March 30, 2026

I safely received my replacement disk in Hong Kong, after emailing LSO Live. Thanks guys!

Mahler: Symphonies 1–9 - Czech Philharmonic, Bychkov | SACD-MAN (threerandot) - Today 06:19 pm

Sad to see what is happening to physical media on presto. Very disappointing. pentatone is also a disappointment. I guess this is a reflection of what consumers want? Or are ...

Mahler: Symphonies 1–9 - Czech Philharmonic, Bychkov | Stephen Best - Yesterday 12:49 am

Correct. See my comments here: Pépin: Les Eaux Célestes - Orchestre national de Lyon, Glassberg

Weber: Der Freischütz - Kleiber | DYB - April 1, 2026

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 ...

Verdi: La traviata - Serafin | Hade - March 29, 2026

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 ...

Mahler: Symphonies 1–9 - Czech Philharmonic, Bychkov | hiredfox - Yesterday 12:33 am

Is this misleading? There are no SACDs only CDs as far as my understanding goes.

Mahler: Symphonies 1–9 - Czech Philharmonic, Bychkov | breydon_music - Yesterday 09:43 am

I am afraid I am with hiredfox here - I find the listing of items which are not on any form of hi-res physical disc misleading to say the least. My impression, as someone who ...

Kenny Dorham: The Complete 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia