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Foreigner: Foreigner | Downunderman - August 2, 2024

This one was released in June 2024, some 14 years later than the original appearance of this title on SACD in August 2010 which was mastered/released by MoFi ...

Stravinsky: Symphonies - Slobodeniouk | hiredfox - September 8, 2024

Thanks for your excellent review Graham. I follow your advice on the Chandos recording and have deleted this one from my wish list.

Yes: The Yes Album | aubullience - August 25, 2024

Both the SACD and 45 rpm releases of this album by AP are the hands-down winners in their respective (hi-res and analog) formats.

Yes: The Yes Album | Downunderman - August 6, 2024

Agree with Analogue on this one. Really surprisingly good.

Bruce Springsteen: The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle | Downunderman - August 5, 2024

Not an OMR but MoFi seem to have got lucky with their source tape all the same. My experience of this album on CD has been of a very clean, slightly bright and thin sound ...

Van Halen: Van Halen | aubullience - August 25, 2024

I can't say it better than Downunderman did. IMO his characterization of it is accurate in all respects. And oh yes, misspent youth!

John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard | Downunderman - August 18, 2024

This version was released in May 2024 and the jacket advises it is mastered by Ryan Smith of Sterling Sound. The Obi. advises it as "Verve Label Group 2024 DSD". It is a ...

Stravinsky: Symphonies - Slobodeniouk | Graham Williams - September 10, 2024

Hi John No disrespect to the Spanish orchestra, but the BBC Philharmonic are on top form and the programme is considerably more generous.

Believe in Love - Whitehouse, Bonynge

Melba Recordings  MR301104

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Vocal

Believe in Love - Rare French and Italian Opera Arias

Elizabeth Whitehouse (soprano)
Orchestra Victoria
Richard Bonynge (conductor)

All

Works (18)

• Francesco Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (1902) Io son l'umile ancella
• Francesco Cilea: Gloria (1907) Fonte muta e profonda
• Francesco Cilea: Gloria (1907) O mia cuna
• Franco Faccio: Amleto (1865) Dubita pur che brillino
• Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier (1896) La mamma morta
• Umberto Giordano: Siberia (1903) Ah! Finalmente!
• Antônio Carlos Gomes: Salvator Rosa (1874) Alla infelice suora - Volate, volate
• Charles-Francois Gounod: Cinq-Mars, CG 10 Nuit resplendissante
• Charles-Francois Gounod: La Reine de Saba, CG 7 Plus grand dans son obscurité
• Charles-Francois Gounod: Le Tribut de Zamora, CG 12 Que me dis-tu?
• Charles-Francois Gounod: Sapho, CG 1 Ô ma lyre immortelle
• Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Chatterton (1896) Benedetta dal ciel
• Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Zazà (1900) Mamma! Io non l’ho avuta mai!
• Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Zazà (1900) Va via!
• Pietro Mascagni: Isabeau (1911) Venne una vecchiarella
• Pietro Mascagni: Sì (1919) Sortita di Sì
• Amilcare Ponchielli: Marion Delorme, Op. 11 M’è tolto, ahimè, d’essere felice
• Camille Saint-Saëns: Étienne Marcel, R. 290 Ô beaux rêves évanouis

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