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Recent comments

Mozart: The Travelling Whirlwind - Wessel | breydon_music - Yesterday 05:49 am

Sorry to bother you again Adrian but I wonder if you know what is currently affecting availability of this disc? It was originally scheduled for March release in the U K but ...

Mahler: Symphonies 1–9 - Bychkov | DYB - April 24, 2026

My comment is on the performances. I've seen Bychkov live in opera houses (well, the Metropolitan in NYC, conducting multiple operas) and with symphony orchestras. And I've ...

Mozart: The Travelling Whirlwind - Wessel | Adrian Quanjer - Yesterday 02:23 pm

Yes, see JPC: Noch ein Stück am Lager.

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 - Runnicles | John Bacon-Shone - April 22, 2026

Unfortunately, the reliability of Presto info has dropped greatly with many multichannel SACDs reported as stereo only. You need to check the site of the record label, or here ...

Dvořák: Cello Concerto - Rostropovich, Karajan | DYB - April 22, 2026

Contrapunctus, thank you for that review. This is disappointing, to say the least! I'll stick with the original masters. (Removing page rustlings is really bizarre and, ...

Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings | Mark Werlin - May 14, 2026

From mastering engineer Paul Blakemore's website. He discusses working on the Coltrane '58 set: It was a massive project sourced only from original Rudy van Gelder master ...

Puccini: Turandot - Leinsdorf | Hade - May 1, 2026

This new edition has not been issued by Tower Records but by Rca/Sony. It is différent from their previous and first "living stereo" issue. The voices do not sound as big as ...