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Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings | Stephen Best - April 26, 2026

What are you hoping for as an improvement to this release? In discussions with Mark he also has plans for reviews of more contemporary releases, only now possible because of ...

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Original 2011 SHM SA-CD title, using japanese masters (that were at the time of the album's release directly copied from the original UK master tapes). The 2016 SHM SA-CD ...

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 ...

Mahler: Symphonies 1–9 - Bychkov | SACD-MAN (threerandot) - Today 03:23 am

Does the download trend reflect what consumers actually want? Whenever changes happen like this, I wonder how much of it is a reflection of what customers want, or is it ...

Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings | John Bacon-Shone - April 26, 2026

Seems this is a 2019 remaster, not more recent, correct?

Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings | Mark Werlin - April 27, 2026

John Bacon-Shone: yes, this is the 2019 set from Craft. A quick search through discogs.com does not show any newer remasters of the 1958 recordings. I will write about newer ...

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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 ...

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I am really discouraged to see so many labels ditching sacd. Does anyone have any details as to why this is happening? I find it hard to believe classical listeners are ...

Strauss: Die Fledermaus - Kleiber

Esoteric  ESSG-90041/42 (2 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical

Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus

Hermann Prey
Julia Varády
Benno Kusche
René Kollo
Ivan Rebroff
Bernd Weikl
Ferry Grüber
Lucia Popp
Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Carlos Kleiber (conductor)

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (1)

• Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (1874)