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Contemporary Records Vol. 1

Steely Dan: Aja

Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet: Way Out East

Stravinsky: Symphonies - Slobodeniouk

Recent comments

Yes: 90125 | Paul - June 9, 2024

Sorry, you are incorrect about this being sourced from a tape copy… I emailed Kevin Gray, he was the one that performed the mastering on this SACD release, and he told me ...

Kip Hanrahan: Vertical's Currency | Downunderman - June 26, 2024

Kip Hanrahan's work is quite idiosyncratic. Described variously as Afro-Cuban Jazz, Fusion and Latin Jazz but somehow those descriptions don't quite cover the overall vibe of ...

Steely Dan: Aja | aubullience - August 25, 2024

A true sonic triumph and much better than the earlier Japanese SHM-SACD release of Aja, which was a rare SACD disappointment for me on the sonic side of things- I haven't ...

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!

Yes: 90125 | analogue - June 10, 2024

Hello. Hate to bicker with you....but if you will peruse the back of the actual sacd and visit the sites that sell this disc, you will notice a very small disclaimer ...

Yes: The Yes Album | analogue - June 7, 2024

I was really surprised by the sound quality of this sacd. I don't remember it sounding quite so pristine as what I heard while listening to this new sacd. Its highly crankable ...

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 ...

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

Agree with Analogue on this one. Really surprisingly good.

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 - Kikuchi

Triton  OVCT-00064 (2 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Instrumental

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 & 26

Yusuke Kikuchi (piano)

All

Recording

DSD recording

Works (9)

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79 'Sonatine'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les adieux'