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Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Mark Werlin - May 15, 2022

It wouldn't surprise me if the Speakers Corner LP sounds better than the Universal Japan SACD. Their outreach is to different markets, so you'd expect the releases to sound ...

Ravel: Complete orchestral works - Martinon | Ben Leggett - May 9, 2022

Does anyone know what's different between this version (https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEODAI-109004, which is advertised as a "4-SACD set") and the other Tower ...

Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Ben Leggett - May 20, 2022

"The author asserts, on scientific measurement principles, that to equal the properties of vinyl playback, a digital signal would need to be sampled and delivered to the ...

Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Brian VanPelt - May 14, 2022

Not bad, but it does not hold a candle to the Speakers Corner 1999 vinyl release. The vinyl is more open, with much sharper focus on everything. To listen to the SACD, and ...

Gil Evans: Gil Evans & Ten | Mark Werlin - May 10, 2022

Steven: a glance at Concord's Wikipedia page tells a complicated story. The corporation grew very large in recent years through major acquisitions, with recorded music, music ...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Foster | hiredfox - May 11, 2022

Mark, what is your reading of this development? Is it good or bad news for SACD (DSD)?

Ravel: Complete orchestral works - Martinon | Mark Werlin - May 10, 2022

The reduction from 5 discs (EMI Japan set) to 4 is interesting. Unfortunately, CDJapan shows the Tower Definition set as sold out. The 24/96 download of Martinon's "Daphnis ...

Jimmy Smith: The Cat | Brian VanPelt - May 5, 2022

Very nice sound. Clear, spacious, like a well-pressed record without the surface noise.

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (9) / Haydn: Symphony No. 88 - Furtwängler

Universal (Japan)  UCGG-9019

Mono Single Layer

Classical - Orchestral

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (9) in C major D.944 "Great", Haydn: Symphony No. 88

Berliner Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (2)

• Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G major, Hob. I:88 'The Letter V'
• Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (9) in C major, D. 944 'Great'

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