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Bob Marley and The Wailers: Natty Dread | Downunderman - August 20, 2026

SACD released 2026 and the best sounding Bob Marley SACD in the series so far. Looks like we have the real deal here for the use of the 'original analog tape'. It was ...

Chris Isaak: Heart Shaped World | Downunderman - August 20, 2026

You pretty much get what the MoFi blurb says at the top of the page and no complaints from me. Mastered with a pretty light touch by Rob LoVerde and worth buying for 'Wicked ...

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This 2026 mastering by Krieg Wonderlich is a great improvement over the the 2008 Joseph M. Palmiccio remastered version Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Brain Salad Surgery which ...

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These recordings are in DSD256 and will be available on RBCD. Chat GTP speculates that there is the possibility of all three operas when recorded being released as a SACD box ...

Bob Marley and The Wailers: Burnin' | Downunderman - September 1, 2026

This SACD released in 2026 and given the age of the recording plus the recording technology/tape stock available in Jamaica circa 1973 it sounds OK for its time. It was ...

Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Pletnev: Rachmaniana - RIO, Pletnev | [Current93] - September 9, 2026

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Tarkus | Downunderman - August 17, 2026

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The Stooges: The Stooges | Bagstiv - August 31, 2026

Fun House is also slated for release in SACD format by MFSL. Television’s Marquee Moon has been released already and sounds fantastic. I’m not sure how to suggest an ...

Romance - Mera, Genda

King International  KIGC-2

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Vocal

Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor)
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Shigeo Genda

All

Works (13)

• Antonin Dvořák: Gypsy Songs (7), Op. 55 No. 4 Když mne stará matka zpívat, zpívat učívala
• Charles-Francois Gounod: Ave Maria de l'enfant, CG 333
• Charles-Francois Gounod: Faust, CG 4 Air des bijoux
• Charles-Francois Gounod: Faust, CG 4 Quel trouble inconnu… Salut! demeure chaste et pure
• Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23 Solveigs sang
• Erik Satie: Je te veux (1897)
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Gesänge (6), Op. 34 No. 2 Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
• George Frideric Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7b Lascia ch´io pianga
• George Frideric Handel: Serse (Xerses), HWV 40 Ombra mai fu
• Richard Strauss: Gedichte aus Letzte Blätter (8), TrV 141 No. 8 Allerseelen
• Richard Strauss: Lieder (4), TrV 170 No. 4 Morgen
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: Romances (14), Op. 34 No. 14 Vocalise
• Traditional: Greensleeves