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Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis Again | JPO - May 11, 2025
Superb sound quality in every ways! Almost no distortion of any kind whatsoever.
Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water | Downunderman - May 12, 2025
A remarkable job has been done with the 55 year old master tape here. It was very well recorded to begin with, but Rob LoVerde and Shawn R. Britton have combined brilliantly ...
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem - Suzuki | Observer - May 8, 2025
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Chopin: 4 Ballades, 4 Scherzos - Shimizu | JPO - April 27, 2025
The performance are very good, especially the 4 scherzos, powerful, articulated and creative.
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 1-15 - Gulda | Contrapunctus - May 10, 2025
In my first comment, I pointed out a few small differences in this SACD release compared to previous Universal Japan editions. Now it seems there's another interesting ...
Tony Williams Trio: Young at Heart | Paul - May 6, 2025
This was Sony Japan’s and the world’s first DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recording. Recorded in September of 1996.
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 - Wilson | hiredfox - May 7, 2025
How does this recording compare to the many other recordings on SACD, Graham?
Joni Mitchell: Ladies of the Canyon | Downunderman - May 5, 2025
Not too much to grumble about here. An excellent mastering by Neal Harris, assisted by Krieg Wunderlich. It is quite spacious and detailed with lots of separation. It does ...
Asia: Alpha
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Comment by Richard Falice - October 1, 2015 (1 of 2)
If you are a fan of Asia and this album this is a big improvement over the original cd release that I have from W. Germany (yes, I've had the disc for close to 30 years) that I would highly recommend buying this album especially since the price has come down considerably on CD Japan.
Comment by Richard Falice - October 1, 2015 (2 of 2)
I forgot to mention that the SHM-SACD includes 2 bonus tracks, which is a nice addition to the disc.