I understand it is taken from an original EMI recording, made shortly after Pollini won the 1960 Chopin Competition, but withdrawn as he didn’t approve it. However, in 2011 ...
With this newly remastered version (by Emil Berliner Studios) for SACD, all analog recordings of Abbado's DG Mahler cycle have been released on SACD:
Mahler 4 (Vienna ...
I never owned this performance on regular disc and was very much looking forward to the SACD because I love Klaus Tennstedt, Lucia Popp, and Bernd Weikl. Unfortunately Weikl ...
Absolutely stunning performance and recording. The DTS 5.1 @ 24bit/192kHZ is magnificent, I can only imagine with a quality Atmos 7.1 setup, it must be astounding. Superb ...
After starting the disc, I almost got a shock. I had turned up the volume in expectation of the very quiet opening of Zarathustra, only to be greeted by an excessive bass ...