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  • Stravinsky / Paavo Jarvi, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
    Stravinsky / Paavo Jarvi, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

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    This lively and lovable disc of Stravinsky's neoclassical and small ensemble pieces stands with the best available. The two Suites for Small Orchestra never have been better done, the opening Andante taken a bit more...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: June 01, 2005

  • Stravinsky: Le Roi des Etoiles; Les Sacre de printemps / Thomas, Boston Symphony
    Stravinsky: Le Roi des Etoiles; Les Sacre de printemps / Thomas, Boston Symphony

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    DSD remastered SACD from quadraphonic recording tapes. Michael Tilson Thomas's recordings were made in l972 in Boston's Symphony Hall. His Rite was highly praised when originally issued and remains one of the great performances of...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: October 09, 2015

  • Strauss: Symphonica Domestica & The Times of Day / Janowski
    Strauss: Symphonica Domestica & The Times of Day / Janowski

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    Reviews: The moments of hustle and bustle are wonderfully easy-going, while the Berlin RSO's corporate virtuosity is often breathtaking - I can't remember when I last heard the finale's final couple of minutes, from the...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: June 09, 2015

  • Strauss: Salome / Orozco-Estrada, Frankfurt Radio Symphony
    Strauss: Salome / Orozco-Estrada, Frankfurt Radio Symphony

    $36.99

    Desire. Brutality. Lust. Slyness. Anxiety. What a fascinatingly menacing thematic melange is seething in this Salome. Richard Strauss, the “nervous contrapuntalist,” had immediately recognized the potential of Oscar Wilde’s play, and had proceeded to add...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: November 17, 2017

  • Starring Christmas / Neary, Winchester Cathedral Choir
    Starring Christmas / Neary, Winchester Cathedral Choir

    $21.99

    This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. The sacred space of Winchester Cathedral has echoed to music every day for almost a thousand years, inspiring worshippers...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: September 24, 2013

  • Spirit Of The American Range / Kalmar, Oregon Symphony
    Spirit Of The American Range / Kalmar, Oregon Symphony

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    Spirit of the American Range celebrates the works of one of the musical giants of the 20th century, Aaron Copland, joined with the works of his colleague, Walter Piston—who was according to Copland, “one of...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: February 10, 2015

  • Sibelius: Symphonies No 5 & 7, Etc / Sir Colin Davis, Bso
    Sibelius: Symphonies No 5 & 7, Etc / Sir Colin Davis, Bso

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    This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: April 29, 2008

  • Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 / Berglund, Et Al
    Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 / Berglund, Et Al

    $21.99

    This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: June 20, 2006

  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 / Jarvi, Russian National Orchestra
    Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 / Jarvi, Russian National Orchestra

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    It is hard to escape the incredible pull of Symphony No. 7, knowing the background to its composition and its general significance. Shostakovich began to work on the actual composition in July 1941 in Leningrad,...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: April 14, 2015

  • Shostakovich: Symphony No 15 Op 141, Hamlet Op 32 / Pletnev, Et Al
    Shostakovich: Symphony No 15 Op 141, Hamlet Op 32 / Pletnev, Et Al

    $21.99

    This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. Mikhail Pletnev remains a cypher. Remember how rapturously his first major recording as a conductor, Tchaikovsky's Sixth on Virgin,...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: April 28, 2009

  • Shostakovich: Symphony No 11 / Pletnev, Et Al
    Shostakovich: Symphony No 11 / Pletnev, Et Al

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    Mikhail Pletnev's Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 excels beyond the much-hyped Rostropovich version on LSO Live, which suffers from a deadening slow, heavy tread. Pletnev's urgent pacing brings the piece in at around 62 minutes (10...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: February 21, 2006

  • Shostakovich: Symphonies No 5 & 9 / Kreizberg, Russian NO
    Shostakovich: Symphonies No 5 & 9 / Kreizberg, Russian NO

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    This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. These are two of the most brilliant and insightful Shostakovich performances to come along in quite a while, and...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: March 27, 2007

  • Shostakovich: Symphonies No 1 & 6 / Jurowski, Et Al
    Shostakovich: Symphonies No 1 & 6 / Jurowski, Et Al

    $21.99

    This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: March 21, 2006

  • Schumann: Symphonies No 3 & 4 / Lawrence Foster, Czech Po
    Schumann: Symphonies No 3 & 4 / Lawrence Foster, Czech Po

    $21.99

    This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: March 31, 2009

  • Schumann: Symphonies No 1 & 3 / Inbal, New Philharmonia
    Schumann: Symphonies No 1 & 3 / Inbal, New Philharmonia

    $21.99

    This selection is a Hybrid Multichannel Super Audio CD. The Stereo HybridSACD program can be played on any standard compact disc player. The DSDSurround and Stereo programs require an SACD player for playback.


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: June 01, 2005