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Dating from the 1970s, Rafael Kubelik’s incisive and acclaimed reading of Beethoven’s second and fifth symphonies in the Remastered Classics series from Pentatone, performed with panache by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Astor Piazzolla become hugely popular thanks to his ‘tango nuevo’ band and his short tango pieces. This disc shows his other, more serious side in some of his symphonic music, still mostly inspired by tango rhythms and catchy tunes. It is a great joy to have this music so well recorded and performed, and if you like Piazzolla’s music, you should definitely check this one out.

Recorded exactly fifty years after the premiere, this masterpiece was the first recording of a major orchestra by Pouleze, which at a stretch raised the bar for Spring Festival. This work, which has been categorized as barbarism music, is irradiated with X-rays, and based on his own papers that have a perfect perspective on the entire structure, he breathed life into fine sound cells as a revolutionary performer, This is why Bouraz is a genius who has succeeded in sympathizing organically. This 1963 recording it was a time when French instruments, including woodwinds, still existed, adding to the value of this record. It may be said that it is a sound closer to the premiere. The sound of the basson at the beginning and the tone of the horn are also faithfully captured. The latest mastering has been applied carefully from the analog master upon the recurrence.

Henry Purcell's "Fairy Queen" and "Dioclesian" (called "The Prophetess" here) were two examples of semi-opera, a genre that flourished in England in the late 17th and early 18th centuries before Handel blew up the spot with Italian opera. In this recording, Jordi Savall gives these unique, at times Lully-esque scores his customary imaginative and colorful treatment with his orchestra Le Concert des Nations. The performance standard here is very high, highlighted by rich, dark bass lines, a stellar violin section, and impeccable intonation in the winds and brass. This group's comparatively well known reading of the Handel Water Music is in a similar vein stylistically, so if you're familiar with that and like it, this would be a good choice.

2015's collection of Roxy Music, released in Japan as SHM-SACDs. Features DSD flat transfer from the U.K. original analogue master tapes. Includes all of the band's studio albums: Roxy Music (1972), For Your Pleasure (1973), Stranded (1973), Country Life (1974), Siren (1975), Manifesto (1979), Flesh and Blood (1980), Avalon (1982).

2015's collection of Bryan Ferry, released in Japan as SHM-SACDs. Features new DSD flat transfer from the original analogue master tapes. Includes the albums: These Foolish Things (1973), Another Time, Another Place (1974), Let's Stick Together (1976), In Your Mind (1977), The Bride Stripped Bare (1978), Boys And Girls (1985).

Public Image Ltd (also known as PiL) are an English post-punk band formed by singer John Lydon. Lydon emerged after the break-up of the Sex Pistols with PiL's Public Image: First Issue (1978). The new band had a more experimental sound than the Pistols: a "droning, slow-tempo, bass-heavy noise rock, overlaid by Lydon's distinctive, vituperative rant". Their early work is often regarded as some of the most challenging and innovative music of the post-punk era. Their 1979 album Metal Box was ranked number 469 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The NME described PiL as "arguably the first post-rock group".

Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion). They were active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1991 to 1995. The band became one of the world's best-selling music artists, with album sales of over 100 million. This Japanese SHM-SACD collection features DSD Transfer from analogue master tapes.