Gilbert Kaplan Mahler: Symphony No. 2

Benjamin Zander, Philharmonia Orchestra - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (2002) Music

Posted by tirexiss at Dec. 23, 2018

The Classical Hall of Fame contains recordings that we critics have judged to be worthy of perpetual enshrinement, and thus it would seem an odd place to air one’s purely personal preferences. That being said, however, it is also true that we first receive sensory experience, and it is through this personal portal that we then extrapolate and objectify, so I begin this induction with some personal observations.

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V.A. - SACD The Ultimate Audio Experience: The Classical Sampler (2003) [SACD] PS3 ISO Vinyl & HR

Posted by Discograf_man at Sept. 20, 2019

V.A. - SACD The Ultimate Audio Experience: The Classical Sampler (2003) [SACD] PS3 ISO
Classical | SACD ISO: DST64 2.0, 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz
Run Time: 01:10:00 | 4.53 GB + 5% Recovery
Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Release Year: 2003

The subtitle of this SACD is "The Ultimate Audio Experience". But open the notes, and you discover that all the tracks save one are from 44, 48, and 96KHz PCM sample original sources. There are some great performances here –- forever trapped in mid-definition resolution. They date from 1993 to 2003, a surprising number of them being recorded in 2001-2003, after DSD recording was available. In listening to this SACD, I was beginning to have doubts about the SACD format until I noticed the sources in the liner notes.

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