Hires 24

Dmitry Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad"
Royal Convertgebouw Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 4,44 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,24 MB | Artwork
Label/Cat#: RCO Live # 06002 | Country/Year: Netherlands 2006 | 5% Recovery Info
Genre: Classical | Style: Early 20th Century

"This was a performance, played with the Concertgebouw's phenomenal spectrum of coloring, phrasing & dynamic subtlety that asserted the symphony's organic structural credentials & spoke of deep-seated, human feelings throughout its ample 80-minute span. It was wonderful to have past reservations about the symphony swept aside with such authority. " ~The Telegraph

Frederic Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21
Arthur Rubinstein - New Symphony Orchestra / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski & Symphony of the Air / Alfred Wallenstein
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 2,60 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,24 GB | Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: RCA Red seal "Living Stereo" # 82876-67902-2 | Country/Year: US 2005, 1958-1961
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

"This is absolutely the best recording of Frederic Chopin's Piano Concertos! I heard many recordings of these familiar works (for example: Zimmermann, Polish Festival Orchestra, DG), but this recording beats my all old favorites. (…) This is excellent purchase for all classical music lovers! It is very good, that Living Stereo label publishes old masterful recordings on multi-channel SACD! Incredible!" ~sa-cd.net

Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 "Italian" & Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch (conductor)
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 2,37 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,04 GB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: RCA Red Seal "Living Stereo" # 82876-71616-2 | Country/Year: US 2006 (1957, 1958, 1960)
Genre: Classical | Style: Viennese School

"…The sound has remarkable little tape hiss, and is typical of the Boston recordings from this source. The strings are warm and solid, the brass not as piercing and obviously virtuostic as at Chicago, the stereo spread rather wide but without a hole in the middle, the orchestra bathed in a lush but not overresonant acoustic." ~sa-cd.net

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 8 in E flat "Symphony of a Thousand"
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 3,23 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,22 GB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Pentatone "RQR" # PTC 5186 166 | Country/Year: Netherlands 2006, 1971
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Early 20th Century

"This is yet another triumph for PentaTone’s RQR series. With visionary conducting and exemplary playing and singing, this set is a treasure to listen to from both an audiophiles' and a musician’s perspective. (…) To sum up: for all Mahlerians, this is an essential addition to the discography." ~SA-CD.net

Toivo Tulev - Songs
Robin Blaze / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 3,31 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,07 GB | Full Artwork
Label/Cat#: Hamronia Mundi USA # HMU 807452 | Country/Year: Europe 2008 | 5% Recovery Info
Genre: Classical, Sacred | Style: Present 21th Century, Vocal

"The work is polychoral, and almost made for multichannel recordings. (…) Sonically this is a splendid disc; in multichannel making the most of the rich acoustic signature of the church to add bloom to the voices and instruments, and presenting the spatial organisation of 'Songs' in a unique and convincing way. (…) Lovers of fine choral singing and contemporary vocal music will surely enjoy this fine disc, which ably demonstrates the versatility of Hillier and his forces." ~sa-cd.net

Carl Cleves & Parissa Bouas - Out Of Australia
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 3,12 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 969 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Stockfisch Records # SFR 357.4060.2 | Country/Year: Germany 2010
Genre: Folk, World, & Country | Style: Folk, Acoustic

"…This nomadic anthology captures the pathos of the human condition with originality and verve. Multichannel SACD is an ideal medium for this music. The understated nuances of the various stringed instruments are reproduced with clear acoustics, whether it’s a prominent rhythm guitar, or delicate lute. Tonal quality of the voices is flawless. The depth and texture of the vocals (in particular the ensembles) refine the musical eminence." ~Audiophile Audition

Hans Vonk (1942-2004): Johannes Brahms- The Final Sessions
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra / Male Chorus of the Netherlands Radio Choir
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 2,12 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 687 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Pentatone # PTC 5186 045 | Country/Year: Netherlands 2005
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

"…While it may appear that this disc is a memorial worth only one playing, it is instead a set of beautiful readings of three essential Brahms works, fully in the Central European tradition. Moreover, it is not marmorial, but a real 'feel-good' and life-enhancing disc. What better memorial could a conductor have?" ~sa-cd.net

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Last 6 Symphonies
Philharmonia Orchestra / New Philharmonia Orchestra - Otto Klemperer
3xSACD | ISOs (2.0): 6,52 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 2,90 GB | Full Artwork
Label/Cat#: EMI Classics # 50999 9 55932 2 | Country/Year: Europe 2012 (1956-1962) | 5% Recovery Info
Genre: Classical | Style: Viennese School, Orchestral, Historical Recording

"…This is what might be called big band Mozart, with none of the modern early music refinements coming into play as in the cycles of Pinnock or Hogwood. This is Mozart on modern instruments in a large-sized orchestra – not just 40 musicians like some so-called “authentic” recordings. On the other hand, Klemperer has a different approach to this music that he obviously adored and was fully familiar with. While cycles by Mackerras, Bohm, Karajan, Bruno Walter and others may compete in some ways, Klemperer’s efforts stand up amazingly well now that one can hear details in the recordings which were never exposed before except in the mastering studio." ~audiophile-audition

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suites
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Ole Kristian Ruud
24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 863 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: BIS # BIS-SACD-1591 | Country/Year: Sweden 2006
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

"…This SACD has an exceptionally wide dynamic range and is one of the best SACD's I have heard from a sonic perspective. Bravo BIS! A demonstration disc in every way." ~sa-cd.net

Frederic Chopin - Hardy Rittner - Complete Etudes
Hardy Rittner plays a Conrad Graf Piano (c. 1835)
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 3,23 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 938 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Scene" # 904 1747-6 | Country/Year: Germany 2012
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Piano, Period Instrument

"…Outstanding. I cannot recommend this disc highly enough." "…This is a remarkable recording which reveals Chopin in a new light." ~SA-CD.net