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20 Dec 2011

M. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe etc. - S. Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra. SACD-ISO + CD


Sony PS3 SACD to ISO | DSD 1bit-2822,4kHz 2.0, 5.1 | 344GB
EAC-RIP | FLAC-IMAGE, CUE, LOG | 217MB
Classical | Label: MFSL | Catalog Number: UDSACD 4008
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...Five stars. Is that enough? Hardly. This disc and its companion are simply among the true peaks in the mountain ranges of the history of recorded music. They may be equaled, but probably will never be bettered. Very highly recommended. Indeed
Remember the brief, good old days of quad? Various labels, Vox included, were experimenting with ways to get four channel sound out of the long-playing vinyl platter. I believe the old USA RCA label had a discrete four channel system that actually cut four separate channels into the otherwise 2-sided LP groove. This meant you had to have a special cartridge/needle combo to safely ride and reproduce the four tracks cut into the groove. Never took off. Others, EMI and Vox among them choose the matrixed sound path, rather like the ways FM radio was matrixing a stereo signal into its carrier waves, so that your home receiver could decode it down to two channels in your home...

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01. Daphnis et Chloe (Ballet) - Suite No. 1 13:36
02. Interlude - Suite No. 2 17:16
03. Ma Mere l'Oye 30:03
04. Valse nobles et sentimentales 17:53




We have here another of the audiophile-favored recording projects of the Joanna Nickrenz and Marc J. Aubort team for Vox Records. The original LP was released in l975 and it was a QS quadraphonic
disc. Actually it must have been two discs because the length of this program would never fit on the two sides of a single LP – the Mother Goose Suite alone is a half hour length. Mo-Fi’s mastering
expert Paul Stubblebine used their Gain 2 System, which stands for Greater Ambient Information Network and includes both a custom analog tape playback system and custom A-to-D converter and input rivers... audaud.com

2 Kommentare:

  1. The Ravel-Vox green and blue albums are legendary and sound amazing on the MFSL remasters. This is a fantastic share. Do you have the blue one (UDSACD 4002)? I only have the redbook, but would love the SACD!

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  2. sorry
    I hav't this disc
    I don't want to pay to speculators so much money
    http://www.amazon.com/Ravel-Bolero-Valse-etc-Hybrid/dp/B0000ADXG2/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1325516061&sr=1-4

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