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Nat "King" Cole: Love Is The Thing        (8 of 9 found this review helpful)
  June 24, 2010

Double WOW!!! Can this be possible? For the second week in a row, the wizards at Analogue Productions have made me float 6 inches above the floor! I am about as jaded as most people in our time, but this SACD and the previous one, "The Very Thought of You," have completely made my Summer! Again, ... more
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms - Herreweghe          (6 of 9 found this review helpful)
  June 22, 2010

Delightful disc of late Stravinsky, ending with a lovely performance of the Symphony of Psalms. Ever since entering his "neo-classical" period, the composer sought to further accent his already-present compositional tendencies. These made him a natural for a revival of classic principles of ... more
Nat "King" Cole: The Very Thought of You        (18 of 18 found this review helpful)
  June 15, 2010

I got my copy of this SACD in the mail, today. I slipped it into my Oppo BDP-83, listened to the three-channel version of this classic album, and spent the rest of the afternoon floating about 6 inches above the floor!!! YES, this restoration of this classic album is nothing short of MIRACULOUS!!! ... more
Strauss: Four Last Songs, Wagner: Prelude & Liebestod - Runnicles          (5 of 11 found this review helpful)
  April 29, 2010

Musically, there is NOTHING exceptional here. Spectacular recording of the subaudio rumble of the Atlanta Symphony Hall air conditioning, in need of serious repair... UGH... If the engineers did not use speakers that can reproduce the rumble, DSD does them the favor of making it evident. The ... more
  April 23, 2010

BRILLIANT! WONDERFUL! This got THREE repeat plays on my OPPO BluRay player. Incredible sonics and playing! I will not restate Geohominid's comprehensive notes above. This is the best performance of the Poulenc Organ Concerto on SACD. Yes, the string section could be bigger, but they capture the ... more

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