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Ludwig van Beethoven / Pieter Wispelwey / Dejan Lazić – Complete Sonatas & Variations (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ludwig van Beethoven / Pieter Wispelwey / Dejan Lazić - Complete Sonatas & Variations (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ludwig van Beethoven / Pieter Wispelwey / Dejan Lazić – Complete Sonatas & Variations (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 7.33. GB (ISO) + 5.06 GB (FLAC Mch) + 2.18 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Channel Classics | Germany | Cat#: CCS SA 22605 | Genre: Classical

These works have been well served on disc, from the classic Rostropovich/Richter to the recent Schiff/Fellner (both on Philips). This set certainly belongs among the great ones, and it offers sonics of breathtaking naturalness and realism. Pieter Wispelwey and Dejan Lazic work exceptionally well together. Two strong-willed artists, everything that they do serves the music, not least in the three sets of variations, which are chock-full of personality and clear delight in Beethoven’s early compositional virtuosity (the set based on Handel’s “See the conqu’ring hero comes” is especially impressive). Continue reading “Ludwig van Beethoven / Pieter Wispelwey / Dejan Lazić – Complete Sonatas & Variations (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sara K. – Play On Words (1994) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sara K. - Play On Words (1994) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sara K. – Play On Words (1994) {2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.46 GB (ISO) + 1.77 GB (FLAC Mch) + 0.98 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Chesky Records | US | Cat#: SACD278 | Genre: Jazz-Rock, Folk

Play On Words – a musical and lyrical masterpiece with Sara K. on vocals and four string guitar, makes its way through a number of styles, such as country and blues, and invigorates these rather staid genres with a new content and meaning. Continue reading “Sara K. – Play On Words (1994) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sarah Brightman – Eden (1998) [2004, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sarah Brightman - Eden (1998) [2004, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sarah Brightman’s 1999 release Eden applies her rich, supple voice to 16 tracks that range from classical to pop to haunting ballads. The album features “Il Mio Cuore Va,” Titanic’s “My Heart Will Go On” sung in Italian; “Scene d’Amour,” the theme from The English Patient; and “Nessun Dorma” from Puccini’s Turandot. Brightman’s pop side emerges with tracks like “Dust in the Wind” and the Richard Marx-written and -produced “The Last Words You Said.” Eden’s wide range and Brightman’s beautiful voice are a winning combination. Continue reading “Sarah Brightman – Eden (1998) [2004, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sarah Brightman – La Luna (2000) [2004, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sarah Brightman - La Luna (2000) [2004, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Broadway star Sarah Brightman lends her ethereal, angelic vocals to another combination of classical and pop, resulting in a solid, stirring collection. This outing, the ex-Mrs. Andrew Lloyd Webber adapts Rachmaninov (“How Fare This Spot”), Beethoven (“Figlio Perduto”), and Handel (“Solo Con Te”) alongside the brothers Gibb and Simon and Garfunkel. The uncanny thing is how canny Brightman is at bridging the contemporary with the classics so that they seem timeless. Continue reading “Sarah Brightman – La Luna (2000) [2004, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

VA – Master Female Audiophile (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

VA - Master Female Audiophile (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

VA – Master Female Audiophile (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.10 GB (ISO) + 1.21 GB (FLAC)
Label: Master Music | Germany | Cat#: MASA 50572 | Genre: Jazz, Folk

This Master Music Female Audiophile SACD sampler includes the beautiful and timeless voices of Radka Toneff, Simone, Lisa Wahlandt, Katinka Wilson, Kari Bremnes, Inger Marie Gundersen, Kate Purcell, Chie Ayado and more! Continue reading “VA – Master Female Audiophile (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Kriya – Kriya (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Kriya - Kriya (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Talk about crossover! Kriya recorded their album in Finland, the songs are mostly translated from the original Sanskrit to Finnish, & the music generally sounds to me like a mix of Indian, Irish & Finnish. There are English translations printed of the lyrics, but this is another of those graphic failures where the background art or photography obscures the type & it is often unreadable. There do seem to be some connections between East Indian Sanskirt & Finnish, though I don’t know the details. Several of the songs have traditional Indian lyrics. Continue reading “Kriya – Kriya (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Mongo Santamaria – Live At Jazz Alley (1990) [2003, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mongo Santamaria - Live At Jazz Alley (1990) [2003, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mongo Santamaria – Live At Jazz Alley (1990) [2003, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 486 MB (CD-Layer) + 4.09 GB (SACD ISO) + 3.32 GB (SACD FLAC Mch) + 1.32 GB (SACD FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Concord Picante | US | Cat#: SACD-1016-6 | Genre: Afro-Cuban Jazz

This is as close to Latin purist Mongo as we have heard in recent years, an eight-piece salsa band — including several members of the 1997 Tito Puente ensemble, like trumpeter Ray Vega, altoist Bobby Porcelli and tenorman Mitch Frohman — playing a brace of Mongo classics and Latin jazz pieces live before a hushed crowd in Seattle’s Jazz Alley. Continue reading “Mongo Santamaria – Live At Jazz Alley (1990) [2003, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Monty Alexander – Monty Meets Sly And Robbie (2000) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Monty Alexander - Monty Meets Sly And Robbie (2000) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jazz purists may turn up the nose at this jazz-reggae summit meeting, but that’s their loss. It’s not that they wouldn’t have the right to be suspicious — experiments in jazz-reggae fusion do not have a distinguished history. But the combination of Jamaican-born jazz pianist Monty Alexander and reggae godfathers Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare works beautifully here for a number of reasons: first of all, Alexander is a gifted melodist with an unerring sense of groove (not always a given with jazz players), and second of all, Sly and Robbie emancipated themselves long ago from reggae’s rhythmic strictures, so there’s lots of variety on this album. Continue reading “Monty Alexander – Monty Meets Sly And Robbie (2000) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Biber / Bizzarrie Armoniche / Riccardo Minasi – Rosenkranz Sonaten (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Biber / Bizzarrie Armoniche / Riccardo Minasi - Rosenkranz Sonaten (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Biber / Bizzarrie Armoniche / Riccardo Minasi – Rosenkranz Sonaten (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
2x SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Front & Back Covers Only
Total Size: 7.23 GB (ISO) + 6.02 GB (FLAC Mch) + 2.20 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Arts Music | EU | Cat#: 47735-8 | Genre: Classical

Here is something unusual among the growing number of recordings of Heinrich von Biber’s Rosary Sonatas; in Arts two-disc SACD set featuring violinist Riccardo Minasi and Bizzarrie Armoniche, Biber’s set of 15 Sonatas realized with a full, Italian style continuo and Italian violin ornamentation. The accepted standard, for decades, was continuo realization with organ alone, and eventually the notion of a cello or theorbo joining the band gained acceptance. Continue reading “Biber / Bizzarrie Armoniche / Riccardo Minasi – Rosenkranz Sonaten (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – Great Film Fantasies (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - Great Film Fantasies (2006) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – Great Film Fantasies (2006) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.85 GB (ISO) + 1.04 GB (FLAC Stereo) + 2.92 GB (FLAC Mch) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Telarc Surround | US | Cat#: SACD-60664 | Genre: Score, Soundtrack
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Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – Mega Movies (2000) [2006, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - Mega Movies (2000) [2006, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – Mega Movies (2000) [2006, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 4.42 GB (ISO) + 3.32 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.26 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Telar | US | Cat#: SACD-60535 | Genre: Stage & Screen
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Various Artists – Telarc SACD Sampler (1999) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - Telarc SACD Sampler (1999) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – Telarc SACD Sampler (1999) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.92 GB (ISO) + 1.24 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Telarc | US | Cat#: SACDP-99-1 | Genre: Jazz, Blues, Classical
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Jon Lord – Beyond The Notes (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jon Lord - Beyond The Notes (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Organist Jon Lord supposedly left Deep Purple to retire and take it easy, after he’d spent much of his life recording and touring the world with Purple and other artists. But upon his exit from the band, Lord played gigs and issued albums on his own, such as 2004’s Beyond the Notes. Continue reading “Jon Lord – Beyond The Notes (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Johnny Cash ‎– At Folsom Prison (1968) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Folsom Prison looms large in Johnny Cash’s legacy, providing the setting for perhaps his definitive song and the location for his definitive album, At Folsom Prison. The ideal blend of mythmaking and gritty reality, At Folsom Prison is the moment when Cash turned into the towering Man in Black, a haunted troubadour singing songs of crime, conflicted conscience, and jail. Continue reading “Johnny Cash ‎– At Folsom Prison (1968) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Eric Bibb – Blues, Ballads & Work Songs (2011) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eric Bibb - Blues, Ballads & Work Songs (2011) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

We are both privileged and delighted to release Eric’s new album “Blues, Ballads & Work Songs”, a further enhancement to Opus 3’s association with Eric which goes back to 1977 when he was in effect ‘discovered’ with the success of his debut album “Rainbow People”. Other Opus 3 albums over the years have included the 1994 release “Spirit & The Blues”, which proved to be his breakthrough album that had great success world-wide, and more recently the album “Just Like Love”. On this New Eric Bibb album the basic concept is to cover the complete range of traditional folk/blues songs which were an inherent part of his childhood up to the present time with his own inimitable compositions. Contains 14 songs including such traditional songs as “John Henry”, “Goin’ Down Slow” and “Sittin on Top of the World”. Continue reading “Eric Bibb – Blues, Ballads & Work Songs (2011) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”