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Patricia Kaas – Mademoiselle chante (1988) [Reissue 2004]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 35:01 minutes | NO Art | 2,15 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans NOT included | 693 MB
Features 2.0 Stereo & 5.1 multichannel Surround sound
Debut album of the French star, who updates the French chanson tradition with elements of pop, blues & jazz. Shortly after its debut, the album went gold in France, and after three months it went platinum, and finally diamond in 1990. Highlights include her first international hit from 1987, the title track ‘Mademoiselle Chante Les Blues’, ‘Mon Mec A Moi’ & ‘D’allemagne. 2004 release, ten tracks in all.
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Pat Martino – East! (1968) [MFSL 2006]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 38:01 minutes | Scans included | 1,54 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 786 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2018 | Genre: Jazz
Despite the title and the cover of this reissue (which makes it appear that the performances are greatly influenced by music of the Far East), the style played by guitarist Pat Martino’s quartet is very much in the hard bop tradition. Martino was already developing his own sound and is in excellent form with pianist Eddie Green, drummer Lenny McBrowne, and either Ben Tucker or Tyrone Brown on bass during two group originals, Benny Golson’s “Park Avenue Petite,” John Coltrane’s “Lazy Bird,” and the standard “Close Your Eyes.” It’s a good example of Pat Martino’s playing in his early period.
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Palladians – The Devil’s Trill: Sonatas by Giuseppe Tartini (2008)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 61:34 minutes | Digital Booklet | 3,44 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Digital Booklet | 1,14 GB
Features Stereo & Multichannel Surround Sound | Linn Records # CKD 292
It appears that, with Linn’s The Devil’s Trill, the former Palladian Ensemble shortened its name to just Palladians. With the departure of longtime recorder soloist Pamela Thorby, the quartet was suddenly re-designated a trio, but The Devil’s Trill finds it a quartet once again with the addition of harpsichordist Silas Standage. The new name, according to the group, is designed “[to allow] more artistic freedom for players to come and go as required,” and that’s certainly fair, although one might wonder what effect this might have on their usual, seamless ensemble blend. To judge from The Devil’s Trill, not much, so far. The core group of Rodolfo Richter, Susanne Heinrich, and William Carter hold together like glue, and the addition of Standage discreetly adds a level of color to what was already well put in place with the Palladian Ensemble of old.
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Paavo Järvi & Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No 9 (2009)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 65:43 minutes | Scans NOT included | 3,81 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front, Scans NOT included | 654 MB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra boasts long tradition of Bruckner performances. Recorded live in Alte Oper in Frankfurt and edited from multiple performances, this new recording presents new insight into this neglected masterpiece by Bruckner. This is a magnificently recorded performance of a remarkable piece of music. The SACD surround has a sense of space in the mix that allows the beauty of the composition to unfold before your ears. This is music making of the highest quality.
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Paavo Jarvi & Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (2008)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 67:28 minutes | Scans NOT included | 3,3 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front, Scans NOT included | 648 MB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra boasts long tradition of Bruckner performances. Recorded live in Alte Oper in Frankfurt and edited from multiple performances, this new recording presents new insight into this neglected masterpiece by Bruckner. This is a magnificently recorded performance of a remarkable piece of music. The SACD surround has a sense of space in the mix that allows the beauty of the composition to unfold before your ears. This is music making of the highest quality.
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Paolo Giacometti – Schumann: Piano Works (2009)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & DST64 5.0 >1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Digital Booklet | 2.73 GB
FLAC tracks 2.0 24bit/88.2 kHz | Digital Booklet | 840 MB
By late summer of 1837, the 27-year-old Schumann was secretly engaged to his beloved Clara Wieck. The powerful emotions connected with this event were a stimulus to Schumann’s creative impulses, for he was a Romantic through & through. It was at this time that he composed the deeply personal Davidsbundlertanze -18 dances inspired by the imaginary league of David. This fellowship, invented by Schumann, consisted of Schumann’s own alter egos, plus a number of well-respected musicians & friends including Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. The group was established as a way of fighting against the Philistines; it was Schumann’s response to contemporary musical trends which he saw as cheap, excessively virtuosic, & superficial.
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Rachel Podger, Pavlo Beznosiuk – Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante; Haydn: Violin Concerti 1 & 4 (2009)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & DST64 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Digital Booklet | 3.61GB
FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000) 24bit/88.2 kHz | Digital Booklet | 1.15GB
Two rarely recorded Haydn violin concertos frame Rachel Podger’s performance of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in E flat on this disc. Both concertos have only string accompaniment, here provided by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and a discreet harpsichord (the player’s name unaccountably omitted from the list of the orchestra personnel in the accompanying booklet). Rachel Podger has chosen to play both concertos on her own Pesarinius violin (1739) that she feels is most suited to the style of these works and few would disagree with her choice. Her agile and spirited playing in the outer movements is complemented by her pure cantilena in the slow movements. As is to be expected, both works are full of baroque idioms and, while neither presents Haydn at his most inventive, they make an enjoyable pairing. The C major concerto is the more interesting of the two with a beautiful slow movement in which Podger’s rapt playing over pizzicato strings is a pleasure to hear.
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Poco – Pickin’ Up The Pieces (1969) [Audio Fidelity 2013]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 39:42 minutes | Scans included | 1,61 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 813 MB
Mastered by Steve Hoffman at Stephen Marsh Mastering | Audio Fidelity # AFZ-158
Poco dealt with a lot during the recording of their debut album – the sudden departure of bassist Randy Meisner, the frustration of working with an engineer who didn’t quite get what they were trying for, and a lot of pressure to deliver a solid collection of country-rock songs – and came up with this startlingly great record, as accomplished as any of Buffalo Springfield’s releases, and also reminiscent of the Beatles and the Byrds. Pickin’ Up the Pieces is all the more amazing when one considers that Jim Messina and George Grantham were both covering for the departed Meisner in hastily learned capacities on bass and vocals, respectively. The title track is practically an anthem for the virtues of country-rock, with the kind of sweet harmonizing and tight interplay between the guitars that the Byrds, the Burritos, and others had to work awhile to achieve. The mix of good-time songs (“Consequently So Long,” “Calico Lady”), fast-paced instrumentals (“Grand Junction”), and overall rosy feelings makes this a great introduction to the band, as well as a landmark in country-rock only slightly less important (but arguably more enjoyable than) Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
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Poco – Cantamos & Seven (1974) [Reissue 2018]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 72:31 minutes | Scans included (LQ) | 3,3 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Scans incl. (LQ) | 1,59 GB
2LP on 1SACD | Features Stereo and Quadrophonic Surround Sound | Label: Vocalion # CDSML 8543
Dating from 1974, this 2-on-1 from country rock’s most under-appreciated band followed the departure of founder Richie Furay, Poco by this point dominated by Paul Cotton. Both albums – Vocalion has chosen not to put them in chronological order – were filled with a mix of hard-driving rockers and wistful ballads, the best moments belonging to Timothy B Schmit, who would soon leave to join The Eagles. This SACD offers the original quadraphonic mix as well as stereo, and the 4-channel format’s spatial oddities are less intrusive than one might imagine. A welcome reissue, especially given the 44-year gap since the quad mix was available.
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Various Artists – Venus: The Amazing Super Audio CD Sampler Vol.24 (2018) [Japan]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 81:06 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 3,25 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 3,19 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,66 GB
This is the 24th (and the last at the current time) volume release of Venus Records’ SACD sampler compilation. It is a sampler of tracks from the Venus Records library and includes some of the label’s biggest artists. Features Brandon Fields, Jon Davis, Ted Rosenthal, Harold Mabern, Stefano Bollani, and many more.
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Various Artists – Venus: The Amazing Super Audio CD Sampler Vol.23 (2018) [Japan]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 85:36 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 3,44 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 3,38 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,718 GB
Venus brings you another compilation of tunes from their family of great jazz musicians! Featured artists include the Jay Leonhart Trio, the Davide Palladin Trio, Steve Nelson Jazz Quartet, the Stanley Cowell Trio, the Renato Sellani Trio, Adela Dalto, and many more.
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Various Artists – Venus: The Amazing Super Audio CD Sampler Vol.22 (2018) [Japan]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 92:41 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 3,71 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 3,65 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,88 GB
Japanese Venus Records brings you another compilation of tunes from their family of great jazz musicians! Featured artists include the Marion Brown Quintet, Russell Malone Quartet, Tete Montoliu Trio, The Romantic Jazz Trio, Harry Allen Quartet, David Hazeltine Trio, Dick Hyman Trio, and many more.
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Various Artists – Venus: The Amazing Super Audio CD Sampler Vol.21 (2017) [Japan]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 79:48 minutes | Basic Scans included | 3,24 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Basic Scans included | 3,17 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Basic Scans included | 1,66 GB
Venus brings you another compilation of tunes from their catalog of great jazz musicians! Featured artists include the Dr. Lonnie Smith, Massimo Farao’ & Aldo Zunino, Dewey Redman, Joe Beck Trio, Roma Trio, Derek Smith, and many more.
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Various Artists – Venus: The Amazing Super Audio CD Sampler Vol.20 (2017) [Japan]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 76:44 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 3,1 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 3,02 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,55 GB
Venus brings you another compilation of tunes from their family of great jazz musicians! Featured artists include the Eddie Higgins Trio and Quartet, the Barbara Carroll Trio, the Stefano Bollani Trio, John Di Martino’s Romantic Jazz Trio, Joyce Yuille, the Andrew Cyrille Quintet, and many more.
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Various Artists – Venus: The Amazing Super Audio CD Sampler Vol.19 (2015) [Japan]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 82:27 minutes | Front Cover | 3,32 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front Cover | 3,25 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front Cover | 1,65 GB
Venus brings you another compilation of tunes from their family of great jazz musicians! Featured artists include the John Di Martino Romantic Jazz Trio, Steve Kuhn Trio, Massimo Farao’ Trio, Enrico Rava, Gianni Basso & Renato Sellani, and many more.
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