I don't think I have heard that performance. I do have a couple HVK/Weissenberg Beethoven discs though.
Bachtoven got the SACD set (post above) and each disc is complete. Can they fit more music on an SACD? I never looked into that.
The SACD layer is very different from the redbook layer. I have the following recording, originally released as a single SACD but is now sold as a 4-CD set. It was an SACD that never ended when I last heard it ... Here is the original single SACD and perhaps it was too weird that BIS decided to release the recordings as 4-CD set instead of a single SACD ... Here is an Amazon review titled When is an SACD not an SACD for this weird SACD ... August 12, 2008 Format: Audio CD|Verified Purchase When it's Mendelssohn's Complete Concertos (piano and violin) on BIS SACD-1766. The disk is only playable on an SACD player, yet it is actually a compilation of original 16 bit recordings, something you won't know until you read the last page of the liner notes. Absent a surround layer, this permitted BIS to put more than four hours of music on this disk, and they are not compressed. For that alone this CD is a bargain. It is also an opportunity to hear some less-played works of Mendelssohn, including the original version of the famous E-minor violin concerto, allegedly the first recording of it. The recorded sound, while not SACD, is warm, spacious, balanced, and free of glare. Of course, it lacks surround ambiance channels, which is a bit of downer for me. The performers may be relatively unknown in the United States, but they play beautifully and are well worth hearing. The liner notes state this collection is also available in a standard multi-CD set.
Now playing CD4 - WTC II, Part 2 from the following box for a first listen and the performance was on harpsichord for a change ...
She was an excellent harpsichordist though not particularly well-known in the west since she was from Czechoslovakia and mostly recorded for Supraphon and other Eastern European record labels for a long time until she switched over to Erato late in her recording career. I got to know about her from the following 2-LP set I bought back in the mid 70's ...
I don't think there are many versions of Bruckner 8 that are not spread over 2 CDs - I can think of two at the moment, Furtwängler's 1949 performance that was released by Testament and Boulez' 1996 DG recording.
Now playing CD4 - Goldberg Variations from the following box for a first listen ... @DeepFloyd11, an analog evil twin probably does not exist for this recording ...
Listened to parts of Stanisław Skrowaczewski's Bruckner Symphonies cycle with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester (Radio Symphony Orchestra) Saarbrücken earlier and liked it better than expected - I am always a bit sceptical when it comes to regional orchestras like this one, but they're doing OK. Also listened again to Murray Perahia's recently released version of Beethoven's Op.106, the Hammerklavier Sonata, on DG and can't get used to it; late Beethoven is just not his forte, at least not to my ears.
On a Maxell 100 minute tape: Mozart K. 465, performed by the Smetana Quartet; Mozart K. 458 & Haydn's "Emperor" Quartet, performed by the Amadeus-Quartett. The second movement of the Haydn is a set of variations on his anthem for Francis II. My wife pointed out that her church choir sings a hymn set to Haydn's melody and of course it is also used for the German national anthem. The recordings are excellent.
On a TDK 90 min. tape: Dvorak Symphonies 5 & 6/Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi. Chandos recordings from 1987, with the somewhat distant orchestral sound they favored. I don't think I've heard any Dvorak I didn't enjoy.
Speaking of TDK, which is now onto better and bigger things ... TDK to develop wireless charging system for electric vehicles
Since I made the discovery of Johanna Rose, courtesy of you wonderful people here, I played her CD at a dear friend of mine's place back on Wednesday. He really liked it a lot. In turn, he turned me on to the viola da Gamba of Jordi Savall. It was wonderful to listen to.
Word of warning on this Urania release: The tracks are lengthened so that the symphonies are transposed a whole step down!!! Take a look at the track times and compare them to a conventional release. Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies - Urania: WS121278 - 5 CDs or download | Presto Classical https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/products/8029721--beethoven-the-nine-symphonies-vol-1 It is the most bizarre thing in the world and I have no explanation for it. They are super interesting to listen to though -- I highly recommend it if you have Spotify to check them out.
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