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Must -have SACD's

While the new format holds quite a bit of promise a lot of the recordings currently available can sound 2-dimensional and sometimes shrill on the top end. This thread is for SACD's that are all around better recording wise than the best of redbook CD. My suggedtions are the Eric Bibb SACD on Opus 3, the Rebecca Pigeon SACD on Chesky, the Tony Bennett Unplugged on Sony, the Carmina Burana on Sony. These SACD's seem to be better than redbook CD's in pretty much every aspect and should be considered must-have's. Please list other SACD's in this category for current owners of this format so we can avoid wasted purchases of inferior quality recordings.
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simontju
257 posts
 
My nominee is Verdi Requim by Ormandy. You can't take performance out from recording. With SACD dynamic range this piece, particularly track #2, is breathtaking. Delos single SACD soud is awesome, indeed, but performance by Litton is inferior to his recording of Malher 5th a few years ago (also with Dallas Symphonic)
no_money
638 posts
 
I recently purchased s9000es, and have heard recordings made with DSD are the best. Can anyone tell me which ones are recorded this way?
jim13f3
3 posts
 
We used the Jacintha "Autumn Leaves" SACD at the recent CES2001 with GREAT success. Small jazz group, female voice and very good recording. Using the SCD-1, SET's, horns and silver ribbon cables, the sounds were fantastic with a nice compliment from Paul Seydor who attended the recording sessions. Another reco is the upcoming "Tubular Bells" - simply astonishing and the best SACD yet....by a wide margin!
musikdok
120 posts
 
For the Jazz fans out there, Tony Williams Trio "Young at Heart" (CK 69107) is, according to the liner notes, the first DSD (not labeled as SACD per se) release by Columbia/Sony. It was released just prior to his untimely demise. One of the truly great jazz drummers.
rcprince
3,070 posts
 
There is a Lyrinx recording of the Beethoven 1st and 3rd Piano Concertos available on SACD which has extremely natural sound, particularly the piano (as does the Sony Classical disc of Periah playing the Bach Goldberg Variations, also a good disc). The recording was made with tubed microphones, I think, and may have had the main array of mikes set back a little from the orchestra, because the sound of the strings on this recording has none of the brightness you associate with any modern recordings of orchestral strings--in fact, some may think it sounds dull on the top, or that their tweeters have cut out! Anyone else out there tried this one?
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