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Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 "Organ" surround?

I have become interested in the multichannel format and since there is a lot more audio only options on SACD than blu-ray I plan to purchase a player next month.

The holy grail piece of music for me is the thread topic and after hearing a difference organ recording on an audio only blu-ray recording I would love to find an SACD recording with more than just three channels like the one that I currently have. There appears to be a blu-ray recording, but it isn't in stock anywhere that I have seen and is listed for $120 US on Amazon if it were in stock. I will be tempted, even at this price, if it is ever in stock, but I would love a different option.

Any suggestions?
mceljo
rcprince
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Not your fault, Kal, my office IT system blocked me after I pasted the address. Mceljo, when you play the first chord from the Poulenc concerto (track 2), you will know if your system can properly reproduce the last octave of bass; you won't hear the note as much as feel it!
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kr4
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Also, because it is 5.0, you can use it to see whether you really want bass management or not.
mceljo OP
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It's out for delivery today so hopefully that means it'll get delivered. We've had several things not show up until the 2nd day after being out for delivery.

I was listening to a little organ music last night and I really like the sound when the subwoofer is in play. My Focal 836v speakers do a great job for most bass and even a reasonable job for low organ notes, but the subwoofer definately pushes it to the next level.
mceljo OP
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The recording is indeed fantastic and the tempo is as advertised, too slow on the 2nd followed by too fast on the 3rd. It takes a significant change for me to notice and this was significant.

The bass is fantastic proving the value of my subwoofer and bass managememt. I will be interested to get my Charles Munch SACD back for a comparison now that i have multi-channel SACD capability. I like the organ on the Munch recording the best out of the recordings i have heard. The new one is also great, but not quite the same. Too bad that recording was of equal recording quality.

Thanks for the recommendation.
mceljo OP
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After much more listening to this SACD it is one of my absolute favorites. Even my two (this week) year old son enjoys the last movement and will say in his biggest voice, "BIG organ." He has requested it numerous times.

My wife got me a tickets with a friend to go hear the organ symphony live in Seattle next week. I had planned to go for a while, but then opted to wait another year. This will be my second live performance and I'm really looking forward to it.
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