Universal Classics in Japan has announced the forthcoming availability of 50 SACD classical remasters from the vaults of Deutsche Grammophon (25 titles), Decca (10 titles) and Philips (15 titles). The remastering is being done in association with Sony Japan. They will be issued as stereo hybrids.Bruckner: Symphony 9 (Mehta/VPO)
Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra, Dance Suite (Solti/LSO)
Bartok: Music For Strings Percussion & Celesta (Marriner)
Varese:Â Arcana, Integrales, Ionization (Mehta/LPO)
Schumann:Â Piano Concerto (Lupu/Previn/LSO)
Britten:Â Arpeggione Sonata / 5 Stucke (Rostropovich/Britten)
Wagner:Â Die Walkure (Act.1) (Knappertsbusch/VPO)
Wagner:Â Die Walkure (Act.3) (Solti/VPO)
Bartok: Duke Bluebeard's Castle (Kertesz/Ludwig/LSO)
Faure:Â Requiem, Orch. Works (Ansermet/SRO)
Beethoven, Schubert:Â Symphony 6 / 5 (Bohm/VPO)
Schubert:Â Symphony 3, 8 (Kleiber/VPO)
Mahler:Â Symphony 5 (Karajan/BPO)
Mozart:Â Symphony 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41 (Bohm/BPO)
Tchaikovsky:Â Symphony 4 (Mravinsky)
Tchaikovsky:Â Symphony 5 (Mravinsky/Leningrad < PO>
Tchaikovsky:Â Symphony 6 (Mravinsky/Leningrad < PO>
R.Strauss:Â Metamorphosen 4 Letzte Lieder, Etc (Karajan, Janowitz, BPO)
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances (Kubelik/Bavarian RSO)
Smetana:Â Ma Vlast (Kubelik/BSO)
Tchaikovsky:Â Piano Concerto.1 / 2 (Richter/Karajan/VSO) (Wislocki/Warsaw < PO>
Chopin:Â Piano Concertos.1 / 1 (Argerich/Abbado/LSO)
Mozart:Â Piano Concerto.20, 21 Gulda/Abbado/VPO)
Prokofiev, Ravel:Â Piano Concerto.3 Argerich/Abbado/BPO)
Dvorak, Tchaikovsky:Â Cello Concerto (Rostropovich/Karajan/BPO)
Mozart:Â Clarinet Concerto, Flute Concerto.1, Etc: (Prinz/Tripp/Bohm/VPO)
Argerich:Â Chopin, Brahms, Prokofiev, Ravel, Liszt
Chopin:Â Piano Sonata 2, 3 etc (Argerich)
Beethoven:Â Piano Sonata 8, 14, 21, 23 (Kempff)
Beethoven:Â Piano Sonata 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 (Pollini)
Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte, etc (Barenboim)
Bach:Â Sonatas & Partitas For Solo Violin (Szeryng)
Mozart:Â Requiem (Bohm/VPO)
Orff:Â Carmina Burana (Jochum/Deutschen Opera)
Schubert:Â Die Schone Mullerin (Wunderlich/Giesen)
Tchaikovsky:Â Symphony 5 (Haitink/Concertgebouw)
Tchaikovsky:Â Symphony 6 (Haitink/Concertgebouw)
Holst:Â The Planets (Ozawa/BSO)
Stravinsky:Â Firebird (Davis/Concertgebouw)
Stravinsky:Â Le Sacre Du Printemps (Ozawa/BSO)
Stravinsky:Â L'histoire Du Soldat (Markevitch/Solists/Cocteau/Fertey/Ustinov)
Tchaikovsky: 1812, Romeo & Juliet (Davis/BSO)
Bach:Â Violin Concertos (Szeryng/Marriner/ASMF)
Beethoven:Â Violin Concerto (Szeryng/Haitink/Concertgebouw)
Brahms:Â Piano Concerto 1 (Brendel/Schmidt-Isserstedt/Concertgebouw)
Lalo:Â Symphonie Espagnole (Grumiaux/Fournet/Concert Lamoureux)
Mozart:Â Piano Concerto 20, 24 (Haskil/Markevitch/Concert Lamoureux)
Tchaikovsky:Â Piano Concerto.1 (Argerich/Kondrashin/Bavarian RSO)
Vivaldi: Four Seasons (Ayo/I Musici)
Schubert:Â Piano Quintet (Brendel/ Demark/Clevelan)
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Topic - Fifty Universal Classics JSACDs due Sept 29th - Jazz Inmate 09:56:10 08/26/04 (45)
- Now November 30 - Stephen 01:52:52 08/28/04 (0)
- Only if they weren't identical to the already remastered redbook versions. - Thornhill 11:49:35 08/27/04 (28)
- Are they? - jdaniel@jps.net 21:36:38 08/27/04 (0)
- if you follow that line of reasoning ... - Christine Tham 15:57:28 08/27/04 (26)
- he does have a point - tunenut 17:03:50 08/27/04 (25)
- and my point was ... - Christine Tham 17:19:52 08/27/04 (24)
- On LP vs CD vs SACD release -- CD improvements over LP - Thornhill 07:47:55 08/28/04 (3)
- Re: On LP vs CD vs SACD release -- CD improvements over LP - Christine Tham 15:33:18 08/28/04 (2)
- That brings up another question: Why are SACDs so expensive in Japan and Europe? - Teresa 20:18:05 08/28/04 (1)
- Combination of both, i think - Christine Tham 20:29:44 08/28/04 (0)
- good luck finding clean LPs for 50 cents - tunenut 18:46:06 08/27/04 (16)
- It's funny - i just bought 6 yesterday for A$4 - that's about US 50c each - Christine Tham 22:34:48 08/27/04 (15)
- I think you're missing MY point - tunenut 15:12:12 08/28/04 (12)
- well ... - Christine Tham 15:46:41 08/28/04 (11)
- OK it's Saturday afternoon - tunenut 16:24:38 08/28/04 (9)
- As stephen said, it's sun morning here! - Christine Tham 18:48:18 08/28/04 (3)
- I finally agree with you... - tunenut 08:00:03 08/29/04 (2)
- so you *were* arguing just for the sake of it? :-) - Christine Tham 15:11:59 08/29/04 (1)
- Re: so you *were* arguing just for the sake of it? :-) - tunenut 15:30:07 08/29/04 (0)
- Re: OK it's Saturday afternoon - Thornhill 17:17:47 08/28/04 (1)
- "comparing the redbook layer" - Stephen 17:22:29 08/28/04 (0)
- Ahem, Sunday morning - Stephen 16:43:59 08/28/04 (2)
- your leap of faith... - tunenut 18:09:10 08/28/04 (1)
- Obviously I'll try a few first - Stephen 18:24:42 08/28/04 (0)
- Re: well ... - Stephen 16:00:46 08/28/04 (0)
- Re: It's funny - i just bought 6 yesterday for A$4 - that's about US 50c each - Thornhill 07:57:45 08/28/04 (1)
- Re: It's funny - i just bought 6 yesterday for A$4 - that's about US 50c each - Christine Tham 15:56:49 08/28/04 (0)
- "maybe, maybe not" - Stephen 17:47:51 08/27/04 (2)
- i'm waiting for someone else to buy them to tell me how good they are before committing ... - Christine Tham 17:52:01 08/27/04 (1)
- Will do - Stephen 17:59:17 08/27/04 (0)
- Great news - Stephen 13:50:17 08/26/04 (5)
- I missed your announcement here on AA on the subject - Metralla 16:51:29 08/26/04 (3)
- I did mention it - Stephen 17:26:37 08/26/04 (2)
- I haven't checked the news at your site for a while - Metralla 17:44:28 08/26/04 (1)
- News - Stephen 17:55:21 08/26/04 (0)
- I should visit your site more often, Stephen. I got the news from Red Trumpet (nt) - Jazz Inmate 14:20:54 08/26/04 (0)
- #10... - Chris Garrett 12:54:16 08/26/04 (1)
- 1 DualDisc title is going to ship at least 1 million copies at the format's launch . I believe that I can safely say ... - ZS KEKL 17:13:45 08/26/04 (1)
- Re: Fifty Universal Classics JSACDs due Sept 29th - patrickU 12:25:21 08/26/04 (1)
- All I know for certain is the remastering is being done in association with Sony Japan (nt) - Jazz Inmate 13:28:21 08/26/04 (0)
- There are some beauties on that list - Metralla 12:01:11 08/26/04 (0)
- Dalton Alert! More Carmina Burana! (nt) - Replevin 10:40:28 08/26/04 (3)
- The Jochum Carmina Burana - TGR 11:37:11 08/26/04 (2)
- Re: The Jochum Carmina Burana - Might be worth paying extra this is a great performance of Carmina Burana - Teresa 20:58:38 08/26/04 (0)
- Re: The Jochum Carmina Burana - Jazz Inmate 11:45:54 08/26/04 (0)