In Reply to: Yep, just got to know the right search terms to use... posted by Ivan303 on August 20, 2015 at 07:44:40:
"That said, this the the DECCA 2009 release not the Mercury 2015 release that's on QOBUZ. Are they different?"
The "Decca Music Group Limited" has really muddied the waters with its reissues of music from other labels under its own name. In fact, the 24/96 file I was discussing is shown on the download site I used (HD Tracks) as being on the Decca label, even though the cover art is from the original Mercury LP's (including the Mercury logo). The accompanying booklet for this download shows the following information: "Remastering - 2014 Decca Music Group Limited", so this certainly appears to be different from the 2009 remastering (which I haven't heard), although I do find it strange to have two remasterings so close together in time. The Tchaikovsky Suites appeared as part of a group of downloads associated with the new Mercury mega-box (released in March of this year), which contained such items at the Dorati Beethoven 3, the Copland 3 (mono only), etc., which had never before been released on CD. So again, I'm pretty sure that the Tchaikovsky Suites downloaded from HD Tracks is a new (2014) remastering, rather than the 2009 remastering. No question, it's confusing.
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- Which reissue on which label - Chris from Lafayette 10:59:35 08/20/15 (0)