In Reply to: Martin I was correcting your mistatements you said there were NO complete Beethoven cycles NO Handel's Messiah on SACD posted by Teresa on November 4, 2004 at 21:34:26:
The ones you mentioned were not recorded for SACD. So while they may be (or may not be) good performances, they don't count in my book. Any idiot can do a transfer of an old stereo recording to any format they want.In the same vein, I deliberately did not mention the other non-hirez recorded Beethoven cycles on DVD-Audio, as well as other Messiahs (e.g. the acclaimed Mormon Tabernacle one plus others on DVD-A.) — which by your logic would increase DVD-A’s lead even further. It’s plain to see that I’m talking about new recordings for the new formats.
For classical DVD-Audio, this means a 96/24 (or 88.2kHz/24bit)recording in discrete surround-sound. For SACD I would count a 88-96kHz/24bit or DSD recording in discrete surround-sound.
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- Re: Martin I was correcting your mistatements you said there were NO complete Beethoven cycles NO Handel's Messiah on SA - Martin419 03:52:49 11/05/04 (1)
- ah ha! I see the confusion. I am mostly concerned with musicallly great and sonically superb recordings. - Teresa 21:12:51 11/05/04 (0)