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I thought I'd try this one for starters for DualDisc after I read some reviews.Played the DVD side in surround and liked what I heard. Pretty good sound to it. The music will be rather familiar to those who are acquainted to classical music.
It is the one DualDisc title that most interested me versus the others available. I don't believe there are many options currently for classical or jazz music which is my other main interest. I don't believe that will be many DualDisc titles for those types of music and nor would I expect there to be. Time will tell I suppose.
I haven't tried the CD side as of yet. Multichannel is my preference currently which I'm getting rather addicted to. I probably will eventually give the CD side a go later down the road. I didn't have any problems with the DVD side in my player, the Cambridge Audio Azur 540D.
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The former has a nice Bach Mass in B Minor and the latter, a good Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor. The latter offers choice of stage, audience and stereo mixes, although only the first of these is in hi-res (the other two are DD or DTS).
Here is a listing of the Silverline Classic DualDiscs so far and they are all from the Vanguard. The last number is the release date.Leroy Anderson -- Fiddle Faddle - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2005-02-08
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos - Academy of St. James DualDisc 2005-03-08Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.3 - Boult conducts the Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra of London DualDisc 2005-07-12
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 and Leonore Overture - Boult conducts the Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra of London DualDisc 2005-02-22
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 & Fidelio Overture - Boult conducts the Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra of London DualDisc 2005-06-28
Berlioz's Requiem - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2005-04-05
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 1 - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2005-01-11
Johannes Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2&3 - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2005-09-06
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4, Op. 98, Tragic Overture, and Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2005-07-26
Canteloube - Songs of the Auvergne - Netania Davrath DualDisc 2004-11-16
Classic Christmas - London Symphony Orchestra DualDisc 2004-11-02
Handel - The Water Music & Music for the Royal Fireworks - English
Chamber Orchestra, Somary conducting DualDisc 2004-11-16Handel's Messiah - London Symphony Orchestra DualDisc 2004-11-02
Mahler: Symphony No.1 - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2005-07-12
Mahler: Symphony No.2 - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2005-09-06
Mahler: Symphony No.3 - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2005-08-23
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2005-11-15
Mahler - Symphony No. 5 - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2004-11-16
Mahler - Symphony No. 6 - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2005-01-25
Monteux Conducts Tchaikovsky - Monteux conducts the London Symphony DualDisc 2005-11-15
Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 3 - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2005-01-11
Saint-Saens's Organ Sym. / Franck's Sym. In D Minor - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/Commissiona, Franck and Houston Symphony Orchestra/Commissiona DualDisc 2005-07-12
Serge Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Lt. Kije Symphonic Suite - Boris Karloff narration DualDisc 2005-01-25Jean Sibelius: Symph 1& 4 - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2005-04-05
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies No.2 & 3 - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc TBD
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2004-11-02
Tchaikovsky's Swan lake - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2005-03-22
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/Commissiona DualDisc 2005-02-08
Vaughan-Williams' Symp No. 6 - Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel DualDisc 2005-07-26
http://www.bordersstores.com/search/search.jsp?srchTerms=dualdisc&mediaType=2&srchType=Keyword&doSearch.x=6&doSearch.y=12I know in the list that you made available it clearly shows "Dualdisc" in the title. Doing a search yields Dualdisc titles but none of those. I believe they would be listed if Borders carries them or not.
I thought I remembered "Silverline DVD-A tiltes" before DualDiscs which I've seen on retailer shelves on occasion. There had been many discussions in the past regarding the sound quality of these recordings from what I thought I remembered also.
I don't think I saw them listed either when I checked for some under the Utah Symphony Orchestra, leaving Dualdisc out of the criteria.
Some of my biggest disappoints with DVD-Audio was Silverlines. Garry Moore was the absolute worst.However the Abravanal, Utah Symphony playing Leroy Anderson was not too bad. The notes say the Original Analog tape was transferred to 192kHz 24 Bit and then down-converted to 96kHz 24 Bit for both the Multi-channel program and the Stereo program.
The Abravanal, Utah Symphony playing Leroy Anderson has a problem in "The Typewriter" on which an Underwood Typewriter is used as a musical instrument. The keys the Underwood plays are supposed to move across the soundstage from left to right in front on the orchestra. They do on the Analogue Productions 180 Gram LP and on the older Ohm Acoustics test LP. On the Silverline DVD-Audio when it gets to the phantom center the keys are recessed and muffled. I feel that these may have been moved to the center channel information when they did the Multi-channel mix and instead of doing a 2 channel Stereo mix, they just used the left and right channels throwing away the center and rear information? All in all I was not impressed and that was my last Silverline I ever bought.
But then people have told me I am way too picky.
Where do you purchase besides Borders and I will see if they are available there?
Teresa
Best Buy, Circuit City, Barnes and Noble, and Walmart (needed other things from this store but figured I might as well check). I can make the rounds pretty quickly as these stores are no more than 5 minutes from each other. :) I didn't bother going into Borders. My experience with them is that if a title isn't listed in their inventory, they don't have it.Neither of the other retailers had them either which I'm not surprised. At least each of them had some rock titles on Dualdiscs though (which don't interest me) for Joe Public. Looks like mail order, as usual. Tower Records probably carries them but the nearest location to me is 30 miles away in NYC.
Tower Records have all formats mixed together, but their Classical section is getting so small it's not a big deal. You could print the list and take it with you as Tower Records special orders as well.The internet does give you the best selection of all high resolution formats. If you are concerned about giving your credit infomation over the internet, many sites give a toll free number to phone in your order.
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And remaseted from 4 channels to 5.1 channels.One nice thing Silverline now provides 24/96 Stereo program in additional to the 24/96 Multi-channel program and as I understand they are doing this for DualDisc as well as DVD-Audio. So no more fold-downs!
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