I gree with Kubla, the KoB SACD can't hold a candle to the 180 gm vinyl pressing. Tony Overwater's "OP" SACD is one of the best I've heard, great sonics and music. It's on Turtle Records.
--Mahler Symphony No. 2, on Delos, a 20 bit pcm recording that still sounds superb; also, the latest Delos SACD release with the Shostakovich String Symphony is also excellent
--Audioquest Blues Sampler
--the Lyrinx recording of Musique Francais for clarinet and piano
--Appalachian Journey, Yo Yo Ma et al
--Bach Goldberg Variations, Perihia (I cannot spell his name, sorry!)
--the Hyperion recording of French string trios with the Florestan Trio
--Gaudeamus, Sacred Feast on dmp.
The Telarc Dukas and Hovahnnes discs are pretty good as well. I just got their 1812 Overture disc, will listen this weekend (could not resist, I'm a sucker for the sonic spectaculars once every 10 years or so!). Thanks for the Opus 3 recommendation, I was considering it but wasn't sure about the content--it sounds very interesting.
Blood, Sweat & Tears Flim and BBs, Tricycle Jay McShann, What a wonderful life. Santana, Abraxas Oldfield, Tubular Bells Armstrong Plays Handly Doug MacLeod, Whose Lies and Unmarked Road Rebecca Pidgeon, The Raven Ellington, Blues in Orbit Oscar Peterson, A Very Tall Band Kenny Loggins, Greatest Hits Carole King, Tapestry
Thanks all. I agree that many of the smaller lable stuff (Opus, Chesky, etc.) are quite good. Please fell free to add to the lsit as you hear new releases.
I am however very disappointed in what Sony has done with some of their re-releases of the classic rock I grew up with. For exapmple, I expected better sound from Boston and other releases which I bought. And I remember the Moblie Fidelity cassettes of Carole King sounded better than the SACD -- too bad MF is gone! In retrospect, I quess there's only so much you can squeeze out of those 70's recordings -- it just seems odd that Sony would go this route after investing so much in the making of such damm good hardware.
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