Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Ravel: Mother Goose, Koechlin: Les Bandar-log SACD

Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Ravel: Mother Goose
Koechlin: Les Bandar-log
Marc Albrecht, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid SACD
48 kHz 24 bit PCM
PentaTone Classics PTC 5186 336

As many of you know PentaTone is known for releasing some of the finest sounding DSD recorded SACDs as well as SACDs from Philips analog quadraphonic masters.   This is their first PCM SACD as it was not recorded by Polyhymnia so PentaTone was not aware of its status until after its release.  On the next pressing the information will be corrected.  

Giel Bessels reply at sa-cd.net

"We checked this upon reading the comments and found that in fact it is a 48 kHz 24 bit recording. We will correct in the next print run. Since 95% of our recordings are done by Polyhymnia who always record in DSD this slipped our attention."

Best, PentaMan (Giel Bessels)

managing director PentaTone Music B.V.
Baarn, The Netherlands

I personally have not heard this release as I am quite pleased with my Telarc DSD recordings of the first two works and didn't care for the sound samples I heard online of Koechlin's Les Bandar-log.

Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice, Symphony in C, La Péri
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Stereo Hybrid SACD
PURE DSD recording
Telarc SACD-60515

Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloe, Pavanne pour une infante defunte, La Valse, Five Nursery Rhymes (Mother Goose), Bolero
Paavo Järvi, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid SACD
PURE DSD recording

Telarc SACD-60601


These Telarc DSD recorded SACDs are fantastic both sonically and musically.  The Lopez-Cobos Dukas SACD is one of the finest sounding SACDs I have ever heard and very highly recommended unless you absolutely have to have multichannel.  The Ravel is beautiful and exciting, a complete joy throughout.