I noticed a query on another site about SACDs - whether they were worth bothering with, or even available, and whether it's worth buying an SACD player. The general opinion there seemed to be that they'd almost sunk without trace - except for classical - and not worth worrying further about. Probably people who've started streaming so called "hi-res" masters may not be concerned either, but there might still be some who are interest in SACD as a format.
Looking at a few other threads round here - Menuhin and the Bargains thread I happened to notice that on the Big Box of Russian music there's a performance of Tchaikovsky violin concerto - with Menuhin and Zino Vinnikov. I sampled this out of interest in the violinist - and then tried to find out who the conductor - Vinnikov - was/is. Turns out that he isn't the conductor on that recording - Menuhin is, with Vinnikov as the violinist
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Looking at the CD cover it's possibly one we have - from the Tring/RPO series - now long gone.
Howver, checking further it shows up again on Membran as an SACD.I had thought that Membran were largely distributors of older recordings, generally cheapish, and not really "into" SACD and newer formats. However there are several pages of Membran listings of SACDs - see here - https://www.sa-cd.net/alltitles2/353/2 and specifically selecting the format, the ones llsted here definitely show up as SACD.
Perhaps these might still be useful for anyone wanting multi-channel versions. It is possible that the audio isn't "proper" multi-channel surround - though the amazon reviews of some of these suggests that whatever was done to make multi-channel versions has worked, and is rather good. However, the current pricing might be prohibitive.
Looking at a few other threads round here - Menuhin and the Bargains thread I happened to notice that on the Big Box of Russian music there's a performance of Tchaikovsky violin concerto - with Menuhin and Zino Vinnikov. I sampled this out of interest in the violinist - and then tried to find out who the conductor - Vinnikov - was/is. Turns out that he isn't the conductor on that recording - Menuhin is, with Vinnikov as the violinist
.Looking at the CD cover it's possibly one we have - from the Tring/RPO series - now long gone.
Howver, checking further it shows up again on Membran as an SACD.I had thought that Membran were largely distributors of older recordings, generally cheapish, and not really "into" SACD and newer formats. However there are several pages of Membran listings of SACDs - see here - https://www.sa-cd.net/alltitles2/353/2 and specifically selecting the format, the ones llsted here definitely show up as SACD.
Perhaps these might still be useful for anyone wanting multi-channel versions. It is possible that the audio isn't "proper" multi-channel surround - though the amazon reviews of some of these suggests that whatever was done to make multi-channel versions has worked, and is rather good. However, the current pricing might be prohibitive.
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