I know there was a recentish discussion relating to Peter Katin's recording of the Khachaturian Piano Concerto (with Hugo Rignold conducting) but I can't seem to find that discussion. Anyway, I went searching the Internet for the recording and found one at a fairly sensible price via the Amazon marketplace. It's a 2 disc set and the only work on it is the 33 minute concerto.
How can this be, you might well ask? The explanation is that one disc is a straight forward 'Red Book' CD, the other a 2 sided, dual standard DVD with one side having both a 96/24 2-channel stereo and a 3-channel AC-3 (Dolby Digital) DVD Video standard transfer (which can be played back, albeit on some machines down-sampled to 48k, on a standard DVD player) and the other side having a 192/24 2-channel, and 3-channel 96/24 transfer, each of which needs a DVD-Audio player to enjoy its higher definition.
So far, so good. However, Classic Records Inc., who produce the discs, made a right cock-up re. naming the orchestra involved. On the tray insert and on the CD it is named as "The Houston Symphony Orchestra"! Well, I knew the Americans had bought and transported London Bridge across The Pond, but not the LSO.
The programme notes booklet and the DVD's on screen displays get it right. 
Glorious performance, by the way. There does appear to be a fair bit of wow (tape stretch?), in places on all five formats, though, and not just in the final two minutes of the first movement as mentioned in the review linked to below*.
* Review here.
How can this be, you might well ask? The explanation is that one disc is a straight forward 'Red Book' CD, the other a 2 sided, dual standard DVD with one side having both a 96/24 2-channel stereo and a 3-channel AC-3 (Dolby Digital) DVD Video standard transfer (which can be played back, albeit on some machines down-sampled to 48k, on a standard DVD player) and the other side having a 192/24 2-channel, and 3-channel 96/24 transfer, each of which needs a DVD-Audio player to enjoy its higher definition.
So far, so good. However, Classic Records Inc., who produce the discs, made a right cock-up re. naming the orchestra involved. On the tray insert and on the CD it is named as "The Houston Symphony Orchestra"! Well, I knew the Americans had bought and transported London Bridge across The Pond, but not the LSO.
The programme notes booklet and the DVD's on screen displays get it right. Glorious performance, by the way. There does appear to be a fair bit of wow (tape stretch?), in places on all five formats, though, and not just in the final two minutes of the first movement as mentioned in the review linked to below*.
* Review here.
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