Your choice of: 1) VIVALDI: The Four Seasons – Sonatori De La Gioiosa Marca. Our Max Dudious said of this disc: I already have six or eight versions of this music that I’ve come to consider boring. But this recording on SACD technology makes it fresh again.
2) Super Sounds II – A leather-bound FIM xrcd24 sampler! (playable on any CD or DVD player) 11 tracks include two Mozart selections – one with David and Igor Oistrakh, Amanda McBroom’s The Rose, Theme from The Magnificent Seven, Take Five from Jazz at the Pawnshop, and The All Star Percussion Ensemble in the Intermezzo from Carmen.
3) Autumn in Seattle – A brand new SACD from the Yamamoto Trio, famous for their LPs on the Japanese label Three Blind Mice. A mix of originals and standards in terrific sonics. We reviewed it HERE.
+ The Passion HDCD Sampler.
The lucky winner of the Sunfire Subwoofer – our April giveaway – is Thomas Matthews of Omaha, NE!
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