Somary / English Chamber Orchestra - Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks

The Suite from The Water Music has the main instruments emanating from the front speakers, with the interplay between wind and strings heard from the front and rear. The Music from The Royal Fireworks is arranged so the listener hears the music as if they were in the middle of the ensemble.

The featured solo horn is by the late Alan Civil OBE, who played the French horn on The Beatles song For No One from Revolver.

The SACD release featured the original quadraphonic mix with a silent centre channel as required by the SACD format that I deleted from my conversion.
Source: SACD

Converted to: DVD-A MLP 24/88.2, DVD-V DTS 24/48 & Dolby Digital 24/48

Somary / English Chamber Orchestra - Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

These recordings of J S Bach's Brandenburg Concertos were recorded from the perspective of the conductor. Most of the orchestra is heard from the front speakers, although dialogue between wind and strings alternates between front and rear.

The SACD release featured the original quadraphonic mix with a silent centre channel as required by the SACD format that I deleted from my conversion and was a two disc set. As the high resolution version of the entire recording could fit on one disc, I created separate DVD-Audio and DVD-Video (DTS & Dolby) discs rather than two hybrid DVD-Audio/Video discs.
Source: SACD

Converted to: DVD-A MLP 24/88.2 (Disc 1) & DVD-V DTS 24/48 & Dolby Digital 24/48 (Disc 2)