Bruch, Hindemith, Oistrakh – Scottish Fantasia – Violin Concerto (2006, LIM)

Bruch, Hindemith, Oistrakh – Scottish Fantasia – Violin Concerto released by Deca and has now been reissued as an XRCD24 by Winston Ma. Originally recorded in 1962 by Decca Records, this classic recording features the conducting talents of Jascha Horenstein and Paul Hindemith accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra. The works on this record are splendid examples of 19th and 20th century virtuoso concertos and if not for their great difficulty they would surely be performed more often.

JVC’s XRCD24 technology is an extension of its XRCD and XRCD2 technology. It uses the same purist philosophy and the same signal chain, except that the K2 digital processor has been extended to 24 bits. As regular readers know, I have been very impressed with the sound of XRCD and XRCD2 discs. The XRCD24 process should be even better.