DVD-V 5.1 Albums - What's Your Latest? NO Video DVD-V, DVD-A, Blu-Ray-A or SACD's

[humprof]

I'll see your Heavy Horses--and raise you a Passion Play. (Amazon had it cheap--and I'd never heard it, so....)

 

[fredblue]

The Age Of Steam - Gerry Mulligan (5.1 Dolby Digital DVD-V)

 

[humprof]

Mahler, Symphony No. 5 + Ades, Asyla (Rattle, Berlin). DVD-V + DVD-A, both 48/24. I didn't really need yet another Mahler 5th, but I like Rattle's 10th, plus you get the Ades. And the price was right, so.... The video is artfully filmed, but the 5.1 mix amounts to fairly dull concert surround.

 

[Quad Linda]

This is my third copy. I got a promo LP when it was a new release. I also have a A&M/Horizon CD in a cardboard case. I found this one at Jazz Record Center in Manhattan in '07. Even before all the DVD goodness was added, this was and is one of my 100 favorite albums. Some great interviews on the making of a great jazz album.

The Age Of Steam - Gerry Mulligan (5.1 Dolby Digital DVD-V)

 

[fredblue]

The Age Of Steam - Gerry Mulligan (5.1 Dolby Digital DVD-V)

would I rather this was a DVD-A? possibly.. hmm.. do you know, I'm not so sure!

as it is, it represents a really solid package imho, with a CD and a double-sided stuffed to the gills DVD disc with documentary, interviews, a masterclass, DVD-ROM content when you load it up on your computer, etc... oh and did I mention it has a great 5.1 remix!?

the next time somebody tries to tell you that Dolby Digital for 5.1 music is all the devil's own work,
sit them down and play them this and see if maybe they swallowed one placebo too many!

seriously.. to me it sounds great and the mix is discrete to boot (which i wasn't expecting).. highly recommended to my fellow QQ-ers :upthumb

 

[fredblue]

Visual Karma - Lacuna Coil (CD + 3 x DVD)

("Karmacode" 5.1 mix on DTS DVD-V)

a Ronald Prent surround mix, no less..!

 

[vegas]

Visual Karma - Lacuna Coil (CD + 3 x DVD)

("Karmacode" 5.1 mix on DTS DVD-V)

Oh, I have this box set for ages. )) Thanks for reminding me, I need to give it a spin.

 

[kap'n krunch]

Heavy Horses, NEW SHOES edition...
with a SIGNED postcard from Mr. Tull himself!!!!!
(looove Burning Shed!!!)

 

[Clint Eastwood]

would I rather this was a DVD-A? possibly.. hmm.. do you know, I'm not so sure!

as it is, it represents a really solid package imho, with a CD and a double-sided stuffed to the gills DVD disc with documentary, interviews, a masterclass, DVD-ROM content when you load it up on your computer, etc... oh and did I mention it has a great 5.1 remix!?

the next time somebody tries to tell you that Dolby Digital for 5.1 music is all the devil's own work,
sit them down and play them this and see if maybe they swallowed one placebo too many!

seriously.. to me it sounds great and the mix is discrete to boot (which i wasn't expecting).. highly recommended to my fellow QQ-ers :upthumb

Yep...when done properly Dolby Digital can be excellent....just another example

 

[quattroatl]

Hans Zimmer Live in Prague is absolutely a bombastic reference disc....the soundstage is huuuuge!

 

[humprof]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 5.1 Surround Tertiary Phase (BBC Audio, 2006). (See recent thread here.)

 

[humprof]

would I rather this was a DVD-A? possibly.. hmm.. do you know, I'm not so sure!

as it is, it represents a really solid package imho, with a CD and a double-sided stuffed to the gills DVD disc with documentary, interviews, a masterclass, DVD-ROM content when you load it up on your computer, etc... oh and did I mention it has a great 5.1 remix!?

the next time somebody tries to tell you that Dolby Digital for 5.1 music is all the devil's own work,
sit them down and play them this and see if maybe they swallowed one placebo too many!

seriously.. to me it sounds great and the mix is discrete to boot (which i wasn't expecting).. highly recommended to my fellow QQ-ers :upthumb

Thanks to fredblue and Quad Linda for hepping me to this album. (Great tunes, great lineup. I had no idea there'd been a 5.1 release!)

 

[fredblue]

Oh, I have this box set for ages. )) Thanks for reminding me, I need to give it a spin.

anytime!
it was our intrepid QQ member edisonbaggins who made me aware of it in the first place! hope to give it a first spin soon!

 

[fredblue]

Thanks to fredblue and Quad Linda for hepping me to this album. (Great tunes, great lineup. I had no idea there'd been a 5.1 release!)

you're most welcome!
its one of a great many less well-known surround music titles bubbling under that i'd never have had the fortune of hearing had it not been for the power of QQ

 

[humprof]

With his Mahler 8th (City of Birmingham SO; EMI Classics DVD-V, 24/48 DTS & DD 5.1), I think I've now completed the Rattle-Mahler surround trifecta! Good performance--I prefer it to the Zinman/Tonhalle version on RCA Red Seal--but a dry, bright recording, with relatively faint concert-hall ambience in the rears. And I still haven't found an engineer who is up to the task of capturing the millennial thunder of the really loud passages, with massive orchestra, multiple choruses, soloists, and organ pulling out all the stops! I do like the ability to display the libretto--and real-time subtitles, translated into a variety of languages--on-screen, though.

A side note: with regard to format and packaging, EMI was all over the board with their approach to surround: this one, a straight DVD-V from 2005, comes in an SACD-sized "super jewel case." The 10th, from 2001, is a dual-sided DVD (Side 1: DVD-V, Side 2: DVD-A) in a standard (for DVD-A/V) super jewel king. And the 5th, from 2003, is two discs (one DVD-A, one DVD-V), in a soft black plastic DVD-video case. Weird.

 

[fredblue]

Almost There - Mercy Me (5.1 DVD-V DualDisc)

 

[fredblue]

Lost In The Ghost Light/Stupid Things That Mean The World - Tim Bowness (CD + 5.1 DVD-V)

I had Stupid Things in download form already but it's still a nifty 5.1 2-fer mediabook cute lil' package to enjoy

 

[Ninecats]

Got the Roxy Music deluxe set yesterday, I managed to get it for $64 during amazons temporary prize drop. I must say that the book is nothing short of amazing.

 

[fredblue]

Sanctuary III - Robert Reed (3 disc set incl 5.1 DVD-V)

 

[Quad Linda]

Six Wives of Henry VIII - Rick Wakeman DVD-V/CD
The Myths and Legends of King Arthur - Rick Wakeman DVD-V/CD