Originally Posted by RGraham
Interested to know how others trawl for the new stuff.
Thanks for pointing to Presto and other music sites that list new releases. I found Archiv Music a clear site for classical releases by label, and found two important MQA releases that were very hush hush. One is Karl Bohm the Early Years from their Icon Series. This in MQA offers wartime recordings from 35-47. A Mozart Serenata from 1947 is mastered from a fresh pressing of the original 78. Further, a whole Act 3 of Die Meistersinger from 38 restored from 78s is sounding amazing. The set covers all the major orchestras then BPO, Dresden, VPO etc.

The second album just released is the Hungarian Quartet's Beethoven cycle from the 50s, sounding open and fresh. Some rawness here and there, but still much better than say the Busch quartet recordings of similar era.

And Tidal Masters listed Rattle's the Planets in their line up so I found that one just by looking at Tidal. Somehow all of Rattles EMI recordings need to be on high volume before they have presence at all (69-70).

Best /bt