Thread: Gergiev's Verdi Requiem

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Post by Johnno January 14, 2004 (1 of 3)
I have just received my latest New Arrivals listing from Acoustic Sounds -- and what should I see as the very first item but the Valery Gergiev/Kirov recording of the Verdi Requiem on Philips AND ON DVD-A!!

Any comments as to what that might infer?

Post by zeus January 14, 2004 (2 of 3)
Johnno said:

I have just received my latest New Arrivals listing from Acoustic Sounds -- and what should I see as the very first item but the Valery Gergiev/Kirov recording of the Verdi Requiem on Philips AND ON DVD-A!!

Any comments as to what that might infer?

Since the end of last year, Universal has been doing some DVD-A releases in the US only. I guess the local business unit sees a market for such there.

Post by Johnno January 15, 2004 (3 of 3)
Of course, Stephen. I had simply forgotten that you had made that comment about Universal Music before and it has been discussed in connection with DGGs and Deccas. It was simply that, being a Philips recording, I had looked at it in the same way as if Sony had released something on DVD-A, and we know how unlikely that is.

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