Graham Williams reviews the new Miraculous Metamorphoses SACD featuring the Kansas City Symphony under Michael Stern:
“The 5.1 multi-channel SACD is sonically streets ahead of the CD/HDCD version of these performances issued some months ago. The listener is placed some way back in the hall but the sound has a wide spread between the speakers with a convincing depth and a pleasing ambience, most apparent in the quieter sections of these scores. …the visceral impact of the Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant Organ at the opening of the Bartok became immediately apparent. …the energy generated by every entry of the bass drum is of floor-shaking proportions…These expertly recorded and vividly etched performances can be confidently recommended.” —Graham Williams, SA-CD.net