>From Stereophile Magazine:

   Naxos Covers the High-Rez Bases
   By Kalman Rubinson

   March 22, 2004 - Some months back, a poll at the Naxos of
   America website asked visitors about their preferences among
   high-resolution and multichannel formats.  At that time, Naxos
   had been releasing DVD-As (and DVDs) in the US, but only
   released SACDs elsewhere.

   The poll results in this uncontrolled sample indicated a clear
   preference for SACD. Consequently, Naxos US April releases
   will be available in both formats and, at least for the
   foreseeable future, the company will duplicate its multichannel
   releases in SACD and DVD-A.

   The first three SACD releases, Holst's The Planets (6.110004),
   Rachmaninov's Piano Concertos Nos.  2 and 3 (6.110013), and
   Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad" (6.110020), are
   also offered as DVD-As (just change the initial 6.  to a 5.
   to get the DVD-A catalog number).  The Holst was released as
   a DVD-A in the US quite a while back.  The other two feature
   the Russian State Symphony Orchestra under Dimitry Yablonsky,
   the team responsible for an earlier outstanding DVD-A of
   Shostakovich's Jazz Suites and other pieces (5.110006).  ....

http://www.stereophile.com/news/032204naxos/

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