[Nick Zwar]

I very much enjoy THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN, great Pat Metheny album.
As far as Intrada’s new JAWS release is concerned, I’m on the fence about it. On the one hand, I do have most previous JAWS releases (including the original LP), so I might as well get this one. However, I’m basically only interested in the original film score, much less the album, and I find that was already excellently remastered in the previous Intrada edition. The new master is good (it’s on Qobuz), but not really “better”. The thing is, audio technology has been long at the point where you basically get the same sound quality at home that is on the original tapes. I find the new album master from what I’ve heard excellent, certainly clear and sharp, but again, the previous release also had already an excellent master of the LP.

I’m currently listening to this, just discovered it… a new recording of one of my favorite modern classical compositions.