Jascha Heifetz - Vieuxtemps - Concerto No.5 / Bruch - Scottish Fantasy (2006) [SACD]

I beg to differ on the appellation of "multichannel" to this hi-res disc. All three of these selections were only recorded on two-track tape originally, so the so-called multichannel SACD option is exactly the same as the stereo option here - standard two channels. Which seems needless duplication. This would have been a fine opportunity to process the L minus R information of the original tapes and offer a peusdo-surround 4.0 or 5.0 option on the multichannel, but the purist approach of this reissue series evidently doesn't bend to that. I was surprised to see the original recordings date from 1961 and 62, because Heifetz was always asking the mixers for more of a sonic "spotlight" on himself in front of the orchestra, and the best way to get that would have been to record in three channels instead of two, and more of the recordings from the late 50s were three channel.