Tidal - why only remastered versions?

With regard to classical releases, modern recordings are generally not remastered. They are already of high quality sound. Some record labels have issued hybrid versions containing a CD layer plus a SACD layer.

Many Deutsch Gramophone CDs from the early days of digital were remastered due to their terrible recording and mastering techniques.
This includes almost all the Karajan releases on DG. The word is he liked to be in charge of his productions.

I noticed that Tidal offers remastered versions almost exclusively in the rock, pop genres. Sometimes an original release will show up in a search alongside a remaster. 

I love that Qobuz very often has both the original issue and a remastered version. They also include the release date on the cover art. If an album in the library has been remastered, the date is included. This is good info since some albums have been remastered several times. The only flaw in streaming these albums is the volume difference of the playback. Remasters are louder with heavier bass. Thanks, Loudness Wars.

I prefer original rock releases due to the low amount of mastering compression. Of course, some albums were poorly recorded and needed to be tweaked. 




 

IMHO, Tidal wants to present the latest and "greatest" music available. They have bragging rights to the largest library and most famous artists in music.
So perhaps that means remastered releases are "the best." We were all fooled by this crap the industry sold us. That is until we heard the wave of remasters competing to see who was loudest.

I was taken by the newly remastered CDs. 

That's great info, @duckworp. So, even though Qobuz has less titles, they give the listener more freedom of choice by having different versions available. Maybe that's the European model?
Tidal has chosen to take only the latest releases. That's why some albums disappear from the catalogue. Maybe the payout to the artists are greater with the remasters; eg, renegotiated contracts.

@marklindemann ,
You're so right, Tidal or any streaming service can't be an archival source in the sense a hard drive loaded with your own rips can be. 

I'm listening to classic rock on 
Qobuz tonight and it's hard to find a tolerable sounding remaster. 

@mahler123,
That's an interesting factoid about Szell; he's up there in my top 3 favorites. His remastered CDs do sound very good. The Schumann cycle is one that I missed, will look for it.

And yes, Lenny's Columbia recordings are wonderful, thankfully we have some very good remasters to listen to. They were done in the late 90s under Sony's ownership. 
The ultimate in remastering a classical cycle has to be the 2008 Mahler box set, early 1960s performances.