Aerocraft67 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 The Naxos sale is the first thing to catch my eye at HDtracks in a long time. I can't afford them all. Anybody want to recommend a selection of them? Whatever criteria you like, but I'd seek loosely in order of recording quality, performance quality, standing in the canon. Not sure I even want to specify canon because many of the selections are less obvious by design, which is part of their appeal, and the need for a little guidance. Thanks! ALAC=>Synology 212j=>MacBook OS X Yosemite=>BitPerfect=>iTunes=>Meridian Explorer Desktop: Schiit Asgard 2=>Emotiva Airmotiv 4 or HiFiMan HE-500 Family room: wifi to portaged laptop/DAC or Apple TV 2=>Denon AVR-1712=>PSB Image B6 (bi-amped); Dayton HSU10, Image B4 surrounds Link to comment
AnotherSpin Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 I would be interested in Boris Giltburg' Beethoven Sonatas cycle. Link to comment
austinpop Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 This previous thread has a lot of good recommendations. https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/58788-naxos-catalogue-at-half-price-on-qobuz/ My Audio Setup Link to comment
Aerocraft67 Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 Thanks for pointing out the other thread. I only found about a third of the >30 recommendations there in the HDtracks inventory, although I skipped a few. The last post there had the most available. This is probably enough to sort through but happy to hear any more picks available on HDtracks. Here's what I found: ALAC=>Synology 212j=>MacBook OS X Yosemite=>BitPerfect=>iTunes=>Meridian Explorer Desktop: Schiit Asgard 2=>Emotiva Airmotiv 4 or HiFiMan HE-500 Family room: wifi to portaged laptop/DAC or Apple TV 2=>Denon AVR-1712=>PSB Image B6 (bi-amped); Dayton HSU10, Image B4 surrounds Link to comment
Popular Post austinpop Posted November 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2020 Yeah check for Naxos sales on Presto, Qobuz, and eClassical. The selection and price is usually better. davide256 and Aerocraft67 1 1 My Audio Setup Link to comment
christian u Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Quote Martin Zenker - Leader - Bass, Valery Ponomarev - Trumpet, Tim Armacost - Tenor Sax, Adrian Mears - Trombone, Bernhard Pichl - Piano, Rick Hollander - Drums Recorded 23 October 1999, Zurich, Switzerland. Total Time = 68:53 UGETSU had been together for three years when this record was made and the album gives you the feeling of a group on top of their form, who are enjoying their work together. This was the first time I had heard them, the only one of them previously known to me was Valery Ponomarev, who I had heard previously with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, he was with them from 1976 to 1980. Ponomarev escaped from Russia to the West in 1973, he is a great asset to UGETSU both as a Trumpet player and composer. The other Front Line player are Tim Armacost on Tenor , who is a veteran of bands led by Randy Brecker and Paquito d'Revera and Adrian Mears a Trombone player who comes from Australia but lives in Switzerland. The ensemble sound is full, warm and precise and all are interesting soloists. Bernhhard Pichl on Piano and Rick Hollander on Drums complete the rhythm section. Like the leader Bassist Martin Zenker, Bernhard Pichl is a product of the Bavarian Youth Jazz Orchestra. Drummer Rick Hollander is a revelation, he swings the band, keeps great time and ranks with the very best. The compositions are all originals by members of the Band and each is well worth its place on the album, I enjoyed every track. If Art Blakey were still alive, the band would have probably moved on and be sounding like this one, what more can you say in praise of a band you have not heard before! This is a very good record. Reviewer Don Mather http://www.musicweb-international.com/jazz/2000/july00/5star.gif Link to comment
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