Album of the Evening

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Ingolf Wunder - Chopin Recital

A new 2011 Deutsche Grammophon release!

 

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Hank Mobley

Soul Station (Blue Note XRCD24)

 

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Artist: Elina Garanca

Album: Habanera

 

I enjoy it :-)

 

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Anna Moffo

'Arias'

 

Living Stereo 16/44.1 from Sony SACD

 

she is singing in repeat-mode now! ;-)

 

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Montserrat Caballé, London Symphony Orchestra (Carlo Felice Cillario)

Montserrat Caballé [LSC-2862] [LSC-3164]

 

Sony Classical Originals

 

Very cheap CD, but amazing performance and SQ

 

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Listening to: 'Scarlattiana, Op. 44 for piano and chamber orchestra:I. Sinfonia. Lento, grave' aus 'Casella : Symphonie n°2 - Scarlattiana CHANDOS [24/96]' von 'BBC Philharmonic (Gianandrea Noseda)' with Media Center 17

 

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Highly recommended:

Erick Friedman Plays Violin Showpieces

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David Oistrakh | Herbert von Karajan | Mstislav Rostropovich | Sviatoslav Richter | Vienna Philharmonic: Beethoven: Triple Concerto (2011 - Remaster) HDtracks DL 96/24 in AIFF format. Good SQ, but not great. Anyone agree or disagree about SQ of this DL?

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Dear Richard,

 

totally agree with you. I have bought almost all of these wonderful EMI high-res albums. I like Itzak Perlman very much and I can highly recommend that one:

Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio (2011 - Remaster)

https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=catalogdetail&valbum_code=HD5099970559859

Performance and sound quality are state of the art here!

 

Enjoy listening,

Bernhard

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Kicking back.

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Ted Hawkins - The Next Hundred Years.

 

Dear Budy,

 

thank you! I liked that album very much 15 years ago, but totally forgot it. I own the MFSL disc - I will enjoy it :-)

 

Bernhard

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Melvin,

 

I totally agree with your taste in music in overall. Which version of this particular Dire Straits album do you prefer?

 

Bernhard

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Thanks Bernhard .. I'm listening to the Warner Remasters (remastered by Bob Ludwig), I have them all. I like it but not sure it's a preference per se. I'm curious, do you have a preference?

 

To my knowledge the SHM-SACD is the same Bob Ludwig remaster. So we listen to basically the same version.

All these wonderful Dire Straits albums, from this one up to Brothers in Arms would be great in a new 'reference' transfer from the orig. tapes to a modern HD format.

Till then we enjoy the existing version of this timeless music! :-)

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Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 14 | Franz Schubert par Alexandre Glazounov - Télécharger et écouter l'album

 

For everyone who likes Schubert, a promo offer by qobuz, amazing performance and top notch sq!

 

Enjoy!!!

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Yes, the Beethoven is fantastic!

 

Isabelle Faust - Mozart Orchestra - Claudio Abbado

Berg - Beethoven violin concertos

 

Picked up from Musicophile, great recording & production. The Berg pieces are close to overwhelming for a neophyte like me, enough to give Stravinsky and his virgin killings a good run for the money. The Beethoven is really well done.

 

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Another Qobuz Promo recommendation with AAA soundquality:

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Piano Concertos No 16 (K.453) & No 22 (K.482)

Kristian Bezuidenhout - Freiburger Barockorchester - Petra Müllejans

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Piano Concertos No 16 (K.453) & No 22 (K.482) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart par Kristian Bezuidenhout - Télécharger et écouter l'album

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And another one. Listen to the samples, because it's a special genre. Sound is a clear recommendation, too!

 

Storie di Napoli

Marco Beasley - Accordone - Guido Morini

 

Storie di Napoli par Marco Beasley - Télécharger et écouter l'album

 

I really enjoyed both of these two recordings :-)

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Highly recommended album!!!

I don't like most of these LINN recordings, but this one is an exception in the postive direction.

I play it very often, especially in the morning, it makes me feel good! :-)

 

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Linn Records - Mozart Serenades

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You are right, maybe the Bach's are great. I don't listen to them, because I don't like these 'church' & liturgy music.

Sir Charles Mackerras conducting Mozart is good, here I'm missing the emotion, which I feel in other recordings.

 

But it's my personal taste only...

 

I disagree on Linn. There's really great stuff like the Dunedin Bach recordings (John, Matthew, etc.), or the Macckeras Mozart recordings.

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McClain really has the blues! Where did you get the 24/192 version? Wow!

 

Hands down one of the best recordings I have now. I can't say enough good things about this album. If this is having the blues, I'll have them everyday! This is a 24/192KHz recording and it definitely shows off what a hi-res album can do. Highly recommended if you want to just chill out and have some great music playing that will definitely get your toes tappin'!

 

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African Piano

Abdullah Ibrahim

 

Qobuz.com 24/96

Highly recommended

 

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Horowitz at Carnegie Hall, Discs 5-6. The sound quality is pretty bad on these two discs, but it is such a wonderful concert that I didn't care.

 

What is on disc 5 and 6 exactly? I like Mr. Horowitz very much, maybe I own this particular concert in an other release.

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Two beautiful romantic string concerts today, that are excellent both sonically and for the interpretation:

 

Tchaikovsky: Violin concerto - Julia Fischer

 

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Dvorak: Cello concertos - Steven Isserlis

 

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Both highly recommended.

 

I think you will also like this one - can get it at qobuz in HD

For me personally, it is her very best album!

... and a brand new 2014 release.

 

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I agree with you, it's enthralling. I've only recently become acquainted with this album (DSD download) .. glad I took a chance on it.

 

Where can I get the DSD version?

Grant Green: Idle Moments

THX

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This may sound overly negative, Sarasate reminds me too much of the "gypsy" music you'll get if you don't run away quickly enough in nearly every Viennese coffee house. I know he's one of the better known Spanish composers, nothing wrong with it, but it's just not my style of music.

 

Okay, personal taste. I really love those fiddling. And I don't miss emotions, when hearing this disc! But, of course, I cannot hear it all day long.

 

I am born in Vienna and lived there for a while, I find no similarities between Sarasate and old style "Vienna music". What you mean is the Strauss Aera on one hand and the typical "Schrammelmusik" on the other.

Schrammelmusik (use google translate, when interested)

 

Btw.: My best Sarasate is a XRCD by Erick Friedman called Violin Showpieces

And HDTT has a very good one by Erick Friedman

 

By the way, I have a similar problem with most of Paganini.

 

+1

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Listening to this great recording (in DSD format):

http://www.wilsonaudio.com/wilson-audiophile.php?album=2014-08-05-sonatas-for-violin-piano

 

SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & PIANO (1987)

BRAHMS, DEBUSSY, BARTÓK

JULIE STEINBERG, DAVID ABEL

 

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Yesterday and tonight Oscar Peterson is at my home

 

It's the new Edel:Kultur Germay release of the immortal MPS tapes recorded by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer.

You can get the vinyl box or download a 24/88 copy at highresaudio.com

 

As far as I know, they transfered the tapes in DSD, maybe in the future, who knows ...