Album of the Evening

[Hugo9000]

2 hours ago, fas42 said:

 

Nice acoustic ... 

 

 

Clever mic placement and engineering?  The Royal Albert Hall is notorious as having among the very worst acoustics of all the concert halls of the world where orchestras perform.

[fas42]

From the POV of the music purists perhaps - there is strong bounce of the sound from the ceiling, which has been tackled in various ways; but didn't seem to interfere here. Coughs from the audience could be heard to echo about in the quiet bits, and there are plenty of incidental noises from this live capture - but it adds to the sense of the occasion.

[biosailor]

[fas42]

Bunch of needledrops, from "Object Enterprises",

 

 

Nice, the drum strikes on first track are spot on; even when the rig is still cold ...

[fas42]

Another no-name, no details album, from AVM,

 

 

Collection of classical, and popular songs tracks.

[fas42]

A burnt CDR, skips like mad, but still works a treat ....

 

 

 

One of the best songs has been totally butchered by absurd compression in this YouTube clip; the album itself is pristine ....

 

 

[fas42]

[Paul R]

 

"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" on this album is an example of what makes it worthwhile to go through the work to put together a good audio system. The rest of the album is pretty awesome as well.  

-Paul

 

 

Judy Collins did a fair rendition of this on her _Judith Album_. 

 

Josh Groban did an excellent rendition on his _All That Echos_ album. 

 

Radka Toneff did an even better vocal rendition on her FairyTales album with Steve Dobrogosz (but it is in MQA, so people might hate it... )

 

But Rigmor Gustafsson (hailing from Sweden) really nailed it. If you want to listen to the words, this is the one to go for. 

 

 

But The Charlie Haden / Pat Metheny rendition is still the best.

 

 

 

 

[fas42]

[biosailor]

A wonderful compilation. And as always, ACT recording is outstanding!

 

 

[rando]

[christopher3393]

Jean-Baptiste Lully: Atys

Les Arts Florissants / William Christie

3 CDs

 

 

Libretto: https://www.arts-florissants.com/media/livrets-cds-pdfs/livret_hmc-901257-59.pdf

 

Review: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=66714

 

Streaming: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/lully-atys-les-arts-florissants-and-william-christie/0794881926329

[jhwalker]

RACHMANINOV, MYASKOVSKY:  Sonatas for cello and piano

BRUNO PHILIPPE, JÉRÔME DUCROS

 

 

Some really lovely, romantic piano and cello music, and an exemplary recording, as well.

 

Originally streamed from Qobuz, decided it's worth buying:  https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/rachmaninov-myaskovsky-sonatas-for-cello-and-piano-bruno-philippe-and-jerome-ducros/g55biw0gxgsmb

 

[Melvin]

[Melvin]

[coot]

Stunning full Firebird (Qobuz). Wonderful colors and SQ.

 

 

[HIFI]

I like nearly everything from soundliasion.com and Carmen Gomes is one great artist.  I have every album she has recorded with label and this newest release is truly outstanding in that is a One Mic recording.  Vocal is simply “pure” and the sound stage with location, separation and space is magical from a One Mic recording. 

[fas42]

 

For all those who decry early digital recording, this is DDD, recorded 1975 - no complaints about the piano tone; all good.

[HIFI]

9 hours ago, HIFI said:

I like nearly everything from soundliaison.com and Carmen Gomes is one great artist.  I have every album she has recorded with label and this newest release is truly outstanding in that is a One Mic recording.  Vocal is simply “pure” and the sound stage with location, separation and space is magical from a One Mic recording. 

Soundliaison.com

[Musicophile]

 

Still not too familiar with Sibelius symphony cycle in spite of several attempts with Vänskä and some others. 

 

So just checking this new box set out on Qobuz, given that I typically really like Paavo, downloaded for offline playback to the Qobuz iOS app for today’s in-flight entertainment. 

 

By the way for those who are interested I have a new blog post out about Mendelssohn:

 

https://musicophilesblog.com/2019/02/16/another-excellent-recording-of-the-mendelssohn-piano-concertos-by-ronald-brautigam/

[Musicophile]

7 hours ago, fas42 said:

 

For all those who decry early digital recording, this is DDD, recorded 1975 - no complaints about the piano tone; all good.

Are you sure this is a 1975 Digital recording? Didn’t the CD only come out in 1983?

[EuroChamp]

35 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

Are you sure this is a 1975 Digital recording? Didn’t the CD only come out in 1983?

 

My booklet says 1986

[rando]

It was released 86/87.

 

 

Pre-emphasis on Denon and BIS existed long after everyone else ditched it.  Was that the case here @fas42?

 

Apparently popped collars are still alive in Russia. 

 

[semente]

5 hours ago, Musicophile said:

Are you sure this is a 1975 Digital recording? Didn’t the CD only come out in 1983?

 

Both these sources say 1975; apparently it was first sold on vinyl.

 

https://www.discogs.com/Zoltán-Kocsis-Kocsis-Plays-Bartók/release/5357237

 

https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/bartók-piano-works-8

 

Edit: back cover posted by @rando also gives '75 as the recording date.

[Jud]

37 minutes ago, semente said:

 

Both these sources say 1975; apparently it was first sold on vinyl.

 

https://www.discogs.com/Zoltán-Kocsis-Kocsis-Plays-Bartók/release/5357237

 

https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/bartók-piano-works-8

 

Edit: back cover posted by @rando also gives '75 as the recording date.

 

The first major label digital recording of popular music, Ry Cooder's "Bop 'til You Drop," was released in 1979, if that helps at all.