Album of the Evening

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Some great piano jazz.

 

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I can't recall right now who recommended it on 'My Essential..' thread but I'm really grateful!  CD

 

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Just finished streaming.

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4 hours ago, Musicophile said:

All of it? I’m impressed. 

 

3 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

It is a single CD selection of instrumental parts from Der Ring.

Yes, these are orchestral excerpts. I was highly impressed but it was too late yesterday to comment on it. I will do it on 'My Essential..' thread now.

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Late Schubert sonatas & impromptus played by András Schiff on 1820 Viennese fortepiano.

BBC Music Magazine’s 'Recording of the Month'.

 

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From time to time some album reminds me vividly how beautiful this hobby is..

(and why I'm not that much into sports )

 

 

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4 hours ago, Musicophile said:

No I'm not obsessed at all with the Passions this time of the year. Not at all.

 

Therefore: 

 

 

In two days I can go back to another genre.

 

I'll join you. In a way. New Jordi Savall album.

As for going to another genre, as far as I know myself, I will do it in 2-2.5 hours.. 

 

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1 hour ago, Musicophile said:

What do you think of this? I typically often struggle with reconstructions

I would say I quite liked it. With the emphasis on 'quite' - it will probably not be one of my favorite JS's albums. BTW I also wasn't convinced (yet.?) with Schiff's Schubert album I posted a couple of days ago but I think it was mainly due to the sound of his (own) instrument. Somehow Steinway D (or a similar instrument) is my personal 'gold standard' as far as the piano sound is concerned. For now

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10 hours ago, Daccord said:

 

I have to agree about the sound of the piano. Furthermore, I streamed this via Tidal (CD quality) and couldn't get through it all due to the distracting soft clicking noise - almost like a distant metronome. Did you notice that? If you want to check again, listen around 5 minutes in to the first track.

I'm pretty sure this is noise caused by some mechanical parts of the instrument.

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Some nice, chill out music on the first chilly day in a long time here. Great dub-heavy Bill Laswell bass lines!

 

 

 

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54 minutes ago, AMR/iFi audio said:

 

As for fun factor IMO video concerts don't get better than this!

They could have restored the material before issuing it on bluray though (analogue artifacts are clearly visible!).

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PC. Not as good as Argerich/Abbado but not bad at all.

 

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32 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

Tried this for about 5 min, but as much as I love Podger it just sounds wrong. 

I agree. I don't know, for me it probably sounds superficial, lacks depth.

BTW I had a chance to check out Casals recent hi res remaster. For such an old recording, SQ is simply astonishing!

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Actually the album of yesterday afternoon but I'm posting it cause as for posthumous album it's surprisingly good. SQ differs from track to track. 24bit version available.

 

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I'm actually listening to Handel's solo piano pieces for the first time in my life. IM(very, very)HO Smirnova plays this material in a really beautiful way with great sensitivity and with lots of subtle expressive nuance. I like her 'timing' (is this word used in the field of classical music.?). And of course ECM sound is never a bad thing.

 

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3 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

It may be interesting to compare with Keith Jarret's album with Händel suites on the same label.

I remember your recommendation of this recording, I will surely do it. BTW thanks for your suggestion to check out Beth Gibbons in Gorecki's symphony on 'Your Favorite Youtube..' thread. This is something ..different.

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On 5/1/2019 at 12:18 AM, rando said:

 

 

 

Great, stylish artwork!

As for me today it's one of my 'desert island' albums.

 

 

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2 hours ago, church_mouse said:

2 hours ago, kumakuma said:

First listen to new Rhiannon Giddens album. Highly recommended!

 

 

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I have been listening to it this afternoon on Qobuz and really liking it.

 

 

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My reflection provoked by this album. If there is God, he was probably too good for us giving us Martha Argerich, I'm not sure we deserve this gift (at least me ).

Yes.. been high on Chopin recently.. And high on sampling frequency too - 24/192

 

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Another unorthodox version of Gorecki's symphony by a guy who does impossible things with a saxophone..

 

 

..and also this one (IMO more convincing than his Bach).

 

 

BTW ( @The Computer Audiophile ) less than 400 views and this thread  will have 1234567 views and IMO this number is even cooler than 1 million 

 

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51 minutes ago, Daccord said:

I kind of like his Bach every now and then when I'm in that sort of mood.

I don't think it's bad but IMO his Glass is even better.

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Minco Eggersman, Theodoor Borger and Mathias Eick (24-88)

 

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51 minutes ago, Boy Howdy said:

Folks:

Just a procedural suggestion:  Please include a link or source annotation so that readers can find your wonderful music.  For example, on this page, there are three submissions, two of which don't show up in a couple of searches through retail music sites and aren't available on Tidal.  I understand that if I keep searching, I will (probably) find them but you already have a viable source.  Please save me some time.  Life is short and I spend too much time screwing around on the web as it is.

Thanks,

Mike

I'm pretty sure you didn't have a problem with finding 'Unifony' as (just checked it) google points directly to (linking just in case) :

http://www.unifony.com/

You can get 24-88 version also here:

https://unifony.bandcamp.com/album/unifony-high-res

 

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Obviously a selection.