Album of the Evening

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A superb 2-disc set of all of Hoppstock's Bach recordings, made from 1979-2001. The sound varies, of course, but it's never less than good, and his playing is just stunning.

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Wonderful playing and sound.

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Only Sorabji could come up with a 75-minute Toccata! Super-human playing and very good sound.

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47 minutes ago, austinpop said:

 

Just bought it and having a first listen. This one is offered at 24/96, while the 4/5 is at 24/44.1. How do they compare?

 

First off - it has that gorgeous BIS sound. As for virtuousity - I have no classical training nor am I an expert. I just know what I like. And I like Sudbin!

 

Overall, I'd have to say the 4/5 was truly magical, a level that this 1/2 approaches but doesn't quite achieve. Perhaps the difference is the ensemble (Minnesota O vs Tapiola Sinfonietta) and/or venue.

 

All that said, this 1/2 clearly surpasses anything else in my collection. 

 

So - highly recommended, even if not quite at the very high level of the 4/5.

 

Hope that helps.

 

1 and 2 also do not compare in quality of composition to 4 and 5!

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Fantastic playing and sound.

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Extraordinary playing--very well recorded.

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Wonderfully played and recorded.

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Paul Galbraith's new recording of transcriptions of Mozart and Bach wonderfully played on his 8-string guitar. Superb sound.

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12 minutes ago, jhwalker said:

 

This is lovely - thank you for the recommendation.

 

I will comment I found it available for download only from the Guitar CoOp (apparently located in Brazil).  The price is good (~$12 for 24/96 download), but the tagging is execrable.  You get WAV files - which contain no tagging at all - and MP3 files, which are tagged rather haphazardly with simply the name of each track - no other content.

 

Only took me a few minutes to clean up, but rather irritating, nonetheless.

 

I bought the CD from his agent, which nicely avoids those problems! 

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While not all are listener-friendly, this recording has some very interesting pieces on it:

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Wonderful playing and sound--perhaps the best I've heard from Linn, which is saying a lot!

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7 hours ago, BacHolz said:

Hello Klavier, I hadn't noticed your avatar till now. An alternate 'nom de net' might be 'Luthier' as you have a most interesting collection of classical guitar music. Impressive indeed and thanks to all for sharing.

 

 

I was focusing more on piano when I created my account. I just recently started revisiting my guitar collection and resumed playing guitar. Now piano is on the back burner as far as playing goes.

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Listened to the second volume today. These Preludes and Fugues are so imaginative, and played to perfection. Great sound.

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In honor of HvK's birthday.