Album of the Evening

[Guidof]

 

Brahms: String Quintets. Unhurried readings by the Chamber Players of the WDR Symphony Cologne.

 

Fine Pentatone sound streaming from Qobuz at 16/44.

[rando]

Returning to discs I personally loaded into my computer.

 

[Booster MPS]

[One and a half]

On 10/8/2011 at 3:03 PM, AudioDoctor said:

and so far I have listened to

Imelda May, Love Tattoo and Mayhem

 

Yes a +1 for Imelda May, this version is available in 88.2 or 96 FLAC from Acoustics Sounds (superHirez)

 

 

Imelda May - Life Love Flesh Blood

[qdwieertteyrujpo]

Two outstanding artists and an out standing composer:

 

[Cornan]

Here is a great album. Tidal seems to be late to the party as usual, but it is available on Spotify. Have a listen!  

 

 

[AudioDoctor]

7 hours ago, One and a half said:

 

Yes a +1 for Imelda May, this version is available in 88.2 or 96 FLAC from Acoustics Sounds (superHirez)

 

 

Imelda May - Life Love Flesh Blood

 

This album of hers is also very good!

[freesteve]

I agree with you.  She is darn good.

[rando]

Bescol was a budget label owned by Bernie Solomon, formerly of Everest records.  The recordings on this disc from 1990 were made using the original 35mm Bert Whyte masters of the 1959 LSO  Beethoven cycle in Walthamstow Assembly Hall conducted by Joseph Krips.  

 

 

20 hours ago, firedog said:

And besides that, anyone who thinks they are going to get some great hi-res sound from a 60-70 year old live club or concert recording is a fool. 

 

Sorry, I couldn't resist after reading this yesterday.  Recordings, and recording engineers, of this quality from that era are quite rare.  The continuity and dedication to preservation of the original recording, Nimbus, through digitization even more so.  A small prick of light we can take up in the original thread if you so wish.

[Musicophile]

A Czech evening with a brand new release:

 

 

Streaming from Qobuz. 

[rando]

6 hours ago, Cornan said:

Here is a great album. Tidal seems to be late to the party as usual, but it is available on Spotify. Have a listen!  

 

Track No. 6 was in very Kapoor taste.  

 

[Cornan]

12 minutes ago, rando said:

 

Track No. 6 was in very Kapoor taste.  

 

 

Like in Yin & Yang nothing can exist without the other...or could it?

 

[EuroChamp]

5 hours ago, rando said:

Bescol was a budget label owned by Bernie Solomon, formerly of Everest records.  The recordings on this disc from 1990 were made using the original 35mm Bert Whyte masters of the 1959 LSO  Beethoven cycle in Walthamstow Assembly Hall conducted by Joseph Krips.  

 

 

 

Sorry, I couldn't resist after reading this yesterday.  Recordings, and recording engineers, of this quality from that era are quite rare.  The continuity and dedication to preservation of the original recording, Nimbus, through digitization even more so.  A small prick of light we can take up in the original thread if you so wish.

 

I would like to highly recommend Josef Krips' Beethoven circle (around 1960) from Everest on 35mm tape. It is available in amazing, pristine SQ in 24/192.

[AudioDoctor]

Tonights selection.

[EuroChamp]

Sviatoslav Richter:
Six Russian Piano Concertos (1950-59)

Ambient Stereo 24-bit FLAC

https://www.pristineclassical.com/products/PASC405

 

[accwai]

On 1/9/2018 at 11:21 PM, Booster MPS said:

Picked this one up last month, really good performance.  Check it out.

 

And it has great SQ to match the performance too. Friend of mine is currently preparing 3 of his students to go to competition at a local music festival with the Hermann Capriccio No. 1. This album captures the feel of live trio performance really well.

 

Album of the evening:

 

Haydn, Hummel: Trumpet Concerti

Gerard Schwarz, Y Chamber Symphony of New York

 

 

Noticed this on the shelf when looking for something else. It must be among the first few CDs I got at the beginning of the CD era.

[Nikhil]

Smack Up - Art Pepper Quintet

 

 

 

[Musicophile]

The two great  "M"s of hardbop tonight:

 

 

(redbook)

 

 

(24/192 download)

[christopher3393]

 

Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - Favola in Musica

Andrew Parrott / Taverner Consort

 

 

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/monteverdi-lorfeo-claudio-monteverdi/0822252227826

[accwai]

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sonatas, Balletti francesi, Ciaconna

Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon

 

 

[christopher3393]

Monteverdi: Selva Morale e Spirituale

Ensemble Elyma/ Gabriel Garrido

4 discs, complete work

 

 

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/selva-morale-e-spirituale-claudio-monteverdi/3760135100019

[Musicophile]

Enjoying the fact that Chandos has very recently decided to join the streaming club. 

 

 

In-flight enterntainment doesn’t get much better. 

[rando]

On 1/12/2018 at 4:53 PM, EuroChamp said:

 

I would like to highly recommend Josef Krips' Beethoven circle (around 1960) from Everest on 35mm tape. It is available in amazing, pristine SQ in 24/192.

 

That little tidbit was going to be my party piece when he pointed to the standard PCM resolution compact disc.

 

 

Marking the second time this week listening to Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.  The, in most years, rarely performed arrangement for two pianos was the standout.

 

 

 

 

[semente]

In the early 90s I used to love choir music from the Renaissance and the Barroque but slowly lost interest...

 

[Musicophile]

3 hours ago, Musicophile said:

Enjoying the fact that Chandos has very recently decided to join the streaming club. 

 

 

In-flight enterntainment doesn’t get much better. 

This now triggered a formal review. I've now listened to this album 4 times in 3 days.

 

https://musicophilesblog.com/2018/01/14/schuberts-string-quartet-no-15-by-the-doric-string-quartet-outstanding/