Album of the Evening

[accwai]

Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea

Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs, et al.

 

 

Listed as representative of early Baroque operas in RCM History 2 syllabus:

 

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Recitatives, arias, choruses and passages in arioso style (musically between aria and recitative styles)

 

In fact, some of the songs sound positively like madrigals. Very sinister plot until it inexplicably resolves into the glorious coronation scene and the beautiful love duet Pur ti mio at the very end. Moral value of the whole thing is highly questionable...

[WAM]

I am a WTk-addict. And Rosalyn Tureck's version is becoming a favorite. It does not surpass Richter (my ears, my taste, ymmv), but I am getting curious about her DG studio recordings (an opinion, anyone?).

 

[Musicophile]

 

Amazingly beautiful singing and playing in very good 24/96 SQ. 

[WAM]

Just ordered Tureck (and Manu Katche, Neighbourhoud, Artemis Quartet, Schubert). 

 

The more music i hear, the less I know.. 

 

Now listening to Grant Green:

 

 

[Melvin]

Can't get enough of Chet lately.

 

[Musicophile]

 

One of of the best recordings of the Matthew Passion out there.

 

see also here: https://musicophilesblog.com/2017/04/09/easter-is-coming-up-again-time-to-recommend-a-new-outstanding-matthew-passion-recording-by-john-eliot-gardiner/

[sphinxsix]

I don't listen to free jazz that often but it's really hard not to appreciate this pianoless quartet featuring two saxophone giants - highly recommended for the fans of the genre! (24-192)

 

[accwai]

Duke Ellington: Mood Indigo

 

 

Contains mono recordings made between 1927 and 1936.

[Nikhil]

Kenny Dorham - Afro Cuban

Also available on TIDAL

 

[Melvin]

Such a terrific live recording.

 

 

 

[austinpop]

[Musicophile]

6 hours ago, austinpop said:

Looks interesting. Is it good?

[semente]

I'm really enjoying the PC in G Major:

 

[austinpop]

 

10 hours ago, austinpop said:

 

4 hours ago, Musicophile said:

Looks interesting. Is it good?

 

Yes. The Organ Sumphony is not a piece I know well, but the Carnival of the Animals is, of course. Enjoyable performance.

 

I have an MQA DAC on loan in my system. I was playing this album MQA-decoded off Tidal, and the SQ is excellent.

 

Given the relative paucity of classical music on Tidal Masters, this was a nice find.

[beerandmusic]

While going through the 800 cd lot i bought, I came across this gem...the entire CD is GREAT!

 

 

[beerandmusic]

and another

 

 

[rando]

 

Gets basically the same reviews as the MO Beethoven/Mahler cycle.  Great choral work but a very, ahem, refined and terse variant of the bombastic showmanship competing recordings explore

[semente]

[austinpop]

 

This Solti Mahler 8th from 1971 is the one I always return to, and has pride of place in my (Roon) library. Get the 24/96 on Blu-Ray - it makes the most of the 1971 recording. Yes, there are sonically better recordings of Mahler 8th than this - the MTT/San Francisco comes to mind, but there is just something special about this performance that stirs the soul like no other.

[rando]

Catching up, my selection for this evening.  

 

[Musicophile]

 

streaming a recent new remaster (available in 24/96) of this classic. 

 

Qobuz 

[EuroChamp]

8 hours ago, Musicophile said:

 

streaming a recent new remaster (available in 24/96) of this classic. 

 

Qobuz 

 

Wonderful album with excellent SQ. After I first listened to it some weeks ago, I immediately bought it

[christopher3393]

ORNYTHOLOGY: BYRD AND FRIENDS

Venere Lute Quartet

 

 

https://www.gamutmusic.com/ornythology

[Norton]

 

 

 

I'm not a big Brahms fan, but from an initial listen,Ticciati, the SCO and Linn have excelled themselves with this ( as they did previously with the Schumann symphonies set)

[sphinxsix]

A very good big band album by an ex - Gil Evans assistent. CD-rip.

 

 

A 'Stereophile' review:

https://www.stereophile.com/content/maria-schneider-orchestra-thompson-fields