Album of the Evening

[crenca]

On 3/30/2018 at 4:20 PM, accwai said:

Heinrich Schütz: Lukas-Passion

Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hillier

 

 

Now all three of Schütz passions have made appearance in this thread...

 

Streaming on Tidal now, hitting the spot....somehow is meshing with my 4 year olds chatter 

[Paul R]

Gerry Rafferty - City to City

Just relaxing tonight with old familiar music...  sounds even better these days than it did when it was new. Perhaps a new definition for "classical" music?

 

[sandyk]

29 minutes ago, Paul R said:

Gerry Rafferty - City to City

Just relaxing tonight with old familiar music...  sounds even better these days than it did when it was new. Perhaps a new definition for "classical" music?

 

 Paul

A favourite of mine too.

 Nice to see you posting.

Regards

Alex

[Musicophile]

Based on this thread by @miguelito: 

Now playing:

 

This is Kissin recording the Chopin concertos in Moscow at the age of 12, no kidding. Amazing performance for such a young kid. 

 

 

[accwai]

Chopin: Concerto No. 2, Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise

Artur Rubinstein, Symphony of the Air, Alfred Wallenstein

 

[accwai]

Chopin: Nocturnes

Arthur Rubinstein

 

[christopher3393]

English Motets

The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park

 

 

https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68256

 

Recommended.

[austinpop]

Exploring MQA classical albums on Tidal, and found this gem:

 

 

Really enjoyed the Sibelius, haven't heard the Walton yet.

[Paul R]

On 4/2/2018 at 12:18 AM, sandyk said:

 Paul

A favourite of mine too.

 Nice to see you posting.

Regards

Alex

Hi Alex - you have no idea how good it is to have the time to be back. Even at 2:52am in the morning.

-Paul 

[Paul R]

A bit of Joe McQueen tonight. Amazing how soothing music is.  

[rando]

7 hours ago, austinpop said:

Exploring MQA classical albums on Tidal, and found this gem:

 

 

Really enjoyed the Sibelius, haven't heard the Walton yet.

 

I feel just slightly pedantic, but you did use that awful three letter scourge of the upright and courageous prominently in your post.  

 

On 1/1/2018 at 2:56 PM, rando said:

   

 

Slowly uncovering some good music on Tidal I'd otherwise not expend myself to track down just based on reputation.

 

[ted_b]

7 hours ago, austinpop said:

Exploring MQA classical albums on Tidal, and found this gem:

 

 

Really enjoyed the Sibelius, haven't heard the Walton yet.

Have you, by chance, compared it to the SACD (or DSD rip)?

[austinpop]

2 hours ago, rando said:

 

I feel just slightly pedantic, but you did use that awful three letter scourge of the upright and courageous prominently in your post.  

 

 

 

1 hour ago, ted_b said:

Have you, by chance, compared it to the SACD (or DSD rip)?

 

I am staying out of the religious wars.

 

I merely have a nice MQA-capable DAC in house for a few weeks, so wanted to explore what was out there on Tidal, especially in the classical genre.

 

So Ted - I don’t own this recording in any other format to be able to compare.

 

What I will say is the classical pickings are slim, but there are some nice gems, that I will post here as I find and enjoy them.

 

Finding stuff is a bear too, but I found this list (http://www.meridianunplugged.com/downloads/MQA_List.csv), in conjunction with the Tidal desktop app’s little M designator, to be fairly useful.

[Mayfair]

 

Recorded in 1939. To give a hint what's so special  (from excellent review on Musicweb)

"...Mengelberg sat in the audience in Amsterdam in 1904 to hear Mahler conduct the symphony with the Concertgebouw Orchestra twice in the same concert. He also attended the rehearsals, discussed the work with Mahler, and made copious notes in his score with Mahler's co-operation..."

 

http://www.musicweb-international.com/Mahler/Mahler4.htm

 

PS - I noticed that the album art cover shows up WAY bigger than others on the thread.  I copied and pasted it from Discogs.  As I'm rather new to this, how does/can one/ scale imported images ?

[elcorso]

12 hours ago, austinpop said:

Exploring MQA classical albums on Tidal, and found this gem:

 

 

Really enjoyed the Sibelius, haven't heard the Walton yet.

 

Has anyone listened the 24/96 DL from Qobuz?

 

Thanks,

 

Roch

[austinpop]

4 minutes ago, elcorso said:

 

Has anyone listened the 24/96 DL from Qobuz?

 

Thanks,

 

Roch

 

I don't have Qobuz yet. Was waiting for US debut, whenever that happens. I know I can signup with VPN, foreign address etc etc, but such a hassle.

[EuroChamp]

36 minutes ago, elcorso said:

 

Has anyone listened the 24/96 DL from Qobuz?

 

Thanks,

 

Roch

 

Yes. How can I help you?

[elcorso]

2 minutes ago, EuroChamp said:

 

Yes. How can I help you?

 

 

Regarding SQ.  What is your opinion?

 

Thank you,

 

Roch

[Musicophile]

 

24/96 download from Qobuz.

[Norton]

16 hours ago, austinpop said:

Exploring MQA classical albums on Tidal, and found this gem

 

Likewise:

 

[rodrigaj]

2 minutes ago, Norton said:

 

Likewise:

 

What a coincidence. I just listened to a 24/96 download of this album last night. The mix of instruments was really odd, with the cello upfront and huge and some of the orchestral passages sounded in the distance. I don't know if the MQA remaster will sound like that.

 

But man, what a performance by du Pre!  and Barenboim leads the CSO with complete self assurance and mastery. Outstanding.

[austinpop]

7 minutes ago, Norton said:

 

Likewise:

 

 

Yes! I found and bookmarked this too, for listening tonight. A classic, for sure.

[BacHolz]

A BBC recording of the year, listening in SACD

 

"This beautifully thought-through disc has horn player Alec Frank-Gemmill and pianist Alasdair Beatson playing four different pianos and four different horns, all historically appropriate, in a programme ranging through Rossini, Glazunov, Dukas and more."

 

A Noble & Melancholy Instrument

by Alec Frank-Gemill (horn) & Alasdair Beatson (piano)

[Daverz]

 

Via Tidal.  

 

Perle sounds like a well-adjusted American Berg, though I find his writing for orchestra more attractive than Berg's.  Very vivid recording.  Search term: "perle orchestral"

[austinpop]

7 hours ago, Norton said:

 

Likewise:

 

 

I misspoke. This album is not available in MQA - at least not in the US. This doesn't detract from the fact it is an outstanding performance, of course!

 

The MQA du Pré album I had bookmarked was the Schumann/Saint-Saëns:

 

 

I just listened to this, and it is brilliant too.