Album of the Evening

[Daccord]

[Hugo9000]

Modest Mussorgsky

Pictures at an Exhibition

Neeme Järvi/Chicago Symphony Orchestra

 

This is the Ravel orchestration.  I can't decide if I prefer this or the Stokowski orchestration, as they both have great merit and beauty/thrills.  I like the piano original, of course, and I also love the adaptation for low strings that I own from BIS.

 

 

[Musicophile]

 

Testing this newly released remaster of a 1958 recording with a very impressive cast to see if I need to buy yet another Don. 

 

16/44 stream of a 24/192 remaster. 

 

Side note: this is the first DG remaster that I see in 24/192. Is anybody aware of any others? I thought their standard format is 24/96. 

 

I’ll end up buying most likely anyhow, given the serious Sublime discount of 50% (€19 vs €38 undiscounted). It’s always surprising how quickly one can get the monthly subscription fee “for free” with these discounts. 

 

[christopher3393]

Handel: Apollo e Dafne

Whelan, Ensemble Marsyas

 

 

[Musicophile]

 

I really wanted to like this album, but didn't succeed at all (starting from the horribly 90s looking cover). Here's my not very positive review:  https://musicophilesblog.com/2019/03/10/youn-sun-nahs-latest-album-immersion-really-not-my-cup-of-tea/.

 

Let me know what you think. 

[AnotherSpin]

23 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

 

I really wanted to like this album, but didn't succeed at all (starting from the horribly 90s looking cover). Here's my not very positive review:  https://musicophilesblog.com/2019/03/10/youn-sun-nahs-latest-album-immersion-really-not-my-cup-of-tea/.

 

Let me know what you think. 

 

Well... to let you know I need to listen this album. based on your notice I think I will skip it. Sorry, no opinion. 

[Musicophile]

2 minutes ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

Well... to let you know I need to listen this album. based on your notice I think I will skip it. Sorry, no opinion. 

Please check it out. I may well be the only one not liking it!

[Bikutoru]

3 hours ago, Musicophile said:

Please check it out. I may well be the only one not liking it!

Surely you will not be the only one.

 

Anyways, thanks for bringing it to my attention. Youn Sun Nah is one of my favorites and having another album is a treat. I love it! Love the experimentation with effects and just LOVE it!!!

[Musicophile]

23 minutes ago, Bikutoru said:

Surely you will not be the only one.

 

Anyways, thanks for bringing it to my attention. Youn Sun Nah is one of my favorites and having another album is a treat. I love it! Love the experimentation with effects and just LOVE it!!!

That’s what I thought. Love it or hate it. Glad you’re enjoying it!

[Daccord]

5 hours ago, Musicophile said:

Let me know what you think. 

 

I've tried to listen to some of her other albums and I have to say I share your opinion. This one is no longer available on Tidal (at least in Canada), so I can't in good conscience give your thumbs down the thumbs up (as much as I would like to).

[Musicophile]

Back to something much more down my alley:

 

(Pic taken from eBay, need to scan my own cover at some point)

 

 

[kumakuma]

1 minute ago, Musicophile said:

Back to something much more down my alley:

 

https://img3.doubanio.com/view/subject/m/public/s3479616.jpg

 

Clicking on the link gave me an error:

 

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You don't have permission to access the URL on this server.

[Musicophile]

1 minute ago, kumakuma said:

 

Clicking on the link gave me an error:

 

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Was hard to find a working link to Wand’s NDR album.  Updated 

[Hugo9000]

Alexander Scriabin

Complete Études

Andrei Korobeinikov

 

 

Listening on Qobuz:

 

https://open.qobuz.com/album/3760127222187

[qdwieertteyrujpo]

8 hours ago, Musicophile said:

 

I really wanted to like this album, but didn't succeed at all (starting from the horribly 90s looking cover). Here's my not very positive review:  https://musicophilesblog.com/2019/03/10/youn-sun-nahs-latest-album-immersion-really-not-my-cup-of-tea/.

 

Let me know what you think. 

I agree. I loved her earlier work, but I cannot relate at all to this one.

[Daccord]

High school memories...

[Hugo9000]

Alexander Scriabin

Symphony No. 2

Piano Concerto

Vasily Petrenko/Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

Kirill Gerstein, piano

 

Gorgeous playing and textures, wonderful conducting by Petrenko, excellent recording quality!  One thing I love about modern times is that so many wonderful orchestras all over the world are being recorded with superb sonics, unlike the past when only a couple dozen at best were well-recorded.

[Paul R]

I honestly do not remember where I picked up this CD, but it is always gorgeous. It is not identifiable by Roon, so I don't have information ont he recording for you, except it is a very good recording.

 

L'Estro Armonico - it means The Harmonic Inspiration, and I think the naming is accurate. They were transposed for keyboard performances by no less a personage than Johanne Sebastian Bach himself. This particular recording is performed as it was originally meant to be performed though.  No. 11 was written for two violins, Cello, and strings.  There is at least once version of this available on QoBuz. 

 

-Paul 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Great stuff just discovered via Qobuz.

 

[austinpop]

36 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Great stuff just discovered via Qobuz.

 

 

I love this album. I am slowly working my way through Brahem's discography on ECM. Other standouts for me are The Amazing Eyes of Rita and Souvenance.

[Musicophile]

 

One of my favorite Jazz albums (actually one of my Essential Jazz albums, see also here: https://musicophilesblog.com/2015/08/29/musicophiles-25-essential-jazz-albums-part-ii/). 

 

I’m currently playing the 24/88 from HDtracks, which I presume is a PCM conversion of the original Concord SACD. If anybody has link to the original DSD, please let me know. It sounds really good even in this version. 

[WAM]

Tthe first Brahem-album I bought, must say I like it a lot.

 

 

[AnotherSpin]

3 hours ago, austinpop said:

 

I love this album. I am slowly working my way through Brahem's discography on ECM. Other standouts for me are The Amazing Eyes of Rita and Souvenance.

 

I think first two from his ECM recordings were amazing.

[rando]

A bit late with my International Women's Day selection. 

 

[Musicophile]

44 minutes ago, rando said:

A bit late with my International Women's Day selection. 

 

My second album of the evening is not just as old, but of similar beauty:

 

streaming 16/44 from Qobuz.