Album of the Evening

[The Computer Audiophile]

https://open.qobuz.com/album/i2l0ljm2ti0rb

 

[firedog]

An old favorite, and still a winner:

 

[rando]

2 hours ago, accwai said:

Never mind. Found it

 

I was a few hours late to point out linked video in the bird (song) thread. 

 

Amazing you were able to source the album art.  Yet the equally nondescript album info was a small wrinkle.  

 

 

[rando]

Forgot to mention first disc only from above.  Busy night ahead so I snuck this in.  

 

1986 import CD

 

[Hugo9000]

One of my favorite Strauss recordings, outside of the operas:

 

Richard Strauss

Eine Alpensinfonie

Tod und Verklärung

Neeme Järvi/Scottish National Orchestra

 

Not sure if I'll listen to disc 2 as well...

[Soothsayerman]

I've got a thing for Hank Mobley lately

 

[qdwieertteyrujpo]

Beautiful new release: Martin Tingvall - The Rocket (Qobuz download):

 

 

[Musicophile]

Audiophile fodder for my HD800:

 

 

24/192 from Qobuz

[rando]

Lambdoma SONAS (System of Optimal Natural Structure) healing sounds. 

 

"Using this new method we come upon a concept of reproduction In which the signal gets better with every stage of the process it goes through, whereas in a conventional system, each stage causes it to get [however slightly] worse.  SONAS can therefore effectively treat even existing recordings, and intensify their spatial and psychological effects."

 

[Kal Rubinson]

34 minutes ago, rando said:

"Using this new method we come upon a concept of reproduction In which the signal gets better with every stage of the process it goes through, whereas in a conventional system, each stage causes it to get [however slightly] worse.  SONAS can therefore effectively treat even existing recordings, and intensify their spatial and psychological effects."

Really?  I mean, really.

[Ralf11]

On 6/25/2019 at 6:04 PM, Soothsayerman said:

 

Does this release have better SQ than the US ones?

[Melvin]

 

Terrific sound quality as usual from Mr. Knopfler. 16/44.1 Qobuz download.

 

[Melvin]

On 6/28/2019 at 9:09 PM, dieterjp said:

Beautiful new release: Martin Tingvall - The Rocket (Qobuz download):

 

 

 

Such a talented man. Beautiful indeed. Thanks for posting this.

[AnotherSpin]

8 hours ago, rando said:

Lambdoma SONAS (System of Optimal Natural Structure) healing sounds. 

 

"Using this new method we come upon a concept of reproduction In which the signal gets better with every stage of the process it goes through, whereas in a conventional system, each stage causes it to get [however slightly] worse.  SONAS can therefore effectively treat even existing recordings, and intensify their spatial and psychological effects."

 

 

Reading the quote has some healing effect on me already.

[Musicophile]

Appropriate inflight entertainment for a 12h flight to Asia. 

 

A new (?) highes remaster of Karajan‘s legendary Bruckner recordings with the BPO. 

[AnotherSpin]

1 hour ago, Musicophile said:

Appropriate inflight entertainment for a 12h flight to Asia. 

 

A new (?) highes remaster of Karajan‘s legendary Bruckner recordings with the BPO. 

 

What do you think?

[rando]

@Musicophile This brings back to mind someone being in awe of Karajan's artfully layered salt and pepper hairstyle they were going to emulate.  Food for thought here, doing a subtle dark fade on a landscape white as the driven snow. 

 

Going to be awful hard formulating an excuse in the face of your new evidence.  

 

 

 

 

[Soothsayerman]

21 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

 

Does this release have better SQ than the US ones?

 

I think it does.  It is not like night a day, but to me it is better.

[Musicophile]

9 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

What do you think?

I’m really not a big fan of most of late Karajan, but he’s got a hand for Bruckner, if you like it BIG and BEAUTIFUL. 

 

In short I like it. 

[HIFI]

Listening today

 

 

[Hugo9000]

13 hours ago, Musicophile said:

Appropriate inflight entertainment for a 12h flight to Asia. 

 

A new (?) highes remaster of Karajan‘s legendary Bruckner recordings with the BPO. 

Regarding the physical boxed set this corresponds with~

The new boxed set consists of 9 CDs and a single Blu-ray.  The CDs are from the same mastering as the previous release, while the Blu-ray has upsampled versions of Symphonies 1, 2, and 3 (they were recorded digitally, in 16/44.1), and the original analogue recordings of Symphonies 4-9 were remastered for the Blu-ray.  This is the last set Karajan recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic, from 1975 to 1981 or thereabouts.

 

They are doing the same thing with the Tchaikosky Symphonies 1-6 set (Berlin, 1970s on DG), the CDs themselves are from an older remastering, while the included Blu-ray disc is from a new remastering.  That is supposed to be available in July (dates seem to vary by country).  The Bruckner and Tchaikovsky sets are being issued this year to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Karajan's death.

 

For any owners of the older sets who wonder whether it's worth re-buying:  the convenience of a single Blu-ray for so many symphonies is lovely, but if someone already has these on CD and has no interest in Blu-ray audio, there would be no reason to purchase the new boxed sets as the CDs are older remasterings and have the same breaks between movements as the old CDs, just with new graphics and a new box.  I for one hate disc breaks in the middle of a symphony, so the Blu-ray is great just to avoid that haha!  The Bruckner CDs have spits between discs for Symphonies 5 and 8, while the Tchaikovsky set splits Symphony No. 5 across two of the CDs.  So, worth buying for the Blu-ray Audio discs for the new remasterings and to avoid breaks across discs, or if you don't already own these sets by Karajan.

 

Hope this helps anyone curious about these releases!

[HIFI]

Enjoyable band.

 

 

[Hugo9000]

Richard Strauss

Symphonia Domestica, Also sprach Zarathustra, etc. (see below)

Neeme Järvi/Scottish National Orchestra

 

I really love Neeme Järvi's Strauss recording series on Chandos!  I think he and Karajan are my favorites for the music of Richard Strauss.  I tend to listen more to Järvi as time goes on, but it might be more that Chandos' sound is more to my taste than the engineering by DG.

[AudioDoctor]

Tonights selection.

 

 

[rando]

You know that Curtis education paved a bright future when you can get by using this as an album cover.  Whatever artistic effect was intended requires being 10' away or you just see pixels and square edges.