Album of the Evening

[Musicophile]

 

A fantastic live recording, quite well recorded. 

 

See my new review here: https://musicophilesblog.com/2019/07/18/a-fantastic-live-album-by-yuja-wang/

[AnotherSpin]

4 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

 

A fantastic live recording, quite well recorded. 

 

See my new review here: https://musicophilesblog.com/2019/07/18/a-fantastic-live-album-by-yuja-wang/

 

+1 for Yuja

[Jud]

1 hour ago, Musicophile said:

 

A fantastic live recording, quite well recorded. 

 

See my new review here: https://musicophilesblog.com/2019/07/18/a-fantastic-live-album-by-yuja-wang/

 

Very much agree.

[Musicophile]

8 minutes ago, Jud said:

 

Very much agree.

Plus it really sounds way better than the typical DG recording. I had the pleasure of listening to this at my dealer on a set of B&W800D3. Quite impressive. 

[biosailor]

[rando]

Where have all the prudes gone that used to hold court over posts in here?  👅

 

 

 

[cambridgehank]

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[Daccord]

Dakhabrakha - Light

Probably on most streaming services. Available for purchase on bandcamp and 7digital

[biosailor]

[Musicophile]

 

24/96 download. 

[sphinxsix]

On 7/18/2019 at 9:26 PM, Musicophile said:

A fantastic live recording, quite well recorded. 

24-96 sounds good indeed (despite moderate DR).

Checking this one out and I like what I hear. Also this cap IMO suits her  

 

[EuroChamp]

1 hour ago, sphinxsix said:

24-96 sounds good indeed (despite moderate DR).

Checking this one out and I like what I hear. Also this cap IMO suits her  

 

The praise you all give to Yuja Wang makes me curious. I have 2 albums of her in my repository, but am not impressed at all.

Okay, now I want to hear this Rachmaninoff album, but cannot find the cover here in Europe. I really looks like, we have a different cover, the tracks do match.
Where are you from?

 

 

[sphinxsix]

17 minutes ago, EuroChamp said:

The praise you all give to Yuja Wang makes me curious. I have 2 albums of her in my repository, but am not impressed at all.

Okay, now I want to hear this Rachmaninoff album, but cannot find the cover here in Europe. I really looks like, we have a different cover, the tracks do match.
Where are you from?

 

 

Same album, different covers.

https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4779308

https://www.amazon.com/Yuja-Wang-Rachmaninov/dp/B004KD5TPY

[EuroChamp]

1 minute ago, sphinxsix said:

Same album, different covers.

https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4779308

https://www.amazon.com/Yuja-Wang-Rachmaninov/dp/B004KD5TPY

 

Sure, the covers are different:
https://www.amazon.de/Rachmaninov-Klavierkonzert-C-Moll-Yuja-Wang/dp/B004G8AM2I/ref=sr_1_6?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&keywords=Yuja+wang&qid=1563576061&s=gateway&sr=8-6

 

Where do you come from then?

[Daccord]

3 hours ago, EuroChamp said:

The praise you all give to Yuja Wang makes me curious. I have 2 albums of her in my repository, but am not impressed at all.

Given the praise is not just from us all, I think it's up to you to explain why you're not impressed. Is it because she's young, Asian, and attractive, and therefore can't be seriously good? Or, since you're a EuroChamp, is it just because she's not Euro?

[Musicophile]

7 hours ago, EuroChamp said:

The praise you all give to Yuja Wang makes me curious. I have 2 albums of her in my repository, but am not impressed at all.

Okay, now I want to hear this Rachmaninoff album, but cannot find the cover here in Europe. I really looks like, we have a different cover, the tracks do match.
Where are you from?

 

 

 

Have a look at my blog post. So far I had mixed feelings about Wang, Some good stuff (e.g. her Ravel concerto), some just showing off her (tremendous) virtuoso skills. But the Berlin live album is the first real home run for me.

[Musicophile]

16 hours ago, EuroChamp said:

The praise you all give to Yuja Wang makes me curious. I have 2 albums of her in my repository, but am not impressed at all.

Okay, now I want to hear this Rachmaninoff album, but cannot find the cover here in Europe. I really looks like, we have a different cover, the tracks do match.
Where are you from?

 

 

I just checked out this recording. Not my all time favourite Rach 2 , but overall quite enjoyable.

 

I'm really not a big fan of Yuja's Rach 3, but overall I blame more Dudamel (I've yet to find a Dudamel album I like), this is much better in comparison. Abbado was a great loss....

[Musicophile]

 

Deluxe Edition

 

24/44 from Qobuz.

[AnotherSpin]

1 hour ago, Musicophile said:

I'm really not a big fan of Yuja's Rach 3, but overall I blame more Dudamel (I've yet to find a Dudamel album I like), this is much better in comparison. Abbado was a great loss....

 

Agree, Yuja' Rach 3 suffers from clueless Dudamel. Hope she will record another one with better conductor soon. Rachmaninov is exactly the type of music she should shine in.

[christopher3393]

Of Arms and a Woman: late medieval wind music

Blondel (ensemble)

 

 

http://www.sonusantiqva.org/i/B/Blondel/2015OfArmsWoman.html

 

http://www.planethugill.com/2019/01/of-arms-and-woman-late-medieval-wind.html

 

 

[EuroChamp]

16 hours ago, Daccord said:

Given the praise is not just from us all, I think it's up to you to explain why you're not impressed. Is it because she's young, Asian, and attractive, and therefore can't be seriously good? Or, since you're a EuroChamp, is it just because she's not Euro?

 

You have some answers, but not of them is valid.

The albums I bought from her (because she is young, Asian and attractive, and hopefully seriously good) are

• Rachmaninoff / Prokoviev (conductor Dudamel)
• Ravel (DG 2015)

The playing on both of them did not touch me. I am not an expert, so I can just write about my subjective impressions. Not being an expert does not mean I am a beginner (with some thousands of albums in my collection.)

 

Anyway, music taste is very subjective and I really respect everyones opinion.

[Musicophile]

18 minutes ago, EuroChamp said:

 

You have some answers, but not of them is valid.

The albums I bought from her (because she is young, Asian and attractive, and hopefully seriously good) are

• Rachmaninoff / Prokoviev (conductor Dudamel)
• Ravel (DG 2015)

The playing on both of them did not touch me. I am not an expert, so I can just write about my subjective impressions. Not being an expert does not mean I am a beginner (with some thousands of albums in my collection.)

 

Anyway, music taste is very subjective and I really respect everyones opinion.

Interesting that you don't like the Ravel album. It's got excellent review, and while I'm not a Ravel expert and usually don't like Bringuier, I really enjoy this album.

 

As mentioned above, I agree the Dudamel is a miss, as pretty much everything this overhyped conductor has ever done (rant off).

 

Time for another album of the evening:

 

 

A true classic well remastered at 24/96.

[EuroChamp]

9 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

Interesting that you don't like the Ravel album. It's got excellent review, and while I'm not a Ravel expert and usually don't like Bringuier, I really enjoy this album.

 

As mentioned above, I agree the Dudamel is a miss, as pretty much everything this overhyped conductor has ever done (rant off).

 

Time for another album of the evening:

 

 

A true classic well remastered at 24/96.

 

It really can be that true reason is, it's Ravel.

 

Schubert is a different league for me 😎

Julia Rinderle

Schubertiade on Piano [DSD]

2019

 

 

[AnotherSpin]

24 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

Interesting that you don't like the Ravel album. It's got excellent review, and while I'm not a Ravel expert and usually don't like Bringuier, I really enjoy this album.

 

As mentioned above, I agree the Dudamel is a miss, as pretty much everything this overhyped conductor has ever done (rant off).

 

Time for another album of the evening:

 

 

A true classic well remastered at 24/96.

 

Yuja's Ravel concerto is fabulous, she is pretty well able to fill it with life, anger and despair.

[AnotherSpin]

14 minutes ago, EuroChamp said:

 

It really can be that true reason is, it's Ravel.

 

Schubert is a different league for me 😎

Julia Rinderle

Schubertiade on Piano [DSD]

2019

 

 

 

Nice, does she play any instrument too?