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1 hour ago, Jud said:

 

My favorite recording of the Cello Suites by a large margin is by David Watkin. Apparently he has an illness that affects his playing and knew this would be his last chance to record these pieces. The recording is invested with the emotion you might expect under the circumstances. Won the Gramophone and BBC awards, richly deserving of both. 24/96 selling for $10.99 on Qobuz.

 

 

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Got this recording when it was issued. It's among my three favorite performances of the CS for sure. 

 

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Jason Isbell has been opening up his vault of concert recordings, and making them available on Bandcamp.  With Bandcamp's Friday "all proceeds go to the artist" deal, I picked up a bunch today.  The Alabama date is absolutely lovely, and really captures the feel of being at an Isbell concert.  Looking forward to giving the CO and NY dates a listen as well.

 

 

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The performance here is something of a mixed bag, but with almost two hours of music you can skip what you don't like and probably still find a lot you do like. But regardless of that, the SQ is amazing ... dynamics and transients and tone are super realistic to my ears. Although given that, the mix includes one of my pet peeves, namely 180-degree stereo-panned drums that I refer to as "Paul Bunyan's Drum Set."  Anyway, dip into this one to hear what if anything grabs you!

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10 hours ago, austinpop said:

Sampling some TRPTK DXD recordings someone mentioned...

 

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Nice one. Good sound, too. 

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Joan Shelley - Live at the Bomhard

 

Great collaborators and acoustics make this a wonderful live recording.

 

 

 

 

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On 8/7/2020 at 11:08 PM, austinpop said:

Sampling some TRPTK DXD recordings someone mentioned...

 

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Some of you may have already listened to this, but I'm sharing it for those who may have not.
It's one of my favourite albums. Great saxophone and oud (ud) playing by two masters.
Great recording too.

Madar by Jan Garbarek & Anouar Brahen
https://tidal.com/browse/album/13039289
 

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A really compelling performance that pulls the listener right in. I also like the sound, recorded in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Belvedere, CA. I mention that because the capsule review of this album on Roon states (I don't agree) that "... the only complaint is the rather harsh church acoustic." I think the acoustic is fine, but maybe I have just grown accustomed to listening to lots of recitals in churches. Anyway, below is a picture of the church sanctuary where the recording was made, and I guess the brutalist concrete surfaces do suggest some harshness, and the high ceiling matches the relatively reverberant sound of the recording, but YMMV.

 

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