What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[bart]

Originally Posted by cma29

Playing this again. This SACD is truly extraordinary offering some of the most natural, transparent sound I've heard. I highly recommend it.

Purchased just now!

[bart]

Couperin - Apothéoses
Gli Incogniti, Amandine Beyer




Wonderful album.
For once, better than live...

[cma29]

Originally Posted by bart

Purchased just now!

That's great, Bart. I think you'll enjoy it. Wait until Meta is not in the house so you can play it louder than usual

[cma29]

More Mozart choral music...

Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 [SHM-SACD]
Edith Mathis, Hans Haselböck, Julia Hamari, Norbert Balatsch & Wieslaw Ochman
Konzertvereinigung, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm



Just excellent.

Here is what I said about this disc before:

I had the regular redbook release of this Requiem and I really enjoyed Böhm's expansive interpretation that suits this death mass very well. The sound from the early 1970s was a little congested and diffuse, but the overall musical experience was very satisfying.

Since my impression of the SHM-SACD with these same forces doing the Bruckner Fourth symphony was so impressive, I took a chance on this pricey SACD release of a version I already owned and was able to do side-by-side comparisons.

SHM-SACDs may be hype, but for the Mozart Requiem, this remastering is fully successful transforming a ho-hum 1970's recording into a very clean and transparent state-of-the-art sonic experience. The organ, which is hard to hear in many versions of the Requiem, comes through clearly here. The chorus in the Confutatis is most impressive. The price for these SHM-SACDs is not cheap, but for me this was worth it. I might sample others.

The SACD is single-layer so you do need a SACD player to play it.

Here is some marketing material on SHM-SACD:
SHM-SACD (Super High Material SACD) is the ultimate Super Audio CD that utilizes the materials and technologies that were developed for the SHM-CD to further enhance the audio-resolution. These discs are made with polycarbonate developed for the screen of the liquid crystal display. As it has a higher transparency, players can read the signal more faithfully. Also, it excels in fluidity, which enables you to cast a more accurate pit. What works wonders for a low resolution format such as CD should offer even greater sonic improvements in a real high resolution format such as SACD.

- Two-channel SACD layer only, to secure enough reflectance and not to compress DSD file.
- Label of the disc is printed with a special green ink called 'Onsho Shiyou,' which minimizes diffuse reflection.
- Carefully selected master audio is used, from existing DSD files to newly converted from analog tapes.

[ehoove]

Saint Saens - Symphony No. 3
Dubussy - La Mer
Ibert - Escales
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch Conducting
Marvelous SACD
RCA Living Stereo 82876-61387 2 RE1 SACD
Regards,
Jim

[ehoove]

On a snowy Maryland Morning
Richard Strauss
Also Sprach Zarathusta . Ein Heldenleben
Chicago Symphony
Fritz Reiner Conducting
Very well done, and recorded.
RCA Living Stereo SACD 82876-61389-2 RE1
Regards,
Jim

[cma29]

Back to this box...

Decca Sound: Dutoit · Montréal
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit



Disc 33 is dedicated to Rhapsodies by Liszt, Dvorak, Enescu, Glazunov and Alfven. Vigorous music played with panache by the crack Montréal ensemble. The 1995 Decca recording is robust and weighty.

[Antonmb]

CPE Bach - The Three Cello Concertos
BIS

I think Bart recommended this very nice recording, thank you.

[Toccata]

Downloaded a free hi-res version of the Fantasy Op. 49. Great playing and sound. I may have to get the entire recording!

[bart]

Bach - The Art Of Fugue
Emerson String Quartet




The Goldberg Variations for string quartet I would call this.
Bach rules!