What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[cma29]

Originally Posted by cma29

Just got this...

Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Vol. 1
Cello Concertos 1 - 4
Tim Hugh (cello)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Halstead


I've always enjoyed the music from this composer and I decided to order the three Naxos discs that feature all 12 Boccherini cello concerti. Here is the first volume with concerti 1 through 4. Very beautiful music well played by the top-notch Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Tim Hugh. The only thing I wish were better is recorded sound which sounds a bit muffled.

Here is volume 2...

Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Vol. 2
Cello Concertos 5 - 8
Tim Hugh (cello)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Halstead



New music to me, but I like it already. This set features better sound than vol 1, but still has room for improvement.

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by cma29

I believe that SACDs have the capacity to hold many hours of music in a single disc, similar to Blu-ray discs. I have a single Blu-ray disc that contains the whole Wagner Ring cycle, over 15 hours of music!

Not so. Remember that Blu-ray is fundamentally a video medium and video data content is massive compared to the relatively small amount of data content for a similar time span of audio.

From Wikipedia:
A stereo SACD recording has an uncompressed rate of 5.6 Mbit/s, four times the rate for Red Book CD stereo audio.[17] Other technical parameters are as follows:

CD layer (optional) SACD layer
Disc capacity 700 MB 4.7 GB
Audio encoding 16 bit PCM 1 bit DSD
Sampling frequency 44.1 kHz 2.8224 MHz
Audio channels 2 (Stereo) up to 6 (Discrete surround)
Playback time if stereo 80 minutes 110 minutes

[eljr]

Originally Posted by bart

[B]I promised myself I wouldn't buy many CDs anymore, .

So did I but that didn't work out too well.

I have 2 subscriptions to streaming services

I have 3, sometimes 4... doesn't help ... simply gives me GREAT discovery so I buy more than ever.

[eljr]

Pope John Paul II / Herbert von Karajan
Giovanni Paolo II celebra nella Patriarcale Basilica Vaticana la Liturgia Eucaristica

Release Date 1986
Duration01:05:39
Genre
Classical
Styles
Choral
Miscellaneous (Classical)
Opera
Orchestral
Recording DateJune 29, 1985
Recording Location
St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy

[eljr]

Herbert von Karajan
Verdi: Messa da Requiem

Release Date September 1, 1995
Duration01:26:33
Genre
Classical
Styles
Choral

[eljr]

Herbert von Karajan
Haydn - Die Jahreszeiten: Der Frühling, Der Sommer

1972-1976

[bart]

Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson

Not so. Remember that Blu-ray is fundamentally a video medium and video data content is massive compared to the relatively small amount of data content for a similar time span of audio.

From Wikipedia:
A stereo SACD recording has an uncompressed rate of 5.6 Mbit/s, four times the rate for Red Book CD stereo audio.[17] Other technical parameters are as follows:

CD layer (optional) SACD layer
Disc capacity 700 MB 4.7 GB
Audio encoding 16 bit PCM 1 bit DSD
Sampling frequency 44.1 kHz 2.8224 MHz
Audio channels 2 (Stereo) up to 6 (Discrete surround)
Playback time if stereo 80 minutes 110 minutes

Kal, they sometimes do last over 4 hours:

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by bart

Kal, they sometimes do last over 4 hours:

Yes. I found this explanation on the web: "BIS calls this an "ULTRA EXTENDED PLAYING TIME" SACD. It is accomplished by using the area reserved for the multi-channel mix to extend the playing time in two-channel stereo. Thus in two-channel stereo it is possible to get over 4 hours of music on a single SACD. The SACD is single layer as a CD layer could only contain 1/4 of the music. "Unusual, to say the least. I have also seen it further extended for some mono recordings which use the left and right channels independently.

[eljr]

spun all 5 discs

[eljr]

Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson

Yes. I found this explanation on the web: "BIS calls this an "ULTRA EXTENDED PLAYING TIME" SACD. It is accomplished by using the area reserved for the multi-channel mix to extend the playing time in two-channel stereo. Thus in two-channel stereo it is possible to get over 4 hours of music on a single SACD. The SACD is single layer as a CD layer could only contain 1/4 of the music. "Unusual, to say the least. I have also seen it further extended for some mono recordings which use the left and right channels independently.

interesting stuff. thanks