Tempting, but I've acquired too many Sibelius cycles - normally one new one per year, so I think I'll give it a miss. Good price, though.
Storgards: Complete Sibelius Symphony Box Set
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Originally posted by Alison View PostAlways had a penchant for buying sets of complete symphonies. The thud of a bigger pack on the doormat, all those lovely decisions about order of listening, just a sense of fullness and fulfilment .....
I have resisted this set until now.
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I thought the BAL mentioned a surround sound version - though perhaps that was something else - perhaps Rosenkavalier. The Sibelius set does at least appear to be available in a higher resolution format, which may sound better - http://www.theclassicalshop.net/Deta...=CHAN%2010809M - though it does cost more, and one has to have a way of playing the download back which would exploit the hopefully better audio quality.
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostThey did sound ryddu good, didn't they!
Oh, you lucky, lucky ...
My own Debit card is saying "Go on, ferney: you know you want to!"
Ferns each of your contributions on this thread 'speaks aloud' my own thoughts... I caught up today with the Scandi-section of yesterday's CD Review, and found it very very tempting! A pity there were no extracts from 4, 5 & 6 (I suppose they couldn't play everything) and I'm slightly wary of extracts which sound crisp and tempting on CD Review - I was taken in by the extracts from the Paavo Jarvi/Bremen LvB symphonies which I found sounded rather trim and silly when I got them home
However... the brass sounded electrifyingly good, and the presence of the timps remarkable - maybe too much, pastor? And didn't the strings sound comparatively anonymous, even swamped sometimes? Because you are clearly familiar with the set...
Originally posted by pastoralguy View PostBeing a big Sibelius fan, I bought them the day they were released. I think they're superb and all that was said this morning was true. My one reservation is the first movt. transition into the 'scherzo' section where there gear changes are, IMHO, just a little clunky. (Not a patch on Karajan, Davis or Gibson).
But I would wholeheartedly recommend them.
OH..... what to do?!?!? Like Beefy I don't need any more!! But....
Good discussion about them on CD Review though. Compelling listening!
(btw I think the 'surround sound' discussion was about the BIS disc from Vanska... But the Storgards recordings are available on 'lossless CD' and 'studio master' download quality via the Chandos site.)
Actually that's another thing - Chandos recordings always SOUND so BLOODY GOOD on my system....Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 08-06-14, 12:15."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Caliban View Post...the presence of the timps remarkable"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
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Originally posted by Petrushka View PostThis alone would make me sit up and take notice. Is there another composer apart from Beethoven who wrote so well for the timps? They are crucial in Sibelius and while I'm hardly in the market for yet another cycle I could be tempted.
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Petrushka View PostIs there another composer apart from Beethoven who wrote so well for the timps? They are crucial in Sibelius and while I'm hardly in the market for yet another cycle I could be tempted.
So why am I still tempted by the prospect of close-up (better, well-defined) timps?I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!
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Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View PostSo why am I still tempted by the prospect of close-up (better, well-defined) timps?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View PostThese sets of Storgards and Vanska do sound good?
I find it a bit odd that Storgaard's version has been recorded in higher definition, and not available in surround, but that the disc version - normal CD is not the highest quality. Perhaps there's not a lot in this, but maybe there should be issues on Blu Ray, DVD, DVD-A or SACD. Having the highest quality versions only available via download just doesn't seem right to me.
Personally I still think there are merits in having some form of physical storage for music releases. If each symphony takes up a Gbyte or more, then downloads may occur additional costs for the data transfers, plus take time. If the recording companies don't want to put out disc formats, then surely they could provide a decent package with a USB memory. 8 or 16 Gbyte flash "drives" should be big enough to store hi-res lossless versions, and also be cheap enough, and they could provide a reasonable booklet to go with such to make a much better product.
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post"Go on, ferney: you know you want to!"
B*ll*cks to it - just downloaded the hi-res lossless version
The urge to have it on the big HiFi via the Airport Express, and in the car on a business trip this week, banished my caution!
Originally posted by Dave2002 View Postdownloads may ... take time
But it's now nestling on iTunes and on the iPod
Further reports to follow.
Bloody expensive CD Review this week!!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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