Re. the missing pdf, may I suggest you advise QOBUZ of this by email. They are quite happy to communicate in English. Looks like an oversight to me. I got the pdf with my WAVs.
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostRe. the missing pdf, may I suggest you advise QOBUZ of this by email. They are quite happy to communicate in English. Looks like an oversight to me. I got the pdf with my WAVs.
I'll probably do as you suggest - and if that fails I know where to come/go!
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostThere is a very comprehensive, if somewhat negative, review among the customer offerings at amazon.co.uk. Tintagel is the name to look for.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mariss-Janso...nsons+rco+live
I think the limited edition box set 'Mariss-Jansons live - Radio-Recordings - 1990-2014 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra' it's quite stunning with a real consistency of excellent performances. Not a single dud in the set. Arguably the world's finest conducter and the world's finest orchestra. Yes, they have left in the applause.
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Originally posted by Stanfordian View PostHiya Bryn,
I think the limited edition box set 'Mariss-Jansons live - Radio-Recordings - 1990-2014 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra' it's quite stunning with a real consistency of excellent performances. Not a single dud in the set. Arguably the world's finest conducter and the world's finest orchestra. Yes, they have left in the applause.
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostI have not had time to listen to much of it as yet, but what I have sampled has not disappointed in the least. Just sorry that, having opted for the low priced lossless download, I miss out on the Mahler 4 due to it being a DVD. Shame the audio was not extracted and made part of the download.
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Originally posted by Dave2002 View PostYes, but against that you have about £60 "saved" to spend on other things - if you wish. Anyway, like me you've probably got a dozen Mahler 4s already. The one in my car is also Concertgebouw - Mengelberg + Jo VIncent - from a charity shop. I didn't even find the Rachmaninov 2 as bad as the finnicky reviewer suggested - though s/he may be right. I didn't notice the cuts s/he mentions, but that doesn't mean s/he was wrong - I still enjoyed it.
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I'm on holiday in Southern Scotland and popped into a junk shop in Selkirk. Came out with three CDs at £1.00 each - two were second-hand, but the third was unused and still cellophane wrapped.
It was the Deutsche Gramophon Pergolesi Stabat Mater, so I call that a bargain.Money can't buy you happiness............but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery - Spike Milligan
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I downloaded the Jansons set today. It fills in some gaps in my library which justifies the modest cost. I used the FLAC option as individual files not the ZIP and the PDF file is present. I found that the title tag sometimes contains multiple descriptions of the track separated by a colon - took a while to tidy that up. Enjoying the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra at the moment.
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Further to http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...156#post509156 , there is a real bargain among the QOBUZ Feldman downloads. Rohan de Saram and Marianne Schroeder's 2 disc recordings of Patterns in a Chromatic Field (a little over 105 minutes) costs just £7.99 for the lossless 44.1/16 option. Alternatively, amazon.co.uk have mp3 downloads for £3.96. The discs, if you can find them, tend to cost a great deal more.
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostFurther to http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...156#post509156 , there is a real bargain among the QOBUZ Feldman downloads. Rohan de Saram and Marianne Schroeder's 2 disc recordings of Patterns in a Chromatic Field (a little over 105 minutes) costs just £7.99 for the lossless 44.1/16 option. Alternatively, amazon.co.uk have mp3 downloads for £3.96. The discs, if you can find them, tend to cost a great deal more.
Search for "Rohan de Saram", or here is the Spotify link - https://open.spotify.com/track/4QyvHvcxilK0YbQvL0o1r9
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Originally posted by Dave2002 View PostThat piece is available in Apple Music and also in Spotify.
Search for "Rohan de Saram", or here is the Spotify link - https://open.spotify.com/track/4QyvHvcxilK0YbQvL0o1r9
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostWhat data rate is that? I read that even Spotify Premium often only offers 160kbps. If that is the case, it's not really comparable to what is on offer from QOBUZ, or even amazon.co.uk.
I wasn't actually suggesting that anyone who really cares about sound quality should not buy the Qobuz or Amazon downloads, but trying to point out that (a) if one wishes to make an acquaintance with the music without rushing to purchase then that is possible and (b) some may find the streaming services perfectly acceptable for their purposes or enjoyment. I doubt that better sound quality is going to persuade too many people if they discover they really don't like the music anyway - having spent even just a few pounds doing the download.
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostWhat data rate is that? I read that even Spotify Premium often only offers 160kbps. If that is the case, it's not really comparable to what is on offer from QOBUZ, or even amazon.co.uk.Steve
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Originally posted by Stunsworth View PostSpotify Premium is 320k. Apple Music is 256k, but a supposedly more efficient codec so similar quality. Qobuz, which I subscribe to, is either 320k MP3, or FLAC lossless. I subscribe to the lossless service.
Google Play Music streaming quality (bit rate) depends on the speed of your Internet connection. If you have a faster connection, you can play music at up to 320Kbps.
For Naxos Music library - the rate via my Local Library sub is said to be 64kbs but it doesn't sound evidently deficient to me ( I do wonder how that is - I don't like speech recordings (off Radio 4, for example) at rates much less than 128kbs. If you take out an individual subscription the rate is stated to be 128kbs.
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