I've suggested this SACD before but the performances are pretty good - and the recording is what used to be described as, "demonstration quality":
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As reviewed this morning
The downloads (both 16 and 24 bit) are on special offer at qobuz at the moment.
Qobuz special offerLast edited by PJPJ; 25-08-14, 10:51.Comment
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Sorry Jayne ....
A new set of Callas re-releases - remastered - will be available in September - http://www.mdt.co.uk/callas-maria-re...ter-25-08-2014
There's also some more information here - http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/int...las-RemasteredComment
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don't know if this has been posted elsewhere.
PMD Symphony #10 on itunes.
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I see a combination given a deal of puff in Gramophone today =- Lang Lang and Harnoncourt in two Mozart concertos - sounds like my idea of a nightmare combination !Comment
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Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
Mine too! It might, of course, be a great disc but there's someone in A&R thinking up some deliberately bizarre combinations in order to shift a few discs by attracting the curious.
"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Scarily, I found myself mentally drafting the press release for this....Originally posted by Petrushka View Post Mine too! It might, of course, be a great disc but there's someone in A&R thinking up some deliberately bizarre combinations in order to shift a few discs by attracting the curious.Comment
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It might indeed. I must confess I have never understood the scorn in which some hold Lang Lang, especially in recent years.Originally posted by Petrushka View Post Mine too! It might, of course, be a great disc but there's someone in A&R thinking up some deliberately bizarre combinations in order to shift a few discs by attracting the curious.Comment
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Don't stop there mat! Sounds VERY promising...Originally posted by mathias broucek View Post
Good article about these two though...
Lang Lang:"in Mozart, if you always play the same tempo..."
NH:"...he would scream and run away!"
Later they ponder doing Bartok together, or Gershwin... "But look at my diary", says NH. "One cannot conduct from the grave!"
Very amusing piece... I'm only in the market for these works (491/453), if... they get a REALLY distinctive reading... more eccentric the better!Comment
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I found Lang Lang's Bartok with Rattle quite restrained - too restrained, perhaps. I've yet to hear Harnoncourt's Porgy and Bess which seems to have been generally well received.Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostComment
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A big thumbs up here for Christian Lindberg and the RFO in Stenhammar's Serenade and Excelsior Overture on BIS - enchanting music that was new to me ,superbly played and recorded .Comment
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Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post That Serenade is delightful - a substantial work that's an utter joy.
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The new box of Gluck operas reviewed on Saturday sounds rather good - I've got the recording of Orfeo, & a different recording (Minkowski) of Iphigenie en Tauride, but at £35 from a well-known on-line shop it seems quite a bargain.
The online reviewer goes on at great length about the packaging, & concludes that
Obviously the box stands out in an artistic sense. This means that Decca have put a lot of time into the design of this box set.
(apologies for the size of the image - it didn't look as big on A*****'s website)Comment
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Yeah - just gorgeous... bought it after Gramophone's review... shame it doesn't have the Reverenza, especially since there is room...(you'll find it chez Jarvi). I think I posted on this a while back on the Whatareyoulisteningto thread...? Never know where to mention these things...Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
But an A1Starred recommend!Comment
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Hmm. No indication of whether lossy or lossless formats are on offer. If the former, the original Radio HD Sound offering from earlier this year is likely to have had superior audio quality. Perhaps a lossless version will eventually turn up on Qobuz. I hope so. Not a fan of any Apple products. Those I have bought or used have always let me down.Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
[Ah, I see that Qobus will indeed have it in lossless (standard CD definition), also from the 8th inst. Price will be €9.99.]Last edited by Bryn; 05-09-14, 10:41.Comment
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