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[humprof]

A NEW recording from Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO recorded in DSD256 at the Barbican

HRAudio.net - Nazareno! - Labèque, Labèque, Richards, Grau, Séquinier, Rattle

High Resolution Audio

www.hraudio.net

This has a pretty good Atmos mix on Apple Music:

NAZARENO! Bernstein, Stravinsky, Golijov by Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, Katia & Marielle Labèque & Chris Richards

Album · 2022 · 12 Songs

music.apple.com

 

[4-earredwonder]

This has a pretty good Atmos mix on Apple Music:

NAZARENO! Bernstein, Stravinsky, Golijov by Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, Katia & Marielle Labèque & Chris Richards

Album · 2022 · 12 Songs

music.apple.com

Wonder if the LSO will ever release any of their SACD/BD~A sets again, this time in ATMOS on the BD~A?

What do you think of the recording, humprof?

BTW, thanks for the Apple link...listening to the samples, what a dynamic recording most especially the Golijov. Seems the recording engineers have finally tamed the formerly tepid Barbican acoustics!

 

[4-earredwonder]

A curious release from DECCA Records: release date July 1st. The Complete SOLO recordings of Vladimir Ashkenazy on 89 RBCDs and 1 BD~A

HRAudio.net - Complete Solo Recordings - Ashkenazy

High Resolution Audio

www.hraudio.net

 

[ubertrout]

A curious release from DECCA Records: release date July 1st. The Complete SOLO recordings of Vladimir Ashkenazy on 89 RBCDs and 1 BD~A

HRAudio.net - Complete Solo Recordings - Ashkenazy

High Resolution Audio

www.hraudio.net

They've been doing a lot of these with a hi-res "bonus disc" of sorts. I picked up the Friederich Gulda box that had his Beethoven concerto cycle on BD, for instance.

 

[ubertrout]

Made it back to the Princeton Record Exchange for the first time in about a year. The pop audiophile stuff was pretty picked over, but classical was abundant. They've stopped putting classical SACDs separately so everything was really cheap - I paid $130 for all of this and 10 RBCDs. There's still a ton there...

 

[Clement]

Made it back to the Princeton Record Exchange for the first time in about a year. The pop audiophile stuff was pretty picked over, but classical was abundant. They've stopped putting classical SACDs separately so everything was really cheap - I paid $130 for all of this and 10 RBCDs. There's still a ton there...
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This store looks AWESOME! I'm going to need to plan a road trip to New Jersey! Stay Surrounded, Comrades!

Home

Princeton Record Exchange is one of the leading independent record stores in the world. We’ve been buying and selling music and movies since 1980. We are located in historic downtown Princeton, NJ, about one hour from New York City or Philadelphia.

prex.com

The Vinyl Frontier

Princeton Record Exchange manager Jon Lambert has worked at the store for more than 25 years. Laura Smith of Princeton is one of the store’s full-time employees. By Richard D.

www.communitynews.org

 

[Tres Discrete]

This store looks AWESOME! I'm going to need to plan a road trip to New Jersey! Stay Surrounded, Comrades!

Home

Princeton Record Exchange is one of the leading independent record stores in the world. We’ve been buying and selling music and movies since 1980. We are located in historic downtown Princeton, NJ, about one hour from New York City or Philadelphia.

prex.com

The Vinyl Frontier

Princeton Record Exchange manager Jon Lambert has worked at the store for more than 25 years. Laura Smith of Princeton is one of the store’s full-time employees. By Richard D.

www.communitynews.org

One of the last great record stores, bless their twisted little hearts

 

[mkt]

Made it back to the Princeton Record Exchange for the first time in about a year. The pop audiophile stuff was pretty picked over, but classical was abundant. They've stopped putting classical SACDs separately so everything was really cheap - I paid $130 for all of this and 10 RBCDs. There's still a ton there...
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I don't trust myself to remember what I already have.

 

[humprof]

I don't trust myself to remember what I already have.

I've begun using the barcode scanner in the Discogs app to track my collection. You can keep your collection private, and apparently it's possible to export to a spreadsheet, though I haven't tried that yet.

 

[ubertrout]

I don't trust myself to remember what I already have.

I use the HRAudio.net library feature. Using the Barcode Scanner app I can set the custom search to HRAudio.net - Barcode Lookup and quickly check or add.

 

[mkt]

I use the HRAudio.net library feature. Using the Barcode Scanner app I can set the custom search to HRAudio.net - Barcode Lookup and quickly check or add.

Does HRAudio have a way to add releases that are not on the site?

 

[4-earredwonder]

Does HRAudio have a way to add releases that are not on the site?

I believe so but you have to become an active member.

 

[ubertrout]

Does HRAudio have a way to add releases that are not on the site?

I don't think so actually...they had it for a bit and shut it down. They have essentially every SACD though, and those are the hardest to keep track of because they're by far the most numerous.

 

[humprof]

Rebecca Solnit writes about climate, carbon, and culture, via a meditation on David Harrington's Testore violin:

‘A truce with the trees’: Rebecca Solnit on the wonders of a 300-year old violin

Made with all-renewable materials, this violin from 1721 reflects a time of magnificent culture – a global gathering from before the climate crisis

www.theguardian.com

 

[ubertrout]

From what I can tell, this is going to be both a studio album in stereo, 5.1, and Atmos, with a bonus video section of the premiere live from Tanglewood.

Here's the 2nd movement:

 

[4-earredwonder]

From what I can tell, this is going to be both a studio album in stereo, 5.1, and Atmos, with a bonus video section of the premiere live from Tanglewood.

Here's the 2nd movement:

Intriguing to say the least, ubertrout and you are correct in assuming the BD~A/V is divided into two sections one containing Pure Audio BD~A in 5.1 and ATMOS....and a LIVE Concert Video from Tanglewood.

On my MUST BUY list!

 

[4-earredwonder]

A Newly remastered 2007 recording of the Goldberg Variations from Divine Arts [2 disc Multi~CH SACD]

BACH,J.S. / SCHLIESSMANN Goldberg Variations BWV98 Hybrid SACD, 2 Pack on ImportCDs

/ Goldberg Variations BWV98 / SACD Hybrid SACD, 2 Pack / CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS / 809730575426

www.importcds.com

 

[mkt]

From what I can tell, this is going to be both a studio album in stereo, 5.1, and Atmos, with a bonus video section of the premiere live from Tanglewood.

Here's the 2nd movement:

I think that I saw that last summer. (I don't know if she played more than one night there). I am not the greatest Tanglewood fan but we were in the neighborhood for the Williamstown theatre thing. Visiting again at the end of the month

Andris Nelsons conducts Caroline Shaw and Beethoven featuring Paul…

Andris Nelsons and English pianist Paul Lewis collaborate on the second of three concerts encompassing all five of Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano concertos in one weekend. Each of these concerts opens with a BSO co-commissioned piece by an American woman. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline…

www.bso.org

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Khatia!
I'm not much of a Classical guy, but I just love this gal's style. So of course I had to have this blu-ray (Nacho pounces)

Ripped its 7.1 Dolby TrueHD and down mixed to 5.1; a couple more dbs to the rears and it's sounding like I'm in the middle of the Orchestra.

 

[windhoek]

From what I can tell, this is going to be both a studio album in stereo, 5.1, and Atmos, with a bonus video section of the premiere live from Tanglewood.

Here's the 2nd movement:

Yeo, that's one I'll be buying for sure as well