SPOTLIGHT The classical music general discussion thread

[ubertrout]

Tonight. Front row center.

Damn. That's a great program.

 

[Lute]

I might have missed it before but this one is streaming in atmos

I haven’t purchased that one. The samples sound interesting…modern choral music with influences from Byzantine and Gregorian chant. I see that it‘s also available on SACD. Have you heard the Atmos mix?

https://cappellarecords.com/recording/heaven-and-earth/

 

[mkt]

I haven’t purchased that one. The samples sound interesting…modern choral music with influences from Byzantine and Gregorian chant. I see that it‘s also available on SACD. Have you heard the Atmos mix?

https://cappellarecords.com/recording/heaven-and-earth/

I am listening now. The atmos mix seems fine with good use of all the channels (I have 5.1.2). The pieces so far are little on the languid side but pleasant.

Folks in NYC and Boston can see for themselves next week
https://cappellaromana.org/concert/byzantine-choral-inheritance/

 

[ubertrout]

Nice lot of the Adam Fischer complete Mozart cycle for a UK person - shipping charges make it much less appealing in the USA: lot/collectionMOZART 45 Symphonies on 12 DACapo SACDs Adam Fischer complete set! | eBay

 

[4-earredwonder]

John Wilson conducting the Sinfonia of London RAVEL [Chandos/MultiCH SACD 5.0] A twist on the oft recorded BOLERO newly arranged by Wilson. Dynamic performances, superbly recorded and well worth your attention

https://www.hraudio.net/showmusic.php?title=15237#reviews
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9306362--maurice-ravel-orchestral-works

 

[4-earredwonder]

Ralph Vaughan Williams FANTASIA ON THE OLD 104th PSALM TUNE [Resonus Records/Stereo RBCD] An exquisite program celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams birth

https://www.prestomusic.com/classic...-fantasia-on-the-old-104th-the-lark-ascending

 

[4-earredwonder]

Coming from the LSO on February 24th with Sir. Simon Rattle conducting

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9416305--beethoven-violin-concerto

 

[Chronic Quadraphonic]

Fun fact: Sir Simon Rattle went to London’s Royal Academy of Music at the same time as Annie Lennox and Joe Jackson.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Fun fact: Sir Simon Rattle went to London’s Royal Academy of Music at the same time as Annie Lennox and Joe Jackson.

And they should've formed a band: THE JACKSON THREE!

 

[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 had missed that the studio (?) portion of this is in atmos on apple music

And that it was in Presto's top 10 of 2022
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/5031--awards-recordings-of-the-year-2022-our-top-10

 

[4-earredwonder]

I had missed that the studio (?) portion of this is in atmos on apple music

And that it was in Presto's top 10 of 2022
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/5031--awards-recordings-of-the-year-2022-our-top-10

The two disc set, a RBCD and a BD~A/V is available from DGG for $26. Exceptional audio and video!

https://www.amazon.com/Williams-Vio...1676750724&s=music&sprefix=,popular,72&sr=1-2
NOTE: Discs are REGION FREE ...... disregard Amazon's warning about region B playback!

 

[Blackwood]

Starting the week with the first of this series. #7 was just released this year, but figured I'd start with the first.

 

[4-earredwonder]

An intriguing new release on Pentatone from the Calefax Reed Quintet [MultiCH SACD 5.0]. Release date: March 17th

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9454454--an-american-rhapsody
https://www.hraudio.net/showmusic.php?title=15930#works

 

[DuncanS]

An intriguing new release on Pentatone from the Calefax Reed Quintet [MultiCH SACD 5.0]. Release date: March 17th

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9454454--an-american-rhapsody
https://www.hraudio.net/showmusic.php?title=15930#works

Intriguing list of composers and cheap, I'll probably order it - it'll keep the to-listen-to mountain topped up!

 

[humprof]

An intriguing new release on Pentatone from the Calefax Reed Quintet [MultiCH SACD 5.0]. Release date: March 17th

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9454454--an-american-rhapsody
https://www.hraudio.net/showmusic.php?title=15930#works

Intriguing list of composers and cheap, I'll probably order it - it'll keep the to-listen-to mountain topped up!
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I like their previous two discs on Pentatone. They're both pretty anemic, surround-wise, however--though the performance space where they recorded Dido & Aeneazz, their collaboration with jazz trumpeter Eric Vloiemanns, has a ton of reverb, at least.

 

[Chronic Quadraphonic]

Second row center tonight.

 

[ubertrout]

I don't think there's a good multichannel account of Schumann's...eccentric...violin concerto. Shame Julia Fischer isn't on Pentatone anymore.

 

[mkt]

I don't think there's a good multichannel account of Schumann's...eccentric...violin concerto. Shame Julia Fischer isn't on Pentatone anymore.

I haven't heard this
https://www.hraudio.net/showmusic.php?title=7208

 

[ubertrout]

I haven't heard this
https://www.hraudio.net/showmusic.php?title=7208

...I forgot I had it.

 

[humprof]

The latest BIS bundle: Stenhammar String Quartets. The equivalent of 3 SACDs for under $20 US. (Make sure to tick the "Studio Quality" box before you buy.) I don't know Stenhammar, but at that price I might take a flier.
https://www.eclassical.com/stenhammar-the-string-quartets.html