Post by mickk March 22, 2010 (1 of 7)
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I have been reading some posts on this forum. Very detailed and good robust debate. Nice to see some thick skins for a change.
I finally found the first decent recording of "Classical" music that I listened to and lost about 10 years ago. It was a cassette of this:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=2162
Although I think the tape I had was a coupla years earlier.
Can a few of you recommend a SACD that I might like based on Herbies recording above?
I cant stretch to the $59.95 SACDS but a few at $25 plus postage would be a good start for me.
I like Baroque, Adagio, the Classic classicals, crescendos, Organ, the Harpsicord (which I am sure comes from watching the adams family when a kid), I guess you could say Chamber Music is my favourite. Only a few instruments, easy for me to work out what I am hearing.
Ive never seen a full blown Orchestra live, which is a bit sad. I plan to one day. I did see the 3rd Brigade Army Band play the 1812 one ANZAC DAY complete with Cannons, it wasnt a big band, but it was special, I was ready to charge someone at the end of it!
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Post by AmonRa March 22, 2010 (2 of 7)
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mickk said:
I finally found the first decent recording of "Classical" music that I listened to and lost about 10 years ago. It was a cassette of this:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=2162
Although I think the tape I had was a coupla years earlier.
Can a few of you recommend a SACD that I might like based on Herbies recording above?
Why do not buy the original CD (available on Amazon at least for $10.60)? Putting the same material on SACD does not make it any better, actually a bit worse (SACD layers have to be converted from PCM to DSD).
If you want great soundig SACDs buy only new hi-res recordings, not old CD (or even worse old analog) quality wrapped on gold leaf and price multiplied by five.
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Post by Claude March 22, 2010 (4 of 7)
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mickk said:
Can a few of you recommend a SACD that I might like based on Herbies recording above?
That's difficult, because this CD is viewed by most critics as an aberration. Baroque music played by a large modern symphony orchestra is hardly done anymore today.
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Post by wehecht March 22, 2010 (5 of 7)
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As Claude says, this type of disc is hard to find, and I think impossible on sacd, because it's so hopelessly old fashioned. Perhaps the closest thing is a disc of full orchestra transcriptions of various pieces by J S Bach on Chandos (CHSA 5030). If you're willing to stretch a bit other possibilities for different styles of music but still continually melodious and full of a saturated string tone similar to HvK's approach to nearly everything might include: Telarc SACD-60676, music of Tallis and Vaughn Williams, and Telarc 60623, string serenades of Grieg, Dvorak, and Elgar. It's likely that neither of these would be chosen by critics as the "best" versions of these works, but they've gotten good reviews on this site and taken as packages I think they might fit the bill. All of them are readily available in the range of $16-18 US. I'm sorry I don't know how to do the link thing that would make this easier for you, but I'm pretty technophobic. Happy listening.
Bill
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Post by steviev March 22, 2010 (6 of 7)
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mickk said:
I finally found the first decent recording of "Classical" music that I listened to and lost about 10 years ago. It was a cassette of this:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=2162
Can a few of you recommend a SACD that I might like based on Herbies recording above?
No, but I can recommend a RBCD that you might like. It is Sony "Essential Classics" SBK67179, a 1960's vintage recording of Bach's two- and three-piano concertos with ahistorical big-band string orchestra accompaniments and modern Steinways, reissued in 1995. The pianists are the Casadesus siblings. Non-classical listeners for whom I played this disc always love it. I think you will, too.
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Post by mickk March 22, 2010 (7 of 7)
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Thanks for the replies, theres plenty there that Im sure I will like and track down, thanks Poll. I didnt realise that SACD was now considered old technology. I guess I have had the player longer than I realise!
Corner record stores have all but vanished down here, its one major retailer JB HiFi, Sanity, and department stores now. A great shame really, how the recorded music industry has devolved.
Is anyone familiar with the "Day dream classics" label digitally remastered or more appropriately butchered. What quality I got for my 3 bucks a disc, I bought four. They sound like someone recorded a stereo from the next room and put it on CD.
Seriously worse than anything I have ever heard.
Interesting Claude. An aberration! Kinda sums up my musical tastes. Can you explain they thought this? Im the curious type.
What would the critics make of this Japanese SD bunch playing the 1812? Its 69MB to watch in HD, but I reckon worth it for the canons. One bloke is reading the music for each gun, they use flags to signal. They are very precise, but I want to know if they come in at the right time. I read that Pete wrote music for each canon, but not reading music, how on earth would I know if the canons were exact?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agLcUUGEK_c
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