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While two reviewers here at SA-CD.net discounted the worth of the BIS Grieg Norwegian Dances on SACD, I would say that disc is a great one not only for background listening but also for serious classical listeners as well.
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Post by zeus January 8, 2004 (12 of 20)
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flyingdutchman said:
While two reviewers here at SA-CD.net discounted the worth of the BIS Grieg Norwegian Dances on SACD, I would say that disc is a great one not only for background listening but also for serious classical listeners as well.
Hey, I like it! Not the most challenging music but a very persuasive performance and great sonics.
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Post by Dan Popp January 9, 2004 (13 of 20)
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Stephen,
This is a helpful list. What if you posted sales charts differentiated by genre - that is, separate Classical, Pop, R&B, and Country charts? That would be another way of helping people find music that other people like.
For all the classical and jazz releases, it seems there is a relative dearth of pop and rock offerings. This is another indication to me that we've not yet turned the corner and made this a popular format; only the more upscale audiophiles are listening. Of course, "All generalities are false."
8-)
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Post by zeus March 28, 2004 (14 of 20)
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Post by Castor March 29, 2004 (15 of 20)
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Stephen, I don't know whether you consider this is the right thread for contributors to this site to post SACDs that they consider 'turkeys' which should be dismissed or, at least, approached with caution. It would help newcomers to avoid being very disappointed and wasting their money.
The main criteria should be sound quality and performance rather than musical worth, which is even more a matter of personal taste.
I should like to nominate:
Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 3/ Scherbakov/ Russian SSO/ Yablonsky/ Naxos 6.110013 ( Dull performances, thick sound, badly balanced)
Britten/ McPhee BBCSO/ Slatkin/ Chandos CHSA 5017 (routine performances, percussion and pianos lack impact) Sorry Chris!
Tchaikovsky 1812 etc./ Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel Telarc SACD60541 (Again routine performances, terrible "digital cannon", not enough hall ambience)
As I am in total agreement with the choices of excellent SACDs posted up to now, so I don't think my own system has unduly influenced my opinions of the above.
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Post by tream March 29, 2004 (16 of 20)
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Castor said:
Stephen, I don't know whether you consider this is the right thread for contributors to this site to post SACDs that they consider 'turkeys' which should be dismissed or, at least, approached with caution. It would help newcomers to avoid being very disappointed and wasting their money.
The main criteria should be sound quality and performance rather than musical worth, which is even more a matter of personal taste.
I should like to nominate:
Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 3/ Scherbakov/ Russian SSO/ Yablonsky/ Naxos 6.110013 ( Dull performances, thick sound, badly balanced)
Britten/ McPhee BBCSO/ Slatkin/ Chandos CHSA 5017 (routine performances, percussion and pianos lack impact) Sorry Chris!
Tchaikovsky 1812 etc./ Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel Telarc SACD60541 (Again routine performances, terrible "digital cannon", not enough hall ambience)
As I am in total agreement with the choices of excellent SACDs posted up to now, so I don't think my own system has unduly influenced my opinions of the above.
Agree with you on the Kunzel 1812 - a fairly stiff performance. I didn't think there was that much room for interpretation in the 1812 until I heard this (one of the first SACD's I purchased). I've heard Bernstein and Haitink do it much better (to mention 2 that must be among dozens).
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Post by Chris March 31, 2004 (17 of 20)
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Castor said:
Stephen, I don't know whether you consider this is the right thread for contributors to this site to post SACDs that they consider 'turkeys' which should be dismissed or, at least, approached with caution. It would help newcomers to avoid being very disappointed and wasting their money.
The main criteria should be sound quality and performance rather than musical worth, which is even more a matter of personal taste.
I should like to nominate:
Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 3/ Scherbakov/ Russian SSO/ Yablonsky/ Naxos 6.110013 ( Dull performances, thick sound, badly balanced)
Britten/ McPhee BBCSO/ Slatkin/ Chandos CHSA 5017 (routine performances, percussion and pianos lack impact) Sorry Chris!
Tchaikovsky 1812 etc./ Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel Telarc SACD60541 (Again routine performances, terrible "digital cannon", not enough hall ambience)
As I am in total agreement with the choices of excellent SACDs posted up to now, so I don't think my own system has unduly influenced my opinions of the above.
I disagree, IMHO all Chandos SACDs I have so far, with the exception of Vaughan Williams fith symphony, sound excellent, and the Britten disc is one of my favourites,with very natural and realistic sound I think.
Chris
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zeus said: I thought I'd put together a list of 10 classical SACDs from my own collection which I find myself coming back to for both performance and sonics.
I just realised I've topped the 120 mark now (125) and thought I'd update my "best list" and check to see whether I'd kept to my 5% limit for Rosettes. I had, and listed below are my six Rosette titles, plus, allowing myself the next 10% of my SACDs, a list of my "top 12" five-star discs.
The six Rosettes (IMHO) are
Bach, J.S. Art of Fugue/Krigbaum Red Rose
Brahms Clarinet Trio & Quintet/Fageus Opus3
Faure, Ravel, Debussy French Piano Trios/Florestan Hyperion
Handel Fireworks and Water Music Telarc
Vaughan Williams Symphony 4 Chandos
Medieval Primus ex Apostolis Fone.
My top 12 5-stars are:
Beethoven Symph 5 & 7/Kleiber DG
Beethoven Symp 5 (& Mendelssohn 4th)/Davis Pentatone RQR
Dvorak Symphonies 8 & 9/Fischer Philips
Mahler Symphony 5/Haenchen Pentatone
Mahler Symphony no. 1/SFS/MTT Avie
Monteverdi Sacred Music vol 1/Kings Consort Hyperion
Mussorgsky/Saint Saens Pictures/Symph. No 3 PentatoneRQR
Schubert & Mozart Trout Quintet/Clarinet Quintet/ PentatoneRQR
Shostakovich/Schedrin Piano Concertos Hyperion
Tallis Spem In Alium/Magnificat Linn
Vaughan Williams Symphony 2 “London”/Hickox Chandos
Celtic Isles to the Courts/Ensemble Galilei Telarc
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Good idea, some of my favorites are:
Accardo/Manzini
I violini di Cremona,Omaggio a Kreisler
fone-003-SACD
Ashkenazy/Philhamonia Orchestra
Tchaikovsky-Sym no.5/Romeo and Juliet
Exton-OVGY-00008
Isaac Stern/The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
Tchaikovsky/Mendelssohn,Violin concerto
Sony SS-6062
Czech Phil Orch/Ashkenazy
Dvorak-Sym no.9; 3 Overtures
Exton-OVGY-00010
Rachel Podger/Arte dei Suonatori
Vivaldi La Stravaganza
Channel Classics-CCS-SA-19503
Hilary Hahn/ASMIF/Marriner
Brahms/Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Sony Classical SK-89649
Harnoncourt/Wiener Philharmoniker
Bruckner-Symphony no.9
RCA-Red seal-82876-54332-2
Mendelssohn String Quartet
Mendelssohn-String Quintets
BIS-SACD-1254
Michael Tilson Thomas/San Francisco Symphony
Mahler Symphony No. 6
SFS-821936-00001-2
George Szell/The Cleverland Orchestra
Walton Partita for Orchestra/Mahler 10/Stravinsky Firebird Suite
Sony SRGR-759
Midori/Nobuko Imai/Christoph Eschenbach/NDR Sinfonieorchester
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major/Concerto for Violin,Piano and Orchestra in D Major
Sony SS-89488
Midori/Robert McDonald
Debussy/Poulene/Saint SaensFrench Piano Sonatas
Sony SIGC-12
These are IMHO all good performances, sound quality varies between recordings.
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Post by neolinux April 29, 2004 (20 of 20)
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bryzmon said:
Thank you. I am new to SACD and classical, so this list will come in handy.
Pink Floyd " dark side of the moon "
Peter Gabriel "UP"
Bach Christen, ätzet diesen Tag" BWV 63
"Magnificat" BWV 243a
"Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" BWV 91
"Christum wir sollen loben schon" BWV 121
"Ich freue mich in dir" BWV 133 HMC 801781.82
Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro
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