Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Semyon Bychkov, Czech Philharmonic
Catriona Morison, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Pueri Gaudentes
Pentatone - 6th March 2025
24/96
DR: 23
IMO, a wonderful performance, and excellent RQ/SQ.
2 Likes
Holst: The Planets
Sir Adrian Boult, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Vienna Academy Chorus
(MCA Classics 1988) - HDTT 2025
DSD 256
DR: 16
IMO, this is an excellent transfer by HDTT of this fine 1959 performance and good recording.
For anyone interested, HDTT have a sale on at the moment.
2 Likes
Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet
Alternative Indie/Rock, Ambient, Experimental, Post-Rock
Kscope - 24th April 2007
24/44.1
DR: 11
3 Likes
Norah Jones
Pick Me Up Off The Floor
Contemporary-Jazz/Vocal-Jazz
Blue Note - 2020
24/96 - DR: 7dB
To me, her last good album.
The rest since then is as best “meh”, both regarding songs and sound quality…
3 Likes
Johnny Guitar Watson: A Real Mother For Ya
Funk, Blues, R&B
Shout! Factory - January 1977 (2014 Remaster)
24/44.1
DR: 6
4 Likes
Oh, the things that record companies get their musicians to do! Above we have the star in a homemade car/pram (great album though), and here is “El Rey de los Timbales” holding a banana next to a man in a gorilla suit (but it’s also a good album). No wonder Puente looks a little bemused.
2 Likes
Beautifully backed by the great Kenny Barron and John Patitucci
Karrin Allyson - Many a New Day
96/24
DR 8
1 Like
Julia Fischer • Russian National Orchestra • Yakov Kreizberg “Russian Violin Concertos” 2004, Qobuz 24/96
2 Likes
Vadim Gluzman, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton “Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major / Souvenir D’Un Lieu Cher / Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Major” 2008, Qobuz 24/44.1
1 Like
Vincent Bélanger, Les 9
Nocturne
Classical
GFN Classics - 2023
16/44.1 - DR: 12dB
Excellent “Pot-Pourri” of Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninov, Fauré, Debussy…
1 Like
4 Likes
Les McCann & Eddie Harris: Swiss Movement (Live at The Montreux Jazz Festival)
Rhino Records - 22nd June 1969 (30th Anniversary Edition)
16/44.1
DR: 9
IMO, this is a great edition of an iconic live performance, including the signature opening track, ‘Compared to What’.
Great stuff, especially considering that they had never played, or rehearsed, together before. Truly remarkable!
1 Like
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras “Mozart: Requiem & Adagio and Fugue” 2003, Qobuz 24/96
1 Like
