Listenin' to Classical Music and Conversation

On the TT this crisp, sunny morning....

 

Isn't Primephonic primarily used by folks listening to music on their phones?

 

Almost all of Stern's recordings were with the PO and NYPO IIRC ...

 

Now playing CD2 from the following twofer, a recent acquisition for a first listen ...

 

I think it's more common with small labels.

 

I've been enjoying this ARS Produktion SACD of Mozart Flute Quartets. Gorgeous sound quality - it's like having them there in the room, and the playing is superb.

 

Listening to "Le Jeu des pelerins d'Emmaus" performed by Ensemble Organum led by Marcel Peres on Harmonia Mundi.

 

You can listen on a phone. I'm listening to lossless streaming on my PC going through my DAC to my main system.

 

On the TT..

 

The digital evil twin is in the following box, which I acquired before the latest SACD Sibelius box ...

 

First listen to "Bach - Mass In B Minor" performed by the Taverner Consort & Players directed by Andrew Parrott on Virgin.

Emma Kirkby , Emily Van Evera (sopranos)
Panito Iconomou (alto)
Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
David Thomas (bass)
Solisten des Tolzer Knabenchors

 

Now playing CD8 from the following box for a first listen ...





@DeepFloyd11, IIRC, you have the analogue evil twin in the Angel version of the following LP, which is in my LP collection as well ...

 

Nice set.
Who is the soloist in the Tchaikovsky Concerto?

 

My go-to recording of the Images sets. Dirt cheap on cd as well.

 

Can you provide a link or two to your playlists? I'm not familiar with Gauk or Golovanov.

 

Also Weissenberg but with the Orchestre de Paris ...

 

Now playing CD9 from the following box for a first listen ...

 

Listening to "Puccini - La Boheme" on Decca.

Choir – Chorus Of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome
Orchestra – Orchestra Of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome
Conductor – Tullio Serafin

[Benoît, Alcindoro] – Fernando Corena
[Colline] – Cesare Siepi
[Doganiere] – Giorgio Onesti
[Marcello] – Ettore Bastianini
[Mimì] – Renata Tebaldi
[Musetta] – Gianna D'Angelo
[Parpignol] – Piero De Palma
[Rodolfo] – Carlo Bergonzi
[Schaunard] – Renato Cesari
[Sergente] – Attilio D'Orazi

 

I love that disc.

 

Now playing CD1 from the following box from my Handel collection. Time to enjoy the artistry of the very talented Ms. Petibon ...

 

How do you like Primephonic? Can you comment on sound quality, size of its library, and quality of the search engine? Have you tried Qobuz? If so, how does it compare in those regards?

 

The sound quality ranges from CD quality to 24 bit lossless. I don't have Qobuz. The search engine is okay, nothing special. It needs a desktop app; right now it's only accessible via a web browser, which makes for the occasional stutter. The library is smaller than Spotify at this point.

I've been getting it free since August. I have until mid-November to decide whether I want to pay $14.95 a month for it.

 

Before I go to sleep,

 

Images from our weeklong trip to Alabama. Music in the car was provided by CD & satellite radio. In the hotels we used our mid-90s Sony boombox & a box of cassette tapes.