Thank you. I haven’t posted here yet, but I wrote Chord and posted in the forums of the 2 software companies that make my file control software. If nothing else, it sounds great with my MacBook.
I had never heard this mid-XXth century composer Hans Werner Henze before, not even his name... This program below is beautiful, moving, arresting music (dodecaphonism... neoclassicism... "etc."...), and the sound of the original vinyl is extraordinary IMO (recorded by Günter Hermanns). Very long LP sides + very loud strings is a combination which rarely means zero distorsion, right? Yet here the cut works somehow... magically! I think that, by far, this is the best DGG recording I have heard.
On the turntable: Vivaldi, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Iona Brown – La Cetra, Op. 9 Argo – D99D 3
Saw it when I got home from my first Covid-19 shot this afternoon (result: a sore arm ) and thought it might interest several people here. I'm especially interested in the Mercury set myself.
On the turntable: Dipping into this again Mozart, Quartetto Italiano – Six String Quartets Dedicated To Haydn (K.387, K.421, K.428, K.458 "The Hunt," K.464, K.465 "Dissonance") Philips – SC 71 AX 301, Philips – S-C 71 AX 301
Congrats. Chord makes great gear. I hope you find a solution soon, and if not, as you said, it sounds great with your MacBook Pro. I use one for my files and streaming--no complaints, and it works a lot better than my previous Dell laptop. Not having to deal with a driver is a huge bonus!
Now playing: Iannis Xenakis - Antikthon (New Philh. Orch.); Persepolis (tape) - recorded 1975, 1972 CD3 from this box set:
Spinning in the CD player: Alfred Schnittke, The Harmonies Of The World Ensemble – Trio, Quartet, Quintet Globe – GLO 5069
Played through this box set twice in its entirety this week. Amadeus Quartet - The 1950’s Mozart Recordings. .
Listening to "Ockeghem - Caput" performed by Graindelavoix led by Bjorn Schmelzer on Glossa. Missa Caput & Parisian machicotage from the Mandatum Ritual
Good morning all. On the TT this morning to start off-Saint-Saens, Sym. No 3. Edit: the liner notes say that the composer dedicated this symphony to the memory of Frank Liszt, who had died at Bayreuth in the same year as the symphony debut performance and who had been an early idol of Saint-Saens.
Listening to "J.C.F. Bach / C.F. Abel / C.S. Binder - Sonatas" performed by Brigitte Haudebourg (pianoforte) and Philippe Foulon (violoncelle d'amour) on ARN.
Something a little different. Glinka-Romances. Sung by Yevgeni Nesterenko, piano byYevgeni Shenderovich.
NP: Martinů Concerto In D For Two Violins & Orchestra, H 329 Bohuslav Matoušek, Jennifer Koh (violins) Czech Philharmonic Hogwood
Assorted works from this set: Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works Orchestre National de Lyon & Jun Markl Naxos When they say "complete", they sure mean it. It even includes transcriptions of all of the 2 piano / 4 hands works. Good sound, performances are pretty straightforward and idiomatic, but also quite enjoyable.
