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I just bought the hi-res (24 bit/96k from ProStudioMasters) download of this beloved recording and made a quick A/B comparison. The download definitely sounds richer and less metallic than the CD, but not to the extent I was hoping to hear. Still, a worthwhile improvement, and now I can settle in for some fine listening.

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Outstanding music, outstandingly performed and recorded--

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Fidicinium Sacro-Profanum (1683)
Les Plaisirs du Parnasse/David Plantier

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Commanding and well recorded performances.

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I started with Symphony No.1 in this new (to me) set. A very powerful performance captured in vivid sound--a 24 bit/96k HDTracks download.

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The Oceanides--very powerful.

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Just finished first listening session of the ''Enghave Barok'' a top Scandinavian chamber ensemble with a fresh look at the Bach Sinfonia and Cantatas. Superbly played and recorded and at an introduction price of 10€, this download is highly recommended. http://www.soundliaison.com/studio-masters/253-bach-live-edition-1


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I have just begun downloading it...and Sound Liaison has kindly offered to downscale it to 16/44.1 for me so that i can burn it for the Zanden. Look forward to hearing it.
 
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Fungal Abyss: Bardo Abgrund Temple, Vinyl very loud
 
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Symphony No.2

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Play-testing for a customer, very good because I didn't knew this piece before!
 
The Rzewski today. Wow, Levit plays this viciously demanding piece even more compellingly than does Marc-Andre Hamelin. Better sound, too.

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I just bought the hi-res (24 bit/96k from ProStudioMasters) download of this beloved recording and made a quick A/B comparison. The download definitely sounds richer and less metallic than the CD, but not to the extent I was hoping to hear. Still, a worthwhile improvement, and now I can settle in for some fine listening.

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There are 2 SACD versions of this recording; have you heard those?
 
John McCabe: String Quartet No. 4 (1982)

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Edmund Rubbra: Concerto in A for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 75
Rivka Golani, viola
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley

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Igor Stravinsky: Canticum Sacrum

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Michael Tippett: Concerto for Orchestra

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