Top Hi-Res Files

24bit

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This Thread is originally started by Audiocrack. (Stunning sounding high res files)
It might be of interest to a lot of wbf readers to share our experiences with very good or even stunning sounding high res files. I propose to start with three suggestions in certain categories such as classical, jazz and pop/rock.
May I start with the following recommendations:
Classical:
- Channel Classics, Bach, Mass in B minor, Netherlands Bach society, 24/192
- Reference recordings, Respighi, Belkis, Dance of the Gnomes, The pines of Rome 24/176.4
- 2l, Schola Solensis, Psallat ecclisia medieval Norwegian sequences 24/192
Pop/Rock
- 2l, Hoff Ensemble, Quiet winter night 24/192
- Muddy Waters, Folk singer 24/192
- M.A recordings, Sera una nocha - la secunda 24/176.4
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This my top 6 Hi res Files.
Classical;
http://www.referencerecordings.com/Orchestras.asp#londonphilharmonic
.The finale is extremely impressive, aided by state-of-the-art sonics that offer the finest integration of organ and orchestra yet captured in this work on disc...The disc is worth hearing for the final minute alone." --David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.
Jazz;
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http://www.soundliaison.com/
"I've seldom heard recordings that were so successful in both performance and sound aspects.''
Rad Bennett, SoundStage! Magazine.

Americana

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http://www.soundliaison.com/
''Her style is bluesy and intimate with a sexy voice that's sweet as dark tupelo honey, and her interpretations are unerring. this intimate effort is one of the best and best-sounding jazz vocal albums to come along in many a day.''Rad Bennett, SoundStage! Magazine.

Blues

Doug Macleod There's a Time,http://www.hdtracks.com/there-s-a-time-134458
"There’s A Time continues the long history of blues as a story-telling medium, an art form that Doug MacLeod has mastered with literary integrity and serious blues feeling." —Frank Matheis, Living Blues

Funk/Soul

"Who Is He and What Is He to You" and the ultra-smooth, slow-burning "Stay." It's new age soul that's as spiritually purifying as it is musically sophisticated.Michael Gallucci
just to provoke a little, here an itunes link;https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/peace-beyond-passion/id358109200

Pop
Donald Fagan

http://www.hdtracks.com/morph-the-cat
bittersweet and immaculately finished. Each song depicts a vivid scenario.
John L Walters,The Guardian


 
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Migo

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that is a nice set of music. The video from the Carmen Gomes album is not the same version as the one from the download, the download/album version is this one;

 

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that is a nice set of music. The video from the Carmen Gomes album is not the same version as the one from the download, the download/album version is this one;


That is true, the album version sounds better even with YouTube quality one can hear that it is a more refined and better mastered.
 

APP

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That is true, the album version sounds better even with YouTube quality one can hear that it is a more refined and better mastered.

Those downloads (Sound Liaison) are very good. They have an almost analogue warmth, and the sound-stage is among the best I have heard.
But if people want a taste of the quality that this little independent delivers, download one of the samples. They sound a lot better than You Tube.


http://www.soundliaison.com/
 
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Migo

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Those downloads (Sound Liaison) are very good. They have an almost analogue warmth, and the sound-stage is among the best I have heard.
But if people want a taste of the quality that this little independent delivers, download one of the samples. They sound a lot better than You Tube.


http://www.soundliaison.com/

You are right;
 

24bit

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Those downloads (Sound Liaison) are very good. They have an almost analogue warmth, and the sound-stage is among the best I have heard.
But if people want a taste of the quality that this little independent delivers, download one of the samples. They sound a lot better than You Tube.


http://www.soundliaison.com/

Of course but you can still hear how important it is to get it right at the source, for youtube this sounds good.
 

APP

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I find it incredible how wel this album has stood the test of Time.
 

Alpinist

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Here are my top high res. files:

Jimmy Cobb - Jazz in the Key of Blue (192/24 WAV)
Ken Barron / Dave Holland - The Art of Conversation (96/24 WAV)
Ben Webster / Oscar Peterson - Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (192/24 WAV)
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (192/24 WAV)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (192/24 WAV)
Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (192/24 WAV)
Stan Getz - Getz / Gilberto (192/24 WAV)
Mile Davis - Kind of Blue (Stereo) (192/24 WAV)
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash (96/24 WAV)
Crosby, Still & Nash - Daylight Again (192/24 WAV)
Paul Simon - Graceland (96/24 WAV)
Mahler - Symphony No. 2 in C Minor - Ivan Fischer (192/24 FLAC)
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture - Erich Kunzel (176/24 WAV)

Ken
 
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APP

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Bass and Piano

Great list Alpinist.
Kenny Barron & Dave Holland is excellent. The bass sound is so much more clear when there are no drums involved.
Another great example of this format and with a magnificent well recorded upright bass, is Impromptu with Bert van den Brink & Tony Overwater .
I dare suggest that the playing on that download rivals that of the two older masters.
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Funk/Soul


Where is this available from in High Res ?
thanks
 

Alpinist

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Great list Alpinist.
Kenny Barron & Dave Holland is excellent. The bass sound is so much more clear when there are no drums involved.
Another great example of this format and with a magnificent well recorded upright bass, is Impromptu with Bert van den Brink & Tony Overwater .
I dare suggest that the playing on that download rivals that of the two older masters.

Thanks APP! I'll have to give Impromptu a good listen. The Art of Conversation is an absolutely wonderful album. The tremendous quality of the recording brings out the full brilliance of Barron and Holland. I was fortunate enough to see them at Birdland in NYC last Fall. What a treat!

Ken
 

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Here are my top high res. files:

Jimmy Cobb - Jazz in the Key of Blue (192/24 WAV)
Ken Barron / Dave Holland - The Art of Conversation (96/24 WAV)
Ben Webster / Oscar Peterson - Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (192/24 WAV)
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (192/24 WAV)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (192/24 WAV)
Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (192/24 WAV)
Stan Getz - Getz / Gilberto (192/24 WAV)
Mile Davis - Kind of Blue (Stereo) (192/24 WAV)
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash (96/24 WAV)
Crosby, Still & Nash - Daylight Again (192/24 WAV)
Paul Simon - Graceland (96/24 WAV)
Mahler - Symphony No. 2 in C Minor - Ivan Fischer (192/24 FLAC)
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture - Erich Kunzel (176/24 WAV)

Ken

I think Graceland is an excellent example of hi-res sounding worse than the CD (at least the original CD); I know, different masterings, but still that shouldn't be.
 

Joe Whip

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I mentioned this before but the Impromtu recording is superb. Some of the best sounding recorded piano I have ever heard. The Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson sounds sublime on CD too. So much so that I never got the hi res download.
 

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We launched 4 albums together with Yarlung today, and I am still stunned by how great this sounds. Several people in the audience were present during the live recording and even they were floored by how much better it sounded recorded than live. They may not have had great seats, but the microphones were optimally placed.

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We launched 4 albums together with Yarlung today, and I am still stunned by how great this sounds. Several people in the audience were present during the live recording and even they were floored by how much better it sounded recorded than live. They may not have had great seats, but the microphones were optimally placed.

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Wow, Gary..if it is better than Volume 1...that is a mind blower! Thanks for posting.
 

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Wow, Gary..if it is better than Volume 1...that is a mind blower! Thanks for posting.

I was totally captivated by the Toru Takemitsu piece. The first volume was great - this one is stunning. I sat in awe throughout the whole 25mins of it (a 4GB download at 256fs!!)

Are you coming to the event today?
 

Kefas

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Thanks APP! I'll have to give Impromptu a good listen. The Art of Conversation is an absolutely wonderful album. The tremendous quality of the recording brings out the full brilliance of Barron and Holland. I was fortunate enough to see them at Birdland in NYC last Fall. What a treat!

Ken

Both the Art of Conversation and Impromptu are excellent albums.
The sound of the Impromptu album is simply amazing and both albums are incredible well played.
http://www.qobuz.com/nl-nl/album/the-art-of-conversation-kenny-barron-dave-holland/0060253794718
tony-bert-300v1.jpg http://www.soundliaison.com/
 

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