Top 25 hi rez Classical downloads

Gregadd

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https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=best_sellers&genre=10

These are best Sellers as opposed to all time greats. The two are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
Top 25 Classical Best Sellers
1
Audiophile 48kHz/24bit
Title: Wagner: Das Rheingold
Artist: Sir Georg Solti
Genre: Classical
Label: Decca Records
2
Audiophile 176kHz/24bit
Title: HRx Sampler 2011: A Classical and Jazz High Resolution Spectacular!
Artist: Various Artists Reference Recordings
Genre: Classical
Label: Reference Recordings
3
Audiophile 48kHz/24bit
Title: Wagner: Gotterdammerung
Artist: Sir Georg Solti
Genre: Classical
Label: Decca Records
4
Audiophile 48kHz/24bit
Title: Wagner: Die Walkure
Artist: Sir Georg Solti
Genre: Classical
Label: Decca Records
5
Audiophile 48kHz/24bit
Title: Wagner: Siegfried
Artist: Sir Georg Solti
Genre: Classical
Label: Decca Records
6
Audiophile 96kHz/24bit
Title: Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
Artist: Max Richter
Genre: Classical
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
7
44.1kHz/16bit
Audiophile 96kHz/24bit
Audiophile 192kHz/24bit
Title: SOUVENIR Part I
Artist: TrondheimSolistene
Genre: Classical
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
8
Audiophile 96kHz/24bit
Title: Schubert: Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 2
Artist: Julia Fischer | Martin Helmchen
Genre: Classical
Label: PentaTone Classics
9
Audiophile 96kHz/24bit
Title: Beethoven: Symphonie No. 9
Artist: Claudio Abbado | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Genre: Classical
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
10
Audiophile 96kHz/24bit
Title: Schubert: Piano Sonata D568; 6 Moments musicaux
Artist: Mitsuko Uchida
Genre: Classical
Label: Decca Records
11
Audiophile 96kHz/24bit
Title: Drama Queens
Artist: Joyce DiDonato
Genre: Classical
Label: Virgin Classics
12
Audiophile 88kHz/24bit
Audiophile 176kHz/24bit
Title: Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Artist: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Erich Kunzel
Genre: Classical
Label: Telarc
13
Audiophile 96kHz/24bit
Title: Air: The Bach Album
Artist: English Chamber Orchestra | Anne Akiko Meyers
Genre: Classical
Label: eOne Music
14
Audiophile 88kHz/24bit
Title: J.S.Bach: Violin Concertos
Artist: Hilary Hahn | Jeffrey Kahane | Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Genre: Classical
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
15
Audiophile 96kHz/24bit
Title: Duo
Artist: Helene Grimaud | Sol Gabetta
Genre: Classical
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
16
44.1kHz/16bit
Audiophile 96kHz/24bit
Audiophile 192kHz/24bit
Title: 2L the Nordic sound - 2L audiophile reference recordings
Artist: Various Artists 2L Records
Genre: Classical
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
17
Audiophile 96kHz/24bit
Title: Beethoven For All - Symphonies 1- 9
Artist: Daniel Barenboim | West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Genre: Classical
Label: Decca Records
18
Audiophile 88kHz/24bit
Audiophile 176kHz/24bit
Title: Adams: Harmonielehre - Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Artist: San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas
Genre: Classical
Label: SFS Media
19
Audiophile 96kHz/24bit
Title: Bach: Cello Suites (2011 - Remaster)
Artist: Pablo Casals
Genre: Classical
Label: EMI Classics
20
Audiophile 44.1kHz/24bit
Title: Johann Sebastian Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier
Artist: Andras Schiff
Genre: Classical
Label: ECM New Series
21
Audiophile 88kHz/24bit
Title: Bach Arias
Artist: Ensemble Pulcinella | Ophelie Gaillard | Sandrine Piau
Genre: Classical
Label: Aparte
22
Audiophile 88kHz/24bit
Title: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.5 and 7
Artist: Carlos Kleiber | Vienna Philharmonic
Genre: Classical
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
23
Audiophile 96kHz/24bit
Title: Bach: The Goldberg Variations, Zenph Re-performance
Artist: Glenn Gould
Genre: Classical
Label: Zenph/Sony Masterworks
24
Audiophile 88kHz/24bit
Audiophile 176kHz/24bit
Title: Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3; Prelude in E flat etc.
Artist: Byron Janis | London Symphony Orchestra | Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati
Genre: Classical
Label: Mercury Living Presence
25
Audiophile 96kHz/24bit
Title: Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Gran Partita (2011 - Remaster)
Artist: Wilhelm Furtwangler | Vienna Philharmonic
Genre: Classical
Label: EMI Classics
 

rbbert

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Those Solti / Wagner Ring operas have only been available for a week or so.
 

rbbert

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The high-res 24/48 versions are only available on the Blu-ray disc that is part of the $200+ deluxe set, so these downloads are very attractive if one wants these.

Lee

Unfortunately, the price of the downloads is almost as much as the deluxe box with booklet, CD's and Bluray.
 

Gregadd

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"These are expensive" Smile. Everything is relative.Music is more important than equipment. What would they be worth if you loaded one on your portable device and they made your commute to work enjoyable.?
 

Gregadd

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I understand Lee.

Gary IITC you actually recommend specific albums to be utilized to set up your speakers. I wish more manufacturers had that attitude
After HP endorsed the box set of Wilma Cozart- Fine CSs the price jumped 150&. For 50 CDs It's still a bargain
 

garylkoh

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Those classical box sets are real bargains! Fabulous music - the Decca box set, the Living Stereo set end up at less than $3 a CD.

HP's readers must not be vinyl collectors. The Wilma Cozart set in six 180gm vinyl is still available for less than $200 even though far less of those were produced than the CD version.
 

Gregadd

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Gregadd

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Although this list will change I request it be made a sticky. There is a link above that can be used fo updates.
 

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"These are expensive" Smile. Everything is relative.Music is more important than equipment. What would they be worth if you loaded one on your portable device and they made your commute to work enjoyable.?

---- I think you did it; hit the nail right on the head. :b

...And 2012 was one of the best years to buy music. ...In particular Classical music, with all those great Box Sets, for almost FREE. :b
 

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Those classical box sets are real bargains! Fabulous music - the Decca box set, the Living Stereo set end up at less than $3 a CD. . . .

Many are less the $2 a CD! Absolutely amazing!

The box sets don't always have such good sound because many are from old recordings, but they are often historical recordings by master artists.
 
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Many are less the $2 a CD! Absolutely amazing!

The box sets don't always have such good sound because many are from old recordings, but they are often historical recordings by master artists.

I thought all three of the box sets have good sound. Some discs are great. The vinyl box set is also worth getting.
 

rbbert

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The only "problem" I have with the boxes is that I already have almost everything I want from them, in many cases on SACD (where available).
 

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Audiophile 96kHz/24bit
Title: Air: The Bach Album
Artist: English Chamber Orchestra | Anne Akiko Meyers
Genre: Classical
Label: eOne Music
Trying to spruce up my classical catalog and just picked this up from HDtracks. And while I was at it, four of her other performances :).

Thanks Greg. [says to his wife that we should have salad for dinner instead of lamb chops]
 

Gregadd

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I'll accept the award on behalf of HDTracks. Enjoy the music
 

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Probably the ChannelClassics Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 in B minor (2016), Ivan Fischer, will become a top seller. However it is available in several top formats -DSD256 and DXD.

We can find it was recorded in DSD using -Grimm Audio/Pyramix Editing/Merging Technologies. However there is no mastering information - can we be sure that the DSD original files were not mastered in DXD format?

For someone having both formats what would be the proper choice?
 

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