Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall

[rsorren1]

I'm curious. Has anyone else tried the Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall? It's an app on my Oppo/MSB UMT Plus, also available on your computer. It's a streaming service of live concerts and recorded concerts of the Berlin Philharmonic. I signed up and listened to a free concert of Mahler's 1st and Beethoven's 4th that was recently performed. New performances are added regularly to their archive and with a subscription, you can watch and listen to events live or from their archive. The performances are excellent as you would expect. Sound quality is not bad. Recently, I received an introductory subscription offer for a seven day free trial. The library of performances is limited but not bad. You can search by composer, soloist, etc. Sound quality is pretty good on archived concerts. Last night I listened to a 2009 performance of Stephan Hough performing Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini. Excellent bass on the piano, string tone was nice. A little "flat" in terms of holographic presentation, but again not bad overall. Just wondering if anyone else subscribes and what are your thoughts.

 

[RBFC]

There is a code ( which I'll see if I can dig up) that provides a free trial for those with compatible OPPO players.

Lee

 

[RBFC]

Use code:

BPHOPPO7X

To get a week's free trial to the Oppo Berlin Philharmonic app.

Lee

 

[beaur]

I love the concerts. I have been a subscriber since they began. I have managed to catch a few on bad weather days and I thoroughly enjoy access to their entire catalog. Seeing the concerts live made me spring for their recent Schumann box set, and I haven't been disappointed.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

I got an annual subscription and it has been great. The depth of the library is nothing like a good streaming source or, even, my own collection but there is always something to discover and the artistic quality is of a very high level. Sound is pretty good, for stereo.