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    State-of-the-Art Recordings of Classical Works (SACDs)

    Ludwig van Beethoven The Complete Symphonies Camilla Tilling (soprano), Kelley O’Connor (mezzo-soprano), Issachah Savage (tenor), Ryan McKinny (bass-baritone), The Washington Chorus, National Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (National Symphony Orchestra NSO 0013 SACD) BBC Music says...
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    Lim Yunchan Chopin Etudes Op.10 and Op.25 (UHQCD + MQA-CD Japan Edition Decca UCCD-45027) Wow! What a performance! His right-hand octaves are explosive, the tenor of his playing, earthshaking. The stretto playing in the left-hand is like gunshot. The audio quality is excellent for this edition.
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    Gustav Mahler SACD 1 Adagio from Symphony No. 10; Symphony No. 8, Part I SACD 2 Symphony No. 8, Part II San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Pacific Boychoir; San Francisco Girl’s Chorus; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY 821936-0021-2 SACD) The sound is...
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    Anton Bruckner Symphony No.. 7 in E major, Mason Bates Resurrexit Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck (Reference Recordings FR-757 SACD) The Pittsburgh's performance of the 7th is dazzling. The recording provides a detailed, spacious, deep and wide soundscape. Fortissimos are awesome...
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    James MacMILLAN Sun-Dogs Visitatio Sepulchri Netherlands Radio Choir; Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic; Celso Antunes/James MacMillan (BIS 1719 SACD) MusicWeb International rightly says: "The performances are absolutely superb. Both the playing and the singing are incisive and assured...
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    Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 7 Symphony No.3, Op. 27 "Sinfonia Espansiva" Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (BIS-2048 SACD) I will only comment on the Symphony No. 3. Wow, the performance here is so intense, so impassioned and so riveting! As to sound quality...
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    Berlioz: Harold En Italie, James Ehnes (viola), James Ehnes (violin) Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (Chandos 5155 SACD) The Telegraph says: "James Ehnes, playing violin in the Rêverie et Caprice and switching to viola for Harold en Italie, is the protagonist in this all-Berlioz...
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    Anton BRUCKNER Symphony No.2 in C minor (arr. Anthony Payne) Johann STRAUSS II Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 (arr. Alban Berg) Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (LINN RECORDS CKD 442 SACD) This chamber arrangement of the Bruckner No. 2 is fresh, intimate, detailed and...
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    Aram Khachaturian Piano Concerto in D flat major, Op. 38 Masquerade Suite (arr. for solo piano by Alexander Dolukhanian, 1952) Concerto-Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra in D flat major Iyad Sughayer (piano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Andrew Litton (BIS-2586 SACD) These are highly enjoyable...
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    Emm labs DA2 v2 upgrade

    Hi Guys, You are right, basing on my current listening sessions, my V3 has not fully run-in yet. However, today, with about 980 hours of running in, my listening session was an amazing one! The album used for the listening session was: György Ligeti String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Béla Bartók...
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    György Ligeti String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 4 Marmen Quartet (BIS 2693 SACD) Wow, these performances and recordings are absolutely astonishing! It's as good as it gets. The Marmen Quartet playing sounded so alive in my listening room. Every musical nuance (the...
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    Emm labs DA2 v2 upgrade

    Hi Guys, As of today, my V3 has about 960 hours off running-in and it appears that it requires at least some 900 hours of breaking-in. At this point, I am extremely satisfied with its sound quality! I found that the V3 is able to reproduced the subtleties of rhythm and texture of live...
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    State-of-the-Art Recordings of Classical Works (SACDs)

    Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Two Humoresques Op. 87 Four Humoresques Op. 89 Two Pieces, Op. 77 (Two ‘Earnest Melodies’) Two Serenades, Op. 69 for violin and orchestra Suite for Violin & Strings in D minor, Op. 117, JS 185 James Ehnes (violin) Bergen Philharmonic...
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    State-of-the-Art Recordings of Classical Works (SACDs)

    Anton BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra/Jaap van Zweden (CHALLENGE CLASSICS 72552 SACD) This recording/performance is among the best available for this work. The sounds are powerfully impressive. The scherzo is detailed, i.e., full of subtleties of rhythm and...
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    State-of-the-Art Recordings of Classical Works (SACDs)

    Hi, I am currently using an EMM Labs SACD transport to play SACDs, optically link to the lastest V3 (EMM Labs DV3) DSD DAC.
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    State-of-the-Art Recordings of Classical Works (SACDs)

    Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 8 Zweden, Jaap van · Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra. (Challenge Classics 72549 SACD) This is one of the most realistic recordings of a symphonic work. It has an excellent recreation of the soundscape. There is true breadth and depth here, with instruments very...
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    Jacques IBERT Escales…, Sarabande pour Dulcinée, Ouverture de fête, Féerique, Divertissement, Hommage à Mozart, Suite Symphonique ‘Paris’, Bacchanale. Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS CHSA 5168 SACD) BBC Music says: "The highlight, though, is Escales, which finds Järvi and...
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    Magnificat/Philip Cave Where late the sweet birds sang: Latin Music from Tudor England William BYRD Christe qui lux es et dies Robert WHITE Lamentations a5 Robert PARSONS Ave Maria William BYRD Domine, quis habitabit Robert PARSONS Domine, quis habitabit William BYRD Quomodo cantabimus De...
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    Claude DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande, Suite symphonique (arr. Nott) Arnold SCHOENBERG Pelléas & Mélisande, Op 5 Orchestre de La Suisse Romande/Jonathan Nott (Pentatone PTC 5186 782 SACD) Immersed yourself into the sound world of Debussy and Schoenberg! The soundscape is immense and atmospheric...
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    Sergei PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor Op. 16 Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No 1 in B Flat Minor Op. 23 Haochen Zhang (piano) Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Dima Slobodeniouk (BIS 2381 SACD) I will only comment on the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 and spoiler alert, this...
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    State-of-the-Art Recordings of Classical Works (SACDs)

    Influences Tamara Stefanovich (piano) (Ives: Piano Sonata No. 1; Bartók: Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20; Messiaen: Cantéyodjayâ; Bach, J S: Aria Variata in A minor, BWV989 ‘alla Maniera Italiana') Pentatone PTC 5186741 SACD Wow, these recordings are really good! Each note is...
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    State-of-the-Art Recordings of Classical Works (SACDs)

    Ward: Fantasies & Verse Anthems; Phantasm & Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford Linn Records CKD 427 SACD The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford directed by Daniel Hyde, join Phantasm to perform Ward's verse anthems which contain an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of textures and generous word painting...
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    State-of-the-Art Recordings of Classical Works (SACDs)

    Maurice Ravel: Tzigane; Massenet: Meditation (from Thaïs); Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d’un lieu cher; Maier, A: 6 Pieces for Violin and Piano: IV. Allegro molto; Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso; Falla: Spanish Dance No. 1 from La vida breve; Fritz Kreisler: Recitativo and...
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    State-of-the-Art Recordings of Classical Works (SACDs)

    Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartets, Op. 18 Quartet No. 1 in F major Quartet No. 2 in G major Quartet No. 3 in D major Chiaroscuro Quartet BIS 2488 SACD Wow, the performances here are stunning - insightful, refined, incisive and powerful! The sound is ravishing and pure. The strings'...
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    State-of-the-Art Recordings of Classical Works (SACDs)

    John Pickard Three Latin Motets O magnum mysterium (2015) Orion – trumpet and organ (2004) Ave maris stella (1992) Ozymandias (1983) Tesserae – organ (2009) Mass in Troubled Times (2018) Chloë Abbott (trumpet, flugelhorn), David Goode (organ), BBC Singers / Martyn Brabbins BIS 2651 SACD...
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    State-of-the-Art Recordings of Classical Works (SACDs)

    Yunchan Lim Chopin Etudes Decca CD Catalog #: UCCD-45027 (UHQ + MQA) (Japan Edition) Wow, these are thrilling performances! His forte/fortissimo is startling, dazzling and stunning. Listen also to the sheer delicacy of Op 25 no 6 in G sharp minor or the newfound details he consistently...
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    State-of-the-Art Recordings of Classical Works (SACDs)

    Beethoven The Five Piano Concertos Haochen Zhang (piano) Philadelphia Orchestra/Nathalie Stutzmann (BIS 2581 SACD) Wow, the performances/recordings are indeed state-of-the-art! It's easily the best in my collection and not quite like any other. Gramophone rightly says: "Zhang’s muse is...
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    Emm labs DA2 v2 upgrade

    Hi Guys, As of today, my V3 has about 600 hours of running-in. The album used for the listening session was: Beethoven String Quartets, Op 18, Nos 1-3, Chiaroscuro Quartet (BIS 2488 SACD) Wow, the Quartet came alive in my listening room! The energy radiating from the four string instruments...
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    State-of-the-Art Recordings of Classical Works (SACDs)

    Schubert + Voříšek + Chopin + Scriabin (vol. 4) Can Çakmur (piano) (BIS 2710 SACD) I totally agree with the following observations: "Can Çakmur playing is luminous and insightful, supple and fluid, bringing out all the drama which is particularly evident in Scriabin’s second impromptu. The...
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    State-of-the-Art Recordings of Classical Works (SACDs)

    Francisco COLL Violin Concerto Hidd’n Blue, Op. 6 Mural for large orchestra Four Iberian Miniatures for violin and chamber orchestra Aqua Cinerea, Op. 1 Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/Gustavo Gimeno (PENTATONE PTC 5186 951 SACD) Wow, this is a great...

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