Re: Thanks! I have Barenboim Beethoven 3, 6, 7, & 8. I agree, they sound "OK".

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Posted by Martin on May 2, 2003 at 02:15:49

In Reply to: Thanks! I have Barenboim Beethoven 3, 6, 7, & 8. I agree, they sound "OK". posted by Striving for Musical Clarity on May 1, 2003 at 11:56:55:

>> Now, of these, which would you rate as best recordings (not necessarily best performance). <<

That's a difficult question to answer! As recordings go, the AIX titles I mentioned, are all first crystal clear. For your "evaluation" purposes, I wholeheartedly recommend getting the sampler from www.aixrecords.com. This has a wide selection from the AIX catalog. As regards chamber music, I happen to like Vivaldi and Handel (these composers featured heavily in the choral and orchestral concerts I performed in at school), so I play that disc ["Marcello, Handel & Vivaldi - Oboe Concerto, Organ Concert and 2 Sinfonias"] a lot. The natural texture of the oboe in particular is superb. Tracks from this title, however, are not featured on the sampler.

In addition, if you want to hear a piano as lifelike as youâ€™ll probably ever hear on any recording, then get the Chopin: "The Four Ballades".

A mention also has to be made of the lush sounding St Matthaus Passion (Harnoncourt/Teldec). This is easily the best Teldec recording so far (and perhaps the best DVD-A by any label), and runs for an amazing 2hr 45mins at 96/24 in 5.1. The performances are top notch too, and it features the Vienna Boysâ€™ Choir. On top of that, they manage to cram in an interesting documentary video (as well as the Dolby track of the whole thing). A must. (Strangely, it's not available yet in the US, but you can order it from Amazon.co.uk.)

I agree with "ct" that the Tacet titles are excellent â€” but make sure you get the newer ones which are 96kHz & 24 bit. In particular, I think youâ€™d enjoy the two titles Iâ€™ve listed. (Some older titles from Tacet are only at 48kHz resolution.)

Also, thereâ€™s no excuse not to get the Naxos "Four Seasons" especially at its modest asking price of about $12. Recorded in 96/24 & 5.0ch, this does sound exceptionally clear indeed, and sounds better than many titles costing much more.

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Topic - Can someone suggest some really good classical DVD-A recordings. - Striving for Musical Clarity 00:03:19 05/01/03 (15)

Re: Can someone suggest some really good classical DVD-A recordings. - ct 16:58:00 05/01/03 (1)

Tacet's, multichannel all the way... - Frank 00:48:41 05/02/03 (0)

Try these . . . - Martin 03:00:19 05/01/03 (10)

Thanks! I have Barenboim Beethoven 3, 6, 7, & 8. I agree, they sound "OK". - Striving for Musical Clarity 11:56:55 05/01/03 (9)

I "listening" with great interest. - oscar 06:22:21 05/02/03 (4)

By the way . . . - Martin 06:57:36 05/02/03 (2)

Hey Oscar, did you (or do you plan to) try out the titles I listed above? {n.t.} - Martin 13:29:15 05/03/03 (1)

Well.. not real soon... though I almost went to Towers today to go look.. - oscar 19:59:16 05/03/03 (0)

Dang it, need to proof read... - oscar 06:26:12 05/02/03 (0)

Re: Thanks! I have Barenboim Beethoven 3, 6, 7, & 8. I agree, they sound "OK". - Martin 02:15:49 05/02/03 (1)

Oops - typo alert . . . - Martin 02:21:56 05/02/03 (0)

Re: Thanks! I have Barenboim Beethoven 3, 6, 7, & 8. I agree, they sound "OK". - LarsB 15:25:56 05/01/03 (1)

Thanks Lars! I'll try the 4,5, & 9 you recommend and thanks for the good DVD-A reference. nt - Striving for Musical Clarity 20:42:33 05/01/03 (0)

Re: Can someone suggest some really good classical DVD-A recordings. - LarsB 01:42:01 05/01/03 (1)

Hi Lars, check my response to Martin above (keeps me from having to repeat myself). nt - Striving for Musical Clarity 12:00:23 05/01/03 (0)

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Re: Thanks! I have Barenboim Beethoven 3, 6, 7, & 8. I agree, they sound "OK". - Martin 02:15:49 05/02/03 (1)

Oops - typo alert . . . - Martin 02:21:56 05/02/03 (0)

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