[EricDH]

As a trombonist I've always loved playing both the Stravinsky Mass and the Octet. They couldn't be more different than Firebird and the Rite. Also, from Norman Lebrecht: The Berlin Phil has announced they are releasing a 22 CD set of the complete WW2 Furtwangler recordings:
https://slippedisc.com/2019/01/berlin-phil-to-release-furtwanglers-war-records/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+slippedisc/nICW+(Slipped+Disc)

Octet is such a beautiful work. Every time I listen to it I wish that I could play the bassoon.

 

[ScubaMan2017]

I must be confused (again).
What's the difference between "Redbook" and 44.1?
I thought they were the same resolution - thank you.

All Redbook is 44.1, but not all 44.1 is Redbook.

JC

Well, I fully agree with that statement, and I have "only" the 19-bit GMB/A2.
The sound is magical on all CDs that I buy.
I always rip them to 16/44.1 ALAC, so is that technically "Redbook?"

The Redbook is a set of specifications describing CDs. https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/Red-Book

If the music came from a CD then yes, it conforms to the Redbook specs.

I need to hit the reference books again. Redbook-CD ... is that a redundant statement? I’ve been focussing WHO produced the recording (or WHO was the balance engineer [or tonemeister?!])... as my guide to discovering new material. Chesky Records is apparently a manufacturer of quality discs. Hmmm...

 

[jimmers]

I need to hit the reference books again. Redbook-CD ... is that a redundant statement? ... Hmmm...

Could look it up I guess ...
The Rainbow Books are a collection of CD format specifications.

• 1Red Book (1980)
• 2Green Book (1986)
• 3Yellow Book (1988)
• 4Orange Book (1990)
• 5Beige Book (1992)
• 6White Book (1993)
• 7Blue Book (1995)
• 8Scarlet Book (1999)
• 9Purple Book (2000)

 

[rkw]

Norman Lebrecht has posted the Berlin Phil has released a 22 CD set of Furtwangler's WW2 recordings:
https://slippedisc.com/2019/01/berlin-phil-to-release-furtwanglers-war-records/)

That's quite a chilling photo Lebrecht chose for the article. Furtwangler opposed the Nazi regime, but some would not forgive him for continuing to conduct in Germany during the war (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Furtwängler). The Chicago Symphony appointed him as music director but withdrew it under pressure — one of the great "what if" scenarios in classical music.

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

What if the Americans had just bought the Berlin Phil outright?

anyway, sfs just nailed Don Juan. Great performance.

 

[artur9]

Philadelphia Opera is doing Britten's Midsummer Nights Dream and then Don Giovanni. Daughter says we have to go to both

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

Johannes Moser nailed it as a cellist

 

[KoshNaranek]

Philadelphia Opera is doing Britten's Midsummer Nights Dream and then Don Giovanni. Daughter says we have to go to both

Oh, how you suffer!.....

 

[wink]

Atonal for the win...

 

[wink]

 

[Yethal]

Are there any plans to incorporate the Schiit usb interface (the transmitter side) in devices other than the Schiit transport?

 

[CAPT Deadpool]

The Mona Lisa is popular and is art. Therefore, your logic is flawed.

While I agree with your logic, I have seen the Mona Lisa in person in the Louvre and was unimpressed. I seriously have no idea why it is famous other than it is by Leonardo Da Vinci. To be clear, if you like, as apparently most of the world loves, the Mona Lisa, that's cool, I just don't understand what the buzz is about.

I generally love renaissance and classical art, but just don't get most modern or abstract art. I do enjoy Art Museums and have been to various famous art museums in Jerusalem, Rome, Florence, Paris, London, and some less famous ones in Amman, and around the U.S.

 

[liamo]

We are not purveyors of digital booty call products.

Alas, my calls for the Schiit Fart Wrangler shall go unanswered.

 

[wink]

It's all a lot of hot air.......

 

[Derrick Swart]

While I agree with your logic, I have seen the Mona Lisa in person in the Louvre and was unimpressed. I seriously have no idea why it is famous other than it is by Leonardo Da Vinci. To be clear, if you like, as apparently most of the world loves, the Mona Lisa, that's cool, I just don't understand what the buzz is about.

I generally love renaissance and classical art, but just don't get most modern or abstract art. I do enjoy Art Museums and have been to various famous art museums in Jerusalem, Rome, Florence, Paris, London, and some less famous ones in Amman, and around the U.S.

Try Amsterdam!
Problem with the Mona Lisa is that before you see it in real you ve been sleeping under a Mona Lisa blanket and drank coffee out of a ML mock.
Don t forget it s been 500 years ago the Leonardo era.