What Classical are you listening to?

[3db]

I listened to Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, "The Emperor" from this haul. (bottom left CD) I can finally stop looking for another recording of this. Its very well done and Im happy with it. As always, Beethoven always moves me to tears with SO MUCH emotion in his works, it overwhelms me.

 

[flippo]

no.4 and 11. Wonderful

 

[afterlife2]

Yesterday...

 

[afterlife2]

More classical for sanity sake.

 

[Verdinut]

More classical for sanity sake.
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I'm glad that you are discovering more inspired music. Enjoy!

 

[3db]

My latest classical selection

 

[TLS Guy]

I continue to be amazed at the increase in online offerings available and the meteoric rise in quality.

I can get the BBC via my link. The quality of this years Proms was excellent. The online offerings continue to expand. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra goes from strength to strength. Mathow Pons their engineer does a fabulous job of these live streams on Saturday nights. The DSO has been on top form and drawing full house enthusiastic audiences. The quality of these streams is really helped by the fabulous acoustic of their hall.
There are some streams form our Minnesota Orchestra, and one this Friday at 8:00 PM which is free.
The sound this year from the Metropolitan Opera is fantastic and I would site the recent Gounod Romeo and Juliet. The picture is excellent and the sound two channel loss less.

Organ offerings online increase at an exponential rate. The recitals from Truro, Leeds and Norwich need particular mention and are of high quality. There are recitals though from all across Europe and now the US. There is a huge amount of talent among the young generation of organists and even some preteens.

The Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall continues to explore the boundaries of the possible. They have by far the highest quality streamed 4K picture I know of. It compares with the best available on disc.

This season they seem to have taken a break from issuing all streams in Atmos. However they have added a couple, and these show a massive increase in audiorealism. I notice a new mic layout with the augmented Decca tree, ala University of Sheffield, and other experiments.

One recent addition is a concert under Sakari Oramo. Two works, the Debussy Nocturnes, which also has a female chorus, and the rarely performed Busoni Piano concerto which has a male chorus in the final movement.

This recording shows that the Atmos image location works. The instrumentalists locations are rock solid in all dimensions. So much so that in close ups where a musician is in close up, but the wrong side of the screen for instance the effect is actually jarring. In two channel the mind follows the picture, but not here.

The realism of all instruments is astounding, and the bass especially natural. But the astounding achievement is that my room sounds huge. The orchestra and chorus are realistically laid out way beyond the front and side boundaries of the room. Now you can really hear the ring of the Philharmonie which had been lacking before. I was absolutely dumbfounded at the realism this rig could achieve with that Atmos Stream

They have also solved the problem of the system reverting to two channel between works. This was a problem previously as the two channel is at a much higher level and blasted you out of your seat. Atmos streams have to be normalized to EBU streaming/broadcast levels, by order of Dolby. At first I was not in agreement with this, but I now realize Dolby are correct, as it allows for huge dynamic range. I would say the dynamic range of recent Atmos stream was at full concert dynamic and I listened to what I judged to be realistic full concert level.

I am astounded at the progress being made over such a short period of time. It is a wonderful time to be a classical music enthusiast.

I did message the BPO engineers to congratulate them on their achievement.

 

[jinjuku]

I continue to be amazed at the increase in online offerings available and the meteoric rise in quality.

I can get the BBC via my link. The quality of this years Proms was excellent. The online offerings continue to expand. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra goes from strength to strength. Mathow Pons their engineer does a fabulous job of these live streams on Saturday nights. The DSO has been on top form and drawing full house enthusiastic audiences. The quality of these streams is really helped by the fabulous acoustic of their hall.
There are some streams form our Minnesota Orchestra, and one this Friday at 8:00 PM which is free.
The sound this year from the Metropolitan Opera is fantastic and I would site the recent Gounod Romeo and Juliet. The picture is excellent and the sound two channel loss less.

Organ offerings online increase at an exponential rate. The recitals from Truro, Leeds and Norwich need particular mention and are of high quality. There are recitals though from all across Europe and now the US. There is a huge amount of talent among the young generation of organists and even some preteens.

The Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall continues to explore the boundaries of the possible. They have by far the highest quality streamed 4K picture I know of. It compares with the best available on disc.

Could you put together a list of your fav live stream sources? I know about the BBC but there's got to be 100 others.

 

[TLS Guy]

Could you put together a list of your fav live stream sources? I know about the BBC but there's got to be 100 others.

Possibly later today or tomorrow. I have a lot on today.

 

[TLS Guy]

First of all, to get the BBC requires a VPN link and an HTPC. For streaming in AV I find an HTPC to be a huge asset.

The best sites you have to subscribe to.

The BPO Digital Concert Hall is an outstanding value. You have access to an enormous library of music going back to the Karajan years. For Atmos they don't support Windows. There are apps for multiple devices, and I use the LG app, and eARC. Quality is excellent.

Medici TV gives you access to a large number of concerts, operas and ballets around the world. It is a subscription service and has apps for various devices.

The Metropolitan Opera Player by subscription gives you access to a large number of archived operas. They have apps for multiple devices. Vision and SQ is superb.

There is DSO Live. Access to these Saturday night concerts requires a donation to the DSO. Picture and sound are absolutely superb. The DSO are absolutely on fire lately, and acoustic of their hall is just the icing on the cake. Some concerts are archived but the quality is not so good, as I think they come via YouTube, where as the live stream comes directly from the Clancy control room.

Then our own Minnesota Orchestra streams some concerts, audio of all is available on the NET. There is a great concert that will be streamed in AV tomorrow and free. Mozart's Requiem is on the program starting at 8:00 PM CST.

Our SPCO live streams its concerts and has a concert library.

The Bach Society of Minnesota streams its concerts and keeps them available for two weeks.

The Festival of the Lakes in Brainerd Minnesota has quite a lot of concerts archived on YouTube. These performance are of a very high standard indeed. The Beethoven 9 from this last summer is one of the best on the NET. The students from the local high school chorus excelled themselves singing in German.

There are a vast number of good concerts to be streamed from YouTube. The Truro, Leeds and Norwich Cathedral recitals in particular. There are organ recitals from around the world aplenty. The there is the BIS organ channel, the Scott Brother Duo and Jeremy Martin's channel. Jeremy is a cardiothoracic surgeon from Portsmouth Ohio, and a superb organist and very entertaining.

There is just a vast amount of material available if you look for it. There is just an abundance of riches. A I said there has never been a better time to enjoy classical music.