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The Art of Milstein- Capitol PBR-8502 box (FDS rainbow label)

Such a wonderful recording of Milstein...a special box set in mono:

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Bach's Lute Suites, or rather, No. 2 today. I love this recording--his 10 string guitar has the range of the lute but with the tonal richness of a modern guitar. His playing is sublime, and the sound is excellent. Shamefully, this set seems to be out of print.

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Schoenberg's Op.9 Chamber Symphony in Webern's arrangement for piano and string quartet. Wow, it's an exhausting work to play (and listen to!) with its relentless counterpoint and intensity. This is a super-human performance recorded with great clarity.

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This disc is just the balm that I need for my aching soul (my new guitar's arrival has been delayed a day). Beautiful music, playing, and sound.
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Sono Luminus issues its recordings in Blu-ray audio and on a standard CD. I chose the highest resolution Blu-ray (DTS MA 24 bit/192 kHz), and the sound is indeed excellent, if a tiny bit dry--could use a bit more "air" around the instrument, but it sounds very realistic. Lewin's playing is excellent, too. He has tremendous technique and a huge dynamic range.


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This disc is just the balm that I need for my aching soul (my new guitar's arrival has been delayed a day). Beautiful music, playing, and sound.
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Have you hear Linn Recordings Bach Lute music? 4 CDs. Wonderful.
 
This thread is now my favorite of all the others.

Because it contains the true essence of our hobby; beautiful Music (Classical) well played, tasteful, soothing for the soul and recorded with quality care.

...And the mediums; SACD hybrid, Blu-ray Audio, HDCD, LP. ...And CD too - some of them labels are fantastic; Channel Classics, Reference Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, ECM, Mercury Living Presence, RCA Victor Living Stereo, RCA Red Seal, BIS, Concord Records, Classical Blue Stone Statement, Telarc, Analekta, Three Blind Mice, Dorian, JVC K2, Proprius, Sheffield, Auvidis, Opus 3, Silence, Hyperion, Clarity Recordings, DMP, Linn, Water Lily Acoustics, and many more ...

...And the people; behind the instruments, and in front of their speakers. ...They are from the highest class of them all.

Thank you John for your generosity and inspiration. ...And Mike, Lloyd, and Allen, plus plus plus.
 
I have several recordings of various Louis Vierne Organ Symphonies, but this boasts far and away the clearest sound and best playing. Hans-Eberhard Ross (and the engineer) have taken great pains to make sure every strand of Vierne's often dense textures is clearly audible. I look forward to buying the other two volumes.


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I guess we don't have to like everything we listen to, right? I was going to sell this disc on Amazon, then I thought I'd give it another try since an upcoming disc of her concertos sounded pretty good, but this just isn't working for me. Picture a blend of Debussy and Ligeti. Back on Amazon it goes! (Superb sound, though.)


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....and this one, a wonderful mono Shaded Dog LM-2378 - Schubert Death and the Maiden:

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