MQA Discussion

Mike according to the file being maintained, over 300 new MQA titles were identified Monday and Tuesday alone.
 
CPP said:
Jim , is that the same sheet Peter (Lumin complied) or is there another updated sheet.

Darn shame Tidal can't add some better search capabilities. I wonder if ROON does it better.
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Peter was doing a great job but when he saw the new file which he has linked for you in post # 1103 he stopped. I bet it freed up al lot of time for him.
 
CPP said:
I guess I was wondering , Why use it. The DAC performs MQA Rendering: completes the final unfold to the original sample rate of the master. Same as with Tidal or using Roon. I guess it just gives more options for a software player.
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Chris, it appears the software does the unfolding (like the Lumin U1), and the DAC still needs to do the rendering.


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Just checked Tidal, lots of ECM albums, but only see six that are Master/MQA files.
 
mauidan said:
Just checked Tidal, lots of ECM albums, but only see six that are Master/MQA files.
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You cannot tell how many ECM titles are available on Tidal by looking at the Masters List. It has been repeatedly noted that the Masters "Tab" is limited to a weekly changing ~450 titles. Some come on, some come off but stays at ~450 which is the current limitation of the Tidal app.

There was a post on 12 November that 170 ECM titles had been found. I can see several additional ECM titles that have been added since that date.
 
still-one said:
You cannot tell how many ECM titles are available on Tidal by looking at the Masters List. It has been repeatedly noted that the Masters "Tab" is limited to a weekly changing ~450 titles. Some come on, some come off but stays at ~450 which is the current limitation of the Tidal app.

There was a post on 12 November that 170 ECM titles had been found. I can see several additional ECM titles that have been added since that date.
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Spot on Jim ON the spreadsheet there seems to be a lot noted on the 2017-11-12 12:07 page.
http://www.meridianunplugged.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=268318&page=2
 
still-one said:
You cannot tell how many ECM titles are available on Tidal by looking at the Masters List. It has been repeatedly noted that the Masters "Tab" is limited to a weekly changing ~450 titles. Some come on, some come off but stays at ~450 which is the current limitation of the Tidal app.

There was a post on 12 November that 170 ECM titles had been found. I can see several additional ECM titles that have been added since that date.
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I'm not looking in the Masters List.

If you scroll down on the main screen, you'll see ECM-Now On Tidal, if you expand that, you'll see the full list.

Just looked at it again, now there are eight albums marked as Masters.
 
mauidan said:
I'm not looking in the Masters List.

If you scroll down on the main screen, you'll see ECM-Now On Tidal, if you expand that, you'll see the full list.

Just looked at it again, now there are eight albums marked as Masters.
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Dan
Did you see post #1113 and #1114 by Chris and I. There are "at least" 170 ECM MQA titles in Tidal. Unfortunately Tidal does not make it easy to fins them in one location.
 
mauidan said:
I'm not looking in the Masters List.

If you scroll down on the main screen, you'll see ECM-Now On Tidal, if you expand that, you'll see the full list.

Just looked at it again, now there are eight albums marked as Masters.
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Dan, here are about 170 ECM recordings added in one day this past week. I tried to edit out the non ECM titles.

1 Aaron Parks - Arborescence (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
2 Aaron Parks - Find The Way (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
3 Aaron Parks - Lua Ya (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [13 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
4 Abdullah Ibrahim - African Piano (Live) (2014 JAPO / ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
5 Alexei Lubimov - C.P.E. Bach: Tangere (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [20 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
6 Alexei Lubimov - Claude Debussy: Préludes (2012 ECM Records GmbH) [28 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
7 Anders Jormin - Suspended Night (2004 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
8 Anders Jormin - Titok (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [13 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
9 András Schiff - Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (Live) (2003 ECM Records GmbH) [32 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
10 András Schiff - Encores After Beethoven (Live) (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
11 András Schiff - Franz Schubert (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [20 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
12 András Schiff - Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Partitas (2009 ECM Records GmbH) [41 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
13 András Schiff - Ludwig van Beethoven: Diabelli-Variationen (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [76 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
14 Anna Gourari - Visions fugitives (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [25 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
15 Anouar Brahem - Souvenance (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
16 Anouar Brahem - The Astounding Eyes Of Rita (2009 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
17 Arditti Quartet - Air (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
18 Arild Andersen - Celebration (2012 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 48Khz] - Link
19 Arild Andersen - Mira (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
20 Arve Henriksen - Atmosphères (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [15 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
21 Arve Henriksen - Cartography (2008 ECM Records GmbH) [12 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
22 Arve Henriksen - Outstairs (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
23 Arve Henriksen - Rímur (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [17 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
24 Avishai Cohen - Cross My Palm With Silver (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [5 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
25 Avishai Cohen - Into The Silence (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
26 Bill Frisell - Small Town (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
27 Bill Frisell - The Declaration Of Musical Independence (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
28 Billy Hart - All Our Reasons (2012 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
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31 Chamber Orchestra of Europe - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy / Robert Schumann (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
32 Charles Lloyd - Hagar's Song (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [14 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
33 Charles Lloyd - Mirror (2010 ECM Records GmbH) [12 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
34 Charles Lloyd - Rabo De Nube (Live) (2008 ECM Records GmbH) [7 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
35 Chris Potter - Imaginary Cities (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
36 Chris Potter - The Dreamer Is The Dream (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
37 Chris Potter - The Sirens (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
38 Circle - Paris Concert (Live) (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 192Khz] - Link
39 Craig Taborn - Daylight Ghosts (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
40 David Torn - Only Sky (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
41 Dennis Russell Davies - Keith Jarrett: Ritual (1982 ECM Records GmbH) [2 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
42 Dino Saluzzi - Ojos Negros (2007 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
43 Dominic Miller - Silent Light (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
44 Eleni Karaindrou - Medea (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [17 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
45 Enrico Rava - On The Dance Floor (Live) (2012 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 48Khz] - Link
46 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir - Tõnu Kõrvits: Mirror (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [18 tracks, 48Khz] - Link
47 Food - Mercurial Balm (2012 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
48 Food - This Is Not A Miracle (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
49 Gary Burton - Crystal Silence (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
50 Gary Burton - Michael Gibbs: Seven Songs For Quartet And Chamber Orchestra (2012 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
51 Gary Peacock - Azure (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 48Khz] - Link
52 Gary Peacock - Voice From The Past - Paradigm (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 192Khz] - Link
53 Gianluca Petrella - Ida Lupino (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [14 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
54 Gianluca Petrella - Wild Dance (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [14 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
55 Gianluigi Trovesi - Birdwatching (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [12 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
56 Gianluigi Trovesi - Profumo di Violetta - Gianluigi Trovesi all’opera (2008 ECM Records GmbH) [23 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
57 Gidon Kremer - Giya Kancheli: Chiaroscuro (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [2 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
58 Gidon Kremer - Mieczys?aw Weinberg (Live In Lockenhaus & Neuhardenberg / 2012 & 2013) (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [15 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
59 Glauco Venier - Miniatures - Music For Piano And Percussion (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [15 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
60 Heinz Holliger - Robert Schumann / Heinz Holliger: Aschenmusik (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [19 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
61 Horacio Lavandera - Dino Saluzzi: Imágenes - Music For Piano (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
62 Huelgas Ensemble - Wolfgang Rihm: Et Lux (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [1 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
63 Iva Bittová - Iva Bittová (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [12 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
64 Jack DeJohnette - Blue Maqams (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
65 Jack DeJohnette - Made In Chicago (Live At The Chicago Jazz Festival / 2013) (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [7 tracks, 48Khz] - Link
66 Jacob Young - Forever Young (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
67 Jakob Bro - Gefion (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
68 Jakob Bro - Streams (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [7 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
69 Jan Garbarek - Concert In Athens (Live) (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [18 tracks, 48Khz] - Link
70 Jan Garbarek - Dresden (Live In Concert) (2009 ECM Records GmbH) [16 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
71 Jan Garbarek - Magico - Carta de Amor (2012 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 48Khz] - Link
72 Jan Garbarek - Places (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [4 tracks, 192Khz] - Link
73 Jan Garbarek - Solstice (1975 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 192Khz] - Link
74 Joe Lovano - 39 Steps (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
75 Joe Lovano - The First Quartet (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [18 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
76 Joe Lovano - Up And Coming (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
77 Joe Lovano - Within A Song (2012 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
78 John Abercrombie - Timeless (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 192Khz] - Link
79 John Holloway - Pavans And Fantasies From The Age Of Dowland (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [13 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
80 John Potter - Amores Pasados (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [13 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
81 John Potter - Night Sessions (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [17 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
82 John Surman - Saltash Bells (2012 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
83 Jon Balke - Siwan (2009 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
84 Jon Balke - Warp (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [16 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
85 Jon Hassell - Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street (2009 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
86 Keith Jarrett - Arbour Zena (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [3 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
87 Keith Jarrett - Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [5 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
88 Keith Jarrett - Belonging (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 192Khz] - Link
89 Keith Jarrett - Changes (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [3 tracks, 192Khz] - Link
90 Keith Jarrett - Concerts (Bregenz, München) (Live) (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
91 Keith Jarrett - Creation (Live) (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 48Khz] - Link
92 Keith Jarrett - Eyes Of The Heart (Live) (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [3 tracks, 192Khz] - Link
93 Keith Jarrett - Hamburg '72 (Live) (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
94 Keith Jarrett - Hymns / Spheres (2012 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
95 Keith Jarrett - Jasmine (2010 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
96 Keith Jarrett - Last Dance (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
97 Keith Jarrett - My Song (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 192Khz] - Link
98 Keith Jarrett - Paris / London (Testament) (Live) (2009 ECM Records GmbH) [20 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
99 Keith Jarrett - Sleeper (Live) (2012 ECM Records GmbH) [7 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
100 Keith Jarrett - Somewhere (Live) (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
101 Keith Jarrett - Standards (Vol. 2) (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 192Khz] - Link
102 Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert (Live) (1975 ECM Records GmbH) [4 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
103 Keith Jarrett - The Survivors' Suite (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [2 tracks, 192Khz] - Link
104 Ketil Bjørnstad - A Passion For John Donne (Live) (2014 ECM Records) [15 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
105 Ketil Bjørnstad - La notte (Live) (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 48Khz] - Link
106 Ketil Bjørnstad - Sunrise - A Cantata On Texts By Edward Munch (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [19 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
107 Kremerata Baltica - Mieczys?aw Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies, Piano Quintet (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [20 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
108 Laura Mikkola - Erkki-Sven Tüür: Symphony No.7 “Pietas” / Piano Concerto (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [7 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
109 Lee Konitz - Live At Birdland (2011 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
110 Lee Santana - Secret History (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [22 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
111 Lena Willemark - Trees Of Light (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [12 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
112 Lisa Batiashvili - Harrison Birtwistle: Chamber Music (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [18 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
113 Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra - Dobrinka Tabakova: String Paths (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 48Khz] - Link
114 Manu Katché - Manu Katché (2012 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
115 Manu Katché - Neighbourhood (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
116 Manu Katché - Third Round (2010 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
117 Maria Pia de Vito - Il Pergolese (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
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119 Markus Stockhausen - Alba (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [15 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
120 Mat Maneri - The Bell (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
121 Mathias Eick - Midwest (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
122 Mathias Eick - Skala (2011 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
123 Mathias Eick - The Door (2008 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
124 Mats Eilertsen - Rubicon (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
125 Meredith Monk - On Behalf Of Nature (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [19 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
126 Michel Benita - River Silver (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
127 Miranda Cuckson - Béla Bartók / Alfred Schnittke / Witold Lutos?awski (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
128 Miroslav Vitous - Music Of Weather Report (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
129 Momo Kodama - La vallée des cloches (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [7 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
130 Momo Kodama - Point And Line (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [18 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
131 Myung Whun Chung - Piano (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
132 Nik Bärtsch's Ronin - Llyrìa (2010 ECM Records GmbH) [7 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
133 Nils Petter Molvær - Quiet Inlet (2010 ECM Records GmbH) [7 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
134 Norma Winstone - Dance Without Answer (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [13 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
135 Paolo Fresu - In Maggiore (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [13 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
136 Patricia Kopatchinskaja - Galina Ustwolskaja (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [5 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
137 Patricia Kopatchinskaja - Tigran Mansurian: Quasi Parlando (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
138 Paul Bley - Play Blue - Oslo Concert (Live At Oslo Jazz Festival / 2008) (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [5 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
139 Paul Motian - Amorphae (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
140 Quercus - Nightfall (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 48Khz] - Link
141 Ravi Coltrane - In Movement (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
142 Reinbert de Leeuw - György Kurtág: Complete Works For Ensemble And Choir (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [52 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
143 RIAS Kammerchor - Tigran Mansurian: Requiem (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
144 Robin Williamson - Trusting In The Rising Light (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [12 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
145 Rolf Lislevand - La Mascarade - Music For Solo Baroque Guitar And Theorbo (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [18 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
146 Roscoe Mitchell - Bells For The South Side (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
147 Sam Rivers - Contrasts (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [7 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
148 Sarah Rothenberg - Rothko Chapel - Morton Feldman / Erik Satie / John Cage (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
149 Savina Yannatou - Songs Of Thessaloniki (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [17 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
150 Sinikka Langeland - The Half-Finished Heaven (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [12 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
151 Sinikka Langeland - The Magical Forest (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
152 Stefano Battaglia - Pelagos (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [17 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
153 Stefano Bollani - Joy In Spite Of Everything (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
154 Stefano Bollani - O Que Será (Live) (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 48Khz] - Link
155 Stefano Bollani Trio - Stone In The Water (2009 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
156 Steve Kuhn - Wisteria (2012 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
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158 The Crossing - Gavin Bryars: The Fifth Century (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
159 The Hilliard Ensemble - Heinz Holliger: Machaut-Transkriptionen (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 44Khz] - Link
160 The Hilliard Ensemble - Il Cor Tristo (2013 ECM Records GmbH) [12 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
161 The Hilliard Ensemble - Transeamus (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [14 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
162 Theo Bleckmann - Elegy (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [12 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
163 Thomas Zehetmair - Robert Schumann (Live) (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
164 Tim Berne - Snakeoil (2012 ECM Records GmbH) [6 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
165 Vijay Iyer - Break Stuff (2015 ECM Records GmbH) [12 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
166 Vijay Iyer - Mutations (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [13 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
167 Vijay Iyer - Radhe Radhe - Rites Of Holi (Music For The Film By Prashant Bhargava) (Live) (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [12 tracks, 48Khz] - Link
168 Vincent Courtois - Asian Fields Variations (2017 ECM Records GmbH) [11 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
169 Wadada Leo Smith - A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [9 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
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173 Wolfgang Muthspiel - Driftwood (2014 ECM Records GmbH) [8 tracks, 96Khz] - Link
174 Wolfgang Muthspiel - Rising Grace (2016 ECM Records GmbH) [10 tracks, 88Khz] - Link
 
Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden - Last Dance and Jasmine, are superbly well played and mastered jazz albums. I highly recommend them.

Ken
 
The new The Absolute Sound is out (December 2017) and in answer to those who post ongoing negative perspectives of the evils of MQA, this answer really is a solid explanation for those as to the question of it's detrimental connection to the "original" mastered recording. The questions are usually always the same. This answer deals with the most common of them~

Robert Harley replies:
"Your excellent question has two parts. The first is whether it is technically feasible to improve upon the sound of the original recording, and the second is whether doing so is consistent with the ideal of faithfully communicating the artist’s vision.

Although counter-intuitive, MQA does indeed remove sonically degrading A/D converter artifacts from a digital master recording. The artifacts are a smearing of transient information, a distortion we’ve lived with since the advent of digital audio. You can read the details of how in works in my feature article in (The Absolute Sound) Issue 263 or on our website.
But armed with that capability, should we refrain from using it in the interest of fidelity to the “original master?” Is it
“sacrilege” to tamper with the master recording? Since the advent of recorded sound, the master recording medium has been the reference. Consequently, it’s been ingrained
in our thinking that the master, whether analog or whether or digital, is the ultimate expression of the artist’s intent thinking is flawed; the artist’s intent is the music created that went into the analog or digital master recorder not the output of
that master recorder and the distortion it introduces. We’ve never thought of it that way because a technology that can
effectively take one step further back in the chain to the signal before it was corrupted by the storage medium, seemed
an impossibility and had never been envisioned until now. Now that we have that capability I believe that we should use it and uncover the music as it was created. I have had MQA encode recordings that I engineered, and can tell you that there’s no way the standard file better represents what we worked toward in the studio."
 
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