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The Dunedin Consort presents the premiere recording of Mozart scholar David Black's new 2013 edition of Süssmayr's completion of Mozart's Requiem. It was named winner of the 'Choral' category at the 2014 Gramophone Awards.
Deep wide gorgeous sound stage.The trumpet player Andre Heuvelman is one of the worlds finest.I do not recall hearing anybody with that kind of control of the instrument and at the same time using that control solely for the purpose of music. Most beautiful version of Piazzolla’s ”Oblivion” ever recorded.
the most exciting Mahler combination anywhere right now."
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With the Suite; The Old Man and the Sea, the new ensemble Batik, presents them self, with a piece of music, that vividly brings to life Ernest Hemingway's classic tale of the old fisherman. Batik has composed and improvised a dramatic story telling SoundScape around the key elements of the novel. You can read the novella on line here, it is a unique experience reading the book and hearing the gorgeous Batik compositions at the same time:The 9 pieces of music were performed live in the studio in front of a select audience.The musicians were placed in front of a stereo pair of microphones with additional spot microphones on each instrument. The musicians were playing without headphones, the reason being that we believe that when we get the musicians to play together in the same room, without headphones, it creates a number of musical and technical benefits:As they are not ''separated'' by the headphones, the musicians, in order to hear each other are forced to create a natural and musical balance, a balance which is then easily captured by the main stereo pair of microphones. Because of the natural and musical balance the need for compression to control levels is no longer necessary. Since everybody is in the same room, the boxed sound which is so common in many modern recordings is absent and the sound of the room helps ''glue'' the sound of the recording.Like the famous fabric from the Far East the music of Batik consist of multicolored lines creating fascinating patterns, blending traditional forms with new ideas and letting spontaneous interaction merge the elements into a very original sound. BATIK is the latest brainchild of Wolfert Brederode (ECM recording artist) and Joost Lijbaart (Yuri Honing). With guitarist Ed Verhoeff and bass guitarist Mark Haanstra (two of the most in demand musicians on the European scene) they have formed a quartet capable of visual and inventive music making.
What is your top 3 2014 Hi-Res Downloads?Mine are :http://www.linnrecords.com/recording-mozart-requiem.aspx[imghttp://www.linnrecords.com/recording-mozart-requiem.aspx this is the best sounding recording of the year. It has everything one could ask for in an audiophile recording. http://www.soundliaison.com/studio-masters/1-after-silence-all Michael Tilson Thomas proves that Mahler still has unexplored possibilities.http://sanfranciscosymphony.downloadsnow.net/mahler-symphony-no-1
