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Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra
Gustav Mahler - Totenfeier - Sinfonisches Präludium für Orchester Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski   This gets mixed reviews. I don't find it as bad as some of them see it. The 5.0 sound is fine. We heard the last piece live a while ago. Some musicologists think it is not from Mahler, but from Bruckner.
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07-18-2018, 04:32 PM
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Georg Philipp Telemann - Les Nations - Overtures & Oboe Concertos
Bach Concentus, Ewald Demeyere Vinciane Baudhuin, oboe   These oboe concertos are so fine! And what a joy to hear the different instruments so well (discrete 5.0).
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A 24/352.8 reissue of these mid-1950's RCA Living Stereo recordings. All of them well done, but the real sonic gem is the Rossini-Respighi La Boutique Fantasque.
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I just bought a hi-res FLAC of this and started with the 11th--wow! It might not be quite as scalding as Mravinsky's, in which the Leningrad Phil plays as if their lives depended on it (perhaps they did...), but it is plenty intense on its own. Superb sound, and man, those bass drum eruptions will give your woofers a workout!
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07-20-2018, 01:15 PM
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Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
John O’Conor, piano Steinway & Sons (2015) This is a very nice recording. O’Conor gets it right, and the Steinway sound is very good. 
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07-21-2018, 12:55 PM
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Handel: Sonatas for Violin & Basso Continuo
The Brook Street Band Avie Records (2018), 24/96 files Excellent recording. 
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07-22-2018, 12:38 PM
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Franz Schubert - Oktett
Isabelle Faust Qobuz 24/96  A very 'pure' performance of this work, full of integrity.
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07-22-2018, 02:44 PM
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During this day, while doing some stuff, and then reading in the garden in the sun, and then cooking, and then cleaning the kitchen, I listened again to this box (all 6 CDs):
 It's not Mozart or Schubert, but it's nice music, and absolutely not intrusive when you have to concentrate on other things. Sound is decent (even through my Dali Katch, and now even more of course through our living room system).
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07-22-2018, 02:55 PM
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Alfred Schnittke - Péteris Vasks - Arvo Pärt - The Invisible Link
Maya Fridman & Daniël Kool trptk label  I'm stunned by the recording quality of this label. The owner was here yesterday in my home to further fine-tune our system and gave us a couple of albums. Pärt's Fratres never sounded better in our living room. Astonishing performance, breathtakingly captured. I'm very curious about their DXD surround downloads.
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07-22-2018, 04:07 PM
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Mahler - Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Diana Damrau - Iván Paley Stephan Matthias Lademann via Tidal  We heard and saw this lady perform, and she is a very gifted singer. She has furthermore an enormous presence on stage. This set is very good.
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