24 Sacd

Johann Sebastian Bach - Matthäus-Passion / St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 {3x SACD Box}
Le Petite Bande / Sigiswald Kuijken
PS3 SACD ISO (2.0/5.1): 3,62/2,71/2,01 GB | EAC Rip, FLAC LOG & CUE: 716 MB | 24B/88,2kHz FLAC (2.0): 2,45 GB | Full Artwork: 393 MB | Recovery Info + PAR2
Label/Cat#: Challenge Classics CC72357 | Country/Year: Europe 2010 | Genre: Classical | Style: Baroque, Sacred | Hoster: Filepost/Filefactory

…I greet this stunning performance as the way to hear this masterpiece. ~ J.F. Weber, Fanfare

Miah Persson / Joseph Breinl - Portraits: Songs by Clara and Robert Schumann
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 2,74 GB | 24B/88,2kHz FLAC (2.0): 937 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: BIS # BIS-SACD-1834 | Country/Year: Europe 2011
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

BIS engineers have produced a very naturalistic recording of piano and singer in the former Academy of Music hall in Stockholm. However, the large hall is very obviously empty, from its notable resonance, tending to reduce the perceived image of the players somewhat. These songs were meant for drawing rooms and salons, not large reverberant auditoriums, and personally, I felt that the essential intimacy of a lieder recital was somewhat lacking, and the 5.0 multichannel version rather emphasised this. The resonance does contribute to blurring the singer's diction and also tends to cloud some of the rapid piano figuration. These are minor points, and can be partly overcome by raising the playing volume level.

Sergei Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky
Marina Domaschenko / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Frank Strobel
SACD ISO: 3,15 GB (Stereo + MCH DSD) | FLAC @ 24bit/88.2kHz: 944 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Rec. Info
Label/Cat#: Capriccio # 71 014 | Country/Year: Europe 2004
Genre: Classical, Stage & Screen | Style: Soundtrack, Contemporary Classical

…Overall, I find this a must-have and a stunning interpretation regardless of whether it's an SACD or not. Lovers of this piece should not hesitate to get this. The SACD has 27 tracks and is about 55 min long. The interpretation is exciting, flexible, and lithe, and that's all anyone could ask for in a Prokofiev piece as great as this. That I'm inspired to watch the movie again is a testament to the performance and the movie because, to me, it's so hard to separate the two.