Grammophone

"Je refuse de laisser prendre des clichés de ma voix; je fabrique en collaboration avec le grammophone, une voix inconnue, inédite, mordante et qui parait sortir du masque grec"…

Josquin des Prez - Missa Pange Lingua / Missa La Sol Fa Re Mi
The Tallis Scholars / Peter Philips
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 262 MB | Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Gimell Records # CDGIM 009 | Country/Year: UK 1986
Genre: Classical | Style: Sacred, Choral, Renaissance

"As our awards enter their fourth decade, we've paused and looked back over the first 30 years. It's gratifying to see how many of the recordings singled out for the prestigious Record of the Year have gone on to become classics of the catalogue. (…) Then there are the discs that shaped careers - violinists Nigel Kennedy (in Elgar) and Maxim Vengerov (in Prokofiev and Shostakovich) - to which you might add The Tallis Scholars' stunning disc of Masses by Josquin Desprez, a disc that elevated Early Music to the "mainstream". ~Grammophone

Trondheim Solistene - Divertimenti: Britten, Bacewicz, Bartok
FLAC 2.0 24bit/192 kHz: 2,31 GB | FLAC 5.1 24bit/192 kHz: 6,18 GB | Artwork
Label/Cat#: 2L # 2L-050-SABD | Country/Year: Norway 2008 | 5% Recovery Info
Genre: Classical | Style: Early 20th Century, Contemporary

"The sound is spectacular in whatever format you choose but the jump to Blu-ray is, as in vision, a leap forward. None of which would matter were the performances not also uniformly excellent: This is a superbly alive performance of the Britten Simple Symphony, making it sound a much more ambitiouswork than usual. A demonstration recording!" ~Grammophone

Johann Sebastian Bach - Julius Berger - Sechs Suiten für Violoncello Solo (Six Cello Suites) BWV 1007-1012
2xCD | EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 544 MB | Artwork: 22 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Wergo # WER 4041-2 | Country/Year: Germany 1997
Genre: Classical | Style: Baroque, Cello

"…Berger himself speaks of a joy inspired by the most radiant peak of tonal art, and anyone listening will happily concur. It is indeed a wonderful set, more free-spirited than its predecessor (though I will want to retain both) and, for me, more compelling than most modern rivals, excepting Janos Starker (his forth recording) and Anner Bylsma (his second). I urge you to hear it." ~Grammophone

Milos is Milos Karadaglic, a guitarist from Montenegro. The southern Slavic countries have produced quite a number of guitarists, but Milos is the first to get a marketing push from a major label, complete with graphics showing the unshaven, barefoot guitarist ruminating moodily on a beach…

Martinu / Zimmermann / Strauss: Oboe Concertos
Stefan Schilli / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Mariss Jansons
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 221 MB | Full Artwork: 67 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Oehms # OC 737 | Country/Year: Germany 2009
Genre: Classical | Style: Early 20th Century, Contemporary, Oboe

"…All three works are superbly played here by the brilliantly nimble Stefan Schilli, and Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian orchestra give him vivid support. I cannot think of a more enticing triptych of modern oboe concertos from any other source." ~Grammophone

Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (9) in C major D.944 "Great" / Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88
Berliner Philharmoniker / Wilhelm Furtwängler
SACD ISO (Single Layer/Mono): 3,05 GB | 24B/88,2kHz FLAC: 766 MB | Full Artwork: 80 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Deutsche Grammophon, Universal Music LLC # UCGG-9019 | Country/Year: Japan 2011 (Germany 1951)
Genre: Classical | Style: Viennese School, Historical Recording

"SHM-SACD (Super High Material SACD) is the ultimate Super Audio CD that utilizes the materials and technologies that were developed for the SHM-CD to further enhance the audio-resolution. These discs are made with polycarbonate developed for the screen of the liquid crystal display. As it has a higher transparency, players can read the signal more faithfully. Also, it excels in fluidity, which enables you to cast a more accurate pit. What works wonders for a low resolution format such as CD should offer even greater sonic improvements in a real high resolution format such as SACD."