I recently found my favorite performance of "Le Sacre," with Markevitch conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra in early 1959, on SACD. It was expensive, but of the 80-odd recordings I own of that work it's the best. Interestingly, I had the late 90's Testament CD and the SACD is much cleaner sounding. The dynamics on both are extreme, but the Testament has a slightly nasty brightness that the SACD lacks and it sounds more natural. With the lights off in the listening room I feel like I'm there with them all. Fantastic stuff.
Not sure why you don’t like the Sibelius disc with Kyung-Wha Chung. It was a brilliant performance. BTW, I bought all the disks in your collection as per your recommendation 😀
I recently found my favorite performance of "Le Sacre," with Markevitch conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra in early 1959, on SACD. It was expensive, but of the 80-odd recordings I own of that work it's the best. Interestingly, I had the late 90's Testament CD and the SACD is much cleaner sounding. The dynamics on both are extreme, but the Testament has a slightly nasty brightness that the SACD lacks and it sounds more natural. With the lights off in the listening room I feel like I'm there with them all. Fantastic stuff.
Not sure why you don’t like the Sibelius disc with Kyung-Wha Chung. It was a brilliant performance. BTW, I bought all the disks in your collection as per your recommendation 😀
I’ll have another good listen. Cheers
@@AudiophiliaChannel waiting on my Wagner set to arrive… 🥹
Only disc I have not found is the three cornered hat… you did say it would be hard to find… so…
@@azure-terraformer I saw one for $700 on Ebay!!!
What's the best way to keep tabs on the Esoteric cd line? The link seems to lead to their high end gear...any suggestions?
@@metalandwhiskey9501 www.esoteric.jp/en/category/super_audio_cd
@@AudiophiliaChannel Thanks!