Thank you
Anxious about the effort it may take, so be judicious with your time
I have one jazz combo recording that is slipping my memory at the moment, that I think would be a great addition to the list. Not any of the usual suspects. I wish I could remember what it is. I have it on LP but I’m not at my collection right now.
Yeah, sorry about that. I can’t find it on either Qobuz or Tidal. It is worth buying the CD used. It was apparently also on SACD and DVD-A.
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I believe Water Lily recordings are not generally available on Qobuz. Those that I have listened to and suggested I have hard copies there of.
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I spent a quick hour sampling my classical library (just the digital stuff) last night, and made it from A to C. Here are the decent-to-very-good imaging recordings from that group. At the very least, none sound like the players are in the same seat. I don’t know if they’re all available for streaming, but most should be easily found.
Here’s the first batch:
John Adams’ “Son of Chamber Symphony” by John Adams and the International Contemporary Ensemble.
The American Cello - Paul Tobias, Joann Falletta, Virginia Symphony Orchrstra
Bartok “The Miraculous Mandarin” by Dutoit and the Montreal
Bartok “The Wooden Prince” by Boulez and the CSO
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra by Reiner and the CSO
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still, after 16 hours of reflection, I will be eternally amazed
others beyond this PSA forum also enjoy positioning; from Stereophile’s June 2023 issue…
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I will look for them
I’m ready for a session of Bartok.
Update: all were on Qobuz
PS: books about John Adams are wonderful as well
The next batch:
Beethoven/Brahms Violin Concertos, Heifetz, Munch/Reiner, CSO
Jordi Savall’s recent Beethoven cycle has one of the most intimate acoustics and some of the best imaging I’ve heard on these pieces.
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique by Dutoit and the Montreal
Brahms Piano Concertos, Schiff and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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all also on Qobuz
Last batch for now:
Dean “Shadow Music,” Brett Dean and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Various composers, “Carlos V - Mille Regretz” Jordi Savall, Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Carter Concerto for Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, London Sinfoniette
Chavez Symphonies 1-3, Eduardo Mata, LSO
Coll Violin Concerto, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Gustavo Gimeno, Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg
Copland “Billy the Kid” & “Rodeo” Morton Gould and His Orchestra
Crumb “A Haunted Landscape” Arthur Weisberg, NY Phil
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The Crumb is excellent, as I have an LP version.
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@Craig_Burgess, I have sampled your many recommendations
An elegant ‘playlist’, thank you.
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Here are some more I pulled up last night:
Dutillrux Orchestral Works by Morlot and the Seattle Symphony
Reiner and the Chicago performing Dvoral’s 9th
The Dvorak and Walton Cello Concertos by Piatigorsky, Munch and the BSO
Elgar’s Violin Concerto and Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending by Hahn, Davis and the LSO
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Next batch:
Carter Clarinet Concerto by Oliver Knussen
Foss Piano Concertos by Kasman, Nakamatsu and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue by Michael Tilson Thomas and the LA Phil
Hanson Conducts Hanson, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
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Some more:
“Hollywood Soundstage” (film music) by John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London
Janácek Sinfonietta and Taras Bulba by Mackerras and the Vienna Phil
various pieces by the Julliard Orchestra under a variety of conductors
Kodály “Háry János Suite” and Prokofiev “Lieutenant Kijé Suite” by Tennstedt and the London Phil
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Some more:
“Witold Lutoslawski, Vol. 2” Jerzy Maksymiuk and the Orchestra Sinfonia Varsovia
Lutoslawski Partita, Chain 2, Piano Concerto by Mutter, Zimerman
MacMillan’s “The Confession of Isobel Gowdie” by Maksymiuk and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. I like this one better than the one MacMillan conducts himself. I was fortunate to hear our Indianapolis Symphony perform this under Marin Alsop many years ago.
Mahler 1 by Judd and the Florida Philharmonic
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Some more still:
Mahler 2 by Kaplan and the Vienna Philharmonic - a great recording, IMO
de Falla’s “Three Cornered Hat” by Previn and the Pittsburgh
My favorite Midsummer Night’s Dream by Marriner and the Philharmonia Orchestra
Sinfoniettas by Poulenc, Prokofiev and Britten, performed by Slobodeniouk and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra
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wow, thank you again and again
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No problem - it’s been fun. Getting near the end here…
Prokofiev’s “Alexander Nevsky” by Abbado and the LSO (curiously left off the front cover)
The famous recording of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances by Johanos and the Dallas Symphony
Shostakovich 5 by Haitink and the Concertgebouw
Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring by Ozawa and the Boston, one of two exceptional recordings I have of this work. The other is by Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic on BIS
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Here’s the last group. One thing I’ve noticed is that the chances of getting a recording that does an excellent job at imaging seem to increase the more contemporary the work is. I’m not sure if there’s a causal relationship there or not.
Stavinsky’s The Firebird, Robert Craft and the Philharmonia Orchestra
Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony, Chailly and the Concertgebouw
Tchaikovsky’s 6th by Mravinsky and the Leningrad Phil
And Widman’s Viola Concerto, Tamestit, Harding and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
These are pulled pretty quickly from my classical library - I know there are many more that are perfectly serviceable in sound quality, especially imaging, but it would take weeks to go through them all. I hope there’s something here you enjoy, and that sounds good on your system, too.
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