What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

One usually has to find a spot in the music where there is a strong attack for an analog edit to be inaudible. It also helps to have skilled musicians who can accurately recreate the tempos and dynamics so the music doesn't suddenly slow down or lunge ahead at the edit points! I usually used headphones so I could hear every little detail while editing.

Yes. I actually do a large amount of audio editing in the digital domain and also use headphones. That said, I am usually not stitching takes together (though I do that too) and am usually repairing a raw vinyl transcription. However whenever I create an edit point, I will test it with the headphones used in both "normal" listening mode and then also with Dolby Headphone enabled. The reason for that is because if I only use the headphones normally, I've found I can miss certain "phasey" effects that are sometimes introduced by the editing algorithms that suddenly become very obvious when listening via speakers, but are inaudible when listening via headphone (that works both ways too - things inaudible on speakers but audible with headphones). But I know I am perfectly happy with an edit when it is completely inaudible when listening with headphones in both listening "modes", since the Dolby Headphone re-creates the same sort of listening perspective and "phasiness" (if there is such a word) of speakers.
 
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Sorabji's 75-minute Toccata.

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Having some fun today!

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An excerpt from the end of side 1 (Herold Zampa) is linked to below. Gosh is there anything better than a virtuosic overture played by a fantastic orchestra and recorded in that inimitable 1950s intimate, close miked and relatively dry sound (all in a complimentary sense) that labels like Decca and Mercury achieved. Probably would have been ever better if it had been called Overtures in Mono!!

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Bachtoven,

Are you familiar with Tacet recordings? They have Goldberg Variations, 17 CDs of Haydn's works, and Beethoven's 9 Symphonies...audiophile quality (apparently)...but really curious to as the quality of the musicians/playing...

...see link to a review...http://www.theaudiobeat.com/music/vivaldi_concertos_lp.htm

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Bachtoven,

Are you familiar with Tacet recordings? They have Goldberg Variations, 17 CDs of Haydn's works, and Beethoven's 9 Symphonies...audiophile quality (apparently)...but really curious to as the quality of the musicians/playing...

...see link to a review...http://www.theaudiobeat.com/music/vivaldi_concertos_lp.htm

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I have just this one SACD from them and it is wonderful!

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Their Beethoven Symphonies are with a chamber orchestra--I prefer full orchestras, such as the Berlin Phil. I do have most of Evgeni Koroliov's Bach recordings. The sound is good, if not demonstration worthy, but his playing is fantastic.
 
I have just this one SACD from them and it is wonderful!

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Their Beethoven Symphonies are with a chamber orchestra--I prefer full orchestras, such as the Berlin Phil. I do have most of Evgeni Koroliov's Bach recordings. The sound is good, if not demonstration worthy, but his playing is fantastic.

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Reger isn't a composer that I'd normally associate with Schiff, but he does quite a nice job with the thorny Bach Variations.

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K.428 today. Excellent sound, but the image favors the center and right channel. Does anyone else own this LP set?

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My goodness, this Shimkus family is talented! (Her older brother is an even more colossal pianist.) Fabulous playing and sound. (Well, parts of the Bach Toccata are a bit fast for my taste.)

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Bach - Goldberg Variations:

- Simone Dinnerstein
- Gavrilov
- Nes Chamber Orchestra
- Maisky Trio

Skipped Gould today, my favorite...and just got four more!

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Beautiful playing--so expressive. The sound is good but more distant than I prefer. It clearly portrays a piano being played in a large hall rather than placing it in one's listening room.

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This music is more abrasively contemporary than I usually like, but the visceral intensity is quite thrilling, and the SACD sound is demo-worthy.

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For me , this has to be the most lyrical nocturne .... Sublime touch ! Compared to Ashkenazy, Pollini & Rubenstein. Anybody else I need to investigate ? image.jpg
 

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