What is new in my music library? (recent purchases I enjoy)

[amirm]

This Is The Day
Giovanni Guidi Trio

Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF and FLAC high-resolution audio formats

"... featuring pensive, abstract ballads shimmering with inner tension."
- All About Jazz

http://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/4207

 

[amirm]

If I could own every ECM title, I would! All superbly recorded and great music.

Amores Pasados
John Potter, Anna Maria Friman, Ariel Abramovich, Jacob Heringman

Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF and FLAC high-resolution audio formats

http://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/4866

 

[amirm]

Silk And Salt Melodies
Louis Sclavis Quartet

Available in 88.2 kHz / 24-bit* AIFF and FLAC high-resolution audio formats

"... the manifestation of Sclavis's vision of a surreal and exotic journey, but on a less analytical level it is an appreciation of musicianship."
- All About Jazz

http://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/4495

 

[amirm]

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Have you tried ripping this? A post I read in researching it says it has anti-copying technology in it. Booo....

 

[Drikus]

If I could own every ECM title, I would! All superbly recorded and great music.

Just counted my ECM albums and I only have 165 of them.

 

[NorthStar]

Just counted my ECM albums and I only have 165 of them.

LPs, CDs?

Some of my best friends are . . . the ECM music record label lovers.

 

[Drikus]

LPs, CDs?

Some of my best friends are . . . the ECM music record label lovers.

CD's. I like most but not all of ECM's releases.

 

[amirm]

Just counted my ECM albums and I only have 165 of them.

I don't have that many but all of mine are high-res downloads so if we count the bits, I am sure I can beat you.

 

[Drikus]

I don't have that many but all of mine are high-res downloads so if we count the bits, I am sure I can beat you.

There are 66 ECM downloads on hdtracks. 15 of them are 44.1kHz/24bit and 48kHz/24bit, that doesn't count as high-res. So yeah, 51 high-res downloads beats my 165 cd's.

 

[amirm]

There are 66 ECM downloads on hdtracks. 15 of them are 44.1kHz/24bit and 48kHz/24bit, that doesn't count as high-res. So yeah, 51 high-res downloads beats my 165 cd's.

Looks like some elementary math is in order Mr. Lindeman. 48/24 has 1.6 times more bits than 44.1/16. And in my book anything > 16/44.1 is high-res. In other words, "higher res than CD."

And oh, Prostudiomasters has about 105 ECM titles, many of which are are 24/96. Those have 3.2 times more bits than CDs.

Don't be a sore loser. Admit that you don't have as many bits as I do and life will be good after that.

 

[Drikus]

Looks like some elementary math is in order Mr. Lindeman. 48/24 has 1.6 times more bits than 44.1/16. And in my book anything > 16/44.1 is high-res. In other words, "higher res than CD."

And oh, Prostudiomasters has about 105 ECM titles, many of which are are 24/96. Those have 3.2 times more bits than CDs.

Don't be a sore loser. Admit that you don't have as many bits as I do and life will be good after that.

Prostudiomasters has 95 ECM downloads. 35 of them are 44.1kHz/24bit and 48kHz/24bit, that doesn't count as high-res. In my book high-res starts at 88.2kHz/24bit.

 

[amirm]

NB Mr. Lindeman: 24/96 ECM Record.

Midwest
Mathias Eick

Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF and FLAC high-resolution audio formats

"Another fine release from the trumpeter who seems to hone his musical style and fine tune his production qualities with each release."
- TheJazzBreakfast.com

http://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/4199

 

[amirm]

Bam, another ECM Records in 24/96.

Time Is A Blind Guide
Thomas Strønen

Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF and FLAC high-resolution audio formats

"... gives the leader the opportunity to blend his passions for classical music and jazz through rich and melodic writing ... subtle string textures are offset by upbeat grooves and a strong sense of rhythmic interplay ..."
- BBC

http://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/6194

 

[amirm]

Yup, another 24/96 from ECM Records:

Kappeler / Zumthor: Babylon-Suite
Vera Kappeler, Peter Conradin Zumthor

Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF and FLAC high-resolution audio formats

http://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/6187

 

[amirm]

Now that we have established Mr. Lindeman's loss on ECM records, let's move on to other things:

Interstellaires
Mylène Farmer

Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF and FLAC audio formats

http://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/6199

 

[amirm]

What's that Mr. Lindeman? That was not enough? OK, here is more ECM Records:

In Maggiore
Paolo Fresu, Daniele di Bonaventura

Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF and FLAC high-resolution audio formats

http://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/6190

 

[amirm]

OK so not all of them are at high sample rates. But in my book, 24 bits is 8 bits more than 16:

Konstantia Gourzi: Music For Piano and String Quartet
Lorenda Ramou, Ensemble Coriolis

Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF and FLAC audio formats

"... the string quartet Israel is the most substantial work ... the performances suggest a close familiarity not just with the works in question but with Gourzi's approach overall."
- Gramophone

http://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/6183

 

[Drikus]

Serious?? Have a cookie...

 

[amirm]

Swinging Tschaikowsky
Eugen Cicero

Available in 88.2 kHz / 24-bit AIFF and FLAC high-resolution audio formats

http://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/3173

 

[amirm]

Let's switch to Ponomusic Purchases:

Bach: 6 Suite per Violoncello sol by Pieter Wispelwey
44/16

https://www.ponomusic.com/ccrz__CCP...&artistId=of:2df75d5e68de4ce7abc6e17bbf5adb51