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The Final Report from Toronto Audiofest 2018
Day 2 at Toronto Audiofest 2018
Debussy As Close as We Can Get
Toronto Audiofest Day 1
Toronto Audiofest 2018 Starts Today
And then something happened.
Tidal Audio Akira loudspeaker
Coppertone by Black Cat Cable Sweepstakes
According to the company:
"Coppertone by Black Cat Cable distills a tremendous amount of high performance attributes into an affordable series of cables that punch far above their weight! As with all of our cables, Coppertone are part of Black Cat Cable's collection of cables that are manufactured in our Cumming, GA workshop by Chris Sommovigo personally! Our materials, our machines, our processes!"
[This Sweepstakes is now closed.]
Recording of November 2018: Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano; Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone; San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
SFS Media SFS-0073 (24/96 download). 2018. Jack Vad, broadcast & mastering eng., postprod.; Jason O'Connell, post-prod. DDD. TT: 32:54
Performance ****½
Sonics ****
Why name this short digital download or streamingonly release of a live San Francisco Symphony performance from 2017its native 24/96 PCM broadcast sound is a notch lower than the best-recorded titles in SFS Media's series of Davies Symphony Hall broadcasts as our "Recording of the Month"? Because, as the centennial of the birth of Leonard Bernstein (19181990) draws to a close, this new recording of his eight Arias and Barcarolles from conductor Michael Tilson Thomaswhom Bernstein asked to play piano alongside him when the original version of the cycle, for four voices and piano four-hands, premiered in New York City in 1988is definitive and essential listening.
Jared Sacks to Talk in Manhattan Saturday Afternoon
Sacks will walk listeners through some of his multiaward-winning Channel Classics DSD recordings as well as some of the most popular and noteworthy DSD tracks from other labels. From Analog Tape Transfers Direct-to-DSD by the team at 2xHD-Mastering, to the unedited/unprocessed one-take DSD256 recordings from labels such as Eudora Records and Just Listen Records. Samples in DSD are available for Free at the Native DSD Music Store.