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A thank you to Struts for initially posting about this recording and how one can download a 24/96 version from Linn's website. A delicious find!

Elk,

I am delighted you liked it and I agree with all your comments (except that I have to point out that it is 24/88.2, not 24/96). Anyway, pedantry aside in my mind this is a great example of all that is good about "authentic" baroque interpretation.

If anybody has any other recommendations in a similar vein I for one would be delighted to hear them. I can kick off by pointing to the superb Harmonia Mundi series of Handel's operas (Ren

...one track from the Dunedin Messiah available as a FREE high resolution download! Clicky here.

A very nice seasonal gesture, but please BE WARNED, the 'Studio Master' downloads do sound very good indeed. Remember, the first syringe is always free...

Struts,

For a little fun, since you already own the Studio Master, perhaps you could try the 16/44 version of your favorite track and compare.

No, this is not an attempt to expose your cloth ears.

I

RG,

All music in my home (with the exception of that to my study headphone rig) is distributed by my Sonos system which as you know doesn't support Fs > 48 and only supports 44.1 natively*. In order to make sure I can listen to this great music all around the house I therefore routinely make 16/44.1 copies of all high resolution downloads in dbpoweramp.

I haven't yet systematically compared these with their high res originals through the Grace, although now that system is sorted I most certainly will. However what would be really interesting would be to compare one of my 16/44.1 conversions with a Linn 16/44.1 original (both numerically and subjectively) to see just how much distortion dbpoweramp is introducing in the conversion process.

So that's two more projects for my growing pile. What I would like for Christmas (if any of you were wondering) is three extra hours in every day!

* This, by the way, is the background to my interest in a TP (for the bigrig), however lack of native 88.2 support has thus far kept my finger hovering over the trigger.

Wow. It's sounds pretty darn good here at the office so I can't wait to get the DVD-A home. Thank goodness for the T1 line. I'm wishing for a T3 line now in the event these 2.5GB downloads become habitual. (The Trumpet Shall Sound was 151MB by itself). I bought the whole shebang and downloaded enough for a nice audition this weekend. I'll have to finish the download next week.

This is an excellent edition. I've charished my Hogwood/AAM vinyl for years (just listened again last weekend) but this looks like a really wonderful companion.

Thanks for the heads up.

Dave

Dave,

Fasten your lapstrap and be prepared to be blown away. I have just listened thru again this evening in the kitchen and can confidently declare this as my 'disc of the year'. It is truly mesmeric in every sense. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!

Happy listening!