From Jim Bird
Schumann & Saint-Saëns Cello Concertos • Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations; Antonio Menses, Royal Northern Sinfonia
Excellent Brazilian Cellist. I especially like the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto.
Portrait; Samara Joy
One of my favorite new Jazz vocalists.
Jethro Tull; The String Quartets; Jethro Tull
If you love Tull and are also a classical music fan this album is for you. Very well recorded. Ian Anderson was totally involved with this project and plays on the album.
From Steve Schaffer
From Antenor A de Carvalho
An Die Musik- Schubert Lieder; Elly Ameling and Dalton Baldwin
Excellent throughout, and the first track (A Die Musik) is a beautiful reflection on the existence of music. Philips 1982
Steven Wilson; To the Bone. Caroline International 2017
Well, it is Steven Wilson, also known from Porcupine Tree. Well recorded/mixed/mastered. There is a 16/44.1 version, but this album was also released in Blu-ray with higher resolution and 2.0 and 5.1 mixes , and double LP. Recommended tracks: Pariah, Refuge, Song of the unborn.
Grace Mahya - Last Recording at DUG - Sony BMG 2007 SACD
One of the best live recording is a small jazz trio I have heard, ultra clean and textured. The singer’s voice is wonderfully rendered. It’s mostly close miked, but the ambience was well captured.
Recommended tracks: Kiss of Life, Moonlight in Vermont, Comin’ Home Baby, The Way We Were.
From Janet Mountjoy
For Opera lovers or those wanting to explore this genre, Janet provided an extensive selection of videos exploring her favorite type of music.
Lakme, The Bell Song, Lily Pons, Coloratura Soprano
Skip to minute 2:56 and minute 4:52 for examples of coloratura singing
From Qua Veda
Classical - Mendelssohn "Paulus" oratorio Opus 36. part 2 No.25 Chor "Wie lieblich sind die Boten" https://open.qobuz.com/track/791417
Contemporary, Male vocal - Benjamin Clementine At Least for Now, "Nemesis". theme used for AppleTV 'The Morning Show' https://open.qobuz.com/track/31142082
Bonus track - Jacob Collier - wild sounds ! "Clarity" from Djesse Vol. 3 album
https://open.qobuz.com/track/98439202
CLARITY - Jacob Collier [OFFICIAL AUDIO]
From Bernie Heeder
Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops on a Limited Edition Direct to Disc Recording. Peter Tchaikovsky - Capriccio Italien, Opus 45 and Rimsky Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol, Opus 34. Recorded Boston Symphony Hall. Crystal Clear Records CCS-7003. (John Curl Console Design).
Dance Music from the Time of Praetorius - Archiv Produktion: 198-166. (Everything on this disk is in German) Collegium Terpsichore Conductor: Fritz Neumeyer A wonderful recorded and performed early music disk.
Pleasures of the Court: Angel S-36851 - The Early Music Concert of London & The Morley Consort - Directed by-David Munrow. Festive Dance Music from the times of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. This disk is a lot of fun and a very good recording, for the time.
Sammy Davis, JR. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays. DCC Compact Classics: DJZ-627. This is a great remastered disk by Steve Hoffman in 1999 from the original recording 1966 on Reprise LP RS-6236. Everything is so natural, great on electrostatic speakers. The music selection is perfect.
A CD for the Holiday. Praetorius Mass for Christmas Morning. Archiv Produktion: 4390250-2 - Conductor - Paul McCreesh - Gabrieli Consort & Players, with large choir and pipe organ. Recorded Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark. This a very large production, very well recorded with wonderful soloists and choir. This is a Lutheran Mass for Christmas Morning.