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Houston_Symphony_Eschenbach_Rite_of_Spring_&_Bergel_L’Ascension
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Rite of Spring
This is my first attempt at downloading digital music and most of the complaints have do do with the format. The recording is of a live performance and has audience noise scattered through the recording. There is also one musical fumble by the woodwind section and Eschenbach's interpretation is more laid back than I care for. My biggest complaint is that the downloaded file is divided into multiple short segments and the 3 players I have tried all have audible weirdness at the segment breaks. I tried Groove Music and Windows media player because they were on my computer. I tried J River at the suggestion of HDTT support. J River is the best but still leaves noticeable gaps or overlaps at the segment transitions. The overlaps result in one segment being chopped at the beginning or end. I have collected vinyl and CD for many years but this is my first excursion into high definition audio so I am not sure what to expect. I bought the 24 bit, 96 kHz PCM FLAC file. I performed in symphonic groups for nearly 30 years and have a pretty good idea how the music should sound.
Description:
Title: Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps & Messiaen L'Ascension ("The Ascension") (Live Recording)
Artist(s): Stravinsky: Christoph Eschenbach & The Houston Symphony Orchestra
Messiaen: Erich Bergel & The Houston Symphony Orchestra
Source used for Transfer: For the Stravinsky omni KM83s across the front of the orchestra
Used for transfer is the original 16 bit master on Betamax converted to analog using a Sony PCM501ES Digital processor feeding a Digital Audio Denmark analog to digital converter and converted to 24/192resolution.
Recorded Live at Jones Hall, Houston, Texas, 1987
For the Messiaen original broadcast mastered on analog 1/2 track tape, 15 ips, with dbx type I encoding (Original analog tape no longer available)
Four microphones were used 2 Neumann KM83s and 2 Neumann KM84s.
Used for transfer is the archive 16 bit backup on Betamax converted to analog using a Sony PCM501ES Digital processor feeding a Digital Audio Denmark analog to digital converter and converted to 24/192 resolution.
Recorded Live at Jones Hall, Houston, Texas, 1987
DISCOUNTED PRICE: 16 BIT DIGITAL MASTER USED
FOR THIS TRANSFER
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