Invito all'Opera - Kabaivanska/Ciofi/Remigio
"Invito all'Opera" (Invitation to Opera) Cilea, Donizetti, Mascagni, Puccini, Rossini, Verdi
Raina Kabaivanska
Patrizia Ciofi
Carmela Remigio
Camerata Strumentale di Santa Cecilia
Leone Magiera (conductor)
Fonè 006 SACD
Gaby Cole: Just For A While
"Just For A While" Heyward, Gershwin, Rose, Harburg, Arlen, Ellington, Hart, Rodgers, Marvell, etc.
Gaby Cole (vocal)
Marco Pezzenati (percussion)
Flotow: Alessandro Stradella - Callegari
Flotow: Alessandro Stradella
Stefano Costa
Andrei Antonov
Ekaterina Morozova
Frantisek Zahradnicek
Declan Kelly
Wexford Festival Opera Chorus
National Philharmonic Orchestra of Belarus
Daniele Callegari (conductor)
Fonè 022 2SACD
Massenet: Sapho - Tingaud
Massenet: Sapho
Giuseppina Piunti
Brandon Jovanovich
Agata Bienkowska
Massimiliano Gagliardo
Ermonela Jaho
Luca Salsi
Angel Pazos
Wexford Festival Opera Chorus
National Philharmonic Orchestra of Belarus
Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor)
Fonè 023 2SACD
Dvorak: The Jakobin - Voloschuk
Dvorak: The Jakobin
Valentin Pivovarov
Markus Werba
Alessandro Grato
Tatiana Monogarova
Mirco Palazzi
Mariana Panova
Michal Lehotsky
Alasdair Elliott
Wexford Festival Opera Chorus
National Philharmonic Orchestra of Belarus
Alexandre Voloschuk (conductor)
Daniel and the Lions - Renz
Daniel and the Lions (Ludus Danielis)
New York’s Ensemble for Early Music
Frederick Renz (conductor)
Fonè 016 SACD
Francesco Cavalli: Musiche sacre concertate
Francesco Cavalli: Musiche sacre concertate (Venezia 1650)
S. Pozzer
S. Cavalli
V. Di Donato
G. Comeaux
Accademia di Musica Antica
Ensemble Vocale e Strumentale di Rovereto
R. Vettori (conductor)
Fonè 031 SACD
Mozart: Piano Music - Charles Rosen
Mozart: Sonata in A minor K 310, Sonata in A K 331/300i, Sonata in D K 576, Rondo in A minor K 511, 2 pieces K 399/385i, Gigue K 574
Charles Rosen (piano)
La Primavera d'amore - Zuchetto, Brient, Khoudir
"La Primavera d'amore , I trovatori XII-XIII sec" Raimon de Miraval, Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, Peire de la Cavarana, Guilhem Figueira, Bernart de Ventadorn, Guilhem de Peiteus, Albert Marques de Malaspina, Anonymous
Gérard Zuchetto
Patrice Brient
Jacques Khoudir
Fonè 9822 SACD
Bach, Paganini, Massenet - Uto Ughi
J. S. Bach: Violin Concerto BWV 1041, Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 4, Massenet: Thais-Meditation, J. C. Bach: Sinfonia Op. 3, No. 1
Uto Ughi (violin)
I Filarmonici di Roma
Brian Smith: Rendezvous
"Rendezvous"
Brian Smith (tenor and soprano saxophone)
Phil Broadhurst (piano)
Andy Brown, Billy Kristian (bass)
Frank Gibson (drums)
Quartetto d’Archi della Scala
Verdi: Rigoletto (arr. Melchiori), String Quartet in E minor
Quartetto d’Archi della Scala
Fonè 062 SACD
Serenata Italíana - I Musici
Bossi: Intermezzi Goldoniani Op. 127, Respighi: Antiche Danze ed Arie per liuto Terza Suite per archi, Rota: Concerto per archi, Puccini: Crisantemi
I Musici
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni - Accardo
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons), Concerto in D minor for two violins, strings and continuo RV 514, Concerto in B flat major for violin, cello and continuo RV 547
Laura Manzini (harpsichord)
Orchestra da Camera Italiana
Salvatore Accardo (violin, conductor)
Fonè 065 SACD
Kate McGarry: Easy to Love
"Easy to Love"
Kate McGarry (vocals)
Paul Kreibich (drums)
Karen Hammack (piano)
Eric von Essen (bass)
Stravinsky: The Complete Published Piano Works - Giacomo Franci
Stravinsky: Scherzo, Piano Sonata in F sharp minor, Four Etudes, Trois Mouvement de Petrouchka, Souvenir d'une marche boche, Valse, Polka, Valse pour les enfants, Rag time, Piano rag-music, Fragment, Les cinq doigts, Sonate, Serenade in A, Tango, Circus Polka, Chorus from the Prologue to "Boris ... more
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4 - Accardo
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 in B major K.207, Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major K.211, Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K.218, Rondeau in C major K.373
Salvatore Accardo (violin, conductor)
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Indeed but discs must have a relevant bar-code and have been sold on Amazon at some time in the past. More obscure SACD labels such as Esoteric and Fone cannot be entered onto their system so the enquirer must resort to e-Bay
Their promo for the LP reissue says "pure analogue recording", but it could be a stupid copy/paste job from their other LP releases.
http://www.fone.it/shop/shop.php?action=mostraScheda&cID=1&pID=133&language=it
Caveat Emptor!
Only once before have I succeeded in buying a Fone disc and was delighted with it. This is the second - it may very well be the last!
Naively, I assumed all Fone discs were new recordings in DSD... until now.
This is a re-master of a 1990 recording that was quite evidently recorded in 44/16 Red Book and frankly this re-mastering
It is a long time since I looked but I recall their postage charges to be ridiculously high. Some titles from Fone are available at jpc but it seems not this one.
The answer to your question may be that it is nigh impossible to get hold of this label anywhere. Once, several years ago I tracked down a display stand of Fone SACDs at a UK Hi Fi show but never seen them since, consequently my collection boasts just that one disc.
I was surprised to find this disc still without comment. I found the following information on the Foné site in a PDF of the liner notes:
This is a 60th anniversary event for i Musici.
RECORDING DETAILS:
Recorded at: Volterra, Teatro Persio Flacco
Recording date: March 2011
Recorded by: Giulio Cesare Ricci
Music assistant Alessandro
Here is another great unusual SACD [t=4130] Fonè licensed these recordings from ViTaL which was the record label of famous tube equipment manufacturer VTL (Vacuum Tube Logic).
These were all recorded in Manley's VITAL studio in Chino, California, a space designed specifically for "purist recording techniques only." The room is 40 feet by 30 feet
If you can still get hold of it, I very strongly recommend "Primus ex Apostolis" on Fone. It's the only SACD I know that actually makes you feel as if you were there (then). You can literally see the candles, smell the incense and feel the spirit.
Well apart from the fact that I haven't sampled all the offerings this year these standout for their contribution to the SACD portfolio and the quality of their recordings, nonetheless the best jazz and improvisational music is not actually being released in the SACD format at all, the vast majority of it is in RBCD or tiny amounts of PCM
At first I thought I wouldn't post - why bring up trash? (Look at the 50 or so "Not Recommended" in my library and two thirds are there at least partially for bad sound!) But then as I read the other posts, I realized it was pretty interesting.
I agree with the Gergiev Rimsky comments; his two Philips Tchaikovsky Symphonies are pretty bad too!
That may be true but that probably reflects the inventory available. Audiophile downloads is still in its infancy. However if you look at HD Tracks for example best seller list today, 23 out of 25 of these downloads are in a high resolution format, indicating a preference for these files, but also that in some cases this is the only place to find
For information, this SACD is in fact a reissue of a few tracks each from the two volumes of "Violins of Cremona" (fone 003 and 030) also listed on this site. Volume 1 is now quite hard to get, but there still seem to be plenty of vendors listing Vol.2. The full track listings for each can be found on Fone's site following the link from this site -
I did actually attend a performance of The Jacobin at an Edinburgh Festival performance while teaching a Festival Music Course some years ago. Performances are vanishingly rare these days, but the opera is full of glorious Dvorak lyricism, and the students enjoyed it greatly. You have prompted me to re-explore the Foné recording, from which I
Yes Tom.
I knew your geography (and History) would be up to it but there are others.!
It seems we will be getting the grand tour and the opportunity to buy the theatre seats, literally.!
http://www.teatrosancarlo.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=206:vendita-poltrone&catid=35:avvisi&Itemid=82&lang=en
It also seems very much
I have tried SACDs from these record labels:
2L
A&M Records
A-Records
ABKCO
Alba Records
Albany
Alia Vox
Alpha
Analogue Productions
Archiv Produktion
Artegra
Arts Music
ATMA Classique
Audio Fidelity
Audio-B
Audioquest Music
Audite
Barsuk
BIS
Blue Coast Records
Blue Note
BMG (Hong Kong)
Bona Nova
Brilliant Classics
BSO Classics
Cala
I don't understand why Telarc is the only "Cream of the Crop" (highest recommendation) company on her blog. Labels like PentaTone, Fone, FIM and others are on the same level (IMO).
I have reviewed several of the Fonè sacds and they also kindly sent me their Silver Anniversary sampler, which contains a track by Accardo playing the Bach D minor Partita. Engineer Ricci mostly uses old Neumann valve mics, three of them on a single point stand (nearly all of their recordings are Stereo only - and a number of them are available as
Sincerely I don't speak about, anyway his wife was doubtful about SACD and future Fonè SACD projects but this information isn't official. I'm wait next project
:-(
Hi,
Just some informations about this recording.
Today I speak with Giulio Cesare Ricci at Milano Hi-end 2009 exibition.
Musici sign contract with Fonè after many years with Philips and this is the first project. This recordin was made 22-25 October 2008 in Ortona Teatro Comunale Francesco Paolo Tosti with Neumann U47-U48-M49 microphones for DSD
This is the third time I've "crunched the numbers" provided by SA-CD.NET (thanks as always). You can see my previous postings at http://sa-cd.net/showthread/27548/27548/y#27548 and http://sa-cd.net/showthread/24873/24966/y#24966.
With three data points per label I can do a few more things with the numbers. First, here is information on the MOST
A few years ago (about 6 years) someone in the music distribution business told me Fone was always on the edge of disappearing - signs of this included, according to my source, taking the money up front but failing to ship the order for months. But that was some time ago and Fone has been around consistently at least until now.
According to Fone's site, about a quarter of their SA-CDs are now out of print (I assume this is what "Non disponibile" means). Most of the rest are still available from linked vendors here. The remainder you can probably pick up from specialty retailers like Acoustic Sounds etc. Distribution for Fone was always somewhat spotty. Jenufa was pulled
Has the label folded or just lost its distribution? Amazon and so on list titles as being unavailable. The Fone web site is there and works. Not that we have had any new titles for some time. A recording of Jenufa conducted by Jurowski was announced but has yet to appear. Issue 56 of Hi-Fi plus is an interview with Salvatore Accardo and has a
All the data I was looking for. I was hoping for a sorted / descending list, so... a few Excel formulas later, and we get:
SACD Releases by label (11/21/07)
Telarc (158)
Columbia (142)
Exton (136)
PentaTone Classics (128)
Membran (112)
Capriccio (97)
Sony Classical (90)
BIS (85)
Channel Classics (80)
Linn Records (76)
Chesky (69)
The PentaTone SACD of Fischer's unaccompanied Bach has beautiful violin sound.
The Fone SACDs I have of Accardo eg the Brahms violin sonatas, and the 'homage to Kreisler' are analogue tape recordings with valve microphones, converted to DSD without any PCM processing. These have very truthful violin sound, with the slight harshness due to Accardo's
Thanks Brenda, I am all too literally lost without you. And you're right (and I'm wrong): the so-called Linn/Mackerras is Brilliant/Matt! I was going to mention the Galánta/Music for ... Celesta, also playing this last week [Please edit my/our post above]. I'll have to leave infallibility to Ratzinger. It was a rough week, compounded by a touch of
A post from Beagle, copied over to this thread.
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The purpose of this thread is to give first impressions of new arrivals -- but I am going to also mention some older purchases which are STILL getting played, months and years later.
NEW
Another 2 discs by Luiza Borac arrived today. Like the Schubert/Liszt disc,
I *think* I've got the right Recent Listening thread this time...
The purpose of this thread is to give first impressions of new arrivals -- but I am going to also mention some older purchases which are STILL getting played, months and years later.
NEW
Another 2 discs by Luiza Borac arrived today. Like the Schubert/Liszt disc, they are SUPER!
4 new SACD from Fonè http://www.fone.it/en/catal.asp?Vin=0
1 new SACD from Velut Luna http://www.ludomentis.it/shop/index.php?module=pncommerce&func=itemview&KID=115833588982.56.2.155&IID=157
ciao
Corrado
The reason there isn't more opera is that the majors have virtually gven up recording opera in the studio and are not issuing SACDs anyway.
The Nozzi di Figaro conducted by Jacobs is on Harmonia Mundi and very good it is too, both performance and recording. Have a look at the Chandos and Fone catalogues. Bluebeard's Castle is on Philips and
I’m not a musician or academical critic but I’m a Vivaldi and Handel enthusiast. I love particularly the chamber recordings because they can reproduce the notes easily and the musicians can fit in my listening room behind the speakers. I was very exiting when I see on sa-cd.net this record on the first place of top recommendation among classical
Just for all those who are placing orders via a UK company, the distributor for the labels listed below went into administration today and so these orders cannot be fulfilled at present. The distributor in question is Codaex, who I think also have operations in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France.
(The) Callas Edition, ABC Classics,
dear tom, like Ken, I don't share your views on the orchestral music, which I love, but am glad the chamber music is gradually winning you over. Some good SACDs out there, - one nucaleena lent me of the Clarinet Quintet and Trio on opus3 is especially lovely, and a pure DSD m/c recording to boot. There are a couple of SACDs of the three violin
dear tom, like Ken, I don't share your views on the orchestral music, which I love, but am glad the chamber music is gradually winning you over. Some good SACDs out there, - one nucaleena lent me of the Clarinet Quintet and Trio on opus3 is especially lovely, and a pure DSD m/c recording to boot. There are a couple of SACDs of the three violin
Hi LC,
Sorry about the mis-classification. I was using the term loosely contrasting them to the wind version...
Thanks for the tip concerning the fone edition.
-Karl
As an Early Music aficionado, I must protest at the lumping together of these performances under the heading "traditional." The BSO and to a lesser extent the MCO recordings are Romantic/modern instrument versions, which, though certainly common throughout the 20th century, it seems odd to call "traditional."
Don't know much more about the Fone
Thanks Nick,
I added this to my wish list, along with the Delos, Fone, and Telarc versions. Most likely I will buy the CPO version no matter what, since being based on winds, it will be a different experience than the others. So then I will just need to decide which traditional version to choose from out
I've been holding off on a Four Seasons on SA-CD, actually. There are a few I'd definitely like to hear but I don't know one to recommend. The one on Fone looks promising. I like the Manze/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra version on CD. Red Priest has a wild take on it, too.
Good idea, some of my favorites are:
Accardo/Manzini
I violini di Cremona,Omaggio a Kreisler
fone-003-SACD
Ashkenazy/Philhamonia Orchestra
Tchaikovsky-Sym no.5/Romeo and Juliet
Exton-OVGY-00008
Isaac Stern/The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
Tchaikovsky/Mendelssohn,Violin concerto
Sony SS-6062
Czech Phil Orch/Ashkenazy
Dvorak-Sym no.9;
I just realised I've topped the 120 mark now (125) and thought I'd update my "best list" and check to see whether I'd kept to my 5% limit for Rosettes. I had, and listed below are my six Rosette titles, plus, allowing myself the next 10% of my SACDs, a list of my "top 12" five-star discs.
The six Rosettes (IMHO) are
Bach, J.S. Art of
Stephen,
love the list game! I agree totally about the marvellous Fischer Dvorak disc and the RVW 4th and the Florestan trio recording (am going to hear them live this month, - can't wait).
Haven't heard the SACDs of the Kovacevich and the Perahia but love their redbook incarnations. Heard the Brendel redbook when it was first released and was
Jamie, you gave 5 stars for sound to the 16/Tallis, which I haven't heard yet but say that otherwise none of your 60 would get 5 stars for sound due to unconvincing soundstage (amongst other things). Please let me recommend a few which might change your mind, - the Fone disc "Primo est apostolis" for choral/sacred/early music, the Opus3 Brahms
