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[Boulanger: Psalm 130 'Du fond de l'abîme']

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Symphonic Addict - Today at 02:42:06 PM

Boulanger: Psalm 130 'Du fond de l'abîme'

Extraordinary piece.

#2

The Diner / Re: The Cat Thread

Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 02:39:13 PM

This story made me smile:  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-new-declaration-in-mexico-gives-19-cats-roaming-the-presidential-palace-food-and-care-fur-ever/ar-BB1lciGY

#3

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Box Blather

Last post by Mapman - Today at 02:01:58 PM

The wonderful Festetics Haydn quartet box seems to already be unavailable. How did they let it go out of print so quickly? I'm really glad I bought it while it was still available.

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Strings-Haydn-Festetics-Quartet/dp/B09WQBJK3T/

(Unavailable on Presto and JPC too)

[Bruckner]

#4

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Linz - Today at 01:33:56 PM

Bruckner Pange Lingua, Philipp von Steinaecker, Musica Saeculorum

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Todd - Today at 01:32:20 PM

#6

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: New Releases

Last post by Todd - Today at 01:31:34 PM

Not Hurwitz? He seems to get the characteristics of orchestrations fairly accurate.

He would count among the ten LvB fans.

#7

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Harry - Today at 01:27:49 PM

Malcolm Williamson: Symphony No.1 'Elevamini':

Malcolm Williamson: Symphony No.1 'Elevamini':

Such fine music.

#8

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: How/Why Did You Choose You...

Last post by Atriod - Today at 01:15:49 PM

I had no idea what to call myself when signing up, and the first thing that came to mind as something I liked was 'Io', one of Jupiter's moons that I've always found rather striking. From that came Iota, which as the Greek letter representing the sound 'i' seemed to fit, as it was 'I' would be doing the posting, and finally I liked the feeling of insignificance it implied.
So to answer the question, it was the best I could come up with at the time. 

I like this answer. If I was independently wealthy I would have went into astrophysics. When I first starting ripping my collection in 2004 I started naming the folders that EAC points to after Jupiter's moons. I think that is roughly a dozen different moon names from the various PCs over the years. 

A log from what I was listening to earlier:

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Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016

EAC extraction logfile from 13. May 2020, 11:58

Claudio Arrau / Beethoven, Schumann, Schoenberg BBC Legends (BBCL 4162-2)

Used drive  : HL-DT-STDVDRAM GT33N   Adapter: 1  ID: 0

Read mode               : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache      : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction                      : 103
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks   : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations       : Yes
Used interface                              : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling                                : Appended to previous track

Used output format              : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate                : 128 kBit/s
Quality                         : High
Add ID3 tag                     : No
Command line compressor         : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "ALBUM ARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "COMMENT=EAC Secure Mode, Test & Copy, AccurateRip, FLAC -8" %source%


TOC of the extracted CD

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        1  |  0:00.00 |  5:44.15 |         0    |    25814  
        2  |  5:44.15 |  2:08.48 |     25815    |    35462  
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        4  | 11:22.65 |  5:42.18 |     51215    |    76882  
        5  | 17:05.08 | 14:22.07 |     76883    |   141539  
        6  | 31:27.15 |  7:07.58 |    141540    |   173622  
        7  | 38:34.73 | 11:39.65 |    173623    |   226112  
        8  | 50:14.63 |  3:53.69 |    226113    |   243656  
        9  | 54:08.57 |  7:42.07 |    243657    |   278313  
       10  | 61:50.64 |  2:15.11 |    278314    |   288449  


Track  1

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     Peak level 90.8 %
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     Test CRC 1774731A
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     Accurately ripped (confidence 7)  [AA519B3D]  (AR v2)
     Copy OK

Track  2

     Filename C:\Aitne\02 - Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 1- II. Allegro molto e vivace.wav

     Peak level 80.2 %
     Extraction speed 1.3 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 9309E652
     Copy CRC 9309E652
     Accurately ripped (confidence 7)  [CD213260]  (AR v2)
     Copy OK

Track  3

     Filename C:\Aitne\03 - Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 1- III. Adagio con espressione.wav

     Peak level 66.3 %
     Extraction speed 1.5 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC F76D4EBA
     Copy CRC F76D4EBA
     Accurately ripped (confidence 7)  [09DEDE9D]  (AR v2)
     Copy OK

Track  4

     Filename C:\Aitne\04 - Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 1- IV. Allegro vivace.wav

     Peak level 99.9 %
     Extraction speed 1.7 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 63D1F128
     Copy CRC 63D1F128
     Accurately ripped (confidence 7)  [79C52794]  (AR v2)
     Copy OK

Track  5

     Filename C:\Aitne\05 - Robert Schumann - Fantasy in C major, op. 17- I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen - Adagio.wav

     Pre-gap length  0:00:04.63

     Peak level 90.7 %
     Extraction speed 2.2 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 5AC80FBA
     Copy CRC 5AC80FBA
     Accurately ripped (confidence 8)  [60182C32]  (AR v2)
     Copy OK

Track  6

     Filename C:\Aitne\06 - Robert Schumann - Fantasy in C major, op. 17- II. Mäßig. Durchaus energisch - Etwas langsamer - Viel bewegter.wav

     Peak level 97.6 %
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     Track quality 100.0 %
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     Accurately ripped (confidence 8)  [72455D70]  (AR v2)
     Copy OK

Track  7

     Filename C:\Aitne\07 - Robert Schumann - Fantasy in C major, op. 17- III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten-Etwas bewegter.wav

     Peak level 81.7 %
     Extraction speed 2.5 X
     Track quality 99.9 %
     Test CRC 6516636A
     Copy CRC 6516636A
     Accurately ripped (confidence 8)  [860093F7]  (AR v2)
     Copy OK

Track  8

     Filename C:\Aitne\08 - Arnold Schönberg - Drei Klavierstücke, op. 11- I. Mäßige.wav

     Pre-gap length  0:00:02.43

     Peak level 72.3 %
     Extraction speed 2.5 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 551A5DF5
     Copy CRC 551A5DF5
     Accurately ripped (confidence 8)  [8CC2C097]  (AR v2)
     Copy OK

Track  9

     Filename C:\Aitne\09 - Arnold Schönberg - Drei Klavierstücke, op. 11- II. Mäßige.wav

     Pre-gap length  0:00:03.17

     Peak level 84.1 %
     Extraction speed 2.8 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC E2ADE59A
     Copy CRC E2ADE59A
     Accurately ripped (confidence 7)  [456248E3]  (AR v2)
     Copy OK

Track 10

     Filename C:\Aitne\10 - Arnold Schönberg - Drei Klavierstücke, op. 11- III. Bewegte.wav

     Pre-gap length  0:00:03.59

     Peak level 95.9 %
     Extraction speed 2.0 X
     Track quality 99.9 %
     Test CRC 860E1D08
     Copy CRC 860E1D08
     Accurately ripped (confidence 8)  [0FC52F34]  (AR v2)
     Copy OK


All tracks accurately ripped

No errors occurred

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#9

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: How/Why Did You Choose You...

Last post by Atriod - Today at 01:11:31 PM

Maybe he wouldn't want to give it away.   

You've got one half of it. The other half's hint is that aside from a Beethoven symphony it was one of my earliest classical music memories. I really won't say anymore as this hint narrows it down a bit too much 

#10

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: New Releases

Last post by Atriod - Today at 01:07:11 PM

If ten Beethoven fans, or Jan Swafford, report that this set is the bomb, I will consider listening.  Anything less will not suffice.

Not Hurwitz? He seems to get the characteristics of orchestrations fairly accurate.