The Classical Download Thread

[stingo]

Quobuz has 10 Harmonia Mundi albums for free just now.

[Klavier]

Quick question for the Qobuz users please:

I have played around with Qobuz since yesterday in three different ways since setting the account:

1 - their Web player as a tab in my Opera browser on the laptop
2 - their android app on my phone
3 - their windows 64-bit app on the laptop as well

I used (1) most of yesterday for the searches and that worked perfectly. Same for (2) today. e.g. If i do a search for "Naive Vivaldi", click "See All Releases", I get a first set of 20-ish results and then go arrow down to load the next page of results and so on.

In (3), the windows app, however, the second page of results does not load up when i scroll down. I am only left with the first 20 results.

Are you or have you experienced anything similar please ?

Thank you.

I haven't had that particular problem with their app. Mine was worse: it kept freezing or would simply shut down on my Windows-based laptop! I eventually switched to Audirvana's software for streaming and hi-res downloads. No problems at all. I understand their new Studio version is not as good, so I'd recommend Audirvana 3+ if they still offer it. Before Audirvana I tried Roon, which worked better than Qobuz's app, but it's rather expensive and doesn't allow users to create playlists, which was a deal breaker for me. I don't know if the current version offers that option or not.

[dhibbard]

OLARI ELTS CONDUCTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜR'S WORK IN PORTUGAL
19.10.2022
Erkki-Sven Tüür's "Mare Lacrimarum" for big band and large ensemble will be performed by Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos and Casa da Música's in-house group Remix Ensemble under the direction of Olari Elts on October 23 at the Casa da Música concert hall in Porto.

The history of the work goes back to 2019, when Olari Elts conducted Tüür's 5th Symphony at the Casa da Música, after which the artistic director of the concert hall, António Jorge Pacheco, expressed an urgent desire for a new work that – like the 5th Symphony – would involve a big band. With a new work, composer had the idea to pay homage to his onetime inspirers – British prog rock bands. "Mare Lacrimarum" ("Sea of Tears") is dedicated to the victims of war crimes committed by the Russian army in Ukraine. The concert program also includes works by Magnus Lindberg, Lotta Wennäkoski and Anders Hillborg.