Best sonics/music on CD


What are your three best CD's where you would rate the sonics and music a 10?.

1. Michel Camilo: Triangulo, Label Telarc (Jazz)

2. Leopold Stokowski: Rhapsodies, Label Living Stereo (classical)

3. Antonio Vivaldi: La Straganza - Rachel Podger: Arte Dei Suonatori, Label Channel Classics (classical)

All three of these CD's are hard to pull away from and I never tire listening to them.
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Showing 3 responses by jax2

Temptation, Holly Cole
El Cant Del Sibil La, Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall
Le Pas du Chat Noir, Anuoar Brahem

Many more but these are three I never tire of. Howard, are you saying "Sweeter than the Day" is like Le Pas? If so, I'll be looking for it.

Marco
Marco, I love Temptation by Holly Cole, but the recording just doesn't hold up with time: sound wise.Not audiophile level for these ears, but the music reins, no matter.... :)

One word for you my friend: Q-Tips...or is that two words? Jeez Warren, what's not to like about the recording. Fabulous details, great soundstage, wonderful sultry, smoky vocals that are so present it's like Holly is there whispering in your ear. Great interpretations of great music. What more could you ask for? What's lacking for you that takes it out of the realms of "audiophile level" recording? Can you expand on the time factor? Just curious. You've stopped using the CD's as coasters like I told you, haven't you? It took me a bit of elbow grease to get the coffee mug rings from those Patti Smith CD's I bought from you. I was complaining in a thread about Joni Mitchel's classic "Blue" on CD and how bad the sonics were there, and had two or three disagree with me, so I got me some Q-tips now. Joni still doesn't sound that great, but I do love that album regardless.

Marco :-)
Fair enough Warren. I hear you, but don't necessarily have the same experience (obviously)...whatever will be, will be... I tried a few other Holly Cole CD's and could not connect with any of them as I did with this one. Nor did any of the others occur to me as well recorded and creatively 'textured' as the music on Temptation. I wore out my LP of Blue, and that spoiled me for the CD I guess. Bugger all! It's almost enought to get a turntable rig again.

Marco