The complete organ works of Reger on 16 binaural SACDs plus an interview. MAX REGER: The Complete Organ Works [TrackList follows] – Martin Schmeding, at 13 different historic Sauer & Walcker organs, Dom zu Berlin, Wiesbaden & elsewhere – 17 multichannel (binaural stereo channels) SACDs in gold-stamped collectors’ box – Vol. 17 is interview of organist (in German) by Mirjam Wiesemann – TT: 19 hrs., 24:36 + 172-p. colored booklet – (4/12/16) *****: This is a first. Not only does the exceptional package contain all of the astonishingly complex organ works of Max Reger, but in addition to a fine 5.1-channel hi-res SACD layer, plus a standard CD stereo layer (as all hybrid SACDs now have), there is also a two-channel binaural layer of all the works, for listening on a pair of good headphones. Never mind the interview if you don’t understand German. The 3D artificial head recording technique used by Cybele puts the listener (if your hearing fairly closely matches that of the headphones) almost directly on the scene as if we was in front of the organs being heard. A dummy head with sensitive microphones where the ears are is used, and the phase relationships are therefore […]
Adoptions Increase After Shelters Play Classical – The Rescue Animal MP3 Project in North Carolina is one of two shelters, humane societies and rescues across the state which has begun playing classical music in December to help cut the adjustment period for animals. The dogs are much calmer when families come to the shelter. The number of adoptions has nearly quadrupled. A Negative View of Hi-Res Surround for Music – CNET’s AudiophiliacMan Steve Guttenberg has written negative comments before about hi-res surround for music, and on the latest CNET he goes into quad, SACD and DVD-Audio and says they have all failed. Not true. First he says what he calls virtual-reality surround sound has taken off with most new movies, concerts, games and TV shows. Then in the next paragraph he says four speakers are too many for most folks. Well, those with five or 5.1 speakers are enjoying hi-res surround SACDs and the wonderful quad reissues which PentaTone makes. True, DVD-A has practically disappeared, but not totally. The rest of us with a taste for hi-res surround for music only will continue to enjoy it whether on SACD or Audio-only Blu-ray and never mind Steve Guttenberg. He also goes […]
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Gordon has found on his many trips into the wilderness each year to record his sounds that the number of truly quiet places in the country have decreased to the point where there are almost none.
