Tír Na HiFi

fergus wrote:

Ciaran wrote:Schubert's 5th Symphony, O of the 18C, Brüggen: a delightful period instrument performance of a most endearing work.

I have just bought that set tonight. I am looking forward to hearing it.

Did you hear about it in the same place I did, I wonder?

fergus wrote:

I've just got the new René Jacobs Idomeneo: I hope I get on better with that than I did with La Clemenza di Tito!

^^

Well obviously it has to be something that will feed the dCS Scarlatti DAC! Anything else would be a waste of time... so thanks for that suggestion.

Schubert's 5th Symphony, O of the 18C, Brüggen: a delightful period instrument performance of a most endearing work. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513S2scV39L._SS500_.jpg Vivaldi Dixit Dominus (only rediscovered in 2005) performed by Sara Mingardo, Roberta Invernizzi, Paul Agnew, Thomas Cool...

DaveF wrote:

That looks familiar!

How are you getting on with your recently upgraded system?

Hi Ciaran, Welcome back. Any new hifi purchases planned for the coming year? ;-) Hi Dave! Given that, as a public servant, I am being bled white so that the Government can give billions to their chums the bankers and developers, I don't think I can afford any hi-fi purchases. But I've said I couldn...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5131M4S77QL._SL500_AA240_.jpg That's a lovely record, with a fine "Dumky" Trio as well as a gorgeous Cello Concerto. The sound on the SACD is spectacular: what a pity that Harmonia Mundi have abandoned issuing SACDs when they were doing them so well!