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A couple of new releases up at Audite, both available as 5.1 downloads (no sign of a physical release?). One also shows atmos files for download at a pretty modest price (11.50 euro), unclear which atmos format exactly
12 channel, 24/48 WAV. Have not played it but I assume it is 7.1.4
 
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A couple of new releases up at Audite, both available as 5.1 downloads (no sign of a physical release?). One also shows atmos files for download at a pretty modest price (11.50 euro), unclear which atmos format exactly
https://audite.de/en/product/CD/97814-sparks_of_spirit.html

and a preview at apple music
12 channel, 24/48 WAV. Have not played it but I assume it is 7.1.4
After some delays with the download, it seems to be a 7.14 wav files with center, LFE, and rear surrounds that are silent (channels 3, 4, 7, and 8). A center channel always seems to me like a terrible thing to waste.
 
Another glorious interpretation of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez on the Erato Label [hybrid Stereo SACD] performed by young French guitarist Thibaut Garcia with the Orchestre National Du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by British conductor Ben Glassberg.

Also included are four solo pieces by Regino Sáinz de la Maza, the guitarist who gave the premiere of the Concierto de Aranjuez in 1940, Alexander Tansman's Musique de Cour and Robert De Visée's Suite in A Minor


CD Thibaut Garcia: Aranjuez - CD - Thibaut Garcia | knizniklub.cz






https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/WPCS-13848

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=thibault garcia aranjuez you tube&mid=7A273933784B5C8989327A273933784B5C898932&ajaxhist=0
 
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Michael Gordon, "8": coming out mid-April on Cantaloupe Music.

This is tragic. "The eight cellists of Cello Octet Amsterdam are positioned in a circle, and the passages they play travel around the circle in both directions, call-and-response style. If you're in the middle of the circle, you can hear the dimensionality and perspective of the sound clearly. When listening closely to the recording, you can hear the bass notes traveling in space independently of the melody line."

Made for surround, right? But when I inquired, the label told me that regrettably, they couldn't afford a 5.1 mix. I love Gordon's music, and I'll get it anyway. But damn...


Again: Michael Gordon is one of my favorite contemporary composers. So many of his works--not just 8, but also The Unchanging Sea, Natural History, Decasia, his opera The Carbon Copy Building with cartoonist Ben Katchor--would lend themselves to imaginative surround mixes. Starting Sunday, April 14th, he and the group Mantra Percussion will be exploring the resonant & immersive qualities of several public spaces in New York City, in a series of free performances of 8. Lucky New Yorkers! Here's a preview article by Joshua Barone from Friday's Times ("gift" version, good for 30 days, for those stymied by the paywall). Great photos!
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/arts/music/michael-gordon-timber-resonant-spaces.html
 
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