Jared Sacks visit to SF (Lafayette)

Posted by Chris from Lafayette (A) on March 5, 2013 at 01:16:27

I just wanted to add to what Robert and Ruben said below, and to thank Jared for his wonderful generosity in visiting with us and sharing information about Channel Classics. During the course of the afternoon, we listened to a number of CC recordings, starting with the Ivan Fischer / BFO Mahler 1, which was so impressive in its freedom from congestion of any kind - what a great recording! (I must also say what a good sport Jared was about listening through my Marantz universal player which converts DSD to PCM for Audyssey room correction, etc. - no pure DSD for us yesterday!) I also felt that the spread of the sound was impressive - no gaps in the aural picture.

From there we went to the subtleties of the Ragazze String Quartet playing the second movement of Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" Quartet, which won't be released until next week I believe. The living quality of the sound as it reverberated off the wooden surfaces of the church where it was recorded was fascinating and certainly produced a gratifying warmth in the sound!

We also heard Mahler's "arrangement" of Beethoven's "Serioso" Quartet, Op. 95 for string orchestra (what did Mahler do - add some double bass parts?), which had a splendid depth of sound as performed by the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.

I was particularly interested in the album by the Swedish Radio Choir (the group made so famous by Eric Ericson, who really brought them to the highest level of choral singing) - we listened to a couple of tracks from their Nordic Sounds 2 album. I had never heard the music before, but the singing and and the engineering were phenomenal - their current conductor, Peter Dijkstra, seems to have reinvigorated them and I'm so glad that Channel Classics has them under contract now!

There was also an album of Philip Glass music, played on the harp by Lavinia Meijer. A little of this music can go a long way for me, but I must say that the performance and sonics were simply beautiful.

We also listened to part of Channel Classics' new Britten offering, which includes Les Illuminations, the Serenade, and other works (we listened to parts of the Serenade) played by James Gilchrist (tenor), Jasper de Waal (horn), Amsterdam Sinfonietta and Candida Thompson. De Waal is first horn in the Concertgebouw Orchestra and sounded magnificent in this showpiece for his instrument.

During the course of conversation, Jared mentioned the there are planned new releases with Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra of the Mahler Fifth, the Bruckner Seventh, and (next year) the Mahler Ninth. A complete Mahler series is not planned nowever, although we all suggested that a Mahler Third from Fischer and the BFO would also be very welcome!

In summary, I was once again impressed with what a consistenly state of the art product that Jared puts out, and how concerned he is with the satisfaction of his customers as well as his personal relationship with them - not just with the small group that assembled at my house on Sunday, but with all his customers all over the world. Jared was also very forthcoming as Madeline (my wife) grilled him on the amount of editing that's done on recordings these days - in general with all labels, not just at Channel Classics. (Well, she didn't actually grill him, but he gave us all some interesting things to consider about this topic.) So, thanks to our guests (Robert, Ruben, and Russell), and thanks to Jared for meeting with us and sharing his insights!

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Topic - Jared Sacks visit to SF (Lafayette) - Chris from Lafayette 01:16:27 03/05/13 (25)

SA-CD.net - Robert C. Lang 11:37:07 03/06/13 (13)

RE: SA-CD.net - Botanico92007 16:03:35 03/06/13 (0)

Thanks, Robert - Comments are about what I expected [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 12:57:10 03/06/13 (6)

That's a feisty bunch over there at SA-CD.net... - Ivan303 17:13:49 03/06/13 (5)

RE: That's a feisty bunch over there at SA-CD.net... - Chris from Lafayette 19:25:24 03/06/13 (0)

RE: That's a feisty bunch over there at SA-CD.net... - flyingdutchman 18:31:56 03/06/13 (3)

RE: That's a feisty bunch over there at SA-CD.net... - Ivan303 19:15:44 03/06/13 (2)

RE: That's a feisty bunch over there at SA-CD.net... - flyingdutchman 07:50:37 03/07/13 (1)

Of course he doesn't... - Ivan303 08:49:25 03/07/13 (0)

Interesting but I feel the same way about other chat boards... - Ivan303 11:59:55 03/06/13 (4)

I think that AA's format is just about perfect... - rlw 13:33:37 03/12/13 (0)

100% download? - tailspn 19:30:39 03/06/13 (2)

RE: 100% download? - Ivan303 09:36:06 03/07/13 (0)

Thanks, tailspn - that's my understanding of what he told us too [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 22:14:42 03/06/13 (0)

And thanks, Chris, for hosting! - Russell 00:43:57 03/06/13 (0)

RE: Jared Sacks visit to SF (Lafayette) - Ruben 17:33:34 03/05/13 (0)

RE: Jared Sacks visit to SF (Lafayette) - Robert C. Lang 01:37:11 03/05/13 (8)

RE: Jared Sacks visit to SF (Lafayette) - flyingdutchman 09:20:19 03/06/13 (0)

"the hallmark bickering at SA-CD.net" - Chris from Lafayette 08:45:33 03/05/13 (6)

RE: "the hallmark bickering at SA-CD.net" - flyingdutchman 09:19:31 03/06/13 (3)

Sometimes the bickering makes for fun reading! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 11:08:18 03/06/13 (2)

The thread on sa-cd.net is growing like Topsy nt - srl1 07:25:14 03/07/13 (1)

It's all good.... - Ivan303 08:55:47 03/07/13 (0)

My Team!!! Employment Called, I'm really sorry to have missed the Fun! nt - oldmkvi 11:02:36 03/05/13 (1)

We missed you too! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 13:54:36 03/05/13 (0)

Jared Sacks visit to SF (Lafayette)

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