In Reply to: Percussion Music Recommendations posted by Dave Billinge on March 28, 2007 at 03:32:59:
I can heartily recommend a 24/96 DAD (not DVD-A) recording (you said 'hi-rez', not SACD!) on the ARTS label entitled 'Percussion XX', with music by Henze, Cage, Taira, and others. The realism and dynamics are staggering. You need to have a DVD player capable of playing the hi-rez stereo audio tracks, of course.Another excellent contemporary/avant garde percussion disc (on SACD this time) is 'East Meets West' with Les Percussions de Strasbourg on PentaTone in their RQR series. The recordings are from the early 70's and sound very good.
For percussion of a completely different sort, 'Tiny Island' on an Opus 3 SACD sounds superb, and the music is interesting.
BTW, I had the recent Kroumata 'Encores' SACD, and while the sound was terrific, I couldn't stand the music (most of it in the shmaltzy-pops vein), and sold it.
Hope this helps!
Russell
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