Listen to Audio Samples in SURROUND-SOUND!

Again a word of caution: these samples are compressed versions of the original 6-channel surround-sound recording taken with uncompressed 24bit resolution and 96kHz sampling frequency. They cannot demonstrate the breathtaking realism and superb quality of the DVD-Audio recording! Hovever they give a very good impression of the "real thing"!

New audio formats have recently been created to multiplex and compress multichannel sound files in an effective way. You can now listen to Surround Sound in the Internet, either by downloading or by streaming. However, there are still not many good net sources for classical music in surround sound. So I decided to add some recording highlights to this site. You need a high-definition multichannel sound-card (either an internal or external device will do) and suitable "home-cinema" or high-fidelity hardware. There is no dominant universal standard format (again the same old problem), but fortunately you just need to adapt your player software. Apart from DVD-Audio (MLP-Format: Meridian Lossless Packaging 6-Channels at 24Bit 96kHz), I have encoded in the following formats:

- Windows Media Audio 9 Professional (WMA9 Audio Codec used in *.wma files): these files can be played by the newer versions of the WINDOWS-MEDIA PLAYER and in the highly recommended free WINAMP PLAYER (or the Platinum Version). With a suitable component from Microsoft you can even use the QUICKTIME PLAYER.

There is even a "lossless" 6-channel multiplex wave format (Wav-Extensible). As these files tend to be quite large - comparable to DVD-Audio - they are less suitable for the Internet.

- MP3-Suround (new *.mp3 files): use either the free WINAMP or the free MP3-SURROUND PLAYER (for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux).

- aacProfessional (aacPlus) (*.aac files): use WINAMP or REAL PLAYER 10.

All of these Codecs come in different "flavors", i.e. the producer can - to some extent - choose the compression factors or bitrates to find a good compromise between size and quality.

Listen to my recordings in SURROUND-SOUND:

Click the symbols below. If you are using WINAMP, just drag-and-drop a symbol to the WINAMP main window or several symbols to the WINAMP playlist to arrange your personal concert. No need to download the big files before listening. Lay back, close your eyes and relax. If you are not using a multichannel soundsystem, the samples will play in stereo.

 

Composer Work + Link to DVD-A WMA SURROUND AAC SURROUND MP3 SURROUND
H. Berlioz
click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 7.4MB
*click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 4.8MB

 
L. Bernstein 192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 7.4MB click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 4.6MB  
L. Bernstein click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 7.0MB *click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 5.0MB  
G. Bizet click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 8.5MB *click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 4.8MB  
A. Borodin click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 12.3MB *click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 4.8MB  
J. Brahms click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 6.0MB *click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 4.6MB  
J. Brahms click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 5.5MB click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 4.5MB  
J. Brahms click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 1.9MB click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 1.6MB  
C. Debussy click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 13.5MB *click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 5.2MB  
G. Gershwin click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 8.5MB *click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 4.6MB  
M. Glinka click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 6.8MB *click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 5.2MB  
A. Guilmant      
W. A. Mozart      
Z. Kodály Dances from Galanta (part) - Orchestra click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 11.8MB *click or drag-and-drop to the playlistclick or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 4.8MB  
H. C. Lumbye click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 3.7MB click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 3.1MB  
A. Petrov click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 6.8MB click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 5.7MB  
S. Prokofiev

click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 2.7MB

 click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 2.3MB  
S. Rachmaninov click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 20.6MB *click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 4.7MB  
M. Ravel click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 16.4MB *click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 4.6MB  
D. Scarlatti

Sonata K. 159 - Organ

 click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 3.0MB click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 2.5MB  
D. Scarlatti click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 6.3MB click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 4.5MB  
D. Scarlatti click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 6.0MB click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 4.8MB  
P. Tchaikovsky click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 6.0MB click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 5.0MB click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 44.1kHz 6.0MB
P. Tchaikovsky click or drag-and-drop to the playlist192kbps 24Bit/96kHz 13.3MB *click or drag-and-drop to the playlist160kbps 48kHz 4.7MB  
C.-M. Widor      

* these samples don't play to the end

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