Mahler’s Third Symphony and Portico Quartet’s third album now available through Society of Sound
Portico Quartet very graciously agreed to perform at our P3 headphone launch last week and have also agreed to make their eponymous latest album available as a studio-quality download via… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Categories: Music, Society of Sound
Tags: LSO Live, Mahler 3rd Symphony, P3 headphones, Portico Quartet, real world records, Valery Gergiev
Eric Whitacre’s Water Night on Society of Sound in stunning studio-quality
Eric Whitacre’s new album, Water Night, is now available in stunning 24-bit/96kHz studio-quality via Society of Sound. In this exclusive interview, Whitacre discusses how he achieved the incredibly natural sound… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 3 Apr 2012
Categories: Music, New music, Society of Sound
Tags: 24-bit FLAC, audiophile quality, Eric Whitacre, London symphony Orchestra, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, studio-quality., Valery Gergiev, virtual choir, Water Night
Exclusive high-definition film of Gergiev conducting Bolero
Bolero is ‘an orchestral score without music,’ reckoned Ravel. ‘There are no contrasts, and practically no invention except the plan and the manner of execution.’ Such a careful description does… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 8 Feb 2012
Categories: Live music, Music, New music, Society of Sound
Tags: Bolero, Gergiev, high-definition film, LSO, Ravel
Apparatjik offer exclusive 24-bit studio quality version of their album
“the recording of the new apparatjik album started in norway in a big wooden hall surrounded by snow and quite possibly bears.” Apparatjik are making a stunning 24-bit studio-quality version… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 24 Jan 2012
Categories: Music, New music, Society of Sound
Tags: 24-bit studio version, Abbey Road studios, Apparatjik, audiophile recordings, Square peg in a round hole
Exclusive Charlie Winston album on Society of Sound
Two years after the runaway European success of his previous album, Hobo, Charlie Winston’s hugely anticipated follow-up, Running Still, has been released. Society of Sound has an exclusive version with… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 11 Jan 2012
Categories: Music, New music, Society of Sound
Tags: 24-bit FLAC, audiophile albums, Charlie Winston, Hobo, running still
Charlie Winston producer interviewed about new album
Society of Sound members will be able to download an exclusive version of Charlie Winston’s new album, Running Still, next week. In this short film, producer Tony Berg (Peter Gabriel,… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 5 Jan 2012
Categories: Discussing music, Discussing sound quality, Music, New music, Society of Sound
Tags: Charlie Winston, Hobo, running still, tony berg
The Wilderness of Manitoba debut and Bruckner’s 4th on Society of Sound
The most interesting sound on When You Left The Fire, the achingly lush, understated debut from Canadian chamber-folk ensemble The Wilderness of Manitoba, doesn’t come from an instrument at all… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 12 Dec 2011
Categories: Music, New music, Society of Sound
Tags: bernard haitink, Bruckner's 4th Symphony, lossless sound, LSO Live, new folk, The Wilderness of Manitoba, When you left the fire
Guy Garvey and Peter Gabriel in conversation
Peter Gabriel has made an exlusive version of his New Blood album available to Society of Sound members. Continuing on from the orchestration of his previous album, Scratch My Back,… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 10 Oct 2011
Categories: Music, New music, Society of Sound
Tags: Elbow, Guy Garvey, New Blood, Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel exclusive album for Society of Sound members
Available in three stunning high-quality digital formats including 16-bit ALAC (compatible with iTunes) and 24-bit FLAC, Half Blood has been created by Peter Gabriel specifically for Society of Sound members.… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 3 Oct 2011
Categories: Music, New music, Society of Sound
Tags: 24-bit FLAC, Half Blood, high-quality downloads, New Blood, New Blood orchestra, Peter Gabriel

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