classical music source

I like classical on CDs due to the wide selection and for the most part, classical record labels have high standards for quality recordings and CD mastering.

Todays remastering technology has given old classical recordings new life, some having outstanding sonics.
Also when a CD is out of print, it's easy to find a used copy.

As Ptss points out, some thought and tweaks are needed in order to achieve high SQ from a CDP dedicated to classical music reproduction.

I am with most on this thread and depend on CDs for most of my classical listening. I have not have good luck with classical on vinyl. My ayon CD player does a great job. I prefer jazz on vinyl.

With some classical labels, such as 1970's DG, original vinyl issues were pretty poor in terms of sound quality, but the label took advantage of the opportunity to remaster for digital and put out some pretty decent reissues. Other labels, such as EMI, are all over the map in terms of sound quality; some reissues of their great sounding vinyl releases sound like crap, while certain other reissues sound pretty good.

Certain reissue labels, such as Brilliant, make it easy to build a comprehensive collection of a particular composer's works (e.g., the massive complete works of J.S. Bach); one of my favorite Brilliant collections is the complete string quartets of Villa-Lobos (something I probably would not have even looked at, except that Brilliant put together a very cheap and easy to acquire collection). CD's have been such a boon to collectors of both older material as reissues, and to collectors of newer releases (It is far cheaper to make CDs and digital downloads than to press records; given how poorly classical sells these days, almost nothing could be economically released if vinyl were the only medium available).

Larryi-great to mention Brilliant! With them and Naxos lies grea
treasures.

I'm with jedinite - LP's/analogue all the way i.e. for serious listening.

I have some previously enjoyed albums and some excellent new pressings from various labels.

I also enjoy streaming classical from my iMac - much more convenient.

But there's just something about analogue :-)