There are still not many good sources for classical music in surround sound. So I decided to add some recording highlights to this site. 

 

You need a high-definition (24 bit / 96 kHz) multichannel (min. 5.1) sound-card (either an internal or external device) and suitable "home-cinema" or high-fidelity hardware. If this is not the case, samples will still play in 2-channel Stereo but lower quality. As software player you can use e.g. Windows Media Player or VLP Player. 

 

Most music samples including the 40 concerts of my Saas-Fee  Festival recordings of MÚSICA ROMÂNTICA I have re-editet in the FLAC format (Free Lossless Audio Codec) and after that to (compressed - but still in 5.1 surround sound) *.aac.

 

Here I have prepared a GA_Channel-Test_5.1 in 24Bit 48kHz per Channel in aac /advanced audio codec format. So you can test your audio setup. I normally use the ASUS Xonar External USB "soundcard" U7 MKII or the direct analog outputs of my desktop PC.