Josef Haydn - "Seven Last Words Of Christ, Op.51" Amadeus Quartet (Westminster XWN 18055)
J.S. Bach - "Orchestral Suites" Linde-Consort (EMI/Angel SB-3943)
J.S. Bach - "Orchestral Suites" Linde-Consort (EMI/Angel SB-3943)
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This Evening: Mahler - "Symphony No. 1" Solti/London Symphony Orchestra Glinka - "Kamarinskya Fantasy" "A Life For The Czar" Ansermet/L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Borodin - "In The Steppes Of Central Asia" Ansermet/L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Chopin-Douglas - "Les Sylphides" von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic |
Rock and Roll night at our house: Creedence Clearwater Revivial - "Cosmo's Factory" Classic Records 180g reissue Mark Knofler - Soundtrack from "Local Hero" Joni Mitchell - "Blue" Crosby Stills Nash and Young - "Deja Vu" 200g reissue Crosby Stills and Nash - "CSN" 200g reissue Santana - "Santana" 180g reissue and original pressing |
Tonight "The Reiner Sound" - Fritz Reiner/Chicago Symphony RCA LSC 2183 (Classic reissue): Ravel - "Rapsodie Espagnole", "Pavan For A Dead Princess" Rachmaninoff - "Isle Of The Dead" Grofe - "Grand Canyon Suite" Morton Gould and his Orchestra RCA LSC 2433 (Late pressing) Stravinsky - "Rite of Spring" Maazel/Cleveland Orchestra Telarc DG-10054 |
Rush, I don't own a copy of the original Merc pressing, but have heard one in good condition a few times. I will say that the reissue is pretty faithful to the original in sound, maybe a tad brighter, with the double basses sounding a little more recessed. What can I say about Janis' reading of this piece? He is a brilliant performer, and all his emotive playing comes to the fore here. From the trills, to running the keyboard. An excellent outing from what I hope will be many more reissues from the Living Presence series. |
Last night, Rachmaninoff - "Isle of the Dead" Reiner/CSO (RCA LSC2183 Classic Records reissue) Enescu - "Sonata No. 3 in Rumanian Folkstyle" Able/Steinberg (Wilson Audiophile W-8315) Rachmaninoff - "Piano Concerto No. 3" Janis/Dorati/LSO (Mercury SR90283 Speakers Corner reissue) Listed these before, but they are familar to me as I am trying out a pair of Synergistic Research Signature 10X speaker cables. Also 1 CD: Dead Can Dance "Into the Labyrinth" |
Wellll- The surface of the reissue is quieter, no doubt due in part to the fact that my original is a little beat up. Dynamics and soundstage are still there though. I'd say we have another winner reissue. I'm prejudice though as I love the performance. I feel the Sheffield/Leinsdorf/LA direct-to-disc recording still has the edge with respect to swings in dynamics and impact. But, the Mercury wins hands down for emotion and performance. |
Prokofieff - "Lieutenant Kije" Reiner/Chicago (Chesky RC10, the spelling of Prokofiev is Chesky's, not mine) Bill Evans Trio - "Moonbeams" (Riverside 9428 180g Classic Records reissue) A couple of CD's as well: Dead Can Dance - "Toward The Within" (4AD 9 45769-2) Cantus - "...Against The Dying Of The Light" (Cantus Recordings CTS-1202) |
I'm baaaack! Thanks to fellow 'GoNer Rushton, we were able to get a temporary fix on my Scoutmaster (Denon cart.) in order to start spinning vinyl again. My retailer is working with me to remedy what turns out to be a new Dynavector 17D delivered with a broken (read missing) stylus. No wonder we couldn't get it to track ;) Anyway - let's get this thread moving forward again: Gary Burton/Chick Corea - "Crystal Silence" (ECM 1024 ST) Bill Evans - "New Jazz Conceptions" (Riverside 12-223) Steely Dan - "Gaucho" (MCA-6102) |
Tonight: Handel-Harty "Water Music Suite" Dorati/LSO (Mercury SR90158) Wonderful reading by Dorati, excellent recording by Robert Fine and Wilma Cozart. Beethoven "Sonata in G Major for Piano and Violin" David Abel/Julie Steinberg (Wilson Audiophile W-8315) Leo Kottke "6 and 12 String Guitar" (Takoma C-1024) Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue" (Columbia CS8163/Classic Records 45 rpm reissue) |
Robm321, Every time I listen to his recordings, I keep wondering how he gets so much going on with only two hands. Those Takoma recordings are done so well, you can hear fingers on the fretboard, Leo shifting in his chair, just great! And the bonus is like you said: they can be had for 1-3 dollars each. |
I am very pleased with the results I am getting from this temporary Denon cart! it is quite musical. It allows me to hear just how good the new turntable is. After only a few LP's, I can say that it is blacker, quieter and has really dropped the noise floor over the Scout. The music leaps out at you from the silence. It's so quiet that I don't realize how high the gain is as the lead-in grooves are so silent - then, boom... Who would have thought an old medium output DL300 still had so much life left? I shudder to think what a new upper end cartridge is going to do. |
Rush, If you don't my chiming in here, I really enjoy Bob Marley and the Wailers "Rastaman Vibration" (Island PS 8383) If you like compilation LPs, "Legend: The best of Bob Marley and the Wailers" (Island A1 90169). This one is nice as it contains some of the Wailers' most recognizable songs: "Jamming", Exodus", "Get Up, Stand Up", "No Woman, No Cry", etc. |
Have the day off, everyone is out of the house (even the dogs). So, we have: Art Pepper "Meets The Rhythm Section" (Contemporary S7532) Rhythm Devils (Hart/Kreutzmann) "Rhythm Devils Play River Music" (Passport PB 9844) Emerson, Lake and Palmer "Trilogy" (Atlantic P-10113A) ELP "Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends" (Manticore MC 3-200) Shostakovich "Symphony No. 12 "1917"" (Melodiya/Angel SR-40128) |
Doc Watson "Home Again!" (Vagauard VSD-79239/Cisco reissue) Don't miss this one folks. Incredible, clean, pure recording. Mendelssohn "Mendelssohn in Scotland Symphony No. 3, Fingal's Cave" Maag/LSO (Decca SXL 2246/Speaker's Corner 45 rpm reissue) Another great one. This recording is demonstration quality. |
Today I installed the 1" Cellular shades as called for by Rives Audio http://www.rivesaudio.com They are insulating room darkening shades. So, I played the standard large orchestral warhorses: Mussorgsky "Pictures At An Exhibition" (RCA LSC-2201/Classic Records reissue) Stravinsky "Firebird complete ballet" (Mercury SR90226/Classic Records reissue) Mendelssohn "Symphony No. 3, Fingal's Cave" (Decca SXL 2246/Speaker's Corner 45 rpm reissue Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" (Columbia CS 8163/Classic Records 45 rpm reissue) As good as things have been sounding, the window treatments have taken it to a whole new level. All the residual glare from the 6ft and 10 ft windows is gone compliments of the 1" insulated cellular shades. |
Some friends over today. The feast: Crosby, Stills and Nash - CSN "Helplessly Hoping" Donald Fagan - The Nightfly "Walk Between Raindrops" Allman brothers Band - Fillmore East "You Don't Love Me" Louis Armstrong - Satchmo Plays King Oliver "St. James Infirmary" Eva Cassidy - Songbird "Fields of Gold" Joni Mitchell - Hejira "Coyote" Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth "Yulunga" Patricia Barber - Modern Cool "Constantinople" Stravinsky - "Firebird" Dorati/LSO |
So far Beethoven "Symphony No. 6" Philharmonia/Klemperer (Angel S 35711) Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" (Columbia CS 8163) Classic Records 200g reissue Jennifer Warnes "Famous Blue Raincoat" (Cypress/A&M 0100) Bill Evans Trio "New Jazz Conceptions" (Riverside 12-223) This version of the trio had Teddy Kotick doing the bass duties |
Beta testing Paul Frumkin's 2 stage LP cleaning solutions, so I am going through a variety of older LPs, cleaning them and listening Vivaldi "Four Seasons" von Karajan/Berlin PO (DG 2530 296) Tangerine Dream "Rubycon" (Virgin International VI 2025) Art Pepper "Meets the Rhythm Section" (Contemporary S75532) |
Tonight, Beethoven "String Quartet, Op.131" Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic (DG 2531 077) Surprising recording. Not your basic DG "house sound", but an airy, stirring reading of this melancholy work. Bill Evans "New Jazz Conceptions" (Riverside RLP-223) Santana "Caravanserai" (Columbia KC 31610) Al Stewart "Year Of The Cat" (Janus JXS-7022) |