Thanks, Joe! Sounds like I can focus on other areas of my wish list first. And agree again on the "Time Out" 45rpm.
Cheers,
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Ray, Speakers Corner reissued the Cole Porter Songbook a few years ago in a 2-LP set. It's still available from the usual mail order sources. . |
Whoa! Just finished listening to William Alwyn's "Miss Julie" and I need to go do something else for a while. For those who don't know this piece, its a 2-act opera with just 4 performers, based on a play about class/love/lust, and the tragic intersection of the these for a young woman. Powerful performances by the cast (Jill Gomez as Miss Julie) and very direct sparse music by Alwyn. The excellent engineering by Kenneth Wilkinson brings all the musical drama forcefully into the room. Lyrita SRCS 121/2. Sheesh... Last night it was Martinu's "The Epic of Gilgamesh" (Supraphon 112 1808) and all of the drama of that work. I think I'm gonna switch to Suppe. . . |
Madman Across The Water -Sir John on Toshiba DJM Japan ...(This one would be the only competition for Hoffman's DCC I've heard) Thelonious Monk -Plays Duke Ellinton on Riverside/Milestone Jp (Nice engineering by Rudy Van Gelder, The man!) Thelonious Monk -Thelonious Himself on Riverside/Milestone Jp Thelonious Monk Quartet -Misterioso on Riverside Jp Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two -At The Blackhawk on Riverside Jp Thelonious Monk Quartet -In Action, Live at the Five Spot Cafe NY on Riverside Jp |
Prokfiev - Romeo & Juliet (complete) Maazel/Cleveland/Decca LP Ellington - Jazz at the Plaza. I'm curious if anyone else is familiar with this astonishing series released by Columbia in the mid-70's. Apparently these were performances for Columbia record execs back in 1956 at some kind of small party. I've got another of the series, Miles Davis Vol.I with the identical cover art, and the sonics, as with the Ellington are superlative. What other LPs are in this series?? -Richard |
Raytheprinter, Thanks, so am I. Just got the bug for the Monk and after playing each album we just wanted to hear more. So I dug another one out. It became a late night listen. These are in beautiful shape for their age, someone took great care of them. I picked every one of them up second hand some years ago for cheap. It never ceases to amaze me how emotionally satisfying and compelling good vinyl is. Cheers! |
Hi all. Tonight I am listening to Roy Etzel "The Silence" (Il Silenzio), It's A Beautiful Day "Marrying Maiden", and Billy Vaughn "The Shifting Whispering Sands". Yes, Rushton, when I lived in Seattle I would occasionally watch the Mariners while the TV was on mute and listen to my music drinking Perrier water. (drink of choice at the time). I loved it. Sandra |
Tonight I've been listening to various alternative pressings of some duplicate recordings in my collection: time to help some find a new home... Mahler, Symphony No. 3 - Horenstein/LSO, Unicorn RHS 302/3 (my all time favorite performance and recording of this work! The Nonesuch pressing is very good, but the original Unicorn pressing is simply better: cleaner, more transparent, more dynamic. Object lesson in record cleaning here: when I first listened I thought I preferred the Nonesuch. Then I remembered the Unicorn had been cleaned with an old home-brew cleaning fluid of distilled water and isopropyl. So, did a quick Disc Doctor fluid cleaning and listened again. BIG difference! Once "properly" cleaned, it became completely apparent which pressing was better.) Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) - Kertesz/LSO, Decca SXL 2289 (SpeakersCorner reissue, King SuperAnalogue reissue, London early pressing, Decca Jubilee -- it's been a lot of Dvorak tonight... The Decca Jubilee was a real contender, btw. I'm always impressed with how well re-mastered were the budget reissue Jubilees.) Playing now... Donovan's Greatest Hits (Epic). Coming up... Neil Young's Zuma Sandra, no tv, but will a laptop and internet connection qualify? :^) . |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K.525 on King Records Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -Concerto For Flute And Orchestra in C Major, K 299 -Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 on King Records J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto in E major- Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G on EMI Happy Birthday Wolfgang! |
Hope everyone is being able to enjoy friends, family and music this weekend. Tonight, my listening partner and I have been enjoying: Mahler: Symphony No. 2 ("Resurrection"), Solti/LSO (with Heather Harper and Helen Watts), London CSA 2217 Martinu: Nonet | Trio in F, Dartington Ensemble, Hyperion A66084 Frank Martin: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Ansermet/OSR, London CS 6241 . |
Rushton,Im waiting on a "mint"copy of Cole Porter Songbook,Verve MGV4001 2,that i got on an ebay action for 4.50 i was the only bidder,,hopefully sounds good!RFsayles,i just got a Prestige Original Jazz Classics "Thelonious Monk,Sonny Rollins"that sounds very good!Stiltskin ,,any idea when your arms going to be delivered? |
Ray, it can still happen... when everyone else is sleeping (or whatever) one can still find a deal on ebay. Nice snag on the Cole Porter Songbook. I'm happy for you on the Monk find as well. Happy Listening! Tonight I got together with the local Royal Oak HiFi group, it was a small turn out and we just listened to a lot of great vinyl, and some new equipment. Very nice! |
Bartok: 44 Duos for Two Violins, Wilkomirska -vn, Szucs -vn, Hungaraton LPX 11320 Kodaly: BIS LP 172 ...Sonata for Cello & Piano, Lavotha -vc, Aberg -pf ...Duo for Violin & Viola, Lavotha -vc, Sparf -vn Kodaly: BIS LP 25 ...Sonata for Solo Cello, Helmerson -vc (a marvelous cellist) Handel, Messiah 'Highlights', Barbirolli/RPO, Vickers, Tozzi, Vyvyan, RCA CRL2 0192 (a fun alternative version with superb soloists) . |
A lovely wet day here, and this evening we've heard thus far: "Lute of the Renaissance", Kecskes -lute, Harmonia Mundi HMU 766 "Italian Music for Lute, Baroque Guitar and Harpsichord", Hubscher -lute, Gross -hpd, Klimo Open Window OW 003 (from a great, but sadly limited, series of baroque music recordings by the German audio manufacturer Klimo) Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges | Scythian Suite, Dorati/LSO, Mercury SR 90006 (Classic Records 45 rpm reissue) Next up: Malcom Arnold's "Duo to Two Cellos" courtesy of members of the Nash Ensemble on Hyerion A66171. . |
Stuck at work today, but unwinding tonight with: Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington "Recording Together for The First Time" (Roulette SR52074) Classic Records 200g reissue. And what a wonderful reissue this one is! Satchmo's voice is locked dead center with Ellington's piano on the left. Quiet surfaces and a lot of fun to listen to. Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler "The Best Of...Private Investigations (Mercury Records 987576-7) Fairly new LP release. Curious effort this one. When I ordered it, based largly on the track listing, I thought I would be getting a remaster compilation pressed on heavy vinyl. These tunes are remixed, different presentation/performances of some of their most familar work. No judgement, as I want to give it more time to get my ears used to it. Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade" Maazel/Cleveland (London CS7098) Nice performance of this warhorse. Not quite the sonic fireworks of the RCA/Reiner/Chicago. Tchaikowsky "Symphony No.6 in B Minor, Op.74 (Audio Fidelity FCS 50,002) One of those "Oh wow, an Audio Fidelity for 2.00 here in this junk store" moments. Record cleaner has not really been able to salvage this one. Too much surface noise getting in the way of the performance. |
Clifton Chenier! Boogie 'n' zydeco and Boogaloosa Boogie- It's almost 1 a.m. and this dude won't let me go to bed. Los Lobos/ A Time To Dance- this is the EP which put them on the map for all those who had never heard of them. Of course, if your from East LA, like yours truly, you heard these dudes at Belvedere and Garfield, Montelbello Park, Joey's wedding, at the CYO... BB King/ Best of- On The Thrill is Gone drums truly sound like they are in my room. |
...Not all of us here in Detroit are at the super bowl... After a day at the closing of the Claudel & Rodin exhibit "Fateful Encounter" in the DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts, tonight we're listening to: The Dave Bailey Sextet -One Foot in the Gutter on Epic (Grab this one while you still can. It's a great performance, and a beautifully dynamic recording.) followed up by -2 feet in the Gutter on Epic (also) Miles Davis -Kind of Blue on Columbia/Classic Records Gene Ammons -Blue Gene on Prestige Ben Webster -meets Oscar Peterson on Verve Records Blue Michell -Blue's Moods on Riverside/AP 45's Life is anything but blue tonight! |
2-06-2006 Montepilot I just acquired my first set of tube monoblock amplifiers from Israel Bloom at Coincident and a Manley Shrimp linestage. It is all beautifully sitting in place like someone all dressed up with nowhere to go. I am still waiting for some long enough inteconnect I ordered to finalize the connections. So for now it all sits in silence. Until the interconnect arrives my stack of vinyl is anxiously waiting in the wings for me to relish and hopefully contribute to these threads. This entire segment has been thoroughly enjoyable reading. I send my warmest regards to all of you. Fellow audiophile, montepilot |
Montepilot, I look forward to your contributions once you're up and running! Foster (R_F_Sayles), your comments about the Claudel/Rodin exhibition caused me to go look at the DIA web site. That was one we'd have enjoyed seeing, too! Now you've got me thinking about a visit to the Rodin Museum here in Philadelphia... Regards, |
montepilot, 2-07-2006 Thanks Rushton, I have enjoyed all of your postings. I am now on the hunt for the Tallis Scholars performance of the Allegri Miserere and the Bach Peasant and Coffee Cantatas you have written about. After some intense internet searching I have come up with zilch. Anyway the cables arrived today. After a proper burn-in period of the new equipment I will be ready for some serious auditioning. I am currently using a VPI basic scout with no upgrades and have followed slipknot1's upgrading strategy on his VPI with great interest. I may wish to tap into some of his experience later as I seek to improve my phono performance. Kind regards to all, |
Montepilot, The Tallis Scholars performance of the Allegri Miserere is not particularly rare and I see it show up from time to time. You might consider monitoring the monthly fixed price sale lists from Mikrokosmos and Ars Nova. And thanks for your kind comments about my posts. . |
montepilot, Looking forward to you joining the fray. It's always nice to have another vinyl enthusiast along. IÂm driving Coincident Total Eclipses (with tubes) and employ Israel BlumeÂs ICÂs and TRS speaker cables with great success. No less than two hundred hours of break in were needed though. Ouch! Rushton, That was my only regret in visiting your splendid hometown to see a Paul Cézanne exhibit in 1996. I spotted, but then didn't have time to see the Rodin Museum and do it justice. Hey, I haven't heard comment from you on the result of the amp stands the two of you were auditioning some weeks back. Did they prove out, are they keepers? Happy Listening! |
Hi Foster, the Walker Audio amps stands are indeed keepers! Inserting Valid Points under the butcher block in lieu of the sorbothane improved the already good results yet another material degree. Lloyd had offered the sorbothane as a lower cost option, but Ann insisted that we should listen to the full component stand as Lloyd intended it to be. She was right, it was better. I never cease to be amazed at how EVERYTHING makes a difference and how much the details matter. . |
Rickie Lee Jones -POP POP! on Geffen/Alto analogue Yo La Tengo -I Can Hear The Heart Beating as One. on Matador Van Morrison -His Band and Street Choir. on WB Burbank Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man. on Epic Chet Atkins' -Workshop. on Living Stereo RCA Victor The Velvet Underground -Loaded. on (gray marbled)Cotillion Elvis Costello -King of America. on Columbia ...and on it goes with an eclectic mix of mostly older pop. Happy Listening! |
Enjoying 14" of fluffy white snow today with a fire in the woodstove and, on the turntable, we have: Richard Strauss "Eine Alpensinfonie" von Karajan/Berliner (Deutsche Grammophon DG 2532 015) Dire Straits "Love Over Gold" (Warner 23728-1) Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" (Sire 25186-1) Not sure what's up next though. Olympic coverage on the tube may coax me out of the listening room. |
"Dances Anciennes de Hongrie & Transylvanie", Clemencic Consort, Harmonia Mundi HM 1003 "Harmonia Mundi Sampler" Harmonia Mundi HM 0015 - bite sized tastes of some of the best... Bach, Cantata: Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV2 Bach, Cantata: Wie schon leuchtet der Morenstern, BWV1 ...Harnoncourt/ConMWien, Telefunken SKW 1/1-2 Bach "Goldberg Variations" Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord, Deutsch Harmonia Mundi 065 99710 . |
Prokofiev "Love For Three Oranges Suite" (Mercury SR-90006) Thanks Rush! Wynton Marsalis "Hot House Flowers" (Columbia FC 39530) Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson "Very Tall" (Verve V-8429) Original pressing with quite a few ticks and pops, but the music shines through Mozart "Symphony No.41 in C Major, K.551 "Jupiter"" Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt/London SO (Mercury SR-990184) |