Today will be a "listening free-for-all" with frineds coming over to share music. By concensus, because everyone will be familiar with the music, the initial line-up to calibrate everyone's ears to our audio system will be:
...a couple of cuts from Hank Mobley's "Soul Train" (Music Matters 45rpm reissue)
...The "Fields of Gold" cut from Eva Cassidy's "Songbird" album
...The last side Stravinsky's "Firebird" from the 45rpm Mercury reissue by Classic Records for a big symphonic piece
From there, the field will be open. Other candidates we considered for calibrating everyone's ears and our system included: Malcolm Arnold's "English Dances" on Lyrita, Stravinky's "Petrouchka" conducted by Danon on Chesky, Ravel's "Rhapsodie Espagnole" with Reiner on Classic's 45rpm reissue, Starker's Bach solo cello on Mercury, Armstrong's "St. James Infirmary" on Classic Records 45rpm, Ella Fitzgerald's "Mack the Knife" or a duo with Armstrong...
What would you have chosen?
