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| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Lowrider, I have the Giulini/VPO Brahms you mentioned. It is wonderful. I also agree on the price for the Japanese imports, although I may pull the trigger on the Kempe/Strauss reissues when they are available. No one can touch Kempe on Strauss im... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Tostadosunidos, I pulled out my old 1983 4th/7th pairing. It was not excessively bright on my ModWright Sony and not really unpleasant to listen to. But, my assessment remains fundamentally unchanged. This was disappointing, artistically, and of c... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Lowrider, Thank you thank you thank you! Your link got me (eventually) to the sacd remasters of the 63 Karajan LvB, which I bought in a small fragment of a New York minute. Woohoo, this is fun. Shall we do Brahms next? | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Lowrider, I don't own any HvK CD's from the 60's cycle. I had the vinyl back in the day. By the time the 80's rolled around, I was moving away from vinyl and the HvK's were so worn you could see through them. I am thinking about buying whatever I ... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Tostadosunidos, I will attempt to listen to the 4th and 7th tonight. Not only did I find the recording quality objectionable, I thought von Karajan fell way short of his previous effort. The 7th from the 60's was magical. The 80's version was noth... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Goofyfoot, Its been a long time. My memory is good, but--- I can't swear to any of this. What I remember having heard at the time would be in agreement with your "necessary evil" scenario. What I remember is that once construction of the Berliner ... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD This discussion really brings back the memories Lowrider. As a poor student, I cut my teeth on William Steinberg's Pittsburgh Beethoven set. 9 symphonies, $10. Later when I had a little more money I began to accumulate the von Karajan set from the... | |
| AXPONA anyone? I'm thinking about going Saturday only. No firm plans yet, but thinking very seriously. | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Lowrider, What happened at DG is hard to understand. DG made terrific recordings then suddenly forgot what music sounded like. The JCK is by all accounts a terrific recording venue. I have a recent recording by Angela Hewitt recorded there and it ... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Rok2id,The OP was looking for top notch recordings with good performances. For me, the analog DG recordings of the Berliner made in the Jesus Christus Kirche were good, but when they changed the recording venue and went to digital recordings forge... | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- I have a friend that dreamed he turned into a rather large 300b tube. He, my friends, is an audiophile. | |
| Replacement for Maggie's? Harri, So glad to hear this all ended well for you, though of course this never really ends. Now, when you decide to go with the 3.7's, you can begin negotiations with, "Honey, they are the same size as the 3.7's." Enjoy! | |
| Anton Dvorak Symphonie NR.5 9 E-MOLL OP.95 Haven't heard this recording, but many of von Karajan's recordings from the 60's with the Berliner were recorded in the Berlin Jesus Christus Kirche. There were so many very good recordings from that era in that venue. Too bad most of the DG recor... | |
| Coincident Linestage vs CJ CT5 or Allnic L-3000 Charles1dad, Obviously I think and hope that it will be a good match with my current system. I will know in about a week and a half. As far as the ModWright OPPO 105, I have pretty much decided that is in my future. I was going to send my modwrigh... | |
| Best classical SACDs out there Benjamin Britten Les illuminations, variations on a theme by Frank Bridge, serenade for tennor, horn and strings. Just stunning beauty. The Linn recording of the scottish ensemble.Tschaikowsky Manfred Symphony Kitajenko and Gurzenich Orchester Kol... |