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| Haydn Symphonies Check out a few of the London Symphonies conducted by Szell; I found them worthwhile. For the Paris, Karajan's reading is interesting, to say the least, for it is quite Beethovenish as explained. Never known for works on Haydn (didn't do many eith... | |
| Buidling a Classical Library - MUST HAVES! 1. Chopin piano pieces, Artur Rubinstein (Etudes, Mazurkas by Maurizio Pollini or Nocturnes by Daniel Barenboim for better sound quality) 2. Anything played by Arthur Grumiaux, especially violin sonatas, concertos, etc, of J.S. Bach, Mozart, and B... | |
| Are you Guys Rich or What!? Cornfedboy, I am not sure who you are talking to, but it is safe to assume that I must be one of your audience. It does not take Marxism to talk about morality. Charity is still morally superior to, say, spending extra money on yourself even in ou... | |
| Are you Guys Rich or What!? Kthomas, your point well appreciated. As long as one is living in this society, he may not have moral superiority when it comes to the degree of consumption. But, that does not mean that there is no moral implications however strong or otherwise i... | |
| Are you Guys Rich or What!? There is a moral issue in how much we spend on audio or any consumption although most of people in a capitalist society are standing in the other side of the line. It may be that the issue is metaphysical to the degree that it hardly fits the scop... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list I did not really incorporate the sound aspect into consideration, so I am going to retract my recommendations after rereading the original post. With respect to sound, try Perman and Rostropovich for the Bach pieces, Pierre Boulez for Mahler 9th, ... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list 1. J.S. Bach Unaccompanied Violin Sonantas and Partitas performed by Arthur Grumiaux (though I think overproduced, Itzhak Perlman's may have better texture, sound-wise, and be more liberal emotionally and in interpretation; regardless, a superb re... | |
| Best speaker for rock music Klipsch is a good choice for rock. If you don't like the horn, then check out Paradigm, either Monitor or Reference models depending on your budget and taste. My choice would be Reference 40 (plus a sub from either Rel -- if you can afford it -- o... | |
| 1955-2001 Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups Ben_Cambell, yup, I agree. Trelja, the coupling of The Tragically Hip and Eric Johnson sounds interesting (although I am not too familiar with the Hip). :) By the way, what does Eric Johnson play in live these days? Thanks in advance.... | |
| Best Classical Music Conductor Darn, Gilbert Kaplan.. Nedd to chek speling befor postin. | |
| Best Classical Music Conductor Oops, Gilber Kaplan, not Glebert Kaplan.. | |
| Best Classical Music Conductor An amateur named Glebert Kaplan did the second with LSO in the mid or late 80's. I do not own the recording, so I do not have the booklet that comes with it, to give you more info about the recording. But, I did listen a couple of times in the mus... | |
| Best Classical Music Conductor Since the thread is favorite conductor, may I forego recording quality? Carl Bohm (sorry for the missing umlaut). Try his reading on Beethoven 9th or Bach St. Matthew Passion. Wilhelm Furtwangler and his reading on Bach, Wagner, and Beethoven. Ott... | |
| 1955-2001 Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups Thanks for the info, Bencambell. Doing one's old stuffs is nothing unusual like Blackmore doing Deep Purple songs with Rainbow or Clapton digging Cream, Blind Faith, or Derek and Dominoes stuffs. The same goes with cover tunes. But, taking credit ... | |
| 1955-2001 Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups Shubermaniac, thanks for the interesting info. I am wondering who got the credits for "Dazed and Confused" for the first Zep album. Since I do not have that with me, anybody who does? Was that exactly same in tune and/or lyric? Or, did Zep diddle ... |