frogman
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| Classical Music for Aficionados Brahms/Heifetz:Excellent recorded sound, but for me the performance feels rushed, too fast. Heifetz was a fantastic virtuoso, but sometimes sounded as if he used his virtuosity for the sake of showmanship. His earlier recording of this concerto ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hope you don’t mind another suggestion. I wouldn’t approach the test that way at all. Don’t go back and forth between cables after only one song each. You know the sound of your system. Listen with the old cables for AT LEAST one entire record... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados More from Marlboro:https://youtu.be/0SPwPgeN-woNo sweeter tone anywhere:https://youtu.be/SA9UP23apVE | |
| Jazz for aficionados Al Hirt?!!! But, what about those funky glasses? 😊 OK........https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0q2VleZJVElZiXuwHka3uCm94qHZsmaAAnd, of course, from my very first post on this thread, one my favorite trumpet solos in recorded Jazz:https://youtu... | |
| Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov Some very good versions mentioned. For pure passion and abandon befitting the score and its ethnic provenance, nothing beats Valery Gergiev’s rendition with the Kirov Ballet Orchestra on Phillips. Outstanding! | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Thanks for your assessment, Schubert. Good point re Valente vs Elly. I’m very biased toward the Marlboro recording being one of the first Wright recordings I heard many years ago while still in HS. I will post Wright’s Brahms Clarinet sonatas l... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today is a triple birthday celebration. Three of my favorite Jazz artists. Two, well established as two of the greats and one still gaining the deserved recognition. Each, representative of a different era in the music. All three, sadly gone.https... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Wonderful live Larry Coryell, Keegiam. What a player! Thanks. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Thanks for the clip. Lovely voice. More than I can say about the clarinetist; no poetry in his playing and hesitant phrasing. Unfortunately, for me, this makes the overall performance a case of “how am I doing”, but without “how are we doing”. Obv... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Terfel is great, no doubt. I have always liked him. What do you think of Wright? | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados More by the great Harold Wright. One of Schubert’s (the other Schubert ☺️) last works and one of the the most charming chamber works in the literature. IMO, clarinet playing does not get better than this. Soprano Benita Valente is superb. Beautifu... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados A few days ago, in a comment made partially in response to Schubert’s statement that Samuel Barber was the “foremost American composer”, I wrote that I agreed “if in strict keeping with the subject of this thread”. When I wrote that, I had George ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados May seem counter intuitive, but years ago when I would go to audio shows, I would also bring along (to the befuddlement of some) recordings of great music performances with less than great sound instead of records with “audiophile” sound. If THOSE... | |
| Jazz for aficionados What did you end up getting? | |
| Jazz for aficionados Wonderful Larry Young clips, mahgister, thank you. Probably my favorite Jazz organist and certainly the most under recognized. I suppose it was difficult to be in the shadow of the likes of Jimmy Smith, Groove Holmes and others who were traditio... |