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| How far down the Furtwangler rabbit hole did you go? Furtwangler's live 1944 Beethoven Ninth, for all its technical defects, is probably one of the most gripping performances of any music ever recorded. His wartime Bruckner Ninth is devastating. If you haven't heard these performances, you should.... | |
| Another MC402 Question I've owned an MC402 for close to two decades now, and it has performed flawlessly. I purchased it new; final choice was between the MC402, which outclassed every other SS amp I tried (Classe, Bryston, Rotel, etc.) and a VTL. Honestly, the VTL so... | |
| High quality CDs As someone who listens to classical about 80% of the time, favors physical media (CDs), and is married to a well-known classical musician, I will second the recommendations of Reference Recordings, MDG, & Pentatone as companies that produce ge... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Tuning in to the zeitgeist, for about the last month I've been listening to a lot of Shostakovich, particularly the symphonies. Listening to, for example, the Eleventh Symphony, you can imagine Russian troops in action. Or you could just turn on... | |
| Anybody here listen to Mahler? I, too, didn’t appreciate Mahler right away; it took time. Now, he’s one of my favorite composers. No recording beats a live Mahler performance, but I own 50-60 CD recordings of his symphonies, and his work really benefits from a good audio system... | |
| Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption Very pertinent to those among us who continually feel the urge to change equipment, rather than enjoy what they have: "For the possessor who does not know how to make use of the free time which his possessions could purchase him will always conti... | |
| Why do all Mahler recordings seem too bright? @mgrif104, in response to your request for Mahler recording recommendations in your post, I'd like to suggest Ivan Fischer & the Budapest Festival Orchestra's recording of Mahler's 2d Symphony on Channel Classics SACD. A first-rate performanc... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I'll chime in and report my love for the music of Philip Glass. He is a great composer. While his earlier works -- such as the operas Akhnaten and Satyagraha -- are perhaps his best-known, and I enjoy them, I particularly love later works, such ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Muti is a wonderful musician. I heard him twice in recent years live at Carnegie Hall with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and both concerts were remarkable. On record, his Prokofiev is especially terrific. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Twoleftears, thank you for linking to the Spectator piece by Pace. While it's an overstatement to say that "the culture wars are killing Western classical music," as the Spectator article's heading proclaims, that's not really what this opinion p... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? Why do people -- i.e., audiophiles -- "hate" or dislike McIntosh? It's an interesting question. I gave it some thought and came up with three reasons:1. McIntosh is, by repute, the brand for doctors and lawyers -- i.e., presumably well-to-do pe... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I am listening to Annie Fischer's complete Beethoven piano sonatas (Hungaroton CDs). If you prefer your Beethoven piano full-bodied and fiery -- as I do -- rather than cool and classically restrained, Fischer has to be a top choice. | |
| Your experience/thought on best sounding SACD/CD Player for 1,500 or less Earlier this year, I posted a query similar to yours re: a disc player in the same price range. (Search under my user name to see it.) After reading the helpful replies of other forum members, I ended up purchasing (without audition) a Denon DCD... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Schubert, I agree with you re: Kleiber's Brahms 4th. A great performance. Kleiber's Beethoven 5 and 7 are also among the greatest classical recordings. And there is a live Kleiber Beethoven 4 that is equally great -- the 4th is an under appreci... | |
| Who will soon be going to a live concert? Mglik, you're absolutely right. I too would love to go to concerts again, to museums, to the theater, etc. But thanks to the refusal of a substantial portion of the populace to obtain, without charge, vaccines that are safe and largely effective... |