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| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Loydelee, I like the Paavo Jarvi cycle but I am biased because I saw him for ten seasons with our orchestra in Cincinnati. Nevertheless, his interpretations make sense, for example the opening four note motive of the 5th is taken with enthusiasm v... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Loydelee, have you seen the Furtwangler box set from Audite. Here's the website; http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=220926I also have the Paavo Jarvi cycle on CD. They were released on vinyl also. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman, much of what you said is consistent with comments that I've made. For the most part concerning a clear explanation of music in order to support a preference for a particular work and/or artist. Another suggestion that I made and I'll reph... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jazzcourier, so you believe that your speaking on behalf of everyone else? | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jazzcourier, you're apparently resentful about my having mentioned that I would opt to describe particular works by Paul Bley by using an aesthetic and theoretical vocabulary. This is common practice by the way in all music programs beyond grade s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I'm not here to argue but I am adding commentary. A lot of these comparisons are ambiguous as most comparisons are prone to be. I have always believed it to be most constructive to talk about music in terms of things like harmony, counterpoint, ar... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I said Soho, I should have said Chelsea. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman, I'd certainly consider Wayne Krantz to be one of the 'hipper' players, so maybe he lives in Soho but I don't consider him as un-deserving of his popularity. Yes, popularity doesn't account for musicianship, artistry or technique but it do... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Certainly, and If I were to say that I appreciated everything in the classical raisonne, I'd either be an idiot or a liar. One thing that I do sympathize with is opposition to this notion that anything can be great, or creative or easily labeled a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok2id, there's still a lot of great music being made but there needs to be a willingness and an open mindedness in order to invest in it. Jazz is more of an art form than most other popular styles of music and so it takes a little work but it's w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Music has to change, art has to change. It wouldn't make any sense for someone today to write like Haydn or maybe less so, like Art Tatum. Uri Caine seems interesting to me now. It's rewarding to listen to musicians playing Stan Kenton, Mozart, Bi... | |
| Wish List of LPs to be re-released Geoffkait, I have not heard the 'Sticky Fingers' Mo Fi release. It could be that someone else could do a better job, possibly a Japanese remaster?The Mo Fi reference was a generality. What I can say about the current Rolling Stones catalogue howev... | |
| Wish List of LPs to be re-released Given the overall quality of the Rolling Stones remasters, I'd like to see them re-done by someone like Mobile Fidelity. Included among these would be a copy of 'Between the Buttons' Decca UK, re-remastered from the original mono master tapes and ... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD K330, if you look at the release dates, one is from 1994 and the other is from 2010. Essentially this means that the earlier set is the original release and is currently out of print. The two should however sound the same as it doesn't appear as i... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies - best perf + sonics on CD Hi Lloydelee,I find the Penguin Guide to be a bit conservative though it is consistent. Do you remember the Schwann Catalogue for classical recordings? I really liked that catalogue and I was nearly devastated when it stopped publication because I... |