jgreenwood
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| SACD Player--Finally Most recent DVD-A's have an independent stereo track which is generally (always?) found in a separate "Group" in DVD-A-ese. Switching "Groups" can require hook-up to a TV screen. My Panasonic lets me do it without a television; my Pioneer requires... | |
| Looking for Cello and Guitar Jax2 mentioned Bela Fleck who is the person I thought of.It's certainly not an exact match, but take a look at "Uncommon Ritual" featuring Fleck, Mike Marshall and Edgar Meyer on a range of instruments including guitar, mandolin, banjo and bass (b... | |
| What's the funniest song you ever heard? Forest Lawn - Tom PaxtonAdelaide's Lament (from "Guys and Dolls")Bob Dylan's 115th Dream | |
| Classical music - starting points Rushton - your post captures exactly what I had in mind when I started this thread. There are countless entries into classical music, each right for someone.It seems to me that Baroque music may be under-represented so far. I would guess that most... | |
| "new" Joni Mitchell album In a recent interview (in New York Magazine I believe) Joni said that the songwriting muse had deserted her. She explained that was her reason for the album of standards, but that was a couple of years ago. The interview was within the past two mo... | |
| Best full orchestra recordings? If your system includes SACD, I would definitely try some of the following Living Stereo releases. Mussorgsky - Pictures at an ExhibitionBartok - Concerto for OrchestraRimsky-Korsakov - ScheherezadeOffenbach - Gaite ParisienneGershwin - Rhapsody i... | |
| Any problems with Springsteens DualDisc? It's my first DualDisc and the first "CD" that my Pioneer 47ai cannot play properly.On the other hand my cheapo Panasonic DVD player has not problems with the CD side - haven't tried the other side yet. | |
| Perfect Soundtrack for Stylish Sunday Lunch? Telemann's Tafelmusik. Written to be heard while dining. That's true of a lot of baroque and classical music (e.g wind serenades).Also Modern Jazz Quartet - I've been recommending that to people in my law office as music to work by, and the respon... | |
| High energy dance music recommendations? Gee - I like Spike Milligan, but I can't say he ever got my toes tapping . . . | |
| Famous and favorite recordings Pictures at an Exhibition - Reiner and the CSO (I love the sound of the new SACD)Beethoven Symphonies 5 and 7 - Carlos Kleiber and the VPOBach Two and Three Part Inventions - SchiffSchubert's Trout Quintet and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet - Music fro... | |
| Serenade 13 in G Not Ruined By Starbucks, Please A couple works come to mind:Mozart trio for clarinet viola and piano - nicely paired with the clarinet quintet on a Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord disc.Schubert octet - I have a couple of recordings, but no hands-down favorite.Palestrina Masses? I... | |
| I Need Some "Modern Groove" Jazz Suggestions The 1960's Miles Quintet?Roy Hargrove? | |
| Jazz CD suggestions for evening ambience Modern Jazz Quartet. | |
| who is this hilariously funny orchestra? I thought of The Portsmouth Sinfonia as well. I had their first LP from the 70's and currently have a CD compilation of British comedy which contains several of their more memorable performances including the opening to Zarathustra and an orchestr... | |
| Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Joe Ely, Guy Clark I'll be there tonight. Now I'm really looking forward to it.I don't think anyone mentioned "Walk On" which is definitely one of my favorite Hiatt albums. Also, there is (was?) a two disk compilation on Hippo(?) that covered his entire career throu... |