jim204
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| Classical Music for Aficionados @jcazador Jeremy I have just noticed your post about Fleisher. My sympathies he was a first rate pianist who overcame a mountain of injuries. I will never forget a Ravel Concerto for the left hand on Radio 3 and it must hav... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @squeek_king_77 My 2 Bach go to recordings would be (and this would be no surprise to my friends here) The Goldberg Variations with Dershavina playing as I think she really does get into the bones of the piece. Also included in that selection woul... | |
| Bach - Goldberg Variations you favourite @mahgister Regarding Olaffson I hope you get to listen to at least a couple of Goldberg recordings from him before that time comes.Regards , Jim. | |
| Bach - Goldberg Variations you favourite @mahgister What an eloquent thread you have just written and I am with you a hundred percent. Without doubt he was certainly the greatest composer by a wide margin. Beethoven was one of the first pre romantic composers to give his pupils the 4... | |
| Help with DAC choice.... I always hate being the first to answer a new thread but here goes , i would go with a PS Audio Senior DAC as i did a little while ago. You say that you don't listen to much classical but if truth be told that is all I listen to . My friend on the... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I really do not know how I would have survived my childhood without Bach in my life. As I am now reaching my seventh decade I have to say that Bach is my anchor and I couldn't go through a day without listening to something of his and to bolster m... | |
| Bach - Goldberg Variations you favourite I have no objection in speaking about Chopin's Nocturnes and I shall throw my hat in the ring and say my favourite's are Arrau first then Moravec and then Barenboim. I chose Arrau because of his piano tone which can be orgiastic at times and I jus... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @rvpiano Wow RV that's going to keep you busy during lockdown. I wish you well to enjoy them. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @schubert Len, have you heard Olaffson's new recording of Debussy and Rameau ? It's a cracker, he has one of the most perfect techniques I have heard and he honed it immersed in Bach and I would love to hear him play the Goldberg's I bet he... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Yes Jeremy you are missing one that I really like , Nikolay Demidenko .It is on the Hyperion Label in an arrangement by Busoni. | |
| Abyss 1266 Phi tc I use Sennheiser HD800 phones and used to think they were the cats pajamas but when I got a loan of a pair of the 1266's I was totally blown away. It was like the detail from SR009s and then some. Can't afford them though so I'll just have to keep... | |
| Bach - Goldberg Variations you favourite I think Rana’s account is all encompassing for someone so young. She is certainly going to be one of the greats of this century. If so inclined try her Ravel Miroirs, it is stunning. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Oh Glorious John. !!! | |
| Bach - Goldberg Variations you favourite Getting off to a great start and some I have never heard but are food for thought. I had completely forgotten about Perahia but as great as the interpretation is the recording of the piano has some equalisation problems that grate with me. The p... | |
| Bach - Goldberg Variations you favourite @chayro Funny you should mention Zenph as that is the version of the 55 Gould that I always listen to. It is so great to hear a stunning Goldberg's without tape hiss and uneven equalisation and a wonderful piano. The only thing I hate about Gou... |