jim204
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| Any Fans of Brahm’s Violin Concerto, opus77 ? Talking about Gergiev , can anyone make out any of those sill finger movements of his when he is conducting it looks like he is picking food from his plate and flicking it to the orchestra. Way to go Germany !!! | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados jim5559 From where I stand I think Boris should open the gate and let those people come into this country instead of fudging about all over the place. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados He's certainly miles better than the junk we have to put up with today's "composers" and I am not in the least bit apologetic for that comment. | |
| Any Fans of Brahm’s Violin Concerto, opus77 ? Milstein does a stunning Brahms but he is also my favourite in Bach. Julia is a mean player also and I know 5559 has a soft spot for her. Leonidas Kavakos does a soaring Brahms nobly assisted by Riccardo Chailly and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orches... | |
| "Best" 80's HiFi System What I Had back then Ariston RD11s Turntable Syrinx Pickup and and Dynavector Ruby Karat Cartridge. Quad 44 / 405 Amp and pre amp and Stacked Quad 57s. Also had a Revox reel to reel and really loved that thing. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados That truly humbles one. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @jim5559 Yes my friend the ship was on it's way to St. Petersburg filled with new cars but I'm betting that's not all it was filled with. I am really fearful for the people of Ukraine as that swine Putin is mad and bad enough to do anything , an... | |
| Need new headphone setup. Did you mean to say the Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones were the best at their price point !! | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Agree about Barshai you get the feeling of invasion and brutality. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados My two pence, if you have Arrau Moravec and Pires I would say you have all bases covered. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I have just came upon Leonidas Kavakos new recording of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin on Idagio and am very impressed by them. I find him to have a totally original approach to them in that he uses decorations in the repeats which no... | |
| Headphone amp? I would suggest you seriously consider a good Headphone amp for your Sennheisers . I also have HD800s and know they are a difficult load so a plug into the headphone jack of your amp won't do. I have The Luxman P- 750 u and my friend has a Pass La... | |
| Lieder anyone? I agree with you regarding The Four Last Songs in that I love Gundula Janowitz singing them but I also love the great Jessye Norman in them also. I remember one year going to the Usher Hall in Edinburgh for a performance of Mahler's Second Symphon... | |
| Lieder anyone? I too can see Rvs' point of view and totally concur. I don't listen to much lieder or opera for precisely that point , I usually read the notes or synopsis first and then listen to it for the beauty of sound. It usually is a great bonus as in jim5... | |
| Lieder anyone? My favourite lieder recitalist is Dietrich Fischer-Deskau singing Schubert's Wintereisse , so beautiful. |