jimcrane
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| quiet classical music Chayro’s pointed you in some good directions. In addition to the Goldberg Variations, Bach’s other solo piano music and transcriptions for piano of his other pieces are excellent, e.g., the Well-Tempered Clavier; Partitas for Keyboard; the Art of ... | |
| New mid priced integrated for 75 yo widow with Gallo 3.1s If you haven’t considered this already, you may want to “shop local” by looking at what Underwood Audio offers, e.g., the Musical Fidelity or Music Hall integrateds in your friend’s price range. Wally also sells Gallo, so he might provide some ins... | |
| Best best ballads that refer to a US State I don’t know if these should be considered “ballads,” and they’re older than those already mentioned:”California, Here I Come” (which is actually about the state)”Deep in the Heart of Texas” (ditto)”Yellow Rose of Texas”And to really stretch:”Noth... | |
| Bach Recording Recommendations Klimt, let me give a partial response. I like Bach played on piano. I own Feltsman's recording of The Art of the Fugue which I think is just o.k. I've heard parts of Angela Hewitt's recording, and that's the one I'd buy today if I was in the mark... | |
| Your top 3 most EMOTIONALLY intense live concerts, and top 3 EMOTIONALLY intense records. Only 1: Itzak Perlman playing Bach's Partita in D Minor for violin in a 1978 performance, especially and wonderfully the Chaconne:https://youtu.be/qtyTaE7LvVs | |
| Should I list all my classical CDs? Hi Simao,I'll be interested to hear what you decide. I have about 800 mostly classical and jazz CDs that I've ripped to both a Sony HAP-S1 and to an external hard drive for backup. I haven't played a CD (except for some comparison purposes) in man... | |
| What is this feature? I don't know the name of the feature, but I've encountered it in two different versions. When my Classe CAP-101 powered up, the volume would reset to zero and a 10-second countdown ensued before it could be increased. With the Wyred4Sound STI500-I... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Schubert,Thanks for the tip about Julia Fischer playing Bach’s Partita in D Minor. I airplayed it on my home theater system (don’t have streaming on my main stereo rig) and thought it elegantly and beautifully played. I’m going to look for other r... | |
| Best bourbon? Michter’s Small Barrel bourbon. A step (or two) above Maker’s, Buffalo Trace, Knob Creek, Woodford, Russell’s, Basil Hayden’s, even Blanton’s (my former favorite). Terrific for sipping straight, with a splash or a rock, and great for mixed drinks ... | |
| Options for integrateds for Ohm Walsh Tall 2000s? A couple of quick points:1) I googled “Wyred4Sound STI Ohm” (without the quotation marks) and found a thread on AudioKarma System Building discussion about Ohm speakers and Wyred amps that had favorable comments and no negative ones. (My query was... | |
| Bach Recording Recommendations Bach Piano Transcriptions — Vikingur OlafssonWonderful playing and sound. | |
| Super integrated vs equivalent +$$ for new main system +1 for Tweak1’s suggestion of the W4S. Recently bought 500 STI v2 from W4S because I could get the black one there. It sounds great with my older Harbeth M30s. | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Evan Christopher — Clarinet Road, Vol. 1: The Road to New Orleans(I’ll adhere to the “only one” constraint, but let me know if you want more. 😊) | |
| Artists you feel you can rely on, buy any new album unheard. And one more because I do listen to music other than solo piano:Evan Christopher | |
| Artists you feel you can rely on, buy any new album unheard. Vikander OlafssonJennifer HewittMitsuko UchidaMurray PerahiaAndras SchiffArcady VolodosFred HerschAhmad Jamal (even in his 90’s!}Each a pianist... |