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| Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries Can you recommend any Zimmer that isn’t a movie score? | |
| Did your system getting better the more money you spent or more experience you gained? Short answer is yes, the more money that I spend, the better things sound. However when one arrives at the point of diminishing returns, I don’t see much point in playing with additional changes, as everything seems to be a lateral move. Also, ... | |
| Rachmaninoff's 1st Piano Sonata, original version - His Best? So I listened on Apple Music. It’s a fascinating piece, if for no other reason that there are so many tunes that ended up in other Rachmaninov compositions, such as the Third Piano Concerto, the Etude-Tableux, and the Preludes, and no doubt some ... | |
| Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries Yes, I over simplified, as many composers can’t be pigeon holed into one of the two camps. Perhaps there are 3 main divisions. The first two that I previously elucidated would probably describe Classical Music for a good chunk of the 20th Centur... | |
| Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries I think the big division occurs between Modernists who were deliberately trying to break with previous generations, and those that viewed their music as part of the long tradition. The Second Viennese School still sounds pretty radical to my ea... | |
| Ripping CDs I don’t have much to add, but I think the simplest solution for the OP is to get a streamer with a built in ripper and storage. The second best option is to get a NAS and rip the CDs to it, but this usually requires a computer as well, particular... | |
| Your Not-So-Obvious Best Fidelity LPs Any of the RCA Living Stereo lps will do, particularly ones featuring Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony or Arthur Rubinstein. Mercury Living Presence lps and the Everest records cut with 35 mm film tape. Decca lps of the early stereo era, hard... | |
| Your Not-So-Obvious Best Fidelity LPs Well, I just picked up an original pressing of Joni Mitchell Blue. I’ve been working on the song ‘River’ as a beginning piano student. I mainly listen to Classical. I think the last time I bought a non classical lp was in 1980. Supertramp Break... | |
| Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries I love Simpson, but I was just noting that the OP had made an arbitrary cut off that he wanted currently living composers. I would be more than happy to have a separate thread devoted to composers active after 1920 | |
| Rachmaninoff's 1st Piano Sonata, original version - His Best? I’ll check it out | |
| Great classical pianists I pulled the Perahia/Haitink Beethoven PCs off the self and listened to 1/2 yesterday. It was great to be reminded of what a great Artist the young Perahia was. For the record I still think he is superb, but his earlier recordings had a freshnes... | |
| Rachmaninoff's 1st Piano Sonata, original version - His Best? Is that the recording made from Rachmaninov home in Lucerne? I have to admit that I don’t think I know the First Sonata. I do know the Second | |
| Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries The OP has confined his query to currently living composers, which eliminates a lot of composers recommended here. I guess Jennifer Higdon or Lowell Lieberman come to mind, though neither get my pulse racing | |
| Another post about a streamer upgrade Cambridge Audio CXN 60 fits your budget and should be an upgrade. It is great with Internet Radio and Chromecast/AirPlay. | |
| Cost Incurred to Achieve a Vinyl LP Replay @pindac I did qualify my conjecture about your condition by saying “apparent” as yes, I have not had the pleasure to converse with you in the real world. It is possible that in an actual social setting, one may behave differently than when t... |