rushton
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| Musical Heritage Society LP's I agree with Sdcambell. Also, many MHS releases were reissues from the Erato, Lyrita and Harmonia Mundi catalogs in quite good sound quality. Mastering was frequently done by Robert Ludwig (Sterling and Masterdisc), and while I assume the lacquers... | |
| Best amp for Avalon Eidolon speakers? The Atma-Sphere MA-2's are a good match with the Eidolon's here. Excellent control, extremely quick, with beautifully natural timbre and harmonic overtones on acoustic music. | |
| Best performances of Handel's "Water music"? As noted, Pinnock/English Consort and McGegan/Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. The Pinnock continues to be my favorite performance (alert, alive and with rhythmic vitality); the McGegan is very very good and in superior sound. | |
| Favorite Concierto de Aranjuez Version? Another excellent performance is the Argenta/Yepes performance on London/Decca. My copy is an LP, London STS 15199. I also agree with Frap's suggestion of the Marriner/Romeros performance on Philips. Both are excellent and characterful performances. | |
| Philadelphia area audio club? To all who have recently posted here, Welcome! There are probably another 6-8 people who have not posted a message here but who have contacted me or Hugh directly. It's a pleasure to see this amount of interest in the Philadelphia area. If you hav... | |
| Best Respighi Pines of Rome Agree with the Reiner/Chicago recommendation. Classic Records reissued this performance on vinyl and they're currently offering it for sale at $15 on their website. http://www.classicrecs.com | |
| Bach Brandenberg Concertos CD Recommendation Also agree with the English Concert/Pinnock recommendation. Rcprince captures my thoughts exactly. | |
| Bach's Mass in B Minor: What is best CD out there? If you like an historically informed performance, but find the Gardiner too "light" (as suggested by Sugarbrie and in which I agree), consider the superb performance by Harnoncourt and the Concentus Musicus Wien on Teldec (Elektra/Asylum - #95517)... | |
| Philadelphia area audio club? Sunday, February 9 in the afternoon appears to be the consensus for a meeting date and time. Given that, let us schedule this next meeting on that Sunday afternoon from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.Thanks to each of you who have posted here. I've addi... | |
| Philadelphia area audio club? Invitation - Choose a date...Once again I offer an invitation to my house for those in the Philadelphia area who have an interest in getting together to share some music, listen to some different equipment and get to know one another. I am getting... | |
| Bohuslav Martinu Some suggestions:Chamber:- The various Madrigal Sonatas, e.g., for violin and viola; for oboe, clarinet and bassoon; for violin and piano' for piano, flute and violin. The Dartington Ensemble on Hyperion offer very good performances.- The String Q... | |
| Philadelphia area audio club? I’m glad to find some other people in the Philadelphia area who share my interest in good audio reproduction. And I look forward to the opportunity to get together to share some music, sound systems and experiences. A little bit about me: I've bee... | |
| Philadelphia area audio club? Hi, Vertewax. Sorry we missed you yesterday. We had a small, but enjoyable, informal gathering of just three of us. Several people who had wanted to come were unable to do so for one reason or another. If you like, please e-mail me directly throug... | |
| VPI 16.5 v 17.0 Peter, If you contact VPI directly, I'm sure they'd be very happy to answer your question and you'd get the most accurate response. I've read posts from people who use the VPI to vacuum the DD fluid, but I don't use it myself.http://www.vpiindustr... | |
| VPI 16.5 v 17.0 And I'm in the same camp with Bill and Albert. I bought the original 17 (before the fan), and I've never regretted the additional cost over the 16.5. I find the ability to reverse direction a great benefit, and I use reverse revolutions as a regul... |