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| Recommended acoustic recordings Opus 3 - Thorvald Fredin, "Concertos for Double Bass & Orchestra" SACD 8522 - classical music for orchestra and double bass by Bottesini, Erland von Koch and Lars-Erik Larsson. The Larsson piece is particularly fine.http://www.opus3records.com... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? "The Wall" - Pink Floyd"Laudate II - Baroque music from the Duben Collection" - DrottingholmBarEns, UppsalaAcKammarkor, Anne-Sophie von Otter - Proprius PROP 7860 (a prize among all of my Baroque music LPs with a young and incomparable Anne-Sophie... | |
| Recommend Your Top 5 Pipe Organ LPs Richard, notwithstanding your request to avoid audiophile labels most organ recordings on the Proprius and Opus 3 labels are exceedingly good for music, performances and sonics. The Wilson Audio series of organ recordings are superb, particularly ... | |
| Cannonball Adderley's "Somethin Else"... Mono? Mike is certainly right that one's preference for the Classic Clarity 45rpm stereo reissue or the Analogue Productions 45rpm reissue will largely depend on one's preference of mastering style: Bernie Grundman vs Steve Hoffman. The Classic is big a... | |
| Early Music-----Machaut "Le Remede de Fortune" Nice to find someone else here who enjoys early music! Thanks for the very nice commentary on this recording of Machaut's music. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Chopin - Selected Mazurkas, Nocturnes and a Ballad performed by Ivan Moravec, piano - Connoisseur Society CS 2122 (I confess an abiding love of listening to Ivan Moravec play Chopin. His playing is so intelligent, so beautifully wrought. For me, h... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? "Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance" - David Munrow and the Early Music Consort, EMI SLS 988 (a multi-LP collection of short pieces, each highlighting a different instrument or collection of instruments, but marvelous MUSIC, not just d... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tomorrow is a BIG day - we've added a new member to the Walker Audio turntable family and several of us are descending on him for the day with lots of vinyl in tow. Three Walker owners, one TW-Acustic Raven owner and friends - vinyl nuts all. What... | |
| Three best audiophile CD/LP in your collection Al, nice list of excellent labels. :-)Among others I would add is "Harmonia Mundi USA" - the USA labeled offerings from Harmonia Mundi, produced by Robina Young and engineered by Peter McGrath, are wonderful and shouldn't be missed.. | |
| Best Recorded Vinyl Albums Keeping myself away from classical music recommendations for a moment...Paul Simon, Graceland - Columbia 25447 (yes, it's got a bit of digital edge to it, but marvelously recorded and performed otherwise. Just play "Under African Skies" for a real... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Witches' Brew - Gibson/NewSOLondon, RCA LSC 2225 -45 (45rpm reissue from Classic Records)...Great impact and tonal color, and a far superior mastering to the earlier 33rpm reissue from Classic Records. While this is a Kenneth Wilkinson engineered ... | |
| Three best audiophile CD/LP in your collection Here are three very good ones on vinyl:Stravinsky - "Firebird" - Dorati/LSO, Mercury SR 90226 (45rpm vinyl reissue by Classic Records) "A Meeting by the River" - Ry Cooder and V.M.Bhatt, WaterLily APW029-45 (45rpm vinyl issue by Analog Productions... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA2 Mk2.3 / Krell KSA 250 / Passlabs? Che13, welcome to the family of happy Atma-Sphere MA-2 owners. I can't imagine living with any other amp in my system.. | |
| Richmond VA The next Richmond Audio Society meeting will be an afternoon of visiting several membersÂ’ systems. We will all gather at a starting location, then split into smaller groups to visit the homes of our hosts, each group starting with a different host... | |
| Richmond VA The Richmond Audio Society web site has been revised as we work on better communicating with our members and prospective members. We welcome suggestions on how to improve what we're doing!If you're in central Virginia, please join us at an upcomin... |