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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1Walton, Cello Concerto -- Berglund/BournmouthSO, Paul Tortelier, cello, EMI ASD 2924. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Thank you, Emorrisiv. The RVW Mass is a lovely piece and you're listening to a favorite performance. Beautifully recorded for Hyperion by Antony Howell.. | |
| Classical Music LPs recommendations Elusivedisc.com is another excellent resource. But all will price the in print reissues similarly. One can watch for specials (sales) which are offered from time to time.. | |
| Classical Music LPs recommendations Buy a few of the ones recommended above, listen, and tell us what you like. Then we can offer more suggestions in line with what you've liked.Any more suggestions. | |
| Classical Music LPs recommendations The recommendations you say you already received are all good, as are the suggestions offered in the relies above. I definitely second the "Royal Ballet Gala Performances" set. I would also add:The Power of the Orchestra, recent 45 rpm reissue of ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Emorrisiv, I agree that we seem to travel similar paths musically. It would be a lot of fun to get together and share some music. If you're ever near Richmond, Virginia, you have an open invitation to join me here! I think we will also find Slipkn... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Stunned again tonight by how incredibly good this record is:"Power of the Orchestra: Mussorgsky's Night on Bare Mountain and Pictures at an Exhibition," RCA VICS 2659 -45 (45 rpm reissue from Analogue Productions) (The Kenneth Wilkinson engineerin... | |
| Audio Rack Construction Several people in my local audio group have built racks similar to what you're proposing. In each case, removing the isolating washers made an improvement. Take a look at the systems of Audiogon members Sbank and Slipknot1. . | |
| Audio Rack Construction Alternative: don't use an isolation washer. Keep everything rigidly connected and couple the threaded rods to the floor with spikes. If you're going to uses tubing over the threaded rods, build it layer by layer and fill the tubes with lead shot f... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Shelley Manne & Friends, "Modern Jazz Performances Of Songs From My Fair Lady"Louis Armstrong, "Live from the Crescent, Vol 1"Charles Mingus / Thad Jones, "Jazz Collaborations, Vol. 1"Art Pepper, "Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section"Eiji Kitam... | |
| Continuum Caliburn - really the best TT on earth? The only group I've heard about who have had the Caliburn and several top turntable competitors in the same system for comparison is the Singapore Audio Group. I believe their members have had an opportunity to hear the Continuum Caliburn, Clearau... | |
| Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov Reiner/CSO on RCA, as recommended above. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Yesterday with friends over...Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3, with Horowitz and OrmandyShostakovich Symphonies Nos. 6 and 11, with Berglund/EMIJennifer Warnes, Famous Blue Raincoat, Cisco reissuePaul Winter Consort, RoadsNatalie Merchant "Tiger ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Music is what sustains us, is it not?Today:Handel's Messiah with McGegan and The PhilharmoniavBaroque with the incomparable Lorraine Hunt (a glorious performance only available on CD, unfortunately) Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1, Abbado/LSO, Argeri... | |
| Which tube monos? So many choices.Very intimidated Hi Thedubemaster,Always glad to meet someone else interested in the wonderful ways in which tubes honor the music. The output-transformer-less Atma-Sphere amps work very well with Wilson Audio speakers. Within the Atma-Sphere line, the MA-1 amps w... |