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| Whats on your turntable tonight? RF and Montepilot, the Clemencic performances are always reliable and enjoyable. If this genre appeals, I'd also recommend any of the recordings by Gregorio Paniagua (Atrium Musicae de Madrid). My favorites among the Clemencic recordings are:The C... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Khachaturian's "Gayaneh Ballet", Tjeknavorian/NPO, RCA RL25035 (excellent job by recording engineer Bob Auger, English pressing)"Il Cornetto" - after all the discussion, I had to pull it out for a listen!Creedence Clearwater Revival, selections fr... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Foster, I'm sorry this LP is now out of stock at Elusive Disc. Slipknot and another member of our local audio group just ordered it last week, but I was afraid that whatever supply Elusive Disc might have was limited. I've seen LPs from this serie... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Foster, the "Il Cornetto" LP is a recording of Baroque music that features the Cornett, a 16th century wind instrument made of wood or ivory, with woodwind style fingering holes like a recorder but with a brass instrument type mouthpiece. Because ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Thanks, Slipknot, glad to hear this report. For me, this LP captures accurately some very difficult to reproduce textures and harmonic shadings. It's a real test of the resolving capability of one's system, plus being very attractive musically.. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Montepilot, good to see your list of music! Nice to have more classical music listed for those like me who live mainly in that world.Slipknot, any reactions to "Il Cornetto"? Hope I didn't lead you down the path of "it must be an acquired taste" o... | |
| Where to find boxes for safely shipping Vinyl LPs? Sleeve City has cardboard LP mailers, and they have a pretty good reputation for the stuff they sell.. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Yes, the William Walton "Facade Suite" on Reference Recordings was exactly as good as I remembered: an absolutely outstanding performance, recording and pressing (from my 03/04 post above). One of Reference Recordings' best. William Walton's Symph... | |
| Blues recommendations anyone? Lot's of Blues recommendations in this Audiogon thread:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?gmusi&992873774. | |
| WILL THE NEW 60,000 AVALON ISIS BE THE BEST YET? Congratulations, Strapper! Glad to hear your report; I'd love to hear a pair some day.. | |
| Record Shops in Philadelphia In the downtown area: Philadelphia Record Exchange would be my first recommendation, but they've been closed every time I've been by in the past 2 months: on 5th Street, one block south of South Street.Repo Records538 South StreetAKA Music2d Stree... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Listening now to the Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue of Bill Evans Trio: Explorations. Another great record in this series!On the turntable earlier today have been:Dave Grusin: Discovered Again, Sheffield LAB5 direct-to-discGregorian Chant/Epi... | |
| need info on Futterman OTL 3 You may also wish to check in at the OTL Asylum. There are folks checking in there periodically who are familiar with the Futterman circuit.. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? "Dances Anciennes de Hongrie & Transylvanie", Clemencic Consort, Harmonia Mundi HM 1003"Harmonia Mundi Sampler" Harmonia Mundi HM 0015 - bite sized tastes of some of the best...Bach, Cantata: Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV2Bach, Cantata... | |
| What is a better value speaker -- Kharma 3.2FE at Ca2284, if you decide to pursue a pair of Kharmas and are watching your value proposition, take a look at the demo pair Lloyd Walker (Walker Audio) is selling. They are his personal reference speakers that he has tweaked. I've listened to them man... |