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| It takes time to get the stink out of your ear Does no good!!!!! | |
| Again the topic of weight of amps Benchmark AHB2 Light and wonderful. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados To any who admire piano gymnastics, you have to hear Gyorgy Cziffra play.Born in the ‘20’s and died in the 90’s, he is perhaps the purist technician I have heard. Whistle clean playing of even the most diabolical pianistic challenges, he amazes.Id... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Schubert,I just listened to the Barbirolli recording of Vaughan-Williams 2nd Symphony.I also do like it better than the Handley. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I just listened to the Bertali Chiacona with PodgerIt really Rocks! | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Twoleftears,The Thielemann recordings of the symphonies has some of the best orchestral sound I ever heard. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados For you Schumann lovers, there’s a wonderful complete recording of his four symphonies just released, conducted by Christian Thielemann, in a two disc set for the price of one. Or you can listen to them on IDAGIO.A really well played and recorded... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Yes, Tokarev is a very fine young talent. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I should amend my last sentence to say: “it’s simply unfair to compare a young pianist to such a dynamo.”Certainly, there are, of course, other great pianists. But, even so, Horowitz was unique. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Jim,Comparing anyone to Horowitz is a very tall order. At his best, Horowitz was a force of nature. An incredible showman who could wow you with his incredible technique or reduce you to tears with a simple Chopin waltz. Everything he played he ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Will give Tokarev a listen soon. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados It may seem blasphemous to some, but there’s a version of the Goldberg Variations for string trio by a group called Trio Zimmermann on IDAGIO, that is quite viable. Given the nature of swapping formats prevalent in the Baroque, it’s not so far o... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Pletnev is another great pianist. One of my favorites. Also a conductor. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados One wonders. Did music really progress after this? | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I jumped the gun, and listened to Gilbert’s “Goldberg” on IDAGIO rather than waiting for the CD to arrive.First of all, he captures the overwhelming genius of the work.How does a human create something like that?The playing itself is gorgeous, as ... |