rvpiano
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| Music lover or audiophile? I must give credit for my contentment to my wonderful equipment which, I guess, through my addiction finally came together so I don’t need to look further. | |
| Music lover or audiophile? It’s fun until it becomes addictive. | |
| Music lover or audiophile? My point exactly. Once you have found a place of contentment, there is no need to twiddle and replace.You turn from an audiophile to a music lover. | |
| looking for ideas on must have classical music A couple of suggestions for the OP and all the contributors to this thread: If you stream, check out the IDAGIO streaming service for Classical music exclusively.Many search opportunities and wonderful suggestions for new recordings and even parti... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Jim,Currently, listening to the Purcell harpsichord suites. Really beautiful, sensitive playing. And the sound really makes the speakers sing. The lute stop you mention is quite lovely. Truth be told, I’m not much of a harpsichord player myself... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Jim,I will definitely check that out. Thanks for the recommendation.Also on IDAGIO, I just discovered a recording by Heinz Holliger conducting Schubert Symphonies 1 and 5. Seems to be as beautiful as his Schumann symphony recordings. Perfectly... | |
| High definition vs. tonal balance There are those who believe if the “soundstage” is right, the timbre will automatically be a right as well. I’m not so sure that is true | |
| Can one ever be "done" in this hobby? Real hard for me, too. | |
| Can one ever be "done" in this hobby? Concentrate on the fine points of the MUSIC, not the SOUND and you’ll be happy. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Thanks for the confirmation. They really should be more well known than they are. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I’d just like to reiterate my love and enthusiasm of the Glazunov Violin Concerto and Lalo Cello Concerto. If anyone has taken me up on these and listened to them I’d like to hear about it. They’re really worth it. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Bob,Someone once said “Do not attack men’s [or women’s] pleasures.”It comes down to a matter of taste. I, too, took delight in listening to some new historically informed approaches to performance. Norrington is just not to my taste in the Schum... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Yes, I’m afraid you’re right about HIP in this case. However, there are numerous examples of imaginative use of this practice that I like, Francois-Xavier Roth, for example, using period instruments, manages to convey Mahler symphonies very convi... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Bob,After listening to a couple of symphonies in the set, I find the performances and the sound a little on the lean side. I have to say it’s somewhat severe and lacking in romantic richness for my taste. But that’s just me. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Bob,I must confess that I haven’t listened to the Norrington set. But, I definitely will now and report back as to what I think. |