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| Classical Music for Aficionados One copy left in stock on Amazon of this disc. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Speaking of Horowitz, the other day I randomly picked from the shelf a Sony disc of his titled “Late Russian Romantics,” Volume IX of The Complete Masterworks Recordings. On it he plays Scriabin, Medtner and Rachmaninoff, including the latter’s P... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I believe Trifonov, while very promising, has some growimg up to do. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Volodos is, to my mind, the most impressive technically of pianists today, the modern day Horowitz. Others may be impressive, but he combines absolute mastery of the keyboard with great taste. Lately, he’s eschewed the virtuoso fare and demonstra... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Yes, Matsuev, the “Siberian Bear” as he’s sometimes called, is a formidable player, especially of Russian music. He’s actually a weight lifter and body builder, as his powerful playing attests to.A female version of him, I believe, is Khatia Buni... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I hate to add a dissenting note regarding Igor Levit, Life. But, unfortunately I find he sleepwalks through disc one.Especially in the vital and exciting Brahms arrangement of Bach’s Chaccone in D minor. Brahms loved to extemporize in the Bach ke... | |
| Oppo 105 D vs. DAC-transport combination. If you’re referring to me, I’ve tried connecting the 105 outs to the DAC. Not as good a result as using the Cyrus. My power cord and connectors are all high quality Morrow MA4’s. | |
| Accuracy vs. musicality Twoleftears,Point well taken. If you close your eyes, you can imagine “being there” with a more distant perspective. This applies to the engineering of the recording as well.However, some labels have such a distant image, it’s hard for me to be... | |
| Accuracy vs. musicality One more thought on this topic. You’re never going to get a full symphony orchestra in your listening room, no matter how accurate or expensive your system is. The illusion of an orchestra is all you’ll get. At times this approximation is not ach... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Schubert, I want to thank you again for your recommendation of the Frank Sonata with Kyung Wha Chung. With every upgrade in my system it sounds more beautiful. | |
| BEST FEMALE VOCAL EVER Yes, she gets me every time! | |
| BEST FEMALE VOCAL EVER I want to add to my previous post of only four words about Eva Cassidy.She could sing in just about any style.You couldn’t categorize her. That was one of the reasons I believe she did not make it big while she was alive.Yet she was extraordinary ... | |
| Oppo 105 D vs. DAC-transport combination. I wrote that post back in August. Since then, I’ve made several major changes to my system. And the Cyrus/Schitt combo sounds wonderful, and much better than the Oppo 105 by itself, as it should. | |
| BEST FEMALE VOCAL EVER Eva Cassidy, without question | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados No comparison to any other service I’ve tried! |