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It’s so bad with the opera cliquey on "Live from the Met’ I just stopped listening to it .Opera needs to be seen anyway, it’s half theater after all. .IMO listening to opera at home is DVD time . 
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It bothers me if one jerk  does it but not if the entire audience does it  .My best moments are when 5 seconds of silence follows the last note .Some pieces favor this with a great performance and other pieces the audience on the audience on their... 
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Whilst scurrying around for my Christmas CD’s today I found one I totallyforgot I even had ."Christmas with Thomas Hampson " + Saint Paul Chamber Orch. under Hugh Wolff . Teldec 2 73135-2 This is a 1991 recording ,still available, that caught the ... 
Cable advice needed
I’ve found  that best cable belongs between pre and amp . 
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PLX1000 is unbeatable under 2 grand . Bearings are set a bit loose in caseof DJ use . 30$ at a local store eliminated that !With a Grado Sonata on it sings like a lark on acoustic music . 
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Well, I see the Frog has gifted us another example of the art of the link !Hope more will .+ 17 on his recommend of the Milstein and the Pittsburgh , neither ever made a bad recording .Fact, if you brush up a bit on your history you will increase ... 
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The reason the Jazz post has gone on forever and a day is they link to You Tube  on virtually  every post . That makes it easier for someone to know  if that's something they might want to purchase or not . Only poster who has done that on here so... 
What is your favorite holiday song?
+1 for Burl Ives,  a unique voice and manner . 
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IMO the trios gave "Barry Lyndon " the greatest soundtrack in the history offilm . If you haven't seen the film you're missing a  treat . 
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Al, well you can’t have too many of Op.163 , seems to be the Holy Grail for string players. I like the Berg/Schiff myself bit I'm not very fussy over sound as a rule .One I don’t own that I remember had good sound on the ASW label withthe English ... 
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+1 for the Moravec , I heard him play some Brahams live once upon a time , an exceptional  artist . 
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charles1dad, Schubert did more piano duos than any other great composer.A 4CD set by two fine pianists . Christoph Eschenbach and Justus Frantzon Brilliant Classics 92858 from HMV originals gives you 4 hours of the best at a cheap price .ADD CDA d... 
The very best Sibelius recordings in analog
Let me know if I got the "Finnish to the bone" thing with Maria  please harold .Got my week in Turku vacation in May set up . 
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ghosthouse, 3k remained in Berlin, another 2 k in Vermont , the rest are pushing me out of my small condo in St .Paul .rvpiano. as a pro I'd appreciate your take . Both of them are spiritual mystics . I always am open to criticism , useful or no .... 
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I’ll just mention a dozen or so works that everyone agrees are basic to the Classical repertoire. Over the years I’ve noticed that many come to Classical through smaller pieces so I’ll start with them .Used to be some PBS stations would have a lis...