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Jazz for aficionados
rok2id, Were you in combat with the Ist Cav ? 
Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only
kmccarty, + 1 for the Strauss Oboe Cnt., I was going to mention it but looked years for a vinyl recording and never found one .Seems to be none on Amazon either.Rushton , a noble effort on your part to call attention to  those little played  fine ... 
Why do some dealers
Some dealers get cut off because they don't pay their bills . 
Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only
Richard Strauss- Metamorphosen - written in last days of WW II , as gripping and intense as music gets with masterful counterpoint.Von Karajan/Berlin PhilWitold Lutoslawski -Concerto for Orchrestra-1954Segi Ozawa/Chicago SO Angel S-1  36045Little ... 
Jazz for aficionados
Speaking of Jazz , listening to my fav Christmas CD, Mel Torme Christmas Songs on Telarc.Jazzy, classy and a real pleasure to hear, old carols jazzed up a tad in a refined and respectful way by a true musician .More I listen to Mel the more I thin... 
If you could have only one Christmas album/CD, which one?
Easy, Mel Torme Christmas Songs on Telarc, jazzy , classy and varied , a true treasure by perhaps the most underated singer ever.!See who Kurt Eliing went to school on . 
Why does most new music suck?
martykl, As an old man I've noticed that while wisdom does knock on the door with age,  few let him in . Most young fools just become old ones .What passes for an open mind in your youth would be an empty mind in your old age . 
Why does most new music suck?
I don't know much about anything but Classical but I do know I would much rather listen to the best of rap than the best of rock.Far more intelligent, relevant and creative IMO . 
Digital versus Vinyl - Grinnell College Review
I'd  read something from Grinnell , as good a liberal arts college as any in the US with very talented faculty and student body . 
turntables
If you listen primarily to rock the Rega , acoustic music VPI, both SOTA . 
Jazz for aficionados
Thanks O-10 !.Same to you and to all  ! 
Jazz for aficionados
The back and forth about what music is has less to do with what it is than what one believes ,consciously or unconsciously ,  the purpose of music is . 
Jazz for aficionados
Learsfool. there are a number of Korean string players in the Twin Cities groups ,notably in the St Paul Chamber band.It is hard to believe how good they are. The SPCO has two young lady viola players that are the best string players I've ever hea... 
New sound system, $5000 max- what a would you do?
AP Oval 12 is a very good match with Maggies , nothing anywhere near its price is better. 
Your last concert was to see who and when?
Most unusual event, the best group of its size in America(NY Times),the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra , played ALL 6 of Bach's BrandenburgConcertos in a 2 1/2 hour concert.The superb acoustics of the Ordway Concert Hall in downtown St. Paullets you h...