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| "Fastest" 15 Minutes in Music Jdombrow:Yes, that's it, you're right. I called it a sonata, but it's a partita. Ciaccona is the Italian spelling, I believe. Chaconne is the English.Rich: Not into opera yet; my wife keeps trying. I think we have Aida though...Steve O. | |
| "Fastest" 15 Minutes in Music Hey Ghosthouse. I already listed the piece/movement; here are the two recording I have of this:Julia Fischer on Pentatone: hybrid sacd. Wonderful sound (even on my 20-year-old CD player). Comes with all the Bach Partitas and sonatas (2-cd's and no... | |
| Best recording labels for orchestral music This has got to be one of the best recordings I've heard of this piece of music. One of the best performances or best recorded sound? Are there specific recording labels to stay away from and which in your opinion are the better ones to look at? ... | |
| Pet audiophile peeves - name yours 10-07-07: EntropeUse of the word base for bass Me, too Entropy. Two others:Use of the word "then" for "than", "to" for "too"Lack of tone controls on preamps. Don't volume, balance and source-selector controls introduce noise? Shall we get rid of ... | |
| Chamber Music - your best pick. Audphile1:Don't know what you have, but f.w.i.w., here are my favorites:Tchaikovsky and Borodin: 2nd string quartets.Faure: Piano quartets.Bach: Well-tempered Clavier, Goldberg Variations, Partita no. 2 for Violin (the Chaccone movement is the mos... | |
| Next on the list for Mahler.... RickThe fifth probably is his most popular. Get that one next.Then 4, 6, 9 (no particular order)Then 3, 8, 7.The seventh is his most abstract symphony; hardest to warm up to, I think. Sorry I can't help with vinyl, I'm strictly a CD guy.Your post ... | |
| How much does your system retail for? Rs422: great post. I've got $900.00 total. 400.00 for the Luxman integrated I bought new in 1979, 100.00 for a phillips CD player I bought from a friend in graduate school and 400.00 for a pair of used Spica TC-60's. I heard a system with Thiel 2.... | |
| Senior Audiophiles - Audiophile since the 60-70's? 1970's : ESS Tempests, Luxman L-80V, Dual turntable, Shure cartridge. I guess that makes me an audiophile from the 70's, but "Senior" at 52?! hmmmmm..... What do I think about the current state of audiodom? Wonderful and silly. The former because ... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? whoops; that's "You're Gone"Steve O. | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "Thank God and Greyhound Your Gone"Steve O. | |
| Best recording / performance Dvorak Cello conc. I've not heard of the Q/Belohlavek; with the Czech P. I assume? Thanks for the heads-up on that one guys.One I've enjoyed for years is on Chandos: R. Wallfisch, Charles Mackerras and London Symphony. Yo can find better cello peformances, but Wallf... | |
| Richard Wagner: Overtures on Amazon Your post reminds me of searching for a certain Brahms Piano Quintet CD. I googled and one showed up on Amazon, used, from a private seller. I can't remember the exact price, but remember it was nearer 200.00 than 100.00. The recording comes highl... | |
| Warmest speaker? I thought Bartokfan had (has) the Linbrook BBMTM. Steve O. | |
| Tyler Acoustic Linbrook Super Towers Holley, Thanks. New speakers are a bit down the road, but I'm in central Ky, so driving up to Ty's place is something I should do.Steve O. | |
| Classical 2 die 4...top 5? There are plenty of "sonically outstanding classical recordings". But it would be a shame to plunk down real money on one and come to find you don't care for the music. Best thing to do, if you can, is borrow some or check some out of the local pu... |