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| Mahler...OK I'm hooked So many interpretations, so little vinyl. Regarding the 4th, I got to know Mahler with the Bernstein recording on (then) Columbia. It's important to me for the concluding soprano solo to sound unmannered and innocent which is why I prefer Reri Gri... | |
| What is the best "Carmina Burana" CD you've heard? Stoki couldn't resist tweaking. He was the world's most prolific orchestral tweaker, and never above "improving" a composer's orchestration. He even recorded in stereo in the 1930's at Bell Labs. The tenor on his recording with the Houston Symphon... | |
| What is the best "Carmina Burana" CD you've heard? Rushton: Just a note. I know you're mis-remembering. It's Carl Orff, not Gustav Holst. | |
| What is the best "Carmina Burana" CD you've heard? None of that fancy stuff. Over the years I've kept the original Telarc with Robert Shaw. Pretty damn good sound and performance. | |
| Best recoding of Mozart's Requiem Yo, Sugarbrie: Dug your recommendation. Maybe I'll try it. I've sung the Requiem several times, including the bass solo.Like you, I'm a professional chorister. I wish that being one made me an authority on the piece, but alas, it does not. I've su... | |
| Preferred recordings and classical labels I find BBC Music Magazine and Gramaphone can have insightful reviews, although I don't always trust their 'sound' judgements. Reviews are a good starting place, however. After a while you begin to get a feel for the reviewer's slant and I can usua... | |
| BMG CD's ARE worse Yeah,lawrencegrac, why do a real comparison of say, 10 company CDs and 10 BMGs to get some kind of definitive conclusion when you can buy 1 BMG and notice the "lack of sound"? Hell, if ANY CD I bought from Amazon had "lack of sound", that sucker i... | |
| Horizon3/A&M/Verve So, where DID you get it? I might want some. Then I could comment on them. | |
| Listener magazine defunct ?? Bound for Sound? Any good? Opinions? | |
| Listener magazine defunct ?? I enjoyed the mag. That's why I re-subscribed every year. I personally was not interested in horns/low-powered SETs and that's why I found many of the reviews of less interest. I also found the excessive (?) Naim and Linn reviews worthless, but, h... | |
| Best "Village Vanguard" or "Blue Note" recording Yeah, in Houston, I saw Roland before and after. Awesome, in this case, is not an overworked word. | |
| Best "Village Vanguard" or "Blue Note" recording I'd have to say Sonny Rollins '57. It LEAPS off the vinyl. And, yes, I heard the Thad/Mel Big Band there in the late 60's. I levitated. They have a live album from the V.V.. Find it if you can and it's stereo to boot. | |
| BMG CD's ARE worse Marakanetz, it seems to be important to you to pay more for CDs that are not labeled as being from BMG, ColumbiaHouse, or, perhaps, the Musical Heritage Society. As they say in Texas, go head-on. | |
| Anybody considerered Merlins? O.K., tacs, I had a smart answer. Here's, hopefully, a smart question. What dealer in Houston, Texas has a high-sensitivty speaker to audition? I'm ready. All I've ever heard were Klipschorns and VOT Altecs so I'm guessing I don't know what you're... | |
| BMG CD's ARE worse Thanks, Sugarbrie, for your input. I've never heard any difference, either. If audiophiles can imagine a difference, then......is there? |