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| the best beethoven piano sonata 19? Ronald Brautigam on BIS. Vol.2 of the series, released 2005. The best playing, instrument, and recording I know, by some measure. | |
| BACH Cello Suites - CD only I second the Paolo Beschi/Winter&Winter recommendation. I also like Jaap ter Linden on Harmonia Mundi. Also consider the now legendary Paolo Pandolfo version performed on viola da gamba, on Glossa.Don't bother with modern instrument versions. | |
| Don't let this happen to you I've attended numerous Wagner operas on the west coast over the past several years. The "rules" for applause with Wagner are typically pretty simple: if the curtain is up, you just sit there in quasi-religious reverence. At one of the Ring operas ... | |
| Keeping it LOW You will want to take a look at the cheesily but aptly named album "Super Double-Bass" by Gary Karr, on First Impression Music. This is JVC XRCD24, which is about as good as CD can sound. Transcriptions for double-bass and organ.http://www.soundst... | |
| At Last Bach Really Hits the Spot You meant you are interested in quality Bach in general. Besides the Manze/Podger disc, consider these excellent recordings:For the violin sonatas, again look at Carmignola on Sony (SK 89469). For chamber music (Brandenburg Concertos, etc.), Cafe ... | |
| At Last Bach Really Hits the Spot I also recommend the Manze/Podger recording for that concerto.And I also highly recommend both volumes of the late Vivaldi violin concertos recorded by Carmignola for Sony. Excellent material (including some not previously recorded), performance, ... | |
| Archiv Productions Archiv is a great label. Get these two Archiv titles for truly outstanding percussion (performance and recording):Dream of Orienthttp://www.deutschegrammophon.com/catalog/product.htms?PRODUCT_NR=4741932Canto de la Vidahttp://www.deutschegrammophon... | |
| Top Ten Electronic/alternative Albums Amon Tobin- Out From Out WhereThis is some of the most musically and sonically interesting electronica I know. If you like it, check out the previous album- Supermodified and the following album- Chaos TheoryFor something a little more chilly and ... | |
| Why are audiophiles perceived as being wackos? An audiophile is (almost) definable as someone willing to go to great lengths/expenses to achieve improvements in sound quality that are very subtle (compared to, say, the difference between hearing a junk "shelf system" literally on a shelf and h... | |
| Can we list the better labels? Chesky? Telarc? For excellent performances, sonics, and concepts, these two are in a class of their own:Alphahttp://www.alpha-prod.comAlia Voxhttp://classique.abeillemusique.com/result.php?mots=&label=3Also very good are: Naive/Opus111, ECM, Ambroise, Glossa,... | |
| Good Headphones...What should I Get?... I'm just in the process of "converting" to headphones now, actually. I'll be in a dorm or studio apartment for the next couple years, it looks like. I'm going pretty all out: Stax Omega II driven by a HeadAmp Kevin Gilmore "Blue Hawaii" hybrid bal... | |
| What's your profession? Age? Philosopher. Well, grad student, anyway. I'm 25. I might have had a Ph.D by now if it weren't for audio. I'm also the secretary of an Early Music society. I've sort of lost track, but my system (two-channel, single source) is worth about $18,000 r... | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival SACDs If you haven't gotten any of the studio recordings yet, I can recommend Cosmo's Factory and Green River. Like Rsbeck, I was pleasantly surprised by them, especially Cosmo's Factory. The source material is a limitation here, of course, but not as m... | |
| HIP Early Music on SACD Yeah- I forgot about Telarc. They also recently put out:-Handel: Music for Royal Fireworks and Watermusic (60594)on SACD by the respectable US group Boston Baroque. Telarc's other Early Music SACD releases so far are three volumes of Handel's Orga... | |
| HIP Early Music on SACD Ha! You did some homework on me! Yes, I have always enjoyed a variety of music, and I have always taken the music I'm interested in seriously enough to find out exactly what I want to listen to.By the way, the newest Autechre, Draft 7.30, is one o... |