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This arrived today. It has all of the same positive traits of his superb Book I: clarity, virtuosity, tasteful rubato and dynamics. The sound is very clear and gives a seat in the hall perspective rather than placing him in one's listening room.
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For me this morning at work with the headphones on:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy The Piano Concertos Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra Chemnitz, Frank Beermann This is a very good set. Kirschnereit impresses.
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Schoenberg before he invented serialism. Fantastic performances and excellent sound.
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Will take a listen. Agreed he wrote some great stuff pre-2nd Vienna school.
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An interesting Comparison
A few weeks ago I had a group of Audio folks in for our fall gathering. One of the things that took place was an interesting comparison. The original Mono Shaded Dog Vinyl of Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibiton RCA LM-2201 played through my ClearAudio Master Solution/Jelco 750D/AT33mono Ltd. Edition combo, and the RCA Living Stereo SACD reissue thru my Sony XA5400ES. Since volumes were just very close but not matched, this is not a A/B Comparison, nor a vinyl versus CD comparison.
The resounding result was in favor of the mono pressing in terms of a live presentation, and a more organic presentation. Many feeling they were more involved with the music. I am fortunate to own both, as I feel they both have their merits. Many thought the mono was actually stereo. A very interesting day indeed, Jim Interesting that the SACD adds Night on Bald Mountain
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It's all about the Music, but I sure like the way my gear makes it come alive! Last edited by ehoove; 10-22-2014 at 09:39 PM. |
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this afternoon....an extraordinary performance - from high def tape...
Prokofiev Cantata for the 20th Anniver. of the October Revolution/Shostakovich The Sun Shines over our Motherland 24/192 Resolution includes 8 Tracks Part Number: HDDL311 24/192 Title: Prokofiev Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution Shostakovich The Sun Shines over our Motherland Artist(s): Kirill Kondrashin/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra RSFSR Russian Chorus Boys Choir of Moscow Choir School Source used for Transfer: Angel/Meloydia 4-Track Tape Recording Info: Recorded 1965 in Moscow Produced & Engineered by David Gaklin
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Listening to . . . Serenade
Live at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Heichiro Obyama - Artistic Director Works by Mozart, Brahms and Dvorak Recorded in Concert at the St. Francis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 30-31, 1995 and July 27-28, 1996. by John Atkinson - and Produced by Stereophile Magazine A Stereophile Recording - reported upon by the magazine, with 10 pages of coverage devoted to the making of this CD at: http://www.stereophile.com/features/209/index.html Very well recorded - John Atkinson spent vast amounts of time recording a series of CDs for Stereophile and the results were very good. I think I have all of the CDs in the series and, since they are mostly collectors items now, I shall treasure them. . . .
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.... I have a record player and a cd player and some other stuff that sounds pretty good. MAIN SYSTEM: . . . Audio Physic Caldera III Loudspeakers, Spectral DMC 30SL Preamp, Spectral DMA 250 Amp, Spectral/MIT interconnects and speaker cable, Basis Debut V Vacuum turntable, Walker Precision Speed Controller, Graham tonearm, [B]Koetsu Rosewood or Grado Statement 1 Cartridges, PASS - X-ono Phono Stage, Esoteric K03 CD/SACD Player, Lexicon RT-20 Universal Player, Exact Power EP-15A & SP-15A power regeneration and conditioning devices. Symposium Acoustics Svelte pads & RollerBlock Jr's under speakers. ASC Tube Traps, Arcici Suspense Rack System, OPPO and Cambridge Streaming Devices. DOWNSTAIRS SYSTEM: . . . Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento Speakers, JL Audio F112 Sub, McIntosh MA7000 Integrated Amp, McIntosh MVP871 Universal Disc Player, OPPO BDP-105 Blu-Ray Player, VPI Scoutmaster with periphery ring clamp, VPI SDS Motor Drive, Koetsu Pro IV, or Clearaudio Discovery Cartridges, Mark Levinson No. 25s phono stage, Wadia 170i Transport with a Meridian Bitstream 203 DAC, VPI HW-17 Pro Record Cleaning Machine, Five Richard Gray RGPC 400 devices scattered around the two systems, Arcici Suspense Rack System, Discovery Essence and Essential Cables, 14,000 ± LPs . |
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Darn U.S. Postal Service, Jim, my invitation must have been lost in the mail. Well, there is always next year!
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.... I have a record player and a cd player and some other stuff that sounds pretty good. MAIN SYSTEM: . . . Audio Physic Caldera III Loudspeakers, Spectral DMC 30SL Preamp, Spectral DMA 250 Amp, Spectral/MIT interconnects and speaker cable, Basis Debut V Vacuum turntable, Walker Precision Speed Controller, Graham tonearm, [B]Koetsu Rosewood or Grado Statement 1 Cartridges, PASS - X-ono Phono Stage, Esoteric K03 CD/SACD Player, Lexicon RT-20 Universal Player, Exact Power EP-15A & SP-15A power regeneration and conditioning devices. Symposium Acoustics Svelte pads & RollerBlock Jr's under speakers. ASC Tube Traps, Arcici Suspense Rack System, OPPO and Cambridge Streaming Devices. DOWNSTAIRS SYSTEM: . . . Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento Speakers, JL Audio F112 Sub, McIntosh MA7000 Integrated Amp, McIntosh MVP871 Universal Disc Player, OPPO BDP-105 Blu-Ray Player, VPI Scoutmaster with periphery ring clamp, VPI SDS Motor Drive, Koetsu Pro IV, or Clearaudio Discovery Cartridges, Mark Levinson No. 25s phono stage, Wadia 170i Transport with a Meridian Bitstream 203 DAC, VPI HW-17 Pro Record Cleaning Machine, Five Richard Gray RGPC 400 devices scattered around the two systems, Arcici Suspense Rack System, Discovery Essence and Essential Cables, 14,000 ± LPs . |
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This morning
"Sanguineus and Melancholichus" - C.P.E. Bach Sonatas Performed by Florigeum (including a younger Rachel Podger) Channel Classics 11197, 1997 Gorgeous music and very nice recording of these sonatas played by the chamber group Florigeum, consisting of flute, two violins, cello, and harpsichord. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ps3c202211.jpg
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Tony D'Agostino Momentum S250 MxV & HD pre; Linn Klimax Organik DSM, SonicTransporter, EtherRegen; Acoustic Signature Typhoon Neo, Koetsu RSP, Boulder 1108; Sf Il Cremonese; Shunyata Everest, Altaira, Sigma & Alpha v2 |
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