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Mozart for Morning Coffee - one of a number of Mozart compilations on Philips - These are all very well done and enjoyable MOZART FOR . . . . .
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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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Fry Street Quartet - Haydn Violin Concerto....a Kimber Kable IsoMike recording.
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Chopin: Piano Concerto #1 in E minor - Emanuel Ax playing a period (~1851) piano
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You listen to some nice stuff. I just finished listening to Chopin's Nocturnes - from the album Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes And Impromptus - Claudio Arrau. Two discs - Philips
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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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Bach: Cantata #140, BWV 140, "Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme" - Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Etc.; Piet Jan Leusink: Netherlands Bach Collegium, Holland Boys Choir Paul
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I love and enjoy almost every type of music - except recent rock - I guess I'm just too old to appreciate loud clanging and gonging with no recognizable melody, being performed by "artists" with no particular talent and/or lousy singing voices. . . . . I do love all types of jazz, folk, older rock (especially 50's & 60's - way back when it was called "Rock and Roll"), some country, Pop, "Easy Listening", Soundtracks, etc., etc., But I spend hours and hours listening to classical music. In my opinion, as I said earlier in this thread, Classical Music performed by a good orchestra, is the absolute best type of music to show off the quality of a good audio system. 'Nuff said, but, I think that our fellow AA members are doing themselves and their huge investment in world class stereo systems, a grave injustice by not giving Classical Music a chance.
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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 . Last edited by AudioNut; 04-10-2010 at 11:08 AM. |
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I found an interesting web-site with much information about the Cantatas at Bach Cantatas Website - Home Page
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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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Julian,
Thanks, I'll check out that site. Those LPs must be something special on either of your systems. I got the complete box set of Bach CDs, which can be had for a steal (~$110), and has brought a lot of listening pleasure. There's a bit of it that doesn't do much for me, but that's overwhelmingly compensated by the discoveries that I've made of his music by the convenience of having all of it loaded on the Mac Mini (my "Box o' Bach" playlist). Currently listening to the 2nd Ax/Chopin CD I got the other day: Chopin: Concerto No.2 in F minor Will play some nocturnes later in honor of those who died in that tragic plane crash earlier today. Katyn is truly a cursed place.
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Couldn't agree with you more. That variety keeps things interesting. As a kid we listened to my dad's Toscanini LPs of Beethoven symphonies and the 1812 overture, but that was about it beyond the FM rock of the 70s. Not having any musical talent nor training, I gained more appreciation from a course-on-tape (or, as my boy would say a Podcast ) mentioned elsewhere on the forum, and have grasped more about the music which brings the appreciation to a much higher level. That being said, I'll never appreciate it like my son already can. He's played the piano since age five, and his teacher has spent a lot of time with him on music theory, playing mostly classical pieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, etc.. When I tell him he's way beyond my comprehension it still doesn't sink in with him. He's actually in Disney World with his school band this weekend, performing today as lead trumpet soloist. Paul
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Paul...I don't know if you have ever used The Teaching Company courses but they have a whole suite of courses on understanding the fundamentals of music, to understanding symphonies, concertos, operas, as well as Great Masters series, where they explore the works and lives of great masters, including Beethoven, Bach, Verdi, Mozart, Tchaikovosky, Stravinsky, Mahler, Brahms, Shostakovich, Liszt, and Schumann, etc...The courses come on DVDs with companion book material for further study, and can go for $200-$600 but very often they go on sale for 50-75% off. I am providing the link below (by the way the Teaching Company has courses on every subject imaginable but the link below is to their music setion), and today they have almost every course for 75% off, so something may strike your fancy. I ordered the Fundamentals of Music course and found it immeasurably enjoyable and useful. You can see course description/outlines for each course and so that's helpful when deciding whether something is too remedial for you or not. I figured I'd highlight it incase you wanted to do deep dives on a specific composer or genre or what have you. Here you go
The Teaching Company - Courses By Subject Last edited by cmalak; 04-10-2010 at 02:17 PM. |
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