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Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by George P, May 29, 2015.

  1. Daedalus

    Daedalus I haven't heard it all.....

    Abbado was also a great conductor of Russian opera!
     
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  2. Daedalus

    Daedalus I haven't heard it all.....

    Wait to you get to the Wagner Ring-Wow
     
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  3. ibanez_ax

    ibanez_ax Forum Resident

    Listening on ClassicsOnline.

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  4. bluemooze

    bluemooze Senior Member

    Location:
    Frenchtown NJ USA
    First listen to CD 13 from "RCA Living Stereo Vol. 1".

    "Brass & Percussion" performed by Morton Gould and his Symphonic Band.

    This is one way to wake up in the morning. :)

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  5. alankin1

    alankin1 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Philly
    Now playing:
    Jean-Philippe Rameau – Hippolyte et Acricie, Orchestral Suite
    — La Petite Bande – Sigiswald Kuijken (deutsche harmonia mundi)

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  6. SteelyTom

    SteelyTom Forum Resident

    Location:
    Boston, Mass.
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  7. CorporalClegg

    CorporalClegg Forum Resident

    Location:
    Italy
    The Kurt Masur cycle is on the very first Beethoven Opera Omnia from Brilliant Classics label, as many of the recommended artist said above: Gulda for piano sonatas, Grimiaux & Haskil for violin sonatas, etc. The latest box incarnation have different musicians...
     
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  8. alankin1

    alankin1 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Philly
    Now playing:
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    – Quartet for Strings No.16 in E flat major K 428 (421b)
    – Quartet for Strings No.17 in B flat major K 458 "Hunt"
    Hagen Quartett (Deutsche Grammophon)

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  9. bluemooze

    bluemooze Senior Member

    Location:
    Frenchtown NJ USA
    First listen to CD 7 from "RCA Living Stereo Vol. 2".

    "Tchaikovsky - Pathetique Symphony" performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra led by Fritz Reiner.

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  10. DeepFloyd11

    DeepFloyd11 Lady Eclectic

    Location:
    Canada
    Good morning everyone! On the TT...:tiphat:

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  11. alankin1

    alankin1 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Philly
    Now playing, CD 7:
    Darius Milhaud – Symphonic Suite No.2 Op.57
    Ernest Chausson – Poème for Violin & Orchestra Op.25 — Jascha Heifetz (violin)
    Louis Gruenberg – Violin Concerto Op.47 — Jasucha Heifetz (violin)
    San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – Pierre Monteux (RCA Victor / Sony Classical)

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  12. WHitese

    WHitese Senior Member

    Location:
    North Bergen, NJ
    Pair of SACD hybrids...I give up the SACD layer when connecting an external DAC, but so be it.

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    Nice to see Austrians and Germans splitting production of Lute music.

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    Good thing I only have two speakers:
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  13. bluemooze

    bluemooze Senior Member

    Location:
    Frenchtown NJ USA
    Now listening to CD 9 from "Mercury Living Presence Vol. 1".

    "Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture/Capriccio Italien" performed by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra led by Antal Dorati.

    "Beethoven - Wellington's Victory" performed by the London Symphony Orchestra led by Antal Dorati.

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  14. scompton

    scompton Forum Resident

    Location:
    Arlington, VA
    I don't really understand surround for a solo instrument.
     
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  15. WHitese

    WHitese Senior Member

    Location:
    North Bergen, NJ
    I guess it makes it into a Quartet?..:D
     
  16. WHitese

    WHitese Senior Member

    Location:
    North Bergen, NJ
    I absolutely love that CD...not just because of the firworks, but I feel that they played the works with
    great understanding and energy....And Dorati just rocks!
     
  17. bluemooze

    bluemooze Senior Member

    Location:
    Frenchtown NJ USA
    I didn't read the CD cover closely so I didn't know there's a spoken commentary track following the 1812 Overture. It starts out with the canon shot they used in the recording which made me jump a foot out of my chair. :)
     
  18. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

    Location:
    CT, USA
    I wonder how many volumes will this RCA Living Stereo series have? I have noticed the recently released Sony Vivarte Volume 2, which I will not bother even though I have owned the Volume 1 for some times ...
     
  19. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

    Location:
    CT, USA
    I have that CD single and the cannon shots were indeed "woofer-destroyingly" powerful ... :agree:
     
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  20. Bachtoven

    Bachtoven Forum Resident

    Location:
    US
    Theoretically, it would reproduce the full sound of the hall. In my experience, though, unless it's carefully implemented, it can make solo instruments sound way larger than life!
     
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  21. Kal Rubinson

    Kal Rubinson Senior Member

    Location:
    NYC
    I do. It was evident to me from the beginning but made clear by chance. Way back, I was using the old Philips SACD1000 player which allows for almost instantaneous switching between the stereo and MCH DSD tracks and enjoying a Channel Classics disk of Peter Wispelway.
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    Yes, both stereo and MCH were good and the differences for the solo cello, itself, were relatively small. However, by chance, I switched from MCH to stereo just as Wispelway lifted his bow on the final note. What had been a good presentation of the cello in a coherent and relatively warm ambiance was drastically transformed as I heard all the richness of the room sound sucked into a dark hole on the other side of the front speakers. I went back and repeated this, going both from stereo to MCH and from MCH to stereo.

    Once you hear so starkly the inadequacy of stereo in this way, you realize it has nothing to do with the type or number of instruments.
     
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  22. alankin1

    alankin1 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Philly
    Now playing:
    Antonín Dvořák – Concerto for Cello in B minor Op.104 B.191 — USSR State Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra – Boris Khaikin, 1957
    Robert Schumann – Concerto for Cello in A minor Op.129 — USSR State Symphony Orchestra – Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, 1960
    — Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) [Brilliant Classics – Legendary Russian Soloists]

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  23. crispi

    crispi Vinyl Archaeologist

    Location:
    Berlin
    On the 'table:

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    Beethoven Violin Sonatas - Oistrakh/Oborin

    Orbis Record Club pressing, licensed from Philips. Amazing sound.
     
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  24. AudioLoup

    AudioLoup Forum Resident

    Location:
    The Netherlands
    Hi everyone, I hope I'm dropping this in the right place, as this seems to be the only dedicated 'classical' thread.

    I have a question about a recording/issue of classical work.
    I was just listening to Concerto pour la Nuit de Noel, from the Moscow Chamber Orchestra conducted by Barshai, released on His Master's Voice
    in 1967: https://www.discogs.com/Corelli-Vivaldi-Concerto-Pour-La-Nuit-De-Noël-La-Notte/release/4212642

    I noticed before that it sounded good, but I gave it another 'bath' last saturday and WOW! The opening work, Vivaldi's Concerto in D for Strings just blasts straigt from the vinyl. My equipment just seemed to have disappeared, there was only me and the violin.
    The two Corelli concertos are also great, but not as good as the opening work, nor is the closing piece, another work by Vivaldi.

    Is anyone here familiar with this record? Does anyone know about the reputation of this specific recording, or maybe the rep of the 60's HMV releases in general? Thanks!
     
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  25. SteelyTom

    SteelyTom Forum Resident

    Location:
    Boston, Mass.
    Two-channel SACD works with these albums, too-- beautifully played and recorded.
     
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