Listenin' to Classical Music and Conversation

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by bluemooze, Feb 22, 2017.

  1. julesd68

    julesd68 Forum Resident

    Location:
    London, UK
    Despite the beautiful weather yesterday I spent about 8 hours with some other vinyl nutters in a basement demo room listening to different phono stages, everything from about £70 to £10,000.

    One of the demo tracks was a very familiar aria from Carmen, on an lp titled 'Maria Callas sings Great Arias from French Operas'. The original vinyl is on Columbia SAX 2410 but I will be buying a recent analogue re-issue by EMI Testament. I never normally enjoy opera but found this an utterly stunning performance and superb recording as well ...

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  2. julesd68

    julesd68 Forum Resident

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    Yes I know! Lovely to be going back to Oxford, my birth town, for this event.
     
  3. coopmv

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

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Very disappointed that Liverpool did not win ... :(
     
  4. julesd68

    julesd68 Forum Resident

    Location:
    London, UK
    Yes it was a shame. I watched the highlights last night, was a remarkable game for various reasons. The Gareth Bale goal was pure genius!
     
  5. coopmv

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

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    CT, USA
    My brother-in-law made a point to visit Oxford when he visited the UK some twenty years ago with my sister and my baby nephew. His ancestor originally came from Oxford ...
     
  6. coopmv

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

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    CT, USA
    Gareth Bale is like George Best, as they both play for a weak national side ...
     
  7. julesd68

    julesd68 Forum Resident

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    London, UK
    It's a special place. Hideously busy with tourists and shoppers, but it's worth the effort to go.
     
  8. julesd68

    julesd68 Forum Resident

    Location:
    London, UK
    I'm hoping he will now return to England. He's obviously really upset about his lack of game time ...
     
  9. coopmv

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

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    CT, USA
    But he does not play for the England national team ...
     
  10. Wugged

    Wugged Forum Resident

    Location:
    Warsaw, Poland
    My wife is a Classical Guitarist (graduating from the Frederick Chopin University of Music in Warsaw). So obviously I have been 'educated' in the good and the bad recordings of Classical Guitar.

    I can confidently tell you that anything that contains performances by, or were directed by, Norbert Kraft on the Naxos label, are absolutely excellent :D. The Guitar Laureate series on Naxos is wonderful, I wish other forumites would dip their toes in...…. :)
     
  11. julesd68

    julesd68 Forum Resident

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    London, UK
    Yes but would prefer to see him join an English club now and leave Spain.
     
  12. Wugged

    Wugged Forum Resident

    Location:
    Warsaw, Poland
    Don't worry. I think most on the forum would realise that :)
     
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  13. J.A.W.

    J.A.W. Music Addict

    Yes, I know her, but I'm not into classical vocal music, except for some orchestral song cycles.
     
  14. J.A.W.

    J.A.W. Music Addict

    True, but the wolf seems to be returning to Western Europe. Several have been spotted in the last couple of years. And there are still bears in Eastern Europe.
     
  15. J.A.W.

    J.A.W. Music Addict

    That's because he is Welsh and plays for their national team :)
     
  16. coopmv

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

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    CT, USA
    Now playing CD7 - French Suites Nos 1 - 4 from the following box for a first listen ...

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  17. ShallowMemory

    ShallowMemory Classical Princess

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    You could have warm, muggy with large helping of thunder and lightning here in Staffordshire, North-west Midlands with lights dimming and the tv reception via antenna subject to much interference!
     
  18. coopmv

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

    Location:
    CT, USA
    But how often do you lose power? I can count on at least once every year. Back in 2012 when that Hurricane Sandy hit the northeast, a real rare event, my area lost power for a whole week ... :sigh::(
     
  19. coopmv

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

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Now playing CD4 -

    Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 - Alexis Weissenberg
    Beethoven Triple Concerto in C - David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter

    from the following box for a first listen ...

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  20. ShallowMemory

    ShallowMemory Classical Princess

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    GB
    Normally around four times a year but the supply is flaky around these parts with voltages dropping below 10%
     
  21. coopmv

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

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    CT, USA
    Power outage can happen just about anytime for us. When it is super hot, everyone and his cousin crank up their AC and that overloads the power grid. When we get heavy wet snow, we get down power-lines. The problem with the suburbs is all the power-lines are above ground. That is why NYC rarely loses power since most of its power-lines are underground ...
     
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  22. coopmv

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

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    CT, USA
    I bet the wolves are protected and there would be stiff fines for harming them ...
     
  23. coopmv

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

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Johannette Zomer has a lovely voice ...
     
  24. coopmv

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

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Anyone here has any recordings by Leonid Kogan? My understanding is he was a great Russian violinist. While I have a good number of recordings by Viktoria Mullova who was his student, I do not have any recordings by Kogan himself ...
     
  25. coopmv

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

    Location:
    CT, USA
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