The location is known as "Stratford Hall," which is the Lee family estate from the 1730's. Hiking trails in the adjacent woods are the best kept secret there. Website and directions are here: Directions | Stratford Hall You will have to pay an entry fee for the grounds (and extra to tour the 18th century mansion). Ask at the gatehouse for a trail map which shows how to locate them, the length of each trail and the hiking effort required (easy, moderate, difficult). It's 42 miles southeast of Fredericksburg, VA, and would make a nice day trip from Washington. If you want more specifics, feel free to PM me.
There was a series of Scriabin LPs with a color projection over nude women on the cover. You can't tell a record by its cover.
Maybe $100 to $200 at an estate sale, tops. The music will also sound better if you unplug your refrigerator.
A lot of people have today off for Veteran’s Day. I’m currently watching it snow on the plane at O’Hare on the way to Green Bay.
Listening to Schubert - Sonata in C minor, D.958, and Improptu in A flat, Op.142, No.2. Played by Sviatoslav Richter on this Angel/Melodiya LP release from 1974.
I have this for my office/man cave. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SWCQHZU/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Wow! That's quite a wild looking chair! It may help the sound but it would unfortunately look completely out of place in my house! Since my "listening room" is just the living room of our relatively small house, I don't have a designated listening chair. Just a Mitchell Gold sofa. Nothing special but comfortable enough.
I just read this article, Carmen joins Pearl Fishers as LA's orchestras soar on what has been happening with LA orchestras when this paragraph caught my attention; "First, though, let me note that it's not everyday a 97-year-old founder gets to address onstage his orchestra's half-century mark; but Jim Arkatov -- a cellist who was brought by Fritz Reiner to the Chicago Symphony as the youngest orchestra player all those years ago -- did just that. With arms opened wide to the audience, he gestured a big embrace and warm thank-you for those sustaining the LACO as the greatly deserving little band that it is." I know Fritz Reiner has lots of fans and it's interesting to see that at least someone from that era is still alive. LACO is the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra celebrating its 50 Anniversary and it's first music director was Sir Neville Mariner.
Part of my birthday haul today! (5 more, all Speakers Corner remasters, are on backorder.) I started with “Chopin’s Last Waltz.” It’s one of the most realistic piano recordings I have heard. Excellent playing, too.
Now listening to "Heinrich von Meissen: Frauenlob - The Celestial Woman" performed by Sequentia on DHM.
A funny thing just happened. I didn't see the picture in your original post of this, so I 'examined' the web page code and copied the link to it, and opened it as a web page. I saw the picture. Then I closed that page and returned here. Now I can see all your pictures. Weird.
Similar thing happened to me. I couldn't see his images until I quoted his post, then it appeared. When I went back and refreshed the page, all of the images now showed correctly. Weird indeed!
Now playing Mozart- Piano Concerto No. 24, and Schoenberg - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op.42. Played by Glenn Gould, piano, and the CBC Symphony conducted by Walter Susskind (Mozart) and Robert Craft (Schoenberg). Recorded in January 1961 in Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada. Released on Columbia Masterworks, May 14, 1962. Candid shot of Gould during the recording session, January 1961.