I never found Guaraldi's playing interesting, and soul jazz is not really my thing (although I love Cannonball Adderley's Riverside recordings that tend toward soul jazz), let alone its pop side. Oscar Peterson's style isn't my thing either, you got that right
I am not an expert but I have owned and used various tube amps and preamps over the years. If the power tubes are not over driven by the amp design they should be last for several years of steady use. Pre-amp tubes will last last relatively for much more years of steady use. I had EL 34 tubes with 5000 plus hours without failure or noticeable degradation and more hours with pre-amps. I currently use a Quicksilver Audio Integrated amp( in rotation with a Yamaha and Denon) which uses 8 EL84 tubes outputting very low wattage. These tubes are not being stressed to put out too much power so they should enjoy long operating life( barring a random bad tube of course).
My 2 cents. 60% Classical 20% Rock/Pop 20% Jazz (unless Sinatra, etc. are considered pop, then this percentage changes)
For me, it depends on what time in my life we are talking about. As a child, through college years it would have been 90% rock/pop, 6% Jazz, 4% Classical Age 25-45: 80%Jazz, 10% rock/Pop, 10% Classical Age 46-Present: 75% Classical, 20% Jazz, 5% Classic Rock/Pop .
Classical music fans - is this story true? The conductress said that Tchaikovsky (who died in 1893) invited the composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906) to visit him for supper. They lived in the same apartment building, he lived on the first floor and Arensky on the 14 th floor. She said nothing about a date (year) If this was in Moscow, would there have been elevators and high rises at whatever date this could have been (before 1894 is all I can surmise )
Listening to CD 2 from "Die Grossen Minnesanger" on Christophorus. Neidhart von Reuental - Von hehren Frauen & trupen Tolpeln performed by Ensemble fur fruhe musik Augsburg
On the turntable, "Monteverdi's Contemporaries" performed by The Early Music Consort Of London led by David Munrow on Angel.
On the turntable-- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5. Karl Böhm / London Symphony Orchestra Recorded at St. John's, Smith Square, June 1980. DG LP / German press / 1981
Maybe they had "pick of the litter"... never considered that, but it could be true. I'd noticed that Artia released a lot of Supraphon's recordings and they had similar logos (lions), so I always thought they had some business connection.
My experience has been similar to what @Daedalus posted. Pre-amp tubes last indefinitely; power tubes will last for several years if properly biased in a well-designed amp. My main music system is powered by a Cayin KT88 integrated tube amp. The last time I changed a power tube was in 2011. If you really appreciate a great tube amp, then the effort to occasionally swap out a tube is relatively minor. My amp:
I did a little research-Artia may have been the export label for US consumption of Supraphon records. They seemed to be a little more fancy-gatefold cover, attached extensive notes, etc.
I go through "phases" where I listen to nothing but Classical for weeks, then I get into a "Jazz phase" and will spend a week with just Jazz. Then maybe a day or two of Rock. It's hard to put a percentage on it, but I'd say 90% classical overall.
Re: our discussion/comment on Simon Rattle-this is one box set I have with his conducting ( along with a small number of singles). Spinning today at the office.
First listen to (and first play of - previously SS) "Glinka - A Life For The Tsar" performed by The soloists and Orchestra of the National Opera Belgrade directed by Oscar Danon on London.
Seems unlikely as the first skyscraper in Moscow was an 8-storey building in the early 1900s.... (According to Wikipedia) "Moscow was first introduced to a 'skyscraper' when in 1904-1905 the 8-storey Afremov House (Sadovaya-Spasskaya, 19/1) was built."
