Neil McCauley
21-10-2017, 11:00
Once in a while, everything clicks. The lights are dimmed, the music flows unimpeded. You forget you’re in a room. A smile warms across your face and there’s only you to enjoy it. Blissful. Audio nirvana.
These moments often catch me off guard, coming when I least expect them.
But sometimes it happens when hopes are highest—like when you get a new recording.
One of my readers, Mike Norton of Midland HiFi Studio in England, shares my love of opera. He sent me a link to a review of the work of a conductor I had not known, Teodor Currentzis. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/03/james-rhodes-on-teodor-currentzis-mozart-operas for that review. If you like opera, watch the video of Currentzis urging his performers through the passion of Mozart. It’s infectious enough that I purchased both Cosi Fan Tutte and Le Nozze di Figaro and they should arrive next week.
It’s clear from watching that video that the recordings I will receive have captured the beauty of Mozart’s finest operatic works. What’s not apparent is their recording quality. That will be a crapshoot. (Isn’t it always?)
Hopes are high. If the recordings are even mildly close to the performance I will be in audio nirvana—a state of affairs not often enjoyed but much anticipated.
What is audio nirvana? WATCH THIS VIDEO http://www.psaudio.com/askpaul/how-do-you-know-when-youve-reached-audio-nirvana/ to find out.
These moments often catch me off guard, coming when I least expect them.
But sometimes it happens when hopes are highest—like when you get a new recording.
One of my readers, Mike Norton of Midland HiFi Studio in England, shares my love of opera. He sent me a link to a review of the work of a conductor I had not known, Teodor Currentzis. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/03/james-rhodes-on-teodor-currentzis-mozart-operas for that review. If you like opera, watch the video of Currentzis urging his performers through the passion of Mozart. It’s infectious enough that I purchased both Cosi Fan Tutte and Le Nozze di Figaro and they should arrive next week.
It’s clear from watching that video that the recordings I will receive have captured the beauty of Mozart’s finest operatic works. What’s not apparent is their recording quality. That will be a crapshoot. (Isn’t it always?)
Hopes are high. If the recordings are even mildly close to the performance I will be in audio nirvana—a state of affairs not often enjoyed but much anticipated.
What is audio nirvana? WATCH THIS VIDEO http://www.psaudio.com/askpaul/how-do-you-know-when-youve-reached-audio-nirvana/ to find out.