RIP Mariss Jansons. One of the great conductors of our times.
https://www.prestomusic.com/classica...sons-1943-2019
played these for him tonight: - his thumpingly good Dvorak 8th & Shostakovich 10th
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RIP Mariss Jansons. One of the great conductors of our times.
https://www.prestomusic.com/classica...sons-1943-2019
played these for him tonight: - his thumpingly good Dvorak 8th & Shostakovich 10th
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Yes, RIP Mariss Jansons.
Played these excellent Brahms symphonies in his memory, and Alan's suggestions will go on my playlist..
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Chopin's piano trio.
An early work and really excellent.
Such a shame he stayed away from the chamber music genre in the central part of his life, he could have done great things!
Superb sq from this Italian audiophile company, RS Audio, as well.
https://open.spotify.com/album/0LyZVtXDXe7AKXF5sNNOVL
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Bach's Chromatic Fantasy, transcribed for viola by Zoltan Kodaly.
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The classical-only (although they do seem to do a bit of jazz) streaming service Primephonic have a 3 month free offer on, so I've subscribed again to see if their user interface is any less irritating on my setup than it was before. Other setups may vary, they often seem to have a different UI presented.
Currently playing this Mahler 9 with Jansons (which doesn't seem to be on TIDAL) ....
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a hauntingly atmospheric symphony by Valentin Bibik, quite dramatic at times, too
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Picked up this 5CD box set last night at a stall in the Wrexham Christmas market, unplayed and in mint condition, for 50p: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-C...RFHMZE59J5KSSE
£30 on Amazon, lol!
Enjoying it now over a late breakfast
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Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Enjoying this on a rainy day
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