They are indeed. I think of them as a cross between Chandos and Nimbus in both the repertoire and SQ stakes .. ..Originally Posted by MartinT
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They are indeed. I think of them as a cross between Chandos and Nimbus in both the repertoire and SQ stakes .. ..
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Yesterday ...
Langgaard - Music of the Spheres on a Chandos CD with Rozhdestvensky. Kind of weird in a Richard Straussian sort of way. Quite enjoyable.
Some Mozart piano sonatas - Jeno Jando on Naxos. Without doubt my fave versions of these sublime works. I have all 5 Naxos CDs. You can hear where Beethoven followed on from with Jando. Very forthright and dynamic. Wonderful playing.Immediate and dynamic sq, too, which matches the performances.
Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony - Slatkin/RCA CD, from my boxed set of the symphonies.
Hmm.Not sure this impresses me so much any more - I may sell the set on. Haitink is so much better. Slatters hoiks the tempo around a bit and exaggerates the dynamic markings, or so it seems to me, presumably to enhance the excitement. Personally I think RVW knew what he was doing with the way he wrote the score!
Massively powerful sound though.
Hmm.
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Yesterday ...
Sibelius piano music on a Naxos CD. A real find - who knew that he wrote such wonderful piano music? Well, OK, you might have done - but I didn't!
Vaughan Williams symphonies 5 & 2 - Slatkin, RCA CDs. Not bad at all, I think I'll be keeping the set after all!
Lennox Berkeley string quartets 1-3 on a Naxos CD. I like these, I play them fairly often. Tonal but challenging.
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Spinning today (on the server)
Anthony Louis Scarmolin - Symphonies 1-3. This is an HDtracks download - so details here.
Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra, Ormandy, Philadelphia, EMI [vinyl]
Last night. I don't think I've ever heard it sound better: the visceral energy of the organ, the sheer beauty of the New Philadelphia strings. My absolute favourite recording of this piece, and not as harsh as I once thought (it's a DMM).
And very nice these two pieces have proven to be, with good EMI sound.
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Glad you like this!And very nice these two pieces have proven to be, with good EMI sound.
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Currently listening to a mint copy of Vaughan Williams 'Sinfonia Antartica', as I write my Christmas cards and sip a nice glass of Drambuie, by our roaring log fire.
The record is on the purple Decca Eclipse label, from 1970, with the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, featuring Margaret Ritchie and Sir John Gielgud, and conducted by Sir Adrian Boult.
It sounds simply gorgeous! The SPU Classic GM E, on the Techy, undoubtedly does classical music just as well as rock, pop and jazz
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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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Sounds idyllicCurrently listening to a mint copy of Vaughan Williams 'Sinfonia Antartica', as I write my Christmas cards and sip a nice glass of Drambuie, by our roaring log fire.
The record is on the purple Decca Eclipse label, from 1970, with the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, featuring Margaret Ritchie and Sir John Gielgud, and conducted by Sir Adrian Boult.
It sounds simply gorgeous! The SPU Classic GM E, on the Techy, undoubtedly does classical music just as well as rock, pop and jazz
Marco.
The Eclipse disc can't have been one of their dreadful reprocessed stereo efforts, though, if it sounds so good
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Nope, the copy I've got definitely doesn't fall into that category..... Aye, you can't beat the warmth from a real log fire on cold and wintry nights!
Incidentally, we'll be down your way on Saturday, visiting Speedy Steve in Bisley, but we're going to pop into Guildford for lunch and to do some shopping.
Where's good to eat, Bob? We'd like to go to a cosy and quaint little olde worlde pub that serves real ales and classic home-made British pub grub, not bloody curries, Chinese or Italian food, like some pubs do... Think home-made soups with thick rustic bread, game pies and ham hocks, local sausages with onion gravy - that type of thing. Any links to relevant websites would be appreciated
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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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