I love a good bit of Widor, Marco. I don't know the 10th, though.
I love a good bit of Widor, Marco. I don't know the 10th, though.
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The 10th is rather excellent, Martin. The organ bass will certainly 'wake up' your woofers!
The early Philips recording is also quite superb. I'll bring it with me next time I pop down
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Fantastic music, really beautiful - and unbelievably realistic recording. Superbly delineated in holographic 3D. Must be in my Top 10 best ever recording list - if I had one, which I don't.
Lovely, lovely music - wonderfully performed. Elly Ameling, Felicity Lott, Ann Murray, Margaret Marshall - some of the greatest female classical vocalists ever - Yum.
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Nice one, Jerry. Now ordered from Amazon
Looking forward now to playing the goodies on the way to me from you, particularly all that lurvely Shosty!
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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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DVD - not a bad production at the Sydney Opera House. But the Gondoliers is way down my list of fave G&S. OK to watch it now and again, and the wife likes it more than I do, but ennui definitely sets in fairly rapidly for me.
This CD is from so far out in left field that you would need a powerful telescope to see it! Bought on an eBay whim for under £3.
"A celebration of Britain's oldest recorded city", or something like that. Sponsored by Colchester council and local businesses.
Actually, it's bloody good!A 5 movement 1 hour work by John Scott - quite a talented guy - he's worked with George Martin, he's mainly a film and TV music composer and arranger, he was the principal sax player in the Bond film Goldfinger! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scott_(composer)
Anyway ... this symphony is well worth investigating if you can find it - good recording, too.
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Brahms 2nd and 3rd symphonies transcribed by Brahms for one piano, four hands.
It's great! - works really well, I've ordered several more from the series.
Alf Hurum. Norwegian, early 20thC. Never 'eard of 'im? A long time fave of mine - wonderful music!
I've a CD of his symphony and string quartet, too.
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Traditional sunday morning classical session. Now spinning..
Loricraft / Garrard / SME / Transfiguration / Dynavector / Ensemble / Auditorium 23 / Shindo / RA / Audio Note / First Watt / Duelund / Altec
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Khachaturian - 'Spartacus' and 'Gayaneh' Suites
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Aram Khachaturian.
Decca SXL 6000
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Both wonderful, Barry.Originally Posted by Barry
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A contemporary of Beethoven and a very fine composer. Kind of a cross between Haydn and early Beethoven.
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