Nimbus records

The Raga guide is a rather cerebral thing, and the details were rather beyond my understanding of musical theory. The CDs contain short sections of each Raga, some are marvellous but the overall effect is a bit disjointed. Hope you enjoy it.

If you are interested try Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma-Rasadhara is excellent and Call of the Valley very good too.

Bruce

I had a look at the Nimbus web-site but something appears to be broken. Clicking on a link in their on-line Catalog listing just brings up a Netscape Search window which has nothing to do with Nimbus. Do you get the same thing or is it something in my system?? I reported it to their web-master anyway.

David

"Opinions are like belly-buttons, everybody's got one"

Nimbus is indeed a wonderful label. I particularly like their treatment of vintage recordings - i.e. recording them straight from a rather superior gramophone in a nice acoustic, as opposed to the filtering and buggering about approach.I'd like to know exactly why they folded - there must have been a bit of a cockup somewhere.

I remember that at the dawn of CD they had one of about three pressing plants in Europe, and used to press stuff for all the majors. You would have thought that the cash that that must have generated would keep a small label going if properly handled.

All releases are labeled 'ambisonic', which I've heard is supposed to be a natural and easily achieved 3 point surround sound system. My last Nimbus disc was some Philip Glass organ music from 2001, which must have been around the time they ran into trouble, and they were using it even then. Anyone ever heard it in action?

throb

I have to confess that I'm not a big fan of the way Nimbus sometimes put their pianos in rather large spaces, so that the recorded space actually becomes a sort of second instrument.

However, I have a disc with the Max Reger clarinet quintet that is fabulous, both musically and sonically, and I'm glad they are back in business.

Herman

After hearing Vlado Perlemuter play Ravel on Vox, I am looking forward to the other repertoire - Chopin, Faure, Schumann - that he recorded for Nimbus. The Chopin used to be available in a budget 6-disc box (for $30), and I hope it is soon. One set to look out for is Martin Jones's set of the complete piano music of Karol Szymanowski. It is a superb set, and if the sound is less than ideal at times, the playing is as good as one could hope for.

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All releases are labeled 'ambisonic'

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Ambisonics have been around a very long time. I thought it was a two channel surround system that wasnt Dolby Stereo.

There's much more info at http://www.ambisonic.net/

Paul