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HI ALL you culture vultures.. I just got 3 tickets to see SLIPKNOT this weekend , bet I'm the only naim user going ? prove me wrong !!
Can anyone recomend a good, nay very good, recording of Mozart's 40th and 41st symphonies. I would wish to prioritise the recording slightly over the performance [ie very good recording and good performance]. I have Academy of St Martin recoding which is OKish and would like better thanks SJ
The Jazz label ACT have just released what I imagine to be one of the last EST albums on double vinyl..EST on ACT which as those who have CD's from ACT knows the quality of their recordings are fantastic to say the least. Could this be the start of...
Any views on the quintessential (or at least, a highly recommended) version of this piece? I have heard an Arrau version and not been blown away by it. I really like this one by Frederic Lamond, but can't deal with the surface noise of such an old...
Well, as Harry Hill might say, there's only one way to settle this - FIGHT!!Seriously, I've been listening to some Haydn piano trios lately, and it's brought home to me how much I like his work, and left me wanting to hear much more. Like George, I...
Hi,I require some help and direction from some of our extemely well educated classical fans. I have a couple of different versions of this track, which is one of my Sunday morning favourites when I occasionally decide to broaden my horizons but is...
Hello all,although Rammstein is not my cup of tea, this song ( and video ) is able to create emotion:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkLDEEs20UBest wishesManfred
Legions of Crows in a Blackened Funeral Doom band creating a stir on Myspace and about to release its debut Mini album. Doom and Despondency! Death and Misery and all in time for X-Mass. On the EP is a rendition of the Coventry Carol featuring Paul...
This forum covers a huge range of musical taste and genres that the online retailers must rub their hands with glee at its existence.Very rarely does a punt on something new not work.So, I thought it made sense to start a thread on those occasions...
Having signed up to Last FM a few weeks ago after starting streaming music through my System it keeps coming up with great recommendations of artists I'm unfamiliar with to add to my music library knowing full well that I'm going to go and order the...
The woman is totally batty but I love her. The new album has Sly and Robbie and, at its best, sounds very much like her golden period on Island (nightclubbing, warm lethorette).I Ordered the double vinyl but the CD has floor shaking bass. Well worth...
Go see them on this tour!Trent Reznor said on his site that he will not be doing another production at this level for "quite some time"...If you are a fan, you will dig this tour. The playing was fantastic, light show amazing and he's bringing his own...
DG interview is on the Radcliffe and Maconnie R2 21:00 it includes a 23 minute version of something I've forgotten which (not comfortably numb).
I had to ask a question based on Gregorian chanting, which I quite like and also find myself hypocritical in doing so.It is uplifting and yet peaceful, but I am curious of one thing:Are the echoes present because it is recorded in a large cathedral,...
I'm looking to add a small amount (say 5 for arguments sake) of CDs that would constitute a decent collection of classic(al) Christmas music. Looking for something beyond the "Best Christmas album in the world ever"!!! Already got that. It isn't!!!Mike
Have an advert in todays Observer Music Monthly. Has anyone here ever ordered from them? If so what is your experience of using them? ClassicLPs Thanks in anticipation.
Antonio Forcione Quartet 'In Concert' 180gsm 2LPnaimlp116 (rrp £22.99) Forcione Quartet's acclaimed 2006 Trinity Centre concert is finally available in analogue! As one of our quietest cuts ever, the record was remastered for vinyl at the famous...
Monteux is a figure out of history. I first read of him when studying Stravinsky, for whom he premiered a number of works. In this 1930 recording, he leads the Paris Symphony Orchestra - an orchestra i have not heard before.Rumor has it that Monteux's...
My favorite composer is Mozart I just think that the music just comes alive. I have a cd of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra with the conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, symphonies 38 to 41 the recording is by Linn so its in sacd and hdcd and I would...
On Gramophone's breathless recommendation, i ordered the Grainger disk with Percy Grainger's "The Warriors" and Holst's "The Planets".The last thing i wanted or needed was another Planets, but i am a long time Grainger addict, and on his "Grainger...
From time to time in the music room, the question is asked : What can you learn from a score?i am learning to use scores in earnest for the first time.my first thought was that before using the score, i would listen carefully, as many times as it...
Am I the only person left that really really likes the fall ?
From an email today from MDT:" Due to the demise of a UK distributor the following labels are temporarily unavailable to order.." There then follows a list of 42 labels, including ECM, Avie, Chesky, Naive, Opus 111, Telarc and many more
Two recordings are being discussed here :Ozawa/Boston and Levine/Chicago.On both recordings, the orchestra is beautifully in tune and on time. Both recordings are beautifully made, clear and pristine.one performance is disappointing, the other...
http://www.georgethorogood.com/tickets on sale.