Music Room
Apologies in advance, as this topic will no doubt have croped up before, but..I have pretty accommodating tastes in modern music, from Enya to Kings of Leon with lots of blues along the way (Muddy Waters, E Clapton, Peter Green etc.), but classical is...
Hi,I know this is probably not to everyone's musical taste but wondering if anyone had tried these versions compared to standard pressings or 180gram version (33rpm)Thanks
Beethoven Symphonies (gradiner/orr)Beethoven Missa Solemnis (Jochum, Gardiner is on the way ...)Beethoven Piano Sonatas Op. 109/110/111 (Pollini)Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique (Gardiner)Schumann Symphony No. 3 (Bernstein)Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's...
Messiaen Quartet for the End of TimeProkofiev Symphony No. 5Prokofiev Violin ConcertosProkofiev Violin SonatasStravinsky PulcinellaStravinsky FirebirdShostakovitch Symphony No. 1Bartok Concerto for OrchestraHindemith Mathis der MalerRachmanninoff...
... From the 70's
Robert Lucas, vocalist and harp player for Canned Heat passed away at 46 years of age. Latest singer in one of the original boogie bands.
We've had multiple threads that attempt to help other naimies introduce themselves to classical music, and we do a good job of trotting out chestnuts everyone should listen to.But what do you do when you want a second helping? I think this question...
I will try and write this without prejudice, as far as I can, in the hope that others here can point me towards what I have been missing, or to hear if others have the same frustration I have with music over the last few years.Looking at rock music,...
The moment we have all been waiting for. Only took 42 years. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, calling the remark a "boast" by a...
What are patrons opinions of the Rough Trade Album Club?Is it worth buying a subscription as a present for a friend ( or indeed suggesting a subscription as a present).How many of Rough Trades Albums of the year were actually Album Club albums?SJB
Just bought a few new pieces of vinyl from the same online distributor. Two of them - Incredible String Band - Hangman's Beautiful Daughter & Joni Mitchell - Blue are playing superb. However, Polly Harvey - White Chalk - isn't doing so well - in particular her voice is breaking up as if there is dirt on the stylus at pretty low volume levels (9 O'clock). What are others' experiences of this kind of thing? I am wondering if I should just send the PJ H back?
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I know it is so tempting to say depends on my mood or its either 'this' or 'that', but as the thread question asks, what is your favourite album of all time?Difficult for me but if I had to choose ONE, I'd say:Pink Floyd: DSOTMRegards,Jon
Alternative thread title: How scary is this?
This is a genuine reply I got after ordering some CD's online from a store in Portland, Oregon!Steve - Thanks for your order with CD Baby!Your CDs have been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves withsterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto...
Here is the formula for determining a major scale: * 2 whole steps and 1 half step * 3 whole steps and 1 half stepwhat is a minor scale?whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step.
1- if it's absolutely, exquisitely on time.2- if it's absolutely, exquisitely in tune.then it's worth hearing. if it's old (say 1930)and it meets conditions 1 and 2, you will be able to listen down into the recording and hear the musicians in all...
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I want to try and get in to some classical music. I like the Planet Suite and want to know of the best CD version available, can anyone help?I would also be interested in other suggestions for a novice. I'd like to start off with some well recorded...
Recommended new album from JB. I think he's still turning out great music.Good content and recording quality. I'm getting peed off with a lot of new pop/rock recordings which are compressed to buggery to sound 'impressive' on the radio, and thus crap...
Hi, I'm about to get some Supertramp CDs. I'm thinking Breakfast in America & Crime of the Century as starters. I used to have Live in Paris on vinyl years ago and I think I really liked it - but can't really remember it clearly. It was about 25 years ago! I looked at the write up on Amazon and the reviews were a bit mixed. What is the recording like? I noticed that Retrospective is available in Gold.Is it worth the exta cost, would it be a better investment than the 4 'main' albums. Any...
The circle of fifths gets its name from the fact that as you go from one section of the circle to the next, you are going up or down by an interval of a perfect fifth. If you go up a perfect fifth (clockwise in the circle), you get the key that has...
the brahms 3rd and 4th came yesterday, so last night i gave them a listen.i really wanted to like them, but the small orchestra sounds thin to my ears. his phrasing is both unique and interesting. intonation is adequate but not at the greatest level...
Nominations - What do you think? some great artists in there. Karine Polwart is getting some recognition and of course Julie Fowlis. Martin Simpson has had a good year too. RegardsDiccus
May 4th 2009 (Bank Holiday Monday) Royal Albert Hall.