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Some of you out there may know of this unjustly neglected work - it was performed at the Proms last year and has been recorded twice - once by Philippe Graffin on Avie, the other by Anthony Marwood on Hyperion.This work has quite an interesting...

Hi, this topic has probably been started before, but I couldn't find anything too recent on the search, so lets start afresh and lets see your top 10 albums.Here is mine to start - 1) Deacon Blue - Raintown2) Radiohead - The Bends3) Bjork - Debut4)...

I just bought new Feist album 'Open Season' containing remixes from succesful Let it Die album and some other collaborations.I thought it would good idea to share it with you.If you liked Let it Die, I am sure that you will find this CD...

Just been playing this rather fantastic CD of covers by Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs. Lovely. And she is too.

Hi all!As i did post in "What are you listening right now" thread i have a sony classical edition of Glenn Gould J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations.The recording is flat.Is there somebody who knows a better recording from a different label of it?Thanks a lot!

Like the ones that come with CDs in miniature LP format. I have a variety which are made from various combinations of thin paper and plastic and am in need of some spares. The US Zep1 came with a rather brutal cardboard inner sleeve which leaves bits...

I need some help from classical music experts. My tastes run mostly to rock music, but I do indulge in some jazz and classical music as well. One of my favorite classical cds is a Reference Recordings cd of Malcolm Arnold's music. I've always enjoyed...

Inspired by the always hungry halibut (re: Bach recording, all the recommendations, getting the records and finally falling asleep over the partitas):What a great thing it can be to fall asleep with beautiful music !!!Sounds like a trivial statement...

Well at the moment I am certainly listening to one.Music from the Nonesuch Explorer Series - Indonesia.I inquired on another thread about Gamelan music and Fred Simon was kind enough to reply.quote:Originally posted by fred simon:You could always...

Sad to read in this months Uncut that Arthur has been diagnosed with leukaemia. Under the American healthcare system he can't afford any treatment. Benefit concerts and a CD are being organised.

I have just watched a TV show here in Australia where some Harp music was played, only very little but it was fantastic.Does anuone have any recomendations for Harp CD's????

...that is available on vinyl and is well recorded. I currently don't have any in my collection and it is a music form I enjoy, but don't know too much about.Does anyone have any suggestions?Mark

I have records and cds by the ton and yet I only have 2 records where the recording quality is so bad I can't listen to them. One is Sonny Rollins Live at Montreux where there's a high pitched ringing noise going all the way through and the other is a...

Inspired by jcs_smith's post below.So, what's your worst?p.s. Please state if it's a record or CD.

I am a fan.I cannot deny. Fan up to a point where you defend your idol while being aware that not everything's golden.However, Stadium Arcadium has (and it is a double cd/28 tracks) some great takes. There's some really excellent playing from...

Hi,I am going to Amsterdam next week. Any recommended shop for Vinyl. I am looking for rare groove(jazz,Funk) and recent pop/indie stuff.After searching a bit the net, I thought visiting Distortion Records, Record Palace and Record Mania. Are there...

Dear friends of Music,recently I copied Johnny Cashs last album onto my iPod and found some clear notes of distortion on one track. I guess it was "Hurt". I blamed Mp3/Apple/MyComputer for it. The day before yesterday I bought the same album - vinyl....

I have been a jazz piano geek for decades. While I listen and like many styles, the older I get the more I find myself listening most often to what are now considered mainstream straight ahead bebop players in the mold of Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Barron,...

Would you knowledgeable folk like to point me in the right direction for some string (or wind) quartet music please? I have a basic collection of symphonies and would like to branch out a bit.Composers from the classical and romantic periods seem to...

I'm hoping to expand my collection and I'm concerned about the sound quality on some of the reissued boxes. Some public domain reissue labels lop off the top end hoping to make the sound quieter albeit they chop off the headroom and ambience making...

I heard a (normally superior) Japanese copy of this album on a friend's high end Naim system the other day.When the music was simple (not much going on) the sound quality was tolerable. When things got busy, the sound became a confused, compressed,...

Kate Bush - Japanese Paper sleeve issues...Anyone got any of them? Please let me know what you think in relation to the regular CD issues.Richard

.....have you got the Jegsy Dodd and the Original Sinners album 'Wake Up and Smell the Offy'?As a fellow HMHB fan I can recommend it v. highly. I got it last week and have been listening daily. Great stuff. He's a scouse poet originally from the Probe...

I discovered this Russian pianist a few years ago when I purchased his Chopin Preludes from a live Paris recital, which were very movingly performed. I recently purchased two boxes (total 10CDs) which gather all or nearly all of his releases on the...

Hi,We have a great new addition to the Naim label catalogue. Havard Gimse is a brilliant young musician who has established himself as one of Europe's leading international pianists.His numerous awards and accolades include the European piano...