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Hi,Can anyone recommend a jazz flugel horn player and some CD titles I might be able to listen to?Thanks,Dave

Can anyone please recommend a good performance and recording on cd of Rachmaninoff's "Concerto #4" as well as Ravel's "Concerto for the left hand & orchestra"? Not certain about the title of the Ravel. Thanks Max

I watched a bit of the Brit Awards tonight; as much as I watched (it was droning on as I started on my taxes), it was the usual nonentities and posers; I suppose the least blah thing about it was Coldplay winning for one of their vanilla-yogurt tunes....

HiWe have another wonderful disc to add to our ever increasing catalogue of great music.Reuben Hoch is a US based drummer who has teamed up with jazz great pianist Don Friedman and bassist Ed Schuller for their Naim label debut.“Time”...

Has anyone ordered the "CD on demand" product from StreetsOnline or MVC, deleted titles which are professionally being made available which the above retailers ?If so are they any good ? Was looking to get some Orange Juice cds but don't want to spend...

Just pulled out my two Joan Armatrading albums, Walk Under Ladders and Me Myself I and really enjoying them again. I enjoyed her music back around 1980 and saw her once when on tour doing The Key in hte mid 80's in an outdoor amphetheater. Memories of...

Can you tell the difference between individual tracks by the Cocteau Twins? F*@k$d if I can.

Any views on the difference between the onboard cards and the external stageline.Is it worth the upgrade with an LP12/Ittok LVIII/Klyde/Lingo.Tim

Does anyone have any recommendations for decent MP3 downlaod sites? All the legal ones of course. Or does one have to use itunes. FWIW, I dont have an ipod but rather an iriver.ThanksBruce

FriendsBookings are open at Pizza Express, London for Antonio Forcione 30 March to 9 April on 020 7439 8722Just booked my table; hope to meet some of you there

...what's more important, if one had to narrow it to one particular criteria:Excellent recording with an average performanceorExcellent performance with an average recording???Of course it's to be debated whether a classical newbie could even...

Dear Friends,Schubert's Ninth was my first encounter with the Viennese Classics, and I have adored it for 35 years now. I was given my first LP of it for my tenth birthday, and that was the then new HMV recording of Barbiroli and the Halle Orchestra...

Hi everyone,Im a proud owner of a Naim system and also love Pink Floyd music. Now Ive seen on a couple of occasions limited edition Pink Floyd CDs recorded in HDCD. I would love to own this, but Im slightly dubious. Does anyone know whether they are...

I'd like to buy a CD of Sibelius's Finlandia for my other half (who is coincidentally Finnish) since her childhood version is gutted from too many plays on a Grundig music center - ouch. Any extraodinary renditions ( ) out there I should look out for?...

Hi Below are Antonio's live dates for the rest of the year and into 2006. He is touring in Australia, New Zealand,France, Italy, Germany, Barbados and of course the UK!September10 – 25 September Italy SoloOctober7 October Canford School, Dorset...

I have to say that there is one quitarist that has been rated in the top 3 of all time that makes me absolutely sick. Nearly every quitarist in the top 100 IMO beats the pants off this man when it comes to real music creativity and playing ability. I...

Touring at a venue near you very soon!!http://www.aussiefloyd.comDiscovered I'm offshore for the Aberdeen gig (where I saw them for the first time years ago) and my gorgeous other half has gone and bought tickets and flights (£30 return!) for...

Has anyone else heard of this artist?I keep hearing one of his tunes on DAB and cant seem to track down any of his albums anywhere.Help much appreciated!!!

When I first heard Karol Szymanowski’s opera King Roger a few years ago, the spell was cast. I’m a big fan of the Pole’s music, but this opera is something else. It combines lush, opulent, late-romantic music in a sort of...

Who to hear next? That was the dilemma I faced. (Okay, it wasn’t a dilemma, but I surely had to decide.) The most glaring omission in my Beethoven piano sonata cycle was (and still is) Wilhelm Backhaus, but he will be heard in time. No, I...

A friend of mine (who plays in a very fine band BTW, look at: Skiptherush!!!) invited me for a gig next Wednesday of this Danish group. I have never heard anything of them; does anybody out here know this band? And perhaps any links to where I can...

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Out takes from Miles Davis 'In a Silent Way' sessions last night were awesome. Sound quality superb, like listening to a live broadcast, or how I'd imagine master tape to sound like. I'd love to know what gear Radio 3 uses. I only have a cheap...

This short video clip from the Ed Sullivan show features Elvis, Scotty and the rest ripping it up like only they could. See it here.

Peter Hook and Stephen Morris are taking over Marc Riley's slot on BB6 Music this Saturday (25/02/06), 1.00pm-4.00pm.Should be good.Jono