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My first concert for 2015 started with youthful pairing of Paul Lewis/Vasily Petrenko at the Orchestra Hall last night. Elgar   In the South  ( Alassio ) Beethoven  Piano Concerto No. 5 ( Emperor ) Rachmaninov  Symphonic Dances...

Sad news today. Thanks for some great music over the years David. A other great personality gone.

Thoroughly enjoyed their performance on last night's show. Samuel T Herring's dancing and growling is most impressive. Not sure is anyone else pulls off those moves. The song 'Seasons (waiting on you)' was quite superb. Apparently it won best track of 2014 in a number of worthy publications and got into the Festive Fifty. And yet a quick search on this forum shows only minor interest in it. We should be actively alerting one another to high quality material like this. So in that vain may I...

A real treat , available from a number of sites. To my ears, far better than the CD, but what would I know? All views welcome .

RIP... /ken

Cannonball; Paris 1960 Mono but good sound and Cannonball in top form.

The Festive Fifty as voted by the listeners of dandelion radio. Lots of new music for you here. Careful now. 50: Ought: Beautiful Blue Sky 49: Red Cosmos: Avocado Bypass 48: Steve Gunn & Black Twig Pickers: Cardinal 51 47: Venetian Snares: Your Face When I Finally 46: TERRY: Talk About Terry 45: Sleaford Mods: No One's Bothered 44: Pussy Riot: I...

On the cusp of 2015, we start a new thread... Anyway, links: Volume X:  http://forums.naimaudio.com/to...-be-interested-vol-x Volume IX:  http://forums.naimaudio.com/to...16#22826037054683416 Volume VIII: ...

Helen Watts. If this is not perfection, then I’d better get a new dictionary! ATB from George

What a damn shame...............last of the great rockers. You will live on! Dave.

For those who are interested, there is a very interesting interview with Jimmy Page taking place on Radio 2 at the moment.

  For those interested the BBC website is reporting that the Beatles catalogue will be joining Spotify and Apple streaming services.  Just in time for the Muso Mini 

Any opinion about this cycle, it's discounted on Qobuz now ....?

After nearly 20 years Ray and Dave play together last night! https://www.facebook.com/bjwood/videos/vb.691810408/10153768660025409/?type=2&theater Maybe one or two gigs together is a step closer??? Richard

I got a mail from Naim Label today, about the winter sale. The download albums are on bandcamp, and the prices are very good, but I cannot see if that is cd quality or 24 bit versions also? Bandcamp is not the most screen reader friendly site, so I may be overlooking something that is obvious here.   https://naimlabel.bandcamp.com/music Claus  

John Sheppard's media vita by the the Tallis scholars on gimmel. Astounding choral music

Previously broadcast on Radio 2 - this is on BBC 4 at 11:30 tonight for anyone interested

I have just watched a documentary of Julian Bream at the BBC. Wonderful playing. If you could only have one Julian Bream CD or LP, which? And why?

Is currently on BBC4 for those who aren't aware.  Interesting so far, some good progs on Beeb 4 recently

Rather than have the ghost of Steve Jobs recommending what I should listen to next I thought I'd see if there is any life left in the Naim Collective from whom I have received so many good tips over the years.    So if you were to ask me...

I generally hate these albums and as we are getting closer. What's your favorite and worst Christmas Album, I have started with a picture of a new album.....    

Going through my BBC Press Office emails, I notice that BBC Two will be broadcasting next Saturday (9.45pm, 15th November) "Wider Horizons", a 70-minute documentary/interview with Dave Gilmour.   There's a short preview here:...

There is a movement of energy within us that could be defined as energy on the verge of becoming matter or matter on the verge of becoming energy. This circulation of energy is an expression of our inner landscape. Music has the capacity to alter the flow of energy and lead us into varying states of emotional entanglement. The infinite combination of frequencies may resonate in our core to elicit psychosomatic influences. How we feel at a particular moment in time could be determined by a...

Is on BB4 at the moment, just in case anyone is interested and didn't know.  Seems interestin so far.

Check this great old RCA stereo demo; more in the same vein please.....