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This time about just two operas: Der Fliegende Hollander amd Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg. After hearing both the overture and the spinning chorus from the Dutchman on the radio, I decided to give a listen. I figured it's short (for Wagner) and...
On sale today (Friday December 6) forTwickenham Aug 23, Wembley Arena Aug 29, Astoria Aug 27.Tickemaster and Wayahead websites still seem to have some at the moment but they are pretty pricey!Only the three dates so get in quickCheersTony
*Nobody Beats The Beats*Picked up this compilation in August and neglected to mention it at the time. If you like Ninjatune, Nightmares On Wax and that sort of vibe, this is a superb piece. Shows the Danish crowd to be deep in the mines on this vein....
That's 'guys' in the non-sexist American sense of course!www.bbc.co.uk/radio6The dreramticket section is just wonderful! They are asking for recommendations for playing BBC recordings of live gigs.Just listening to PAUL RODGERS plus support ...
Arrived home today from a bad day at work only to see Mal Waldron has died, a jazz giant and hugely underated, he was long time accompanist to Billie Holiday, played with the wondrous Eric Dolphy and has a quite majesterial body of work on Enja and...
My respect for this man grows, just spinning 'Get Rythum' apart from being seriously well recorded on vinyl at least, it is also a really great album.Also in the collection: Borderline, Vista social Club, Into the purple vally, Jazz (seriously good),...
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Even though I have tried some Wagner before and have been left cold, I decided that since so many ostensibly intelligent and cultivated people seem to like him, he must have written something good. So I have decided to borrow an entire Ring cycle for...
HiI've just bought 'Piano and String Quintet'. Does any one else own this and has any one listened to it all the way through without doing anything else at the sme time?Steve
Interested in knowing when Naida Cole's new CD would be out, I checked out her obligatory web-site (www.naidacole.com) and was rather displeased at what I saw. Yes, she is attractive, but she should be sold more on her formidable ability rather than...
Hello everyone,We are having a Christmas offer on our discs. If you buy two at full price (excluding samplers), we will sell you the third for a fiver! Buy another two at full price, get another one at a fiver, etc.This is a great way to explore our...
Wow, how come none of you lot ever mentioned this lot eh?Picked up and absolute mint copy and I mean probably never played triple album called Sandinista! Its fantastic, am listening now, even has a beano style comic inside, very chuffed.£1.50...
I'm looking to archive some old vinyl to CD (via PC) and want to upgarde my Soundblaster Live card to something capable of providing better quality. I already use CoolEdit s/w but wanted to seek advice about a suitable soundcard upgrade.I notice that...
The new album "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" is absolutely fantastic in a trippy, psychadelic, proggy, aren't Japanese comics about Robots cool sort of way. Similar, I suppose, to "The Soft Bulletin" but much better IMHO as I always thought the...
Can you guys please help me with a vinyl conundrum.I'm just starting to rebuild my record collection from scratch and have been quite lucky with charity shops and market stalls so far but I'm attracted to the idea of getting a few favourites on heavy...
Hello to all, has anyone got any information on which compact discs have been recorded in QSound?I have 3 at the moment which are: Sting. The Soul CagesRoger Waters. Amused To Death Pink Floyd. The Pulse.Are there any classical recordings done in this...
A recent birthday ... a big haul of new music. And, like they say, it's all good:Charles Lloyd - Lift Every VoiceAlison Krauss - LiveJohn Coltrane - A Love Supreme (special edition)Weather Report - Live In TokyoJoni Mitchell - TravelogueThese are all...
Hi, I am hoping there are some antonio forcione fans on the forum that could point me in the direction on which album to get next. I have already got his live album, and my favourite tracks off of it are heartbeat, i heard it through the grapevine,...
System cdx-82-180-nac05-black snaic-naim fraime JMLab 915 speakersI have been listening to a pair of 135's for about 4 weeks and while they cetainly do sound different, I'm not sure that their any better. Apart from the fact that the have an annoying...
trilok gurtu- Remembrance.- universal 064860-2A cross between Gabriel and Metheney set to great Indian rhythms and percussion.His best work to date!
Ever since I began seriously listening to classical music there have been some truths I have clung to. First, I am a big fan of some of the big names, you know, Beethoven, Schubert, Haydn, Mozart, Mahler, Stravinsky, Bartok, et al. I have always...
My wife has heard some snippets from this composer on the radio and wants a CD for Xmas. Any recomendations as to where to start or any to avoid?Bruce
Anyone been to see them yet?We went last night to see them in Brighton and came away with mixed feelings. John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers were quite superb but poor old Peter Green looked and sounded very fragile indeed. This was round 6 of an...
We're experiencing problems with our telephone system here so if anybody is having difficulty in getting through to us, we apologise. Engineers are currently trying to fix the problem so we hope to have things back to normal within 24 hours.Our e-mail...
Did anyone hear the Tomasz Stanko performance last Friday on Radio 3. Recorded live at the Purcell Room South Bank Centre, broadcast on R3 from 11.30pm - I recorded it from the NAT 01 on to CDR and it is musically stunning. Coming up, and this one is...