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| Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries I concur with Arvo Part suggestion ... All these composers go out of the dead end road created by Schoenberg... 😊 Music must speak to the human heart or to the body metabolism or to the soul...When it spoke out of tonality or out of cultural g... | |
| Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries Wolfram Schurig (Austria) born 1967 Â Â | |
| Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries Joan Tower (USA) born 1938. Concerto for Orchestra (1991) This kills me every time I listen to it. Â Â Â | |
| Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries Augusta Read Thomas (USA) born 1964. She tends to be more tonal than I usually like, but this piece is an exception for me. EOS (Goddess of the Dawn) part 1 Â Â | |
| Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries Currently living composers: Beat Furrer (Swiss Austrian) born 1954. A relativity recent discovery of mine. So far, I like everything I’ve heard.  | |
| Your Not-So-Obvious Best Fidelity LPs I have often sung the praises of a series of recordings made by Nonesuch back in the 70's. Some are called "Spectrum New American Music". These recordings are quite amazing with regards to soundstage, imaging and the preproduction of other spati... | |
| Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries This topic is right up my alley! The vast majority of classical music I listen to is from post 1950's, up through the present era. Although I love the 2nd Viennese School: Schoenberg, Berg, Webern. I tend to like the 'thorny' sounding stuff, so,... | |
| Does a record player make that much of a difference?? Let me add, that last year, my rich audiophile cousin upgraded his TT from a Clear Audio Ovation, to a Kronos Pro, using the same arm, cartridge, phono stage. And there was most certainly a substantial improvement. | |
| Does a record player make that much of a difference?? The phono cartridge, and the phono stage may make the most sonic difference, but the TT is more important. If the TT is not doing its job correctly (spinning at the correct speed, suppressing airborne and vibrational noise, ’sinking’ record and m... | |
| DSP Active Crossover I've heard several systems with the mini DSP, and have been unimpressed. I've also heard several very high end DSP systems, including the Kyron. And that system kills! Even Mr. analog, Michael Fremer loves it. But my overall evaluation is, that... | |
| High quality recordings any genre Back in the 70’s, the label Nonesuch released a series of contemporary classical music, many are under the title, Spectrum New American music. The surprising thing is, this was a budget label. But universally, the quality of these is pretty amaz... | |
| Feet One-o-0ne @russ69 Most loudspeakers are designed to work in a conventional living environment. I wonder if your room treatments caused a lot of your extra work? They may be designed to work well in conventional living environments, does not mean they ... | |
| High quality recordings any genre Obviously, if one sticks to audiophile labels, the recordings will tend to be of superior quality, But there are also plenty of labels that are not specifically considered audiophile labels that have very good sound quality. The jazz label, ECM... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? This is from last night’s listening session: Shadowfax - Watercourse Way / most people think of this band as a ’new age’ band, but their 1st release was pure intense prog. Not new age at all. They only went in the new age direction when they sign... | |
| Please recommend King Crimson albums… One of my all time favorite bands! I love them in all their various incarnations. My favorite albums happen to be the ones that @berner99 is referring to as "nasty stuff": Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, and Red. I love angula... |