tweekerman
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| Good site for hard to find classical used and new Best yet is GEMM.com They are an aggregator of many music retail sites, you can find A-Z of any music in the world. I've seen some classical vinyl that was extremely rare, at a fair price. This is a great site for vinyl fans. The new disc's are 25... | |
| Good site for hard to find classical used and new My BAD! its HANCOCK AND MONKS, the s goes behind the Monks, sorry. The prices are in pounds,I think $1.25 to the pound. The ship fee is maybe alittle expensive, but I got what I could not find anywhere else, its worth the extra. They provide an ex... | |
| Problems with Cary 303-200 My friend's 303/200 had some problems, shipped another and.... | |
| Sibelius Sym/Sakari/IcelandSO/Recommendation Make sure you get the second recording by Barbirolli/Halle, its around $50. You get the 7 sym's + some other great works, well worth the money. | |
| Sibelius Sym/Sakari/IcelandSO/Recommendation I believe Baxter did so. Said he felt the Iceland, though good, did not offer the "big-band finesse" like the Berlin, and other major orchestras. Have to say alot of other recordings keep me within the concert hall, whereas with the Iceland I feel... | |
| Sibelius Sym/Sakari/IcelandSO/Recommendation I've heard that description of Barbirolli's approach to Sibelius, romantic, with a negative connatation. Over "sentimental" could we say? Maybe, but I'm a romantist at heart. And just for the superb orchestra, the Halle, its worth the buy. Sibeliu... | |
| Sibelius Sym/Sakari/IcelandSO/Recommendation Sakari/Iceland on Naxos. Sakari knows how to take the tempo and pauses, the band follows Sakari's lead, all play with excellent tone and skill(no sour soloists). This Naxos recording really suprised me. I'm enamored with Sibelius music, and collec... | |
| The Worst Speaker you have ever heard. Legacy Whispers, loaded with drivers, which only makes it BARK even louder. Heard them with several high quality amps, nothing helped! An appropriate title would be Legacy Howl-ER & Growl-ER, yea that fits the description. | |
| The Worst Speaker you have ever heard. Legacy Wispers, loaded with drivers, which only makes it bark even louder. Heard with several amps, nothing helped. An appropriate name would be Legacy Howl-er & Growl-er | |
| Classical CD Guide Hassel, Could you do a big favor and look up recommendations for Shostakovich symphonies, #'s 4,5,6,7,11? I'll probably get the book later, but am curious about these at the moment. | |
| Classical CD-guide in print or on web? Hassel, may I suggest that you hold off on purchase until you become aware, reviews, listening to 1 minute clips on Tower's site, and reading the chat sites here and over at Gramophone.com. I've got lots of disc's I find "not up to the music". | |
| Guilty Pleasures: Throwaway Pop On tweakgeek's Shakira comment, her disc Laundry Service really ROCKS! When my wife puts on her cd, I can hear all types of influences, mideastern, punk, heavy early 70's R&R, but Shakira takes it to another level with her fantastic lyrics and... | |
| Brahm's g- minor piano quartet No, not sure which recording, you're speaking of?? Are you recommending something here? | |
| Brahm's g- minor piano quartet Absolutely, you called it right on the difficulty on getting this composition to really dance. Every recording I've mentioned has some awkward moments. And your intuition is correct about this Bridge recording, the fiery piano part in the opening ... | |
| Brahm's g- minor piano quartet You sure know your chamber music, yes Arthur Balsam. But like I say, I'm not happy with the very-difficult-to-pull-off opening to the 2nd movement. But better than the other 2 I've heard. Big turn off. Its like the Debussy/Ravel Quartets, if I hea... |