What are you listening to now?

[Harry]

Music that makes me happy.....

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/09/strauss-johann-ii-complete-orchestral_12.html?spref=tw

[Karl Henning]

Cheers, Harry!

[Lisztianwagner]

Music that makes me happy.....

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/09/strauss-johann-ii-complete-orchestral_12.html?spref=tw

Beautiful stuff!! It includes some of my favourite Strauss' waltzes.

[North Star]

G'day, Ilaria!


Prokofiev
Violin Concertos
Chung & Previn

[Karl Henning]

Happy Friday, all!

And again:

Janáček
Taras Bulba, JW 6/15 (1915-18)
The Cleveland Orchestra
Dohnányi

[North Star]

Happy Friday, all!

And again:

Janáček
Taras Bulba, JW 6/15 (1915-18)
The Cleveland Orchestra
Dohnányi

Ahem, weren't you supposed to listen to the Ančerl recording, Karl? 

[Karl Henning]

Ahem, weren't you supposed to listen to the Ančerl recording, Karl? 

And so I did, on my way to choir last night!  Wanted to review both in close order before reporting, dear fellow

[North Star]

And so I did, on my way to choir last night!  Wanted to review both in close order before reporting, dear fellow

Oh, splendid! 

[Wanderer]

Good day, Karl (& everyone)!

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Listening to Zemlinsky's sublime one-act florentine thriller. Jurowski & co. prove to be a mostly worthy alternative to Chailly's exquisite version.

[Karl Henning]

Cheers, Tasos!

[TheGSMoeller]

Happy Friday, all!

And again:

Janáček
Taras Bulba, JW 6/15 (1915-18)
The Cleveland Orchestra
Dohnányi

Good morning, Karl! Great piece, great recording.
How are you liking it?

[TheGSMoeller]

G'day, Ilaria!


Prokofiev
Violin Concertos
Chung & Previn

Morning, Karlo. Hey, I have that disc!
Did we already cover that? 

[Karl Henning]

Good morning, Karl! Great piece, great recording.
How are you liking it?

Terrific!  And I have a feeling the Sarge agrees . . . .

[North Star]

Morning, Karlo. Hey, I have that disc!
Did we already cover that? 

Afternoon, Greg. 

Yes, I think so, you'd put it on your portable player the other day as I listened to the Stravinsky VC, if I recall correctly.

[Karl Henning]

What a pleasure to revisit this disc:

Janáček
Taras Bulba, JW 6/15 (1915-18)
Cz Phil
Ančerl

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[Lisztianwagner]

G'day, Ilaria!

Good day, Karlo!

Leos Janacek
The Cunning Little Vixen, orchestral suite

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[Brian]

The Strauss is already in my queue.  Reference Recordings apparently signed with Honeck and Pittsburgh, so there should be more coming.  RR up to this point, a Skrowaczewski disc aside, has not had top flight talent, but they have always delivered top flight sound, which sort of makes sense given that RR founder Keith Johnson was one of the inventors of HDCD, and is also a primary designer for Spectral Audio, one of the uber-high end brands, and one that in my limited experience justifies the prices and accolades.  RR recordings ultimately demand a proper stereo or even multi-channel (for those into that) set up.  No headphone can recreate the physical aspect of properly reproduced bass instruments.

By the way, I bought the Strauss album for my parents last Christmas and we played it on their stereo. Unfortunately, that's how I confirmed my belief that their little artsy fartsy Bose "Premium Jewel" cube speakers are terrible. You know the kind...



Tinny, 2D, and adding 20 feet of distance between you and the performers.

[North Star]

What a pleasure to revisit this disc:

Janáček
Taras Bulba, JW 6/15 (1915-18)

+1, Mackerras & Wiener Phil

I might listen to the Neumann & CzPO recording as well..

[Todd]

By the way, I bought the Strauss album for my parents last Christmas and we played it on their stereo. Unfortunately, that's how I confirmed my belief that their little artsy fartsy Bose "Premium Jewel" cube speakers are terrible. You know the kind...



Tinny, 2D, and adding 20 feet of distance between you and the performers.

Bose = Buy Other Stereo Equipment

[Harry]

Cheers, Harry!

And to you Karl