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[Erofeeov is totally unknown to me]

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The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 08:57:31 AM

There's also the question of whether the person reading is able to convey the book onto tape. Erofeeov is totally unknown to me, but I'm reminded of how sometimes composers are not the best conductors of their own works: despite the apparent authority of the performance, perhaps another person might do better.

You haven't missed anything, unless you're a heavy drinker or particularly interested in the Brezhnev-era Soviet cultural underground. Erofeev's reading is more than congenial.

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Mandryka - Today at 08:49:45 AM

I had AE1s, used a massive Musical Fidelity amp to drive them and they do take some driving but sound fantastic in the right conditions. I recall purchasing the heavyweight stands designed specifically for them which look very similar to your pair?  Later AE brought out a more wife acceptable wood veneer finish, mine were the original composite black.   

Well everyone says that they are hard to drive. At the moment I'm using an 80W solid state Conrad Johnson, and it drives them better than it drove the speakers they replaced -- JR149s. I've got a couple of monster amps, a Krell and a 200W Conrad Johnson, and I guess I'll try them with the AE1s soon -- but the amps are heavy and I'm too lazy to move them. Also the Krell has a tendency to explode if you look at it in the wrong way.

I'd love the original stands! They're very hard to find.  The ones in the pic are cheap Atcama stands -- heavy, but filled with cat litter (someone told me it's great for filling stands, and it seems fine!)  They're at the right height, 60cm, which I guess is the most important thing.

[Beethoven - Op. 24 - Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring" (1801):]

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Classical YouTube Video Library / Beethoven - Op. 24 - Violin So...

Last post by W.A. Mozart - Today at 08:44:12 AM

Beethoven composed this piece in 1801, when he was 30 years old.

Performers:
- Violin: Wolfgang Schneiderhan
- Piano: Carl Seemann

Beethoven - Op. 24 - Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring" (1801):
00:00 I. Allegro
09:42 II. Adagio molto espressivo
14:55 III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
16:21 IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 08:43:05 AM

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The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...

Last post by Mandryka - Today at 08:41:33 AM

I read Portrait some months ago. A magnificent book though a trifle unbalanced. I enjoyed the latter half more.

Speaking of James, I started to read The Wings of The Dove recently while visiting a library. Blown away by the very first chapter already.

The first chapter with Lionel Croy is very good I agree. For me, I just report this in case you read it, I first detected that there was something very very very special going on in  the book in Volume I, Book V, Chapter II.   

Any thoughts about what Lionel's terrible deed could have been? 

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Last post by JBS - Today at 08:40:10 AM

I listened not long ago a bit, in fragments, to Venedikt Erofeev's book Moscow-Petushki in a reading by the author. It was interesting. Although, listening to this book, which I first read about 30 years ago, was no longer exciting. That is, audio books may have an additional appeal, as in this case, but I never developed a habit for them. And the sound quality is often poor, far from audiophile

There's also the question of whether the person reading is able to convey the book onto tape. Erofeeov is totally unknown to me, but I'm reminded of how sometimes composers are not the best conductors of their own works: despite the apparent authority of the performance, perhaps another person might do better.

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Last post by LKB - Today at 08:15:17 AM

Because as a lesser Polish aristocrat he was a Russophobe and an anti-socialist. 
 

https://culture.pl/en/article/joseph-conrads-forgotten-relationship-with-political-activism

Thanks Florestan, I've never paid Conrad much attention before but I like what you've quoted... a lot.

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Composer Discussion / Re: Vitezslaw Novak (1870-1949...

Last post by lunar22 - Today at 08:01:15 AM

so, I finally got round to listening to Bouře (The Storm) for the first time in decades. There's some wonderful inspiration there, especially in the apotheosis which vaguely reminded me of Suk's "Epilogue" even though they're not actually that similar. Perhaps the piece is a little variable - there are a few somewhat more bombastic or commonplace moments but taken as a whole, it certainly should be a repertoire piece but probably never will be outside the Czech lands.

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Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 08:00:39 AM

Mea culpa, guys! I meant audio books, not e-books. 

I listened not long ago a bit, in fragments, to Venedikt Erofeev's book Moscow-Petushki in a reading by the author. It was interesting. Although, listening to this book, which I first read about 30 years ago, was no longer exciting. That is, audio books may have an additional appeal, as in this case, but I never developed a habit for them. And the sound quality is often poor, far from audiophile

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The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 07:53:32 AM