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actually the bit I really noticed was not loud at all but a fairly quiet string passage around 4'20" where the artefacts are most noticeable. Otherwise, it seems largely OK in fact.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: David Hurwitz
Last post by 71 dB - Today at 02:31:18 AM
Quote from: Herman on March 28, 2024, 10:43:57 AMUnfortunately I disagree.

There is nothing unfortunate about it. I don't care if you disagree. You shouldn't care either. Nothing in your or my life hinges on this. I have learned to care about only things that matter: The size of my electricity bill etc.

I have zero reasons to defend David Hurwitz. I have let people here know what I think about him, but certainly won't debate it. IT DOESN'T MATTER!!
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The Diner / Re: Non-Classical Music Listen...
Last post by AnotherSpin - March 28, 2024, 11:58:56 PM
Today release -- Dweezil Zappa's new version of classic Deep Purple album. Sounds sweet.



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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Que - March 28, 2024, 11:46:48 PM
#6
Op. 106

#7
Penderecki: St Luke Passion

#8
The Diner / Re: What game are you playing?
Last post by LKB - March 28, 2024, 09:30:28 PM
Still plugging along in Diablo IV.

Supposedly huge changes coming next season, which could make many of Blizzard's customers very happy. The major content creators seem to be cautiously optimistic, anyway.

But l don't trust Blizzard completely until they deliver, so well see.
#9
Quote from: Madiel on March 28, 2024, 12:49:01 PMIt's taken me 4 days to find out you don't know what "mostly" means.  :laugh:

"I only know what he said because you quoted it."

It didn't take me four days to understand what was written. But don't imagine I'm bragging that I'm an instant thinker, unlike you. God forbid. ;)
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: David Hurwitz
Last post by (poco) Sforzando - March 28, 2024, 08:36:53 PM
Quote from: Herman on March 28, 2024, 06:14:14 PMI wasn't even aware of these things, the deletions and bans. I don't read the comment section to his videos much, since they tend to consist of the usual adulatory and / or emotional tributes that are usual on youtube. I guess he wants it this way. This guy is even sicker than I thought.
what I meant with vehemence etc is the tone of his videos; the screaming anger at musicians who do not do it his way. This is why I rarely watch his stuff.


Agreed. There was a scathing review of Klaus Mäkelä's Sibelius cycle, but when one listens to the recordings one finds that Mäkelä's versions hardly have the faults Hurwitz ascribes to them. My main problem is Mäkelä is the difficulty in finding those Finnish diacritics to spell his last name. Recently there was a video on 10 underperformed symphonic works (several of which BTW I have encountered in live performance myself). But because conductors supposedly do not perform some of the music Hurwitz wants them to, these conductors are "lazy," only programming the tried and true. Of course much of the point about live performance is moot, since most of us get most of our music from recordings and a concert attended by maybe a few thousand people in a city most of us can't get to hardly matters at all. But that doesn't prevent Hurwitz from waxing apoplectic about these "lazy" conductors.