Opera nuts and the nature of fandom in general

[Sergeant Rock]

However,... you're much worse than I am,...  I feel a lot better all of a sudden,... I'll use this pic to counter anyone who says I have too many cds!!

That's not even the tip of the iceberg. Here's about one-fourth the music library. I'm a sick boy.




Sarge

[Mirror Image]

That's not even the tip of the iceberg. Here's about one-fourth the music library. I'm a sick boy.




Sarge

You're as sick as I am.

[eyeresist]

Bow wow wow!

Sarge, I love looking through your CD pics and seeing what I recognise. Can I ask your opinion of that Golovanov set?

[ibanezmonster]

Can I get a library card?

[Sergeant Rock]

Bow wow wow!

The remains of my punk days....a guilty pleasure.

Sarge, I love looking through your CD pics and seeing what I recognise. Can I ask your opinion of that Golovanov set?

It's a three CD box containing Scriabin's five symphonies and piano concerto. Terrific performances all (best ever?) but the sound quality varies from acceptable to miserable. The third disc, containing the earliest recordings (1946, Symphony 3 and the Piano Concerto), is ghastly. Harsh, lots of distortion, wow and flutter.  I'm not too hard to please (I have many historical recordings) but even I have a problem listening to it. The second disc (1950/52, Symphony 2, Poem of Ecstasy) has decent sound considering its provenance. Climaxes are relatively distortion free although dynamics are restricted (a thrilling Poem nonetheless). The first disc is listenable too although it has more distortion than the second.

Sarge

[eyeresist]

Many thanks, Sarge. I've been contemplating Golovanov's Glazunov symphonies for a while, wondering if he would be the one to convert me. Still not sure if I'll plumb for them...