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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Bartok piano works by Ronnie on 2006-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bartok piano works in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
I'm looking for more recordings of my favourite Bartok works.These are the ones I got, in order of preference:Piano Concertos #1 & #2:Yefim Bronfman and Esa-Pekka Salonen + Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)Superb! Seems like these guys ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: How to start Classical Music by Ronnie on 2006-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to start Classical Music in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
I bought a silent PC and am greatly enjoying a few classical channels:http://theclassicalstation.org/today.shtmlhttp://mronline.radio.hu/BARTOK.HTMhttp://www.whrb.org/pg/JanFeb2006.htmlSeems like a great way to get "started"!...on newly fine tuned ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Bartok piano works by Ronnie on 2006-01-19 
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I'm looking for more recordings of my favourite Bartok works.These are the ones I got, in order of preference:Piano Concertos #1 & #2:Yefim Bronfman and Esa-Pekka Salonen + Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)Superb! Seems like these guys ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: 20th century composers by Ronnie on 2007-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Surprising: the most interesting composer of 20 century. in Musical Discussions  14 Replies 
I agree, with you both..I have a soft spot for Bartok, especially piano concertos, and piano+percussion.Sibelius might feel more significant, but the works I really know and like are from the 19th century.I have still heard very little by Richard Str...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The new releases from "Music and Arts" by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-06 
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Music and Arts Programs of America, Inc. www.musicandarts.com info@musicandarts.com Tel 510-525-4583 or Fax 510-524-2111CD-1063(2) IN MEMORIAM HANS HOTTER (1909-2003). A selection of Lieder from the Raucheisen project of the German Radio Sy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: God, kill, kill, kill Amp … by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
I hope these friends of mine who clamed that that stupid Amp  might play music will read this post.  After of a 3 weeks or living with Macondo I found myself having no radio. My portable playback, that does very well, is on my work. I do not list...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: BPO will play B7!!! by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
BOSTON PHILHARMONIC just announced the 2013-14 Season and they will be playing Bruckner Symphony No. 7 on Friday, February 28, Symphony Hall, 8pm.   Special BPO Concert (rescheduled from April, 2013)Beethoven, Coriolan OvertureBeethoven, Symphony No....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: The "mystery" of Shostakovich by Ronnie on 2006-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The "mystery" of Shostakovich in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
I ordered the Bartok piano concertos 1,2 & 3 with Bronfman / Salonen and loved itGot their Rachmaninov piano concertos 2 & 3 recording today and loving it.Now, what's left in Salonen / Bronfman recordings seems to be Shostakovich pi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: "I hardly remeber anything good from Ozawa." by clarkjohnsen on 2007-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I hate, hate, hate, hate Boston Symphony! in Musical Discussions  72 Replies 
Well, he had his moments; among them:Mahler 8 at T'wood (c. 1974)Mahler 3 at SH & T'wood (c. 2001)Bartok Concerto for Orch (c. 1971)I'm sure there were more!As for recordings, he has a really, really fine Mendelssohn's Midsummer, an excellent Bee...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: State Symphony of Russia on tour in US and UK by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: State Symphony of Russia performing in Worcester, Massachuse... in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
Thank, Okan. I will be there. Any good concert in Mechanics Hall worth to attend even under a penalty of two hours of driving. This might be very much an interesting consent. The State Symphony of Russia use to be the main state sponsored symphony ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: What am I (Axel) doing? by Axel on 2009-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What I am doing? in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
so, since I   so, since I could not as yet, get myself fired from this thread, and what was actually meant by my comment (…fired!), let’s see if we can get back into the subject.   I obviously also listen to music, and I also deal with the mechanics/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: October surprise. NY, NYP, B8 by Romy the Cat on 2014-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: October surprise. NY, NYP, B8 in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
In 20s of October NY Philharmonic in Avery Fisher Hall under Alan Gilbert will be playing no less then Bruckner 8 with Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 As warm up.   http://nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/1415/bronfman-bartok-and-bruckner  We will ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The Anton Nanut CDs pressed by domestic Japanese labels? by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A great conductor - but almost unknown - Anton Nanut in Musical Discussions  52 Replies 
Yes, Jerry, thanks,I would like to pick some Anton Nanut CDs, not everything from you list but juts some of them. What I would be interesting if the Japanese folks ever pressed Nanut CD/LPs. In SOME cases the Japanese CD mastering is much more intere...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Spatial separation an inherent part of music by steverino on 2013-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The open project: a lateral cross-injection. in Playback Listening  25 Replies 
I have to disagree with the notion that spatial separation is an artifact of music stand geometry and of no material importance to musical expression. Composers themselves have written for specific spatial groupings (eg, Gabrieli, Bartok, Henry Brant...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Liszt Piano Sonata & Chaconne by Busoni+Bach by RonyWeissman on 2005-03-08 
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A strong second-recommendation of the 1977 Horowitz recording of the Liszt(RCA 12548 here in France). It is a superb sounding LP as well.  For some reason I can't listen to anything Argerich lately, maybe it's because everytime I have ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: How High End makes solo flute make sense by Ronnie on 2006-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Audio and musical content. in Playback Listening  8 Replies 
I've had about 90% rock and pop music to play, but have saved lots of classical and mainly baroque music from Internet radio lately.It wasn't before a few hours ago that much of that downloaded material became interesting.Today I'm entranced by stuff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Expressionism by Amphissa on 2006-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting Started with Myaskovsky in Musical Discussions  35 Replies 
Myaskovsky always said that his music was grounded in the tradition of Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, and of course, Tchaikovsky, so that is where the beauty and lyrical portions of his music derived from. But he was part of the avant-garde movement ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: MONO TREE by zako on 2010-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new 'chic' foolishness about mono systems in Audio For Dummies ™  48 Replies 
Stereo is only as good as the width of your head,,,Both visual and audio...Of course locolazion diminish,s as you sit back further,, Hall ambiences will eventually take over...If you are the conductor you get a different perspective,,,And PERSPEC...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: Put Marchand Crossover into the game. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
I had in my basement Marchand X26 crossover that I use over 10 years back. Since my B-2 power amp with passive filter is being fixed I setup the stock fixed B-2 with external Marchand active crossover.  I spent some time to modify the Marchand X26 bi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Rebroadcast by mats on 2011-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best audio source EVER! in Off Air Audio  34 Replies 
A couple of nights ago WFMT re-broadcast a concert I had attended some weeks earlier.  It was the Emerson SQ performing in the lovely Martin Theater at Ravinia.  On the program were the last quartets by Haydn, Bartok and Schubert.  I sat about 20 row...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Linn recordings: listening by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The High Resolution PCM files business, where? in Didital Things  31 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I bought a few Linn Records own recordings of Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Dunedin Consort. They pushed them as “Studio Master” but they are WMA files – means the re-rendered compress...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: You have some room to go... by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ah Mravinsky ! in Musical Discussions  8 Replies 
MRAVINSKY'S RECORDINGS (1938-1984) IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERThe data courtesy to Kenzo Amoh from Tokio 1938/03/27-4/3 Leningrad R M Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 OMel 06820/33 unknown 1938-1939 Leningrad R M Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 BMG(J) BVCX 80...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Thank you. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: World's Finest Sounding Audio Room in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
[quote user="Jordi"] I am sorry that it took me so long to respond to yours and many other questions here but unlike most of the people who have the time to post here because they are unemployed, I have a DAY JOB and have to WORK for a living. This i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Lifestyles of the rich and vulgar by steverino on 2022-01-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Prokofiev in Musical Discussions  14 Replies 
The subject of vulgarity in art gets confused with bad taste and satire, so I am not sure which exactly you mean. For example Mahler seems to me to have many instances of bad taste and satire but seldom any significant vulgarity. Tchaikovsky not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Boston and Bruckner by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-12 
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It is kind of suck for Bruckner lovers in America.  The American audience do not listen Bruckner too much so the orchestras understandably do not book Bruckner ‘s  symphonies.  If some visiting conductors do Bruckner then the US orchestras do not do ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Surprising: the most interesting composer of 20 century. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-26 
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I do not do the idiotic quizzes “who is the best” and who would be the top 5 or 10 in some bogus lists but a few days ago I did asked myself who is  among 20 century composers I feel was the most interesting and the most appreciated by me. While...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: It had happened to me many many times. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best audio source EVER! in Off Air Audio  34 Replies 
[quote user="mats"]A couple of nights ago WFMT re-broadcast a concert I had attended some weeks earlier.  It was the Emerson SQ performing in the lovely Martin Theater at Ravinia.  On the program were the last quartets by Haydn, Bartok and Schube...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The Mravinsky's birthday: 20 Melodia's CDs by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ah Mravinsky ! in Musical Discussions  8 Replies 
Today, at Mravinsky's birthday I publish a good article by Rob Barnett: the Classical Editor of the UK-based http://www.musicweb.uk.net. Rob gives a brief observation of the 20 CDs Melodia's box-set with Mravinsky's recordings. MRAVINSKY Edition ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: BTW, Jordi what kind music you play on those K-Horns? by Jordi on 2007-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: World's Finest Sounding Audio Room in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
I am sorry that it took me so long to respond to yours and many other questions here but unlike most of the people who have the time to post here because they are unemployed, I have a DAY JOB and have to WORK for a living. This is not a value judgmen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: American National Recording Registry by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-01 
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Recordings are listed by year of release: "The Lord's Prayer" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Emile Berliner. (ca. 1888) Emile Berliner, the inventor of the microphone and founder of the first disc record company, lived and worked in Washi...
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