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[quote user="steverino"]I would put Stokowski with the other 3 in the top 10. I am not sure what the misunderstanding is. As for outdoor concerts obviously climate will affect it but I think to save the industry the classical music season might best ...
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[quote user="steverino"]So the conductor list overweighted to British is expected for BBC. I think Stokowski has to be in the top 10 with Lenny, HvK and Toscanini. As for the festival, if the players are for it I wouldn't stop it. Those under 60 are ...
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This is apparently a "good week" for Bruckner fans, according to The Guardian:https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/31/classical-home-listening-bruckner-vienna-philharmonic-choir-of-kings-college-cambridge-cleobury-bruckner-collegium-vocale-gent...
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Mentioned in the list above is a composer that I particularly enjoy is John Barbirolli, as the French, Italian and English influences on his upbringing reminds me of the cultural mix of my own family. There is a perceptive article published last moon...
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Life here in north-eastern France, on the border with Germany, has lost all relation to normalcy some time ago. Anyway, our town has decided, bravely (some might say recklessly) to continue with the Wissembourg International Music Festival...So that ...
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Hi JJ,I did get to listen to parts of it though before the "private link" restriction came up.It was certainly a more enjoyable recording than the Medici one.ThanksrgdsRakesh...
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I found this youtube link, where the 24 May performance can still be streamed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHYD7ZiiD38&feature=youtu.bergdsRakeshP.S. I hasten to add that good as Yo-Yo Ma can be in playing this, he does not come ...
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[quote user="JJ Triode"]Yo-yo Ma will be playing Bach solo cello suites for 2.5 hours starting in a few minutes (noon Pacific Daylight Time in North America.) He has a YouTube channel and it is also carried on the website kusc.org and maybe elsewhere...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]After Clark passed away I created a web site for him in
order for his Boston, Music and Clark to be together for posterity. It is still
a work in progress but the basics are there. During the next few weeks I will
contin...
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If you're interested, there is a documentary "Lucas Debargue: To Music" produced by Martin Mirabel on Medici tv. He is very articulate (euh French but there are subtitles). Wise beyond his years: "On n'est pas interessant par soi-meme" ("One is not ...
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Interesting short film on the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
and its design...
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20171102-how-do-you-design-for-the-perfect-sound
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oxric wrote:
Hi Anthony,I am amazed by the work you have accomplished so far and love your stands and horns st...
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Hi Anthony,I am amazed by the work you have accomplished so far and love your stands and horns stacks.Two comments though in term of overall esthetics although I realise that having spent so much time on this it may be too late to make changes.I woul...
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Romy,That's a great photo and so funny. Your children are just so adorable. I do wonder though. Whilst Thomas seems to rather enjoy the multiple wonders of operating dad's multimeter, the little twins look like they are ready to pull the plug and say...
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Yes, I saw that a week or two ago and was repulsed not so much by the price (which is extortionate) as the implication that recording in this fashion will give superior results to using the best digital techniques availabl...
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Well, I cannot say that i have much interest in the installations on his Facebook page and this should be a strong indicator of the type of audience being targeted by the driver manufacturer.Nonetheless, he has sent me some frequency responses, but n...
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I spoke to the owner of the company. The drivers are copies of Western Electric 555 (but the owner insists that they use genuine NOS WE diaphragms membranes) but they can be custom made to fit in with one's requirements. I didn't know such a thing wa...
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Does anyone know anything about this German company called hornsolutions.de that advertsies on ebay and offers a driver that promises to reach 80Hz?See link below for ebay page:http://www.ebay.de/itm/Kompressionstreiber-Compressiondriver-80Hz-bis-500...
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I would have been tempted to maximise space above for use by 4 midbass 15" drivers, 2 per side maybe in separate enclosures you can can move each module independently of the other.But probably too late for that as you have ordered the enclosures. And...
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[quote user="Amir"]I think our brain is so complex , the ear and brain structure are very very complex in music processing.low THD , high Slew rate , ... non of them could make us happy , i know making an theory for understanding relation of musicali...
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I am posting this on behalf of a friend of mine who owns a Micro Seiki SX777 Air turntable. He lives in Paris, France.
His Micro Seiki has developed a proble...
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Hi Scooter,Thanks. I am trying to use White Rabbit's service to see how it works out.Ship-To Country: UNITED KINGDOMRequested: 01 Feb 16 (3 minutes ago)Line Item Total: $17.91Per Shop Fee (1 @ $4.00): $4.00Per Item Fee (1 @ $1.00): $1.00Service Fee (...
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Hi Yoshi
Thanks. I had a look at HMV JP; they do not have the rare 1940s OOP recording I have seen on Tower.
I have two other recordings of that performance with Szell...
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I was in the process of ordering some cds on Amazon US and Tower store in Japan and just realised that some of these will not be delivered to my address in the UK or France.I can pay for the items (inclusive of shipping to a US address) using my Amaz...
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Thought this might be of some interest...'THE MAN WHO WOULD BE SCARBO:REMEMBERING ARTURO BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI by John Bell Young'http://www.forte-piano-pianissimo.com/MichelangeliMonograph.htmlrgds...
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I saw this newly released boxset by Sony of all the recordings made by Gould over a period spanning about a quarter of a century and my first reaction was that Sony was unashamedly milking the proverbial cow...It does however look like the remasterin...
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I do not know whether it is allowed to post contact details of commercial entities (especially when they can be so easily found) but the company in question, Rixrax, is very easy to find:
http://www...
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[quote user="Blaukopf"]
Hi everybody, after reading RomytheCat's Macondo Setup I am very impressed ( phantastic music room ...) . Presently I have no working horns ( they are boxed), just questions. First, Romy describes his horns as spherical. La...
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These pics (only ones I have) were sent to me last month when Louis was waiting for the lathe to be ready (which it is now). They give an idea of construction technique used.rgdsRakesh...
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