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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: MTT and pianist. by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Yes, he was: http://www.amazon.com/Gershwin-Rhapsody-Cuban-Overture-American/dp/B000001GEKHowever, I hear a few months ago a broadcast with Michael Tilson Thomas playing the Rhapsodies with some kind of Florida orchestra is I am not mistaken and it w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Ligeti by el`Ol on 2008-11-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Great Cello Concertos in Musical Discussions  21 Replies 
Ligeti´s Cello concerto / Siegfried PalmThis CD is not only for specialists, also fits very well into a small "contemporary music for dummies" collection:http://www.amazon.com/Siegfried-Palm-Violoncello/dp/B000005W98/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&am...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: No luck there by yoshi 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 
I've been following the thread with interest.  I just checked Japanese HMV and Amazon.  Anton Nanut search in HMV brings no result.  Zilch!  The name is not even included in their very comprehensive conductor search.  There's...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Corresponding With Carlos by Charles Barber by Romy the Cat on 2012-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Corresponding With Carlos by Charles Barber in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
Eventually! After years of promising Charles Barber (a conductor himself) has published his book: "Corresponding With Carlos:  A Biography of Carlos Kleiber"It is available through Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Corresponding-Carlos-Biogra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Really bad LOL by Antonio J. on 2005-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bad, bad, bad 1812 Overture in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
I've casually found at a record shop near my place one of the Great Conductors of the 20th Century CDs, dedicated to Golovanov. It's a two CD set and includes the 1812 Overture with the Moscow Radio Orch (In spite at Amazon they state the Monaco Radi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Instead of pink plastic pellicans... by jessie.dazzle on 2010-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Romy wrote:"...The big problem is that the listening room looks on reservation land and there are some very mean birds in there. At nigh they sound like car alarm – very annoying. I have discovered that when I flip the pool light then the birds s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: The Siegfried Palm’s record by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Great Cello Concertos in Musical Discussions  21 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"] Ligeti´s Cello concerto / Siegfried PalmThis CD is not only for specialists, also fits very well into a small "contemporary music for dummies" collection:http://www.amazon.com/Siegfried-Palm-Violoncello/dp/B000005W98/ref=sr_1_2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Monochrome/color by yoshi on 2011-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
Monochrome is a result of a manipuration of what you call "normal live colors".  In this case, "normal live colors" is the original element to be manipurated and not a contrary concept.  The contrary concept to monochrome would be enhanced colors...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Warner box set now available in U.S. by Amphissa on 2008-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting Started with Myaskovsky in Musical Discussions  35 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The rumors are that Warner has bought licenses of all Svetlanov's recordings and they are reissuing them now. So far the Myaskovsky set is available only in Europe http://www.amazon.fr/Int%C3%A9grale-Symphonies-Nikola%C3%A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #209: How bad do you need it to be? by Paul S on 2013-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Yes, the main system often seems to require too much of an "investment" to make using it worthwhile, or even realistic.I confess I have let my mind wander in this direction:http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=a5+audioengine&tag=googhydr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.5 by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.5 in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
OK, whatever you say, but did you buy it already? http://www.amazon.com/Piano-Concerto-No-5-Based-Symphony/dp/B0015XAT1QThe caT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Regarding the set by Antonio J. on 2005-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A phenomenal find: Garvilov-Prokoviev in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Did you score the full 200 CD collection: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00002EITP.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpgor just the Gavrilov 2 CD set?I've been wondering if the whole set is worth the price. Individual sets are very difficult to find, I tried to g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Centenary Edition - 100 Years of Great Music by ayebee on 2005-06-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EMI rollercoaster across 20 century. in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Hi!The cuts are from a bonus disc that came with EMIs "Centenary Edition - 100 Years of Great Music", a 10 CD set issued in 1997. Each CD was dedicated to a decade long span, beginning with 1897-1907.I bought the set when it came out, and I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Happy nihilism by el`Ol on 2010-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yep, Bach would do it…. in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Maybe he should have read that instead of Nietzsche:http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=daniel+everett+snakes&x=0&y=0A book from an American missionary who was converted to nihilism by a nihilist i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Lang Lang and St. Petersburg New Philharmonic the right performers. by unicon on 2011-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Performance of a week. in Musical Discussions  87 Replies 
Brilliant piano performance from Lang Lang :http://www.amazon.com/Rachmaninoff-Piano-Concerto-Scriabin-Etudes/dp/B00006419GRgs....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #125: Demise of the r2000 home by miab on 2009-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Be very carefull in the advice taken from 'professional opinions'. Be as skeptical of these opinions as you are of audio opinions. In construction, maybe more than audio, everyone thinks their opinion is gold. Even city codes are often incorrect when...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Anima Eterna Orchestra by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New Beethoven cycle/Anima Eterna/Immerseel in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Is it the band? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=music&field-artist=Anima%20Eterna%20Orchestra It looks like they plays some large music well and they are not only “passionate sma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #191: Foam color by jessie.dazzle on 2010-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Romy wrote:"...Yep, this Foam Factory look good and the prices are very good, thanks. They do not have the right light colors that I would like to have..."No problem; this foam can very easily be painted using a device like a Wagner Power Painter (yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A winterreise is acomin' in by clarkjohnsen on 2008-09-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hans Zenders’ orchestrated Winterreise. in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
I can't believe -- an orchestration! I'd have to be singing along, so it would be more like a Music Minus One. The Hotters (especially the one with the magical Michael Raucheisen) and the earlier F-Ds (there are ten in all!) are like the man said. Th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Fumiko Shiraga plays The Adagio by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
I have been listening for the last week German player Fumiko Shiraga plays Bruckner’s sole piano works. The CD has the piano version of the Adagio from Symphony No. 7, the 26 min 40 second of pure hallucinogenic ride. I think the world pianist need t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Mravinsky biography book. by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Yevgeny Mravinsky Film in Musical Discussions  9 Replies 
... 304 pages and 28CDs (juts kidding)http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810854279/102-3443698-2772169?redirect=true The price is slightly too stiff and I wonder if anyone heard about this book. Mravinsky during his artistic life dealt with quit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Svetlanov's complete(?) Myaskovsky Symphony set by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting Started with Myaskovsky in Musical Discussions  35 Replies 
The rumors are that Warner has bought licenses of all Svetlanov's recordings and they are reissuing them now. So far the Myaskovsky set is available only in Europe http://www.amazon.fr/Int%C3%A9grale-Symphonies-Nikola%C3%AF-Miaskovsky/dp/B000XCTD5S/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Mahler 6th by Anton Nanut? by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A great conductor - but almost unknown - Anton Nanut in Musical Discussions  52 Replies 
A good new Mahler 6? You should not tell me any longer. Is it the recording from “Zyx Records”? http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Symphony-No-6-Tragical/dp/B000025Y52/ Yep, the small budget labels can be a pain in ass but they also can care some really ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Buying cds and records in USA and Japan by oxric on 2016-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying cds and records in USA and Japan in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Just found this. Wonderful and so much better than the recording on Me... by oxric on 2020-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yo-yo Ma live on the internet in 20 minutes in Musical Discussions  7 Replies 
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 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Musical Fidelity's V-LINK, USB To SPDIF Converter by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Asyncronus USB in Didital Things  12 Replies 
I read a good feedback about it at Amazon, that all that I know about it.   http://www.amazon.com/Musical-Fidelity-V-LINK-SPDIF-Converter/dp/B004PH03GU So, what you do, you play your PC CDR to the V-LINK’s own driver and then feed an external DAC?  A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #132: They are for mA by anthony on 2018-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]You decided to go with mA or are they mV against 1R resistors? I prefer the second approach personally and I feel that I can moderate the quality of resistor and I can’t moderate the quality of the milliampere meter coil....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A book about Loudspeakers and Rooms? by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A book about Loudspeakers and Rooms? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
I have to admit that I never read any books about loudspeakers design never had needs or interests - perhaps this why Macondo sounds so “different”.  I was looking through some researches and articles but I very seldom took them under considerati...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Count(less) hours by N-set on 2011-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I good spot-light for a turntable? in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
I'm affraid putting the filter in front of LEDs may bring the efficiency down to halogen...at 10x the cost...which of course is the goal of all osram's, phillipses, and even eu bureaucrats.Counting hours is easily done with an hour meter;e.g.http://w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #120: Oil and Ball by jam on 2022-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
I would use a trurbine oil like Zoom Spout and get the bearings from Boca Bearingshttps://www.amazon.com/Original-All-Purpose-Turbine-Telescoping-Spout-GuruShop/dp/B09MDJPKV5 https://www.bocabearings.com/products/bearing-and-ball-types/balls/ceramic-...
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