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1: Inmate Central, The Russian Z Symbol - Putin's Folded Nazi Swastika (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-04-28, 20:25:13 (76.195.239.169)
Lot's of little explanations abound- except the one true one. ------->>> It's the Nazi Swastika, folded on itself. As such, it encapsulates Vladimir Putin's typically insouciant attitude toward the fr .......
2: Inmate Central, What Are Ukrainians Fighting for? FREEDOM (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-04-21, 20:17:17 (76.195.239.169)
"The Ukrainians are fighting for their land, their home and their families. Absolutely. And critically, for the freedom for Ukraine and Ukrainians. Exactly what we fought for when we declared independ .......
3: Inmate Central, +1 (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-04-20, 21:37:47 (76.195.239.169)
"I cried for those idiots who would be reading that story and believe it... I know most Russians would fall into that category." Yep. .......
4: Inmate Central, You're Right (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-04-19, 22:02:01 (76.195.239.169)
"greasy scenes of soldiers surprising their little daughter" is exactly the same as biowarfare spreading deadly diseases, American satanists, and migratory birds infecting Russians. Yep. Same exact th .......
5: Inmate Central, Russian Television On The "Special Operation" Real Truth (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-04-19, 21:13:14 (76.195.239.169)
Channel One is Russia'a most popular state-run station. >>Channel One aired a segment saying Satanists working for a private military contractor made up of former American special forces soldiers are .......
6: Inmate Central, If Only (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-04-19, 21:01:48 (76.195.239.169)
Ukraine'd bring something that vast stretch of Eurasia has never ever had: freedom. .......
7: Inmate Central, BBC World News: Mariupol Has Ceased To Exist (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-22, 20:58:59 (76.195.239.169)
The BBC reported tonight that Russian bombardment has reduced Mariupol to rubble. How do Russian trolls and Kremlin fellow travelers, many of them arrogantly active here on AA, manage to continue to a .......
8: Inmate Central, +1 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-18, 19:40:28 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
9: Inmate Central, Here's The Actual Story (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-16, 22:22:54 (76.195.239.169)
Actually, what happened was that the Mongols attacked what subsequently developed into Muscovy in 1238, and then actual Ukraine - then known as Kievan Rus (not Russia at all) in 1240. They did that be .......
10: Inmate Central, Totally True (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-16, 21:25:05 (76.195.239.169)
Everything the Kremlin says is true. The true evil in the world are the following most evil evils: NATO EU USA There are a few bold sources of real truth in the corrupt, Russia-hating West. Among the .......
11: Inmate Central, +1 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-16, 21:12:24 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
12: Inmate Central, Burger Tsar - Excellent (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-16, 21:10:54 (76.195.239.169)
Hamburger Tsarevich. Hah. .......
13: Inmate Central, How Can You Even Think That? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-15, 20:58:49 (76.195.239.169)
[Brave Putin forces ethnic cleansing Ukraine of it's Ukrainians who are all Neo Nazis] How can you talk about removing the kindest leader in the whole world? Especially when so many of those part .......
14: Inmate Central, Excellent. (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-15, 20:22:11 (76.195.239.169)
Ukraine, under attack for its very existence, showing not only super hero bravery, but humor. Slava Ukraini! .......
15: Inmate Central, American Reporter Brent Renaud Killed By NATO; Russia Blamed (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-14, 20:43:17 (76.195.239.169)
[The picture above didn't happen, says honest Russia. You know it's true if Russia says it's true]. The world-wide, evil conglomerate NATO has blamed Russia for the killing and death of prize winni .......
16: Inmate Central, Putin To Launch "Special Operations" In Alaska, Then California, New York City (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-11, 20:30:46 (76.195.239.169)
The Kremlin will be sending unmarked Russian troupes to take back Alaska. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia will only be protecting its ancient Alaskan soil, not invading the USA .......
17: Inmate Central, +1 [nt] (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-11, 19:38:08 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
18: Inmate Central, Great Art Is Great Art (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-09, 21:46:07 (76.195.239.169)
There's no connection between music of genius and an evil contemporary figure. People who respond to music - and Ukrainians are included in the 'people' category, regardless of what the ex-KGB turd ja .......
19: Classical Court, Leaving aside Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin's cocaine addiction (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-07, 21:35:07 (76.195.239.169)
The president of a country is a drug addict? And you put that forward as actual fact? Exactly where did you get that "fact"? Oh, I forgot. There is no possibility of Russian disinformation. Propaga .......
20: Classical Court, Disorienting.. (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-07, 20:14:47 (76.195.239.169)
to see those old Command Classics on DGG. Talk about unrelated keys, very distant from each other. If I recall, Command had some sort of relationship with either Bob Fine, or other members of the Merc .......
21: Classical Court, Indeed (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-07, 20:12:14 (76.195.239.169)
I've long admired Mitro. From afar, so to speak, since many of his recordings just haven't been reissued that much. What I've heard has been passionate music making, with great commitment. ::: TOPIC:: .......
22: Classical Court, Is That A Joke? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-04, 19:30:33 (76.195.239.169)
No rational person in his or her right mind could possibly support a bloody tyrant who's destroying and entire nation and its people. .......
23: Classical Court, I Clearly Remember The Original SE.. (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-03-02, 21:15:11 (76.195.239.169)
As I previously said, the original "SE" at one point said the following: 1. He was going to spend a considerable amount of money on CD recordings of ultra- modernist music, because, if I recall, his w .......
24: Classical Court, RE: Does anyone here dislike conductor Antal Dorati ? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-02-24, 21:00:24 (76.195.239.169)
I found he varied from being plain to the point of being prosaic, to being on fire. Some of his recordings are incredible; some are forgettable. .......
25: Classical Court, Brahms & Rachmaninov & Tchaik (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-02-24, 20:56:23 (76.195.239.169)
The Brahms Piano Concerto #1 went through many stages; at one point arranged as a chamber piece, before finally being cast as a concerto. Symphony #1 originally didn't have that massive, pounding .......
26: Classical Court, everyone are Hasidim LOL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-02-24, 20:30:05 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
27: Classical Court, thx (nt). . . (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-02-16, 19:45:56 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
28: Classical Court, Oh Man Thanks (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-02-15, 20:25:34 (76.195.239.169)
I've been searching for the Mahler piece. I love that piece. Early, but it already brings out so much emotion. .......
29: Classical Court, Too much Is Not Enough (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-02-15, 20:23:07 (76.195.239.169)
Heh. From the 80's. .......
30: Classical Court, I'm With You About The Bruckner Problem (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-02-15, 20:21:26 (76.195.239.169)
Actually, for me there's no problem. I find a particular performance to be more important than what version's being used. The only time I've found it to result in double take is when some conductor ch .......
31: Classical Court, Thanks Everyone (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-02-12, 19:50:59 (76.195.239.169)
Mucho gracias for the advice and help. I've tried different things, as suggested. With either Foobar or VLC, it's always played through without gaps. Not sure where things went awry with this particul .......
32: Classical Court, Assistance Request From eClassical / Download Experts (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-02-11, 20:17:00 (76.195.239.169)
eClassical sent me an email about the BIS Rachmaninov Liturgy, on sale for $9.00. Irresistible, so I downloaded it. I downloaded the FLAC 24-bit Surround 5.0. It downloaded as 18 separate, individual .......
33: Classical Court, Parade Of Nations Potpourri? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-02-04, 19:35:27 (76.195.239.169)
Anyone happened to know of what arrangement they used for the opening of the 2022 Olympics? It was a festive arrangement of beloved melodies, mostly from opera, & ballet, but also a festive arrangemen .......
34: Classical Court, Cool & Apropos (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-02-04, 19:30:25 (76.195.239.169)
t .......
35: Classical Court, Not For Beethoven (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-02-04, 19:28:40 (76.195.239.169)
When I was a teen, I heard a recording of his of the 3 big Beethovens - Appasionata, Pathetique, & Moonlight. It was the opposite of what would be acceptable to me, then or now, in this music. Soft an .......
36: Jazz Alley, Ken Micallef (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-01-20, 21:35:32 (76.195.239.169)
I started watching his youtube channel fairly regularly a while back, and I really loved his insider information and insight that could only come from a former jazz musician. His sometime humility dra .......
37: Jazz Alley, Sonny Clark My Conception 2 Versions Totally Different (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2022-01-12, 21:55:20 (76.195.239.169)
Does anyone know about this? Apparently, the European Blue Note Connoisseur CD release apparently had the vastly superior 2nd versions of 'Minor Meeting' & 'Royal Flush'. The regular versions, which .......
38: Jazz Alley, Your Link Led to More Links (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-12-21, 20:07:34 (76.195.239.169)
And then I 've found a bunch of channels on youtube, all of which confirmed current Don Was led Blue Note's serious about all analogue vinyl. Thanks. .......
39: Jazz Alley, Blue Note Tone Poet Series - Digital Or Not? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-12-16, 22:11:08 (76.195.239.169)
I've done a search on Jazz Alley for "Blue Note Tone Poet", and I only found one post. A search on all forums yielded more, but nothing about what the masters are being used, except for a passing rema .......
40: Classical Court, Yes, But, Mahler Said (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-12-01, 20:09:10 (76.195.239.169)
"Interesting is easy. Beautiful is hard". (Keep in mind that the concept of beauty in the 19th cent was vastly different from how we understand the term now. It more closely might be translated into l .......
41: General Asylum, assinine - Yes (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-30, 19:28:44 (76.195.239.169)
All of them mostly love anything they hear. Everything's wonderful. Run out and buy today; now. Just as bad, none of them seem to have a clue about what imaging is. Most of them seem to hardly care, a .......
42: Classical Court, No (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-30, 19:17:03 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
43: General Asylum, I Found Some Audio Discounts After All ha ha ha (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-29, 21:33:54 (76.195.239.169)
In my previous post here in which I asked where to find audio discounts, I was ridiculed and laughed at. I was told that audio discounts were now unobtainium, as extinct as dinosaurs; as in the past a .......
44: Classical Court, The Most Evilist Being In The Galaxy (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-29, 20:25:03 (76.195.239.169)
Anyone suggesting that string vibrato was employed by any string players in any context before April 23, 1939 at 10:31 Greenwich Mean Time is a filthy lying filthy liar, who doesn't deserve to have hi .......
45: Vinyl Asylum, Acoustic Sounds Verve Vinyl Series - AAA? Digital Groove Width? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-19, 21:03:33 (76.195.239.169)
YouTube Acoustic Sounds channel has Chad Kassem showing a pile of vinyl releases of Impulse jazz, including their remaster of Coltrane A Love Supreme. Does anyone know if any, some, or all of these ar .......
46: Critic's Corner, Young Fremer Shown on PBS Documentary Tonight (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-19, 20:30:53 (76.195.239.169)
No - not Young Frankenstein, or Frahn ken steen... Young Michael Fremer, mentioned in the documentary, "WBCN And The American Revolution". Brief footage of his brief career as a comic on stage also sh .......
47: Classical Court, OK Scott - You've Got Me Here - Confused? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-19, 19:51:53 (76.195.239.169)
"same cover, same recording. different commercial release. Are people so easily triggered that it really matters? oh yeah, audiophiles, never mind. My bad" OK. So, it seems you're against spending $87 .......
48: Classical Court, Today = $873.92 yikes (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-19, 19:37:59 (76.195.239.169)
That's a lot of money. I think vinyl record collectors completely forget that vinyl is actually just plastic. People ridicule plastic leather, plastic furniture, plastic saxophones, plastic wrist watc .......
49: Classical Court, Rustic? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-19, 19:30:54 (76.195.239.169)
Rus : tic 1. relating to the countryside; rural. 2. made in a plain and simple fashion I think that every listener would agree that the Mahler 2nd, especially the first movement, is pretty much the op .......
50: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Chance? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-19, 19:12:38 (76.195.239.169)
At MSRP of $500.00 I'm surprised that Fluance can get away with not offering VTA adjustment. I'd think that the market would pressure them into offereing it. I can see not offering it at lower price p .......
51: Classical Court, Stenhammar and Stavenhagen (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-17, 21:28:08 (76.195.239.169)
I've appreciated Stenhammar's music since BIS released some recordings of his music a while back. And, that brings to mind that there are many, many less known or just unknown late romantics. I think .......
52: Vinyl Asylum, Fluance With VTA - Any Chance? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-16, 21:30:12 (76.195.239.169)
I'd buy an RT-85 tomorrow, if it had VTA adjustment. Any chance they might make something such as that? .......
53: Vinyl Asylum, So Jico SAS Are Bright? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-16, 21:27:59 (76.195.239.169)
Back in the early 2010's, everyone was raving about them around here. I think that a couple of guys swore that SAS Shures changedd their lives, or something like that. They're a lot of money, so they .......
54: Music Lane, Seeking Opinions About Deaf School (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-16, 21:16:27 (76.195.239.169)
Overlooked, yet extremely influential. .......
55: Classical Court, " the situation is weird and confused" (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-15, 20:32:56 (76.195.239.169)
Indeed! Which brings us back around to my original question - why didn't somebody nail it down/ not just kind of, sort of; Ormandy muttering one thing, another guys muttering something else... We had .......
56: Classical Court, Agree (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-15, 20:11:59 (76.195.239.169)
His mid 70s DG recordings, when remastered, have greater intensity than his earlier recordings, or his later digital ones. .......
57: Classical Court, "Average blandness" ....agree (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-15, 20:09:07 (76.195.239.169)
I agree with those who aren't that impressed with his Living Stereo Beethoven 5th & 7th. but, many, maybe most, regard Reiner's Strauss nonpariel, as was most everything else with thr CSO. I find his .......
58: Classical Court, RE: This collection of Rachmaninoff Symphonies is pretty much.... (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-12, 19:44:18 (76.195.239.169)
Thanks for the recommendation. As I return now in dribs and drabs and bits and pieces to Ormandy, I' finding that he was an estimable master, especially in high romantic music. There's a certain feeli .......
59: Classical Court, OK , then, no bells thankx (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-12, 19:36:53 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
60: Classical Court, Sibelius 4 - Glock vs Bells - Why's There Any Doubt At All? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-11, 21:25:53 (76.195.239.169)
OK. I think I get the problem. The composer noted 'glock' in the score, and so there's confusion whether he meant tubular bells or glockenspiel , or both or neither (heh). But, why's there any confusi .......
61: General Asylum, Where Would You Find Great Black Friday Deals? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-09, 20:44:33 (76.195.239.169)
Every year I read guys posting about the unbelievable deals to they've gotten audio gear. To little, to late, I rush to the site that had the deals, only to find no deal. Super deals gone. Evaporated. .......
62: Classical Court, Correction - I meant "morally unimpeachable" (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-09, 19:50:35 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
63: Classical Court, Academi-Babble Riding High - Brahms Didn't Compose Symphony 1 (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-08, 21:43:28 (76.195.239.169)
There may've been a time when academics were serious, ethically and morally impeachable. Many advances in every facet of life attests to the efforts of many highly intelligent, highly gifted, serious .......
64: Rocky Road, Requesting Evaluation/Rating of Gino Vannelli (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-08, 20:21:22 (76.195.239.169)
How'd you rate his music? In a heirarchy, would you place him somewhere around Gordon Lightfoot, Dan Fogelberg, allowing that they all have very different styles? .......
65: Classical Court, Yes (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-05, 20:53:33 (76.195.239.169)
"solution is to not read reviews" YES "If one has acquired a perfomance,it can become the standard used to judge all other artist playing" YES "I guess I've become conditioned to a certain quality of .......
66: Classical Court, Bruckner 4th in Concert with the CSO. (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-05, 19:37:08 (76.195.239.169)
He was here in Chicago to perform the Bruckner 4th back in the 2010's. It was superb, everything you'd ever want, except for a minor issue. That was that he took all of the endless repeats in the alre .......
67: Speaker Asylum, Summarizing Rodent Droppings In Geographical Segmentation (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-03, 21:13:10 (76.195.239.169)
I've never heard the LRS's, nor any Magnapans for that matter, but that won't stop me from babbling on and on and on, pretending to be some audio sage from the mountains and valleys. In fact, since I' .......
68: Speaker Asylum, The Most Realistic Planet (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-02, 20:53:38 (76.195.239.169)
Whatever they may be, the presenter on your youtube link's speaking French...which's French to me. Then, the audio's just plain old youtube low fidelity audio. Just muffled. Speakers might be planetar .......
69: Speaker Asylum, Well, Then. How About Looks? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-02, 20:18:55 (76.195.239.169)
Pretty nice, eh? .......
70: Speaker Asylum, I Thought I Knew All 1970's Speakers (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-02, 20:13:12 (76.195.239.169)
Companies such as Frazier, Bolivar Speaker Works, Ultralinear, American Acoustic Labs, Jennings Research; even driver makers such as Herald-Eminence, Gaftco, Long Engineering, etc., etc. I was even se .......
71: Speaker Asylum, Love Those Old Rodriguez Cartoons (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-02, 19:55:06 (76.195.239.169)
In Stereo Review. They were always insightful, and hit the mark. .......
72: Speaker Asylum, Let's Talk Teac (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-11-02, 19:48:46 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
73: Classical Court, RE: Hey, ornery - another post like the two I just removed and you're on vacation for a week [nt] (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-29, 21:45:24 (76.195.239.169)
Is this addressed to me? I see that you've deleted a reply I posted about relaxing at the beach, strolling, and looking a girls. Is there something wrong with that? Not only is it normal, there are hu .......
74: Classical Court, I Wish I Liked Baroque Music. . . (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-28, 19:41:01 (76.195.239.169)
But it's like punishment to me. .......
75: Classical Court, The Risk (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-28, 19:39:33 (76.195.239.169)
As Donald Vroon has ably pointed out in his column in the ARC, the danger is that mediocre, or outright poor, music'll be promoted in the name of gender equality. Conductors being forced to program ba .......
76: Rocky Road, What's The Point Of The Beatles Red & Blue Compilations? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-27, 21:28:54 (76.195.239.169)
The song list seems to be just songs from their albums. Won't most people already have the regular albums? Or, are they songs that don't appear anywhere, or alternate takes, I'd only seek the CD relea .......
77: Classical Court, Don't Know (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-27, 20:31:03 (76.195.239.169)
In a time when people accumulate multiple cycles of LvB, Mahler, Sibelius, and, it would seem, even Bruckner, I'm embarrassed to admit that I don't have that much experience with especially the 7th. I .......
78: Classical Court, What Haitink Did With Music (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-26, 21:10:38 (76.195.239.169)
The opinions I'm typing here are just my opinions, not laws or immutable truths. Many may disagree I don't regard Haitink's CO/RCO recordings highly. Being analog is hardly an excuse. George Szell's a .......
79: Speaker Asylum, Thanks, Peppy (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-25, 19:34:28 (76.195.239.169)
I get your point. Hilarious reply, too. .......
80: Classical Court, Not To My Taste At All (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-25, 19:30:52 (76.195.239.169)
The great David Hurwitz recently devoted a full video to the unfortunate and repellent trend of current conductors not allowing any true fortes to sound forth, much less fff, or ffff. As Mr. Hurwitz s .......
81: Speaker Asylum, Peppy - You're Wrong And Here's Why (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-24, 19:42:16 (76.195.239.169)
I almost typed Preppy, there, heh. Nevermind. Hey, Peppy. How's it going? I just want to say up front that I wasn't going to post an argument here in your thread, cause that 's not why I cam to AA .......
82: Speaker Asylum, Your Extreme Response - Unsolved Mystery Episode #13 (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-24, 11:58:13 (76.195.239.169)
"...really, this is the stupidest post I've seen on any web-site all week...impressively stupid in fact..." Thank you, 817, but you don't say why. Why? You're like the guy who lights his own hair on f .......
83: Speaker Asylum, Life Hurts = Speakers Hurt = Masochism Mania (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-22, 21:14:17 (76.195.239.169)
I want to pay $$$$$ for audio that makes me feel PAIN - and I want it now! Few people go through life never feeling any pain. Right now, my 'nads hurt - and my brain hurts. Ergo, music should also .......
84: Speaker Asylum, Audio Quote Of The Week (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-22, 20:40:39 (76.195.239.169)
From https://www.hifiwigwam.com/forum/topic/42477-aurum-cantus-any-good/ Bloody speakers hate them all Sobryma Wammer .......
85: Classical Court, And - She's A Doll (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-20, 20:43:18 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
86: Classical Court, Thanks For The Great Info (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-20, 20:38:35 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
87: Classical Court, Mucho Gracias (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-10-20, 20:36:42 (76.195.239.169)
Thanks for your excellent recommendations (and great photos). .......
88: Classical Court, Hard To Tell (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-09-23, 20:34:27 (76.195.239.169)
"..hard to tell if vibrato is being used in an orchestral string section with all the vagaries of 78 rpm reproduction.." i"m betting that was his strategy all along. .......
89: Classical Court, The Actual Source Of Snorrington's VPO Non-vibrato Claims (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-09-21, 20:50:09 (76.195.239.169)
Former Fanfare editor and music scholar Lynn Rene Bayley published an article a while back, revealing how Snorrington actually reached his no- vibrato conclusions. I should point out that professional .......
90: Classical Court, +1 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-09-21, 20:24:23 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
91: Classical Court, RE: Another composer discovered - Henriette ReniƩ (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-09-17, 20:19:43 (76.195.239.169)
I confess to having a slight inherent gender bias when it comes to female composers, but it's compensated by total open mindedness to pretty much any lesser known, or unknown, 19th century music. Cert .......
92: Classical Court, Questions For You (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-09-15, 21:13:56 (76.195.239.169)
1. From your remarks, would it be fair to conclude that you don't consider the conductor to be "worse than most", as some wags have called him? 2. How does the orchestra compare to the Dohnanyi era? .......
93: Classical Court, thanks for the recommendation (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-09-04, 21:13:18 (76.195.239.169)
it's now on my list to get next .......
94: Classical Court, The Overhaul (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-30, 21:40:45 (76.195.239.169)
"Apple is taking the service offline next week for an overhaul..." And, when it they're done with it, it'll be this: .......
95: Classical Court, I vote chamber works as my favourite (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-30, 21:35:55 (76.195.239.169)
Love chamber music. Especially Brahms; but anything good'll do. .......
96: Classical Court, "Whom is hurt" - Ungrammatical (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-30, 21:34:17 (76.195.239.169)
Incorrect usage. "who is hurt" is correct. "It would affect whom?" is correct. .......
97: Classical Court, Holy Crap! (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-30, 21:31:15 (76.195.239.169)
Another Ukrainian! Just like Andy Warhol. "Слава Україні!" .......
98: Classical Court, The Threshold Point (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-30, 21:26:50 (76.195.239.169)
Yes, of course. And, that starting point would be the written score. But, just playing the score, and nothing else, is a flat, dead, boring experience, I suggest. Certainly, the way HIPpers play class .......
99: Classical Court, Disagreement And Super Disagreement (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-27, 21:23:29 (76.195.239.169)
OK. Here's one fact, and one opinion. 1. The Score There's no actual score, cause Rach destroyed it in the wake of the disastrous debut of the piece. Others say that he might not've destroyed it, but .......
100: Jazz Alley, A Love Supreme - New Live Performance (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-26, 22:09:44 (76.195.239.169)
This morning on NPR they featured a newly unearthed club date concert performance. They said that JC rarely played ALS in concert. Any further info, thoughts, comments? Any one hear any "live" recordi .......
101: Classical Court, A History Side Note (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-26, 21:34:47 (76.195.239.169)
"Christianity came to the Kievan Rus through Bulgaria." Correct. But, don't confuse Kyivan Rus with Russia. There was no such thing as Russia, nor Russians at the time. Not even proto-Russia. There wa .......
102: Classical Court, There Is No Replacement.... (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-26, 21:23:57 (76.195.239.169)
The actual quote from 1960s era Detroit car engineers is: "There's no replacement for cubic displacement" The era measured engine volume in cubic inches, rather than liters, as we do today. Ahh, that .......
103: Classical Court, Now That's Curious (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-24, 21:44:42 (76.195.239.169)
I'd actually read somewhere that somebody who personally knew Bruno Walter said that exact thing about him. Odd. .......
104: Classical Court, The Nielsen 4th Martinon/CSO is Nonpereil (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-24, 21:39:02 (76.195.239.169)
Absolutely fiery. One of the greatest recorded performances of anything. .......
105: Classical Court, +1 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-24, 21:33:17 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
106: Classical Court, Hah! Hilarious At All Angles (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-20, 22:50:21 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
107: Classical Court, Retuschen (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-19, 21:00:04 (76.195.239.169)
Yes, well, as I see it, there are 2 different issues here. One is the Schumann symphonies themselves. How they're played is an issue by itself. Personally, I'm open to lots of different conductorial .......
108: Classical Court, Yes - Mahler Retuschen - An Important Tool (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-18, 22:32:10 (76.195.239.169)
I learned about that in the 70's, during my teen Mahler total immersion. What the retuschen really teach us is how late 19th century music should sound. They're invaluable in that respect. They're a p .......
109: Classical Court, All....Is...Well...The Taliban'll Save Us All (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-18, 22:17:06 (76.195.239.169)
The Taliban and guys like this'll save the world. .......
110: Classical Court, I've Read It (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-18, 22:01:35 (76.195.239.169)
Back in college in the 80's, and it's contributed materially to my understanding of music arising from European society. .......
111: Classical Court, There Was A Product Like This In the 1980's (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-17, 21:30:17 (76.195.239.169)
I've forgotten what it was called. It consisted of 2 black leather flaps that you hung on your ears. It worked in the same way, by capturing more sound for your ears. It was reviewed by Sam Tellig in .......
112: Classical Court, Not Another Internet Curmudgeon - And Brahms & Schumann (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-17, 21:23:16 (76.195.239.169)
He's been a reviewer for several decades, before there even was a youtube. He was on the staff of Fanfare. He now writes for Classicstoday.com I agree with your about Brahms. His orchestra is inherent .......
113: Classical Court, Yes They Sure Will [nt] (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-17, 21:09:54 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
114: Classical Court, Should One Bother (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-17, 21:08:06 (76.195.239.169)
"...question whether one should bother when there is so much more immediately appealing music to listen tgo..." If you're young, and therefore you have super powers and death is a distant abstraction, .......
115: Classical Court, I Was Wrong To Post That (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-14, 20:44:01 (76.195.239.169)
I regret the political reply I posted here. This was completely the wrong forum for political discussion. Way off topic. It was a failure of judgement on my part; momentary, I hope.I flew off the han .......
116: Classical Court, Why Was My Putin Reply Deleted? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-13, 20:30:35 (76.195.239.169)
My reply contained no misleading statements or lies. All of the statements I made concerning political despots, such as Joseph Stalin, are true and easily verifiable. The same for my statements about .......
117: Classical Court, A Fiery Solution - Incendiary (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-11, 21:26:16 (76.195.239.169)
SE - what's your complaint? I don't understand your question. Also, are you requesting more freedom to post confrontational responses? More rudeness? If so, here's the solution. Track down the most ou .......
118: Classical Court, Very Confusion (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-04, 21:26:07 (76.195.239.169)
Yes, confusion. I was trying to read through this exchange, but I tripped and stumbled. Must be me. Trying to untie all of these statements, I've come up with this list of very confusion: 1. You're sa .......
119: Classical Court, RE: Best day to go to the symphony? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-04, 20:12:22 (76.195.239.169)
I'd say that Friday & Sat evening are tied. But, if Friday's the first performance, then Sat might be a better bet. Here in Chicago, the CSO have had orchestral schedules that featured some Thursday e .......
120: Classical Court, .That's David Hurwitz - And He Fought Goliath (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-03, 21:16:37 (76.195.239.169)
Among classical critics, he's usually more right than wrong. Used to be on Fanfare's staff. He has courage. He's the only professional who's had the courage to take on Benjamin Korstvedt and Korstvedt .......
121: Classical Court, Nice (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-03, 21:10:24 (76.195.239.169)
Amazing how the Dude gets them to sound as warm, even Covid spaced and reduced. I've liked the H-Bowl since the days of Carmen Dragon (my dad had a few records). I believe that Stoky led them, too. :: .......
122: Classical Court, Gabrieli + Mahler (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-02, 21:28:04 (76.195.239.169)
Ooof. More baroque. Help me, Spock. .......
123: Classical Court, "harpsichord (disliked by many here)" (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-08-02, 20:47:11 (76.195.239.169)
Yep. Yes. Yus. Confirmed. Definitely. .......
124: Classical Court, RE: Another Beethoven Symphony set??? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-29, 20:59:46 (76.195.239.169)
Well, probably, none of us need another set, but, understandably, sometimes it's hard to resist. As an antidote, see SE's thread "A little Spohr perspective...". .......
125: Classical Court, Yo! Leweeeee (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-29, 20:51:21 (76.195.239.169)
You gotta problem widdat? Nah. I ain't got no prahlom. You gotta prahlom? .......
126: Classical Court, Ah - But You Must Hear His Second (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-29, 20:47:25 (76.195.239.169)
That'd be his E minor symphony (#2). However, only if you can track it down in the Jorge Mester / Louisville Orchestra / Lousville LS-703. All of the other recordings that I've heard present it .......
127: Classical Court, A Big Thank You (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-29, 19:44:11 (76.195.239.169)
I'm not one to listen to the same pieces till death do us part (although I listen to them, too), so I'm always on the look out for new repertoire. Being open minded and curious has brought so much gre .......
128: Classical Court, +1 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-27, 20:51:25 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
129: Classical Court, I Fail To See The Point (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-27, 20:50:34 (76.195.239.169)
What's the point of pitting one composer against another? Especially of completely different eras. Liszt vs Shostakovich? Absurd. Come now, we have better things to discuss than to lower ourselves to .......
130: Classical Court, Banal? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-27, 20:45:38 (76.195.239.169)
I disagree. If you don't like it, you don't like it. Nobody can make you like it, and nobody should. I believe we should be supportive of a diversity of views and opinions. But, you don't have to be i .......
131: Classical Court, The Liszt Faust - Towering Genius & Shockingly Advanced (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-27, 20:42:05 (76.195.239.169)
The Liszt Faust is just incredible. It amazes with every audition. Probably, you could hear it 100 times, and come away feeling there was more to discover. Just an astonishing work of art. Just as ama .......
132: Classical Court, High Fidelity Magazine - Those Were The Days [nt] (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-27, 20:31:03 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
133: Classical Court, Critics? Forget It - and - The Maid of Orleans (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-26, 22:01:40 (76.195.239.169)
Yeah. I stopped paying attention to them long ago. Not worth a milli-micro second of my time, especially when what they say is the opposite of what I hear. Anyway, who cares about them? Actually, most .......
134: Classical Court, The Saint-Saens 3 Is An Acknowledged Masterpiece (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-26, 20:52:29 (76.195.239.169)
More performances of the Berg Vln Con? Yeah, we need more of that like a hole in the head. Unless, of course, one is absolutely sure that listening to music must involve self-torture, self-flagella .......
135: Classical Court, "trite and shallow" (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-26, 19:57:50 (76.195.239.169)
As with many, probably most, listeners, I've heard Tchaik's major works a million times. Recently, I've decided to take a deeper dive into his lesser known pieces, starting with his piano music. What .......
136: Classical Court, +1 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-26, 19:45:33 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
137: Classical Court, That's Amazing (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-21, 20:37:28 (76.195.239.169)
How could she keep playing, without a disaster of wrong notes? .......
138: Classical Court, That Exact Issue Happens Often (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-21, 20:32:01 (76.195.239.169)
Not all of the time, but it happens. Irritates the hell out of me when I encounter it. .......
139: Classical Court, Further Thoughts (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-20, 20:51:07 (76.195.239.169)
I think most would agree that some of Mozart's work, especially late Mozart (cf. The Requiem), is remarkably inclined to what would become the Romantic era, but I think we have to keep things in propo .......
140: Classical Court, LAPO or SFSO? nt (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-20, 20:19:03 (76.195.239.169)
nt .......
141: Classical Court, ETA Hoff - Absolutely (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-19, 21:57:57 (76.195.239.169)
As one of the fathers of the Romantic movement, especially in letter, but also in music (so gifted), he particularly singled out Mozart as a Romantic, a herald of the new and astonishing. And, he'd kn .......
142: Classical Court, A Great Conductor, Along With Horenstein (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-19, 21:55:09 (76.195.239.169)
IMHO, Skrowaczewski far excelled many highly popular contemporaries; maybe even most of them. Horenstein's case was even worse. I think he was among the greatest; yet mostly ignored, or working in the .......
143: Classical Court, HOLY CRAP!!! (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-19, 21:51:39 (76.195.239.169)
I couldn't even watch this all the way through! Back in the day, this would've been considered 'soft porn'. And, of course, if I were still of that age of 'back in the day', I'd ask her out - immediat .......
144: Classical Court, Thanks, SE, John C., Pbarach (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-18, 20:27:17 (76.195.239.169)
Thanks for all of the helpful info. I'm actually just trying to play files stored on my Android phone. No streaming. Eventually, I may want to use my phone to control my home system. But for now, it .......
145: Classical Court, Recommend Music Player For Android Phones (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-16, 15:01:40 (76.195.239.169)
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemers. I was using Google Play on my Moto Android phone. It wasn't ideal for classical music, but it was serviceable. So, of course, Google's cancelled it. I've been pl .......
146: Classical Court, Wow - No Love Here (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-15, 20:30:44 (76.195.239.169)
Why all of the hate for Barenboim? What've I missed? BTW - he was a better than average conductor when he headed the CSO a while back. I'm not saying that he was at the level of supremely inspired art .......
147: Classical Court, Balance Is Key (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-07, 20:38:53 (76.195.239.169)
I hate the kind of mike placement that became the vogue in the 1980's with the appearance of digital recording technology. That horribly distant piano in an empty room sound - I can't stand that. Just .......
148: Classical Court, Well - At Least It's Only Baroque (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-07, 20:34:07 (76.195.239.169)
If she starts in with that crap on Sibelius, Tchaik, Brahms, or Elgar, then it's time to fire the beach. .......
149: Inmate Central, Can Anyone Identify This 1960's TV Show (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-02, 22:09:14 (76.195.239.169)
There was a program on television around the early to mid 1960's that had the following spoken opening: "Democracy is a very bad form of government. But, may I remind you...all of the others are worse .......
150: Classical Court, " slow-motion Beethoven Fifth " (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-07-02, 22:01:56 (76.195.239.169)
Not a popular way to perform Beethoven these days. Today, you've got to go 78 RPM fast. Personally, I find Boulex lacking in warmth for much of 19th century music. No passion, either. .......
151: Classical Court, Definitely- eclassical is Great!! (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-06-29, 21:20:39 (76.195.239.169)
I see. It's actually a wonderful site. Tons of BIS. Great prices. Thanks, y'all. .......
152: Classical Court, What Good Is eclassical.com? (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-06-28, 21:20:54 (76.195.239.169)
OK. I went there to see if I could download Paavo's new Schmidt symphony set on DG. When I clicked on Conductors, Jarvi Paavo, all that came up was a hand full of his top sellers. Not all of his av .......
153: Classical Court, Newsflash: HIPpers Can Read Dead Mozart's Mind! (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-06-28, 20:04:03 (76.195.239.169)
"Mozart, for instance, didn't create his music for the modern piano." So, you know with absolute certainty, that Mozart intended his music to only ever be played on one type of keyboard? Is that right .......
154: Classical Court, +100 What Chris Said - And About Dvorak (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-06-28, 19:47:59 (76.195.239.169)
It seems that many, maybe even most, 19th century symphonists had no intention of having the exposition of their opening sonata-allegros actually performed. It seems that conservatoires taught that y .......
155: Classical Court, RE: Something oddly different... (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-06-17, 20:59:21 (76.195.239.169)
LISE. Definitely. Hey, SE. Are you the same SE who was active here about 20 years ago? Then, for some reason you decided to quit. But, before doing so, you said that you decided to spend a lot of mone .......
156: Classical Court, Greetings (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-06-16, 22:06:35 (76.195.239.169)
Thanks for many of your threads. There's plenty of interesting reading; sometimes fascinating. I've already placed orders for the Leinsdorf/BSO RCA High Performance Bartok Concerto cd. And, then, una .......
157: Classical Court, It's Not Bad! (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-06-16, 21:27:28 (76.195.239.169)
My listening was interrupted, so I didn't get thru all of it (I'll get back to it). But, you must admit that opening chord, scored for trumpets and strings, is effective and pretty cool. And, it's ato .......
158: Classical Court, The Road Was Genetic (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-06-16, 21:13:09 (76.195.239.169)
I had nothing to do with it. Music came to me from my father's side. My Mom's side was almost tone deaf. .......
159: Classical Court, Thanks - I've ordered It (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-06-16, 21:11:19 (76.195.239.169)
Gracias for the heads up. I actually owned the Shaded Dog, early Dyna original. It sounded great! But, at the time, I was smitten by cd's, so I foolishly got rid of it. Wish I had my pristine, pop-fr .......
160: Classical Court, Leinsdorf/BSO Prokofiev Symphony Series (0.00)
Posted by Ferrous Oxide on 2021-06-16, 21:06:13 (76.195.239.169)
I believe that his 1960's Dynagroove series of the complete symphonies was the first complete set recorded [correct if wrong], and it was pretty well regarded. I like them. Sonically, they're totally .......
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