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In Reply to: Really? posted by kuma on December 10, 2011 at 21:30:06:
"Or can you recommend me the piece you think he's on par with Richter."
Chopin Etudes Op. 25........... Richter was great, but Sokolov was great too...............
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Relative importance of audio quality compared to musical artistry - John C. - Aussie 16:08:26 12/9/11 (79)
- Performance trumps sound quality for me - pbarach 14:47:12 01/4/12 (0)
- I have a simple answer to John's question - jult52 07:34:22 01/4/12 (0)
- RE: Relative importance of audio quality compared to musical artistry - josh358 18:54:26 12/15/11 (0)
- I'll take a great performance over a great recording - MichaelV8 17:43:11 12/15/11 (2)
- RE: I'll take a great performance over a great recording - learsfool 19:21:30 12/17/11 (0)
- FYI That's not a trumpet. - mwhitmore 19:12:18 12/16/11 (0)
- RE: Relative importance of audio quality compared to musical artistry - FM 12:44:16 12/12/11 (0)
- RE: Relative importance of audio quality compared to musical artistry - Russell 10:45:20 12/12/11 (0)
- I hesitate to add a Philistine note, but... - mwhitmore 08:51:22 12/12/11 (1)
- RE: I hesitate to add a Philistine note, but... - Todd Krieger 17:33:33 12/12/11 (0)
- Kryptonite for you: Schumann's complete solo piano works featuring the greatest - tinear 15:07:57 12/11/11 (3)
- Thanks tinear but .... - John C. - Aussie 15:56:02 12/11/11 (2)
- I too have the Gieseking Debussy, but I very much enjoy it and the sound I think is fine. I actually prefer - tinear 08:54:59 12/12/11 (0)
- RE: Thanks tinear but .... - learsfool 20:12:24 12/11/11 (0)
- Better Artistry Commands Better Playback Fidelity.............. - Todd Krieger 19:43:13 12/10/11 (2)
- Here Hear! - Awe-d-o-file 14:12:42 12/11/11 (0)
- Wise words Todd - the two concepts are NOT mutually exclusive - John C. - Aussie 22:38:57 12/10/11 (0)
- No one is advocating mediocre performances - there are heaps of excellent modern interpretations .... - John C. - Aussie 15:56:41 12/10/11 (31)
- Two Little Problems........... - Todd Krieger 20:01:06 12/10/11 (11)
- RE: Two Little Problems........... - Thornhill 20:35:42 12/10/11 (10)
- RE: Two Little Problems........... - Pat D 17:17:40 12/16/11 (0)
- Can't agree with you re: today's singers... - Russell 10:27:58 12/12/11 (0)
- RE: Two Little Problems........... - Todd Krieger 21:04:31 12/10/11 (7)
- Oh, for God's sake, Todd. A whispered conspiracy against virtuosi? Say it ain't so! - tinear 12:49:23 12/12/11 (3)
- Not Exactly.................. - Todd Krieger 17:26:58 12/12/11 (2)
- Well Todd, that's just poppycock. People that have made music their entire lives, that - tinear 07:55:06 12/13/11 (1)
- Tin, You're Defending Media Indoctrination........... - Todd Krieger 01:48:46 01/2/12 (0)
- RE: Two Little Problems........... - Thornhill 21:28:52 12/10/11 (2)
- RE: Two Little Problems........... - Pat D 13:02:03 12/15/11 (0)
- RE: Two Little Problems........... - Todd Krieger 22:57:32 12/10/11 (0)
- Who's the modern day Richter, then? - kuma 17:41:19 12/10/11 (13)
- Sokolov - no question [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 21:01:16 12/10/11 (8)
- He's a Good One............. - Todd Krieger 23:06:29 12/10/11 (0)
- Really? - kuma 21:30:06 12/10/11 (6)
- Thanks chaps... - kuma 00:39:41 12/11/11 (3)
- You should also check out Sokolov's In-Concert DVD from Paris - Chris from Lafayette 15:20:34 12/11/11 (2)
- For now I've ordered a Box Set... - kuma 16:29:05 12/11/11 (1)
- "all I could think of was 'Ginsu Knife~'" - LOL - Hope your enjoy the set! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 17:07:38 12/11/11 (0)
- RE: Really? - Chris from Lafayette 00:03:08 12/11/11 (0)
- RE: Really? - Todd Krieger 12/10/1123:03:59 12/10/11 (0)
- Richter and Recordings....................... - Todd Krieger 19:47:12 12/10/11 (1)
- Toscanini's another... - kuma 20:27:38 12/10/11 (0)
- Kissen??? But not Lang Lang!! nt - John C. - Aussie 18:34:25 12/10/11 (1)
- Borrowing Walter Matthau quote to Barbra Streisand... - kuma 20:36:02 12/10/11 (0)
- RE: No one is advocating mediocre performances - there are heaps of excellent modern interpretations .... - Thornhill 16:19:38 12/10/11 (4)
- OK, some can enjoy mono, but it is not as enjoyable for me - John C. - Aussie 16:46:00 12/10/11 (3)
- So are you going to try out any of the suggested mono recordings? (nt) - Thornhill 08:18:49 12/12/11 (1)
- As I've posted before ....... - John C. - Aussie 10:30:39 12/12/11 (0)
- I named some below (nt) - Thornhill 16:50:16 12/10/11 (0)
- Great audio quality cannot elivate a medicore performance - Thornhill 15:06:29 12/10/11 (10)
- Agreed... - Russell 10:11:30 12/12/11 (3)
- RE: Agreed... - Thornhill 13:51:13 12/12/11 (2)
- RE: Agreed... - Russell 23:13:02 12/12/11 (0)
- RE: Agreed... - Naun 16:15:42 12/12/11 (0)
- So perhaps a follow-on question is. . . - Chris from Lafayette 15:46:30 12/10/11 (5)
- RE: So perhaps a follow-on question is. . . - Thornhill 15:59:56 12/10/11 (4)
- RE: So perhaps a follow-on question is. . . - Chris from Lafayette 17:38:59 12/10/11 (1)
- RE: So perhaps a follow-on question is. . . - Thornhill 18:24:00 12/10/11 (0)
- Shrill violins + muffled audio. Anyone care to list the older recorded gems? - John C. - Aussie 16:30:00 12/10/11 (1)
- RE: Shrill violins + muffled audio. Anyone care to list the older recorded gems? - Thornhill 16:46:31 12/10/11 (0)
- If you prefer recording quality... - mkuller 14:33:53 12/10/11 (0)
- Artistry first.... - musetap 12:18:33 12/10/11 (0)
- You prefer the "artistry" of Fleming over Callas? Say it ain't so! I - tinear 11:43:11 12/10/11 (3)
- Not quite what was said or was meant to be implied - John C. - Aussie 12:05:49 12/10/11 (2)
- Okay. But Bud Lite in a Riedel is still piss. nt - tinear 08:55:25 12/11/11 (1)
- Yes - but you seem to imply that any recording with decent engineering. . . - Chris from Lafayette 13:13:39 12/11/11 (0)
- RE: Relative importance of audio quality compared to musical artistry - soulfood 11:09:26 12/10/11 (0)
- If i have to pick then, performance first... - kuma 22:12:35 12/9/11 (0)
- I would also suggest that what's claimed to be high-rez may well not be, esp. teh downloads - Timbo in Oz 22:07:48 12/9/11 (1)
- RE: I would also suggest that what's claimed to be high-rez may well not be, esp. teh downloads - Chris from Lafayette 00:42:38 12/10/11 (0)
- Higher bandwidth needs to be kept separate from coherence - Timbo in Oz 22:02:34 12/9/11 (0)
- RE: Relative importance of audio quality compared to musical artistry - jazz1 21:52:57 12/9/11 (1)
- A very good point. If you buy a Ferrari but use it only to go to the grocery store 2 blocks away..... nt - tinear 11:46:50 12/10/11 (0)
- RE: Relative importance of audio quality compared to musical artistry - learsfool 17:38:04 12/9/11 (5)
- Fair comment BUT most of us lurking here are not musicians - John C. - Aussie 18:37:28 12/9/11 (1)
- RE: Fair comment BUT most of us lurking here are not musicians - learsfool 20:02:22 12/11/11 (0)
- Forgive me, but that's just too simplistic a notion IMHO - Chris from Lafayette 18:18:57 12/9/11 (2)
- RE: Forgive me, but that's just too simplistic a notion IMHO - josh358 16:24:31 12/18/11 (0)
- I feel my thoughts are also apposite Chris! I do agree with you! - Timbo in Oz 22:05:59 12/9/11 (0)
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- RE: Really? - Todd Krieger 12/10/1123:03:59 12/10/11 (0)