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**NorthStar** · August 17, 2013, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by Vladimir

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Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica playing Part - Glass - Martynov.
Sample: youtube.com/watch?v=5iogOzE5HAw

Listening to some samples as I'm posting this (just click on the below picture cover).

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* Huge fan of Arvo Part and Philip Glass's music (compositions) here.

**Vladimir** · August 17, 2013, 08:57 PM

NorthStar,

I find the version of Tabula Rasa - Ludus performed by Kremer and Kremerata Baltica on this rare CD to be the most engaging, dynamic and powerful version out there. IMO it is unmatched.

I'll rip a better sample from my CD and publish it on my YT so you can listen.

I'm also a big fan of Part and Glass.

Listening to Wim Mertens right now. Close Cover (1993).

That reminds me. Have you seen the movie The Piano (1993)? With Michael Nymans compositions?

**NorthStar** · August 17, 2013, 09:14 PM

Hi Vlad,

My name's Bob. ...After four more posts (total of 10) you are free. ...To post pictures and all that jazz.

* Yes, I have 'The Piano', directed by Jane Campion (Canadian female director) on Blu-ray,
and also the motion picture soundtrack on CD.

**Vladimir** · August 17, 2013, 09:30 PM

Howdy Bob. I know about the rule and 3 more posts I'll be a full pledged member.

I was gonna make the gf watch Piano with me just now but she fell asleep. Darn...

**NorthStar** · August 17, 2013, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by Vladimir

Howdy Bob. I know about the rule and 3 more posts I'll be a full pledged member.

I was gonna make the gf watch Piano with me just now but she fell asleep. Darn...

Lol

**Vladimir** · August 17, 2013, 09:55 PM

As promised youtube.com/watch?v=_Ba7JHAsjaY.

Thanks for helping out with the links. Much appreciated.

Off to read a bit and then snore a 40Hz test tone.

Good night.

**NorthStar** · August 18, 2013, 12:57 AM

No sweat Vlad.

**Vladimir** · August 19, 2013, 04:51 PM

Hildur Guðnadóttir : Leyfðu Ljósinu (Allow the Light)

Jóhann Jóhannsson: ibm 1401, a user's manual

Enjoying the 1401s singing once again. Here is a short review I made about this album:

A heart warming music coming from cold and detached Iceland. I found the story behind this superb musical piece truly interesting.

This orchestral piece performed by Prague Philharmonic Orchestra is serving as a memorial of a 60's IBM computer brought as the first computer ever on Iceland and given for care and maintenance to the composer's father. Although the computer was never designed to play music, the father (also a trained musician) placed a radio near the memory electronic circuit because through the RF interference the computer caused audible noise on the radio. By controlling the strength and frequency of the RF noise through some basic programming, IBM 1401 could play music on the radio.

The composer used recorded tapes of the IBM 1401 playing music, also including the voice of an anonymous technical instructor's on how to take care of IBM 1401, and he built upon these raw artifacts with his emotions and memories. Very melodic and evocative piece, completely covered in the Icelandic signature melancholy.

I thoroughly enjoyed listening and recommend Johannsson's IBM 1401, A User's Manual to those that haven't.

Johann Johannsson: Computer on the Radio : NPR

**GaryProtein** · August 19, 2013, 10:57 PM

Bob, I agree.

Richard Goode doing the Beethoven piano sonatas are recordings everyone should own.

**NorthStar** · August 20, 2013, 12:47 AM

Vlad, I love new Classical stuff; I'll check those two last selections from your last above post (#58).

...And so far I highly appreciate your classical/musical taste.

Gary, glad you like it. ...I certainly do too.

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By the way, today, for the time that I was home, I exclusively listened (and still listen) to Classical Chamber music,
on the analog r.a.d.i.o. (KING FM).

**Vladimir** · August 25, 2013, 06:58 PM

I got a stack of CDs to try and keep from a friend. Mostly classical leftovers from her ex.

This one really sounds vivid and emotional to me, especially the Britten compositions.

Janine Jansen - Beethoven, Britten: Violin Concertos
Directed by Paavo Jarvi

**NorthStar** · August 25, 2013, 07:01 PM

Hey Vlad, nice to see you back!

**Vladimir** · August 25, 2013, 07:40 PM

Heya Bobby!

Why does DECCA sound so good to me?

**NorthStar** · August 25, 2013, 08:16 PM

It's a good record label (in general), and the music is seriously classical.

... Paavo Jarvi, right on!

**Vladimir** · August 25, 2013, 09:47 PM

Balanescu Quartet
Possessed

Alexander Balanescu with his quartet plays the songs of Kraftwerk. A fun album to listen to.

**NorthStar** · August 27, 2013, 12:56 PM

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* A Must.

**Paul** · August 27, 2013, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by NorthStar

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* A Must.

Can't find it....

**NorthStar** · August 27, 2013, 08:41 PM

Paul, it's not available at Amazon (out-of-stock). ...For now I guess. ...It's an 8-CD Box Set. ..It's an import (France).

But here it is: http://kickass.to/chopin-the-complet...-t3193219.html

And here too: http://www.discogs.com/Chopin-Claudi...elease/1237110

**ILUVAUDIO** · August 27, 2013, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by bart

I'm simply in love with this music.
More pure and raw emotions is hard to achieve I think.
2 viola da gambas only, but boy, what do they convey!

Originally Posted by bart

This is a lovely box.
It has 6 CD's with Bach's Overtures, Brandenburger Concertos, Harpsichord Concertos, Violin Concertos, Oboe Concertos.
All this is played marvelously, and very well recorded too.
A big thumbs up!

Originally Posted by NorthStar

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WOW,

It is great to see an Alia Vox recording mentioned....the Alia Vox SACD's with Savall (heck, ALL of them) are stunning sounding and are true examples of SACD done correctly. Combine that with booklets that are themselves works of art (in at least six languages!!) they are hard to beat, especially if you like Renaissance music....

Also, the Alpha Productions CD's are also stunning redbook CD's, which I discovered a number of years back by accident. If I had the moolah, I would order the entire Alpha catalog.....

Cheers,

**ILUVAUDIO** · August 27, 2013, 11:57 PM

Originally Posted by Vladimir

Heya Bobby!

Why does DECCA sound so good to me?

As a person who has listened to classical music for over 40 years (I am 51) I will chime in here. By the time I graduated from college in 1984, I had over 1,400 LP's....and, a large portion of those LPs were London/Decca. I learned early on what labels I liked, and those were labels whose recordings sounded like the real thing...period. Starting in the late 1950's (think Culshaw/Solti/Vienna "Ring Cycle") the sound they started to capture was the most realistic followed by Phillips and EMI. DG recordings, especially after the 1970's) became over miked nightmares, while Decca maintained a more minimal number of microphones....and the sound shows this.

Decca had a long line of killer engineers, none more killer than Wilkie, who was responsible for so many of Decca's great recordings, including my all time favorite Decca recording, Symphonie Fantastique with Solti/Chicago....recorded in 1971 in Champagne-Urbana (U of Ill).....when LP's went away in the US and CD became king, looking at my CD library would show you the proverbial red/blue Decca logo.....the same standard I had for LP's transferred over to CD's....

Sad that in 2013, Decca has fallen from grace (and fallen hard)....which is a shame considering the plethora of magnificent recordings they used to release....

Cheers,

**NorthStar** · August 28, 2013, 01:15 AM

I like Channel Classics too, and BIS, and DG of course. ...Mercury Living Presence, RCA Living Stereo, Telarc, Dorian, Analekta, Reference Recordings, and a bunch more.

All Classic Music record labels of course.

**Paul** · August 30, 2013, 12:38 AM

**NorthStar** · August 30, 2013, 09:48 PM

The entire enchilada (2-Disc Set; fully loaded) :: Classical Opera (Orchestra & Chorus) style (Natalie Dessay: Soprano).

* There is simply no other type of Music and Human Voice as grandiose and emotional than this genre (Natalie's vocals).
I'm not saying that she's the best, just one of them.

**Paul** · August 30, 2013, 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by NorthStar

The entire enchilada (2-Disc Set; fully loaded) :: Classical Opera (Orchestra & Chorus) style (Natalie Dessay: Soprano).

* There is simply no other type of Music and Human Voice as grandiose and emotional than this genre (Natalie's vocals).
I'm not saying that she's the best, just one of them.

**NorthStar** · August 30, 2013, 11:38 PM

Paul, you were going to say ...?

**Paul** · August 30, 2013, 11:43 PM

**Vladimir** · September 3, 2013, 09:45 AM

Sviatoslav Richter - Richter in Leipzig

Oh this is a recital to die for.

Or: Sviatoslav Richter in Leipzig - The 28 November 1963 Recital - YouTube

**NorthStar** · September 3, 2013, 11:56 AM

Again Vladimir, thank you so much for this; just what I need in my life right now.

**Vladimir** · September 3, 2013, 12:25 PM

I'm happy you are enjoying the music my friend. I hope all is well.

**Vladimir** · September 16, 2013, 02:39 PM

A very gentle and heartwarming requiem. Angelic, nothing dark and morbid. Despite the fact this musical genius died poor at 35 and was given a modest funeral, his body laid in a shared tomb.

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan
Mozart: Requiem

**Paul** · September 16, 2013, 11:56 PM

Sounds really good this evening

**Paul** · September 17, 2013, 12:11 AM

Originally Posted by Vladimir

A very gentle and heartwarming requiem. Angelic, nothing dark and morbid. Despite the fact this musical genius died poor at 35 and was given a modest funeral, his body laid in a shared tomb.

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan
Mozart: Requiem

I just purchased this on LP but no TT ....lol

**NorthStar** · September 17, 2013, 12:29 AM

That's ok Paul; just hang it high on your wall and pray, by looking at it, that a TT will fall from the sky.

**Vladimir** · September 17, 2013, 01:12 AM

Oops.

**NorthStar** · October 3, 2013, 08:55 PM

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**Vladimir** · October 17, 2013, 12:33 PM

Grammy nominated Original Soundtrack for the PS3 game Journey (2012).

Journey | Austin Wintory

Music composed, orchestrated and produced by Austin Wintory.

Featured soloists:
Tina Guo: Cello
Amy Tatum: Flute / Bass Flute
Charissa Barger: Harp
Rodney Wirtz: Viola
Noah Gladstone: Serpent
Sara Andon: Flute
Vocal solos performed by Lisbeth Scott; text compiled by Jeremy Howard Beck
Percussion and programming by Austin Wintory

Orchestral performances by the Macedonia Radio Symphonic Orchestra
Orchestra conducted by Oleg Kontradenko
Orchestra contracted by Laurent Koppitz

I'm not that into video games but oh man. This is the most beautiful and serene game ever made. The music on its own is a true journey within oneself.

Journey Walkthrough Part 1 - Stunning and Gorgeous! - (PS3 Gameplay & Commentary) HD - YouTube

**Mas** · October 20, 2013, 06:59 PM

very nice thank you for posting.
She reminds me of Yo Yo Ma in her sound and phrasing yet still with an own voice.Good addition to my extended library of Bach cello suites.

**Mas** · October 20, 2013, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by NorthStar

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* Beautiful Bach cello music; and she can play it well too.

very nice thank you for posting.
She reminds me of Yo Yo Ma in her sound and phrasing yet still with an own voice.Good addition to my extended library of Bach cello suites.

**ILUVAUDIO** · October 20, 2013, 08:27 PM

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This RCA recording is still my favorite rendition of Mahler's titanic Symphony #7

Cheers,

**Vladimir** · October 21, 2013, 05:20 PM

Its also favorite one for Darth Vader.

**ILUVAUDIO** · October 21, 2013, 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by Vladimir

Its also favorite one for Darth Vader.

COOL.....this was done in the Medinah Temple and not Orchestra Hall....I love the way Levine lets the brass crank when they asked to do so, and sadly, most of the Mahler 7's leave me lukewarm to cold.....also interesting about this recording was that it was a SoundStream recording (used a lot by Telarc). Telarc released a number of their old SoundStream recordings as stunning SACD's so I was always hopeful that this recording might make it on to an SACD....oh well, c'est la vie

Cheers,

**NorthStar** · November 3, 2013, 12:15 AM

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**the_nines** · November 6, 2013, 09:01 PM

And we shall call it a night with this:

Good night all...

**NorthStar** · November 6, 2013, 09:22 PM

Night Evange, enjoy your evening.

**RedSectorA** · November 10, 2013, 02:23 PM

Local artist on the Fidelio label. Fidelio is a local audiophile label which has had excellent reviews

**the_nines** · November 14, 2013, 09:29 PM

Good night all....

Mahler
Symphony No. 5
-Decca-

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**NorthStar** · November 14, 2013, 09:56 PM

Enjoy your evening Evange.

* I was listening to Classical music all day today; various, on the r.a.d.i.o. (analog, stereo).

**ILUVAUDIO** · November 14, 2013, 10:45 PM

The Mehta/LA Phil is not my favorite Mahler 5...I have over 20 recordings (CD and SACD) of Mahler's 5th, though the Decca sound on the Mehta is very fine...my favorite, until I hear the new Mahler 5 with Fischer, is the MTT/SFSO (SACD) and an old Teldec with Sinopoli and New York

Cheers,

**NorthStar** · November 23, 2013, 04:57 PM

Right Now (on CD) ::

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♪ Sample:

**NorthStar** · November 23, 2013, 05:59 PM

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