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| Jazz for aficionados Schubert, while I am not actually the biggest Sinatra fan either, I don't think very many would agree that Mel Torme was much better. While he did have a pleasant voice, that was about as far as it went, IMO. I would certainly stop short of callin... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, there are quite a lot of recordings of the piece out there. One of the relatively recent ones that is great is with conductor John Eliot Gardiner's period instrument group. A slightly older one from the 80s, on DG, with the Chicago Symphony s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - I am in an extremely busy stretch at work right now, so sorry for the slow response. The short answer to your question is that my orchestra has never programmed that piece, nor have I yet had the opportunity to participate in a profession... | |
| Why blind listening tests are flawed Hi Mceljo - what some studies have suggested is that although the ear has limits to "hearing" certain frequencies, the brain DOES somehow perceive them anyway. As far as I know, this has not been proven yet, but it is strongly suggested in differe... | |
| Electrostatic Speakers I agree, Omsed. Horns, driven by tube electronics, sound more life-like, if we are talking non-amplified live acoustic music, than anything else. But stats do a fine job as well, I have heard some great ones. | |
| Why blind listening tests are flawed For me, Sebrof has hit the nail on the head here - the human ear/brain are still unsurpassed by any technology yet invented. One must develop one's ears to really hear and understand differences in pieces of equipment, and this requires ABA testin... | |
| Electrostatic Speakers Electrostats can be great speakers, though for me they are second-best in type to horns. They lack the sheer dynamic range of horn speakers, and I don't mean just on the loud end, but also the softs. That said, I do like most pairs of electrostats... | |
| Primaluna Tube System Hi Md30 - I have yet to change the stock 12AX7's. I have, however, changed the stock 12AU7's, (one of them died on me), and I actually regret going with a similarly priced brand. The stock ones were a little better, and the next time I need some, ... | |
| Primaluna Tube System I have a Dialogue 2 and like it very much; however in your case, if you like the Prologue 3, I would go ahead and take that Prologue 5 - seems like a good price, and would be much less than moving to the Dialogue. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - actually, for once the music director of the ASO has come out firmly in support of the musicians. And yes, it is almost worse than the Minnesota situation, if you have read some of the unbelievable comments made by the guy that runs that ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - the bowing question is very simple. I'm sure you have noticed that each section of the string family is always moving their bows together, in the same way. It is the markings that tell them what to do when that we call "the bowings." Ther... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hello again Rok - yes, the principals of each section in the orchestra are the section leaders. They have the final say on how the section blends together, how it balances, how it articulates together, and the overall sound of the section, sometim... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - I'll address the cuts thing first. In reading what you quoted, it is obvious that in the Rabin recording, the cuts are NOT from the soloist, but from the conductor - the passages in question are in the orchestral tuttis, when the soloist ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - those are some good questions. As far as the LSO situation, that is always a complicated issue. First of all, if he even asked to be moved down to third, that probably means that there was already a third trumpet opening, or there was abo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Schubert - we do mostly agree. Yes, Mozart and Schubert wrote a few compositions in a very short amount of time. This has much to do with the fact that every musician back then had and used much more improvisational skills than most of us do to... |