The first movement of Bach’s Trio Sonata No 6 in G, BWV 530 A new recording of Bach Trios by Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin) and Edgar Meyer (double bass) is due for release on the Nonesuch label in April. The video below gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the recording sessions. This isn’t the […]
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Oh yes indeed. This is great great stuff. It’s my first Mississippi John Hurt CD – and I love it. A fine retailer incidentally. He’s not that big on Blues. Very big on Classical and Jazz though. Anyway, always worth a trip. And no, he isn’t paying me for the plug. Not sure they even […]
Went car-booting on Sunday and came away with a double LP called Ella & Louis (Starportrait on the Verve label). Now this is not the sort of music I’d normally even consider but what the hey, it was in superb nick and a quid! Admittedly a lot of it merely re-inforced my feelings of antipathy […]
We are told …. This release presents some of the best recordings made by the legendary soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet. All of the tracks included here are studio recordings with excellent sound quality, and showcase Bechet at his best both during his early years in the United States and in his final decade in Europe. […]
One of the risks of trying new things and moving in different directions is the threat of ridicule. It’s scary stepping out on the ledge in search of new results. Safer, I think to stay with what’s accepted. Normal. But, what is normal? My friend, Seth coined a phrase for normal that I really like. The regular kind. Most of […]
I was a non-believer in capacitor service, until I came across this little NAD 310, which buzzed through speakers like hell, regardless of volume level. Still played music, so I thought – lets change caps and see… After power supply caps change (like for like, and with budget brand, to try if thinking was correct) […]
“It is “one of the all time greatest records”, according to rock hero Paul Weller. But when The Zombies’ psychedelic LP Odessey and Oracle was released in 1968, it virtually sank without trace. The band had imploded by the time of its release, and the album struggled to compete with releases by acts like […]
Originally published July 2015 This full-blooded and stylish recording captures the melodrama of Salieri’s largely unperformed opera, says Rupert Christiansen Continues HERE
Bob Smith says … What a cool band name. Three Dog Night whose name hopefully needs no explanation to most of you, formed in 1967 with the primary lineup being Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, and Chuck Negron. Jimmy Greenspoon, Joe Schermie, Michael Allsup and Floyd Sneed soon rounded out the group and they were set. […]
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We received the following email and we thank the writer Hello Howard, I hope you are well. I just wanted to pass on a recommendation about a speaker I heard at Bristol last weekend: the Graham Audio LS5/9. It is based on the original LS5/9 design, rather than the BBC production models. Derek Hughes worked […]
Last week was the AXPONA high-end audio show in Schaumburg, a suburb of Chicago. PS Audio was there as well as hundreds of other manufacturers. As always, I had my trusty video camera at the ready and produced a 17-minute video tour with interviews of manufacturers and views of the show and rooms. Here’s where […]
Overview: What could this possibly have to do with a music web site? Guest contributor Ray Purchase explains: The Golden Age of Television So this is where the difference between video and film occurred. Video forfeited the magical glamorising effect of film’s 24 frames per second, but in doing so got closer to the (sometimes […]
Gustav Mahler said, ‘My symphonies represent the contents of my entire life.’ http://www.gramophone.co.uk/feature/top-10-mahler-symphonies
You couldn’t ask for a more “authentic” performance of Grieg than one by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, which Grieg himself conducted at one time. There are silkier performances of Peer Gynt, Op. 23, than this one, but few that seem to have such a sense of Grieg’s much-vaunted Norwegian soul. The chilly yet rich blue […]
Paul McGowan writes ….. Does your system give you the lowest bass notes? Is it right in the room? How would you actually know? I don’t need to remind most of my readers of the value I place on adequate, accurate, bass. It’s the foundation of a good system and most systems get it wrong. […]
