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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #11115 on: July 22, 2018, 04:03:13 PM »


A great chamber music album of Benjamin Britten's music, esp if you like solo oboe! Not easy to find solo oboe recordings, but oboe is one of the most difficult instruments to reproduce correctly, a real challenge for playback system. You'll hear your midrange flaws easily, if you know what oboe supposed to sound like. Close miked, great tone.

Prazak is an awesome string quartet. Try their Beethoven Quartet cycle!

This one's on Tidal.


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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #11116 on: July 22, 2018, 05:16:25 PM »
My wife says put on some pretty violin music for dinner, so...


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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #11117 on: July 22, 2018, 06:11:21 PM »


Like a full bag of freetos, once I start on Dvorak, it's hard to stop.   This is a very good recording of LSO playing Dvorak 7th. Mid bass is very clean, excellent acoustics, good tempos.

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #11118 on: July 22, 2018, 08:24:20 PM »
Tony Bennett: On Holiday

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TB covers the Billie Holiday songbook
Remember, it's all about the music........

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #11119 on: July 22, 2018, 08:25:38 PM »
Mickey Dolenz: Remember

  Robo Records CD
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #11120 on: July 23, 2018, 06:05:39 AM »


Remastered in high res. MQA on Tidal. By far the best recording of Brownie.  Art Blakey on drums.

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #11121 on: July 23, 2018, 06:24:13 AM »


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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #11122 on: July 23, 2018, 07:15:05 AM »


More 1950s Art Blakey, please?

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #11123 on: July 23, 2018, 11:33:37 AM »


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Re: What are you listening to right now?
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #11125 on: July 24, 2018, 04:02:28 AM »


A great chamber music album of Benjamin Britten's music, esp if you like solo oboe! Not easy to find solo oboe recordings, but oboe is one of the most difficult instruments to reproduce correctly, a real challenge for playback system. You'll hear your midrange flaws easily, if you know what oboe supposed to sound like. Close miked, great tone.

Prazak is an awesome string quartet. Try their Beethoven Quartet cycle!

This one's on Tidal.

Found it on Spotify and giving it a spin. Not sure if I’ll appreciate the same as you but here goes. :)
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #11126 on: July 24, 2018, 05:06:43 AM »

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #11127 on: July 24, 2018, 07:17:40 AM »


Bill, this one is a better performance and recording. It's on Tidal too.   

The first one is good for the solo oboe, not recorded often.

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #11129 on: July 24, 2018, 05:47:03 PM »
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