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Here is something I wrote about this box, back in 2012. http://www.classicalmusicguide.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=39063&p=410615&hilit=bernstein+haydn#p410615 I do remember the box was somewhat uneven. On the basis of that post, I was able to find my impressions of that box noted in my journal. First ...

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My son just alerted me to this site. https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php There's also a youtube channel to accompany the information on the site. Excellent reviews. OMG, Henry! The first listing on the headphones review page is for a pair of $3,000 cans! Yikes! :shock: That, my frien...

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My son just alerted me to this site.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php
There's also a youtube channel to accompany the information on the site.

Excellent reviews.

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Which is the better of the two boxes, and why?

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What you really want for headphones is a pair of these, with matching headphone amp, from a company called Raal. https://raalrequisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/hsasr1a.jpg.webp You're looking at a range of $4500 to $8500 depending on options. I would buy these up in a jiff, but I seldom use h...

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What you really want for headphones is a pair of these, with matching headphone amp, from a company called Raal. https://raalrequisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/hsasr1a.jpg.webp You're looking at a range of $4500 to $8500 depending on options. I would buy these up in a jiff, but I seldom use he...

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Been doing just fine lo these past twenty years with my second pair of Koss Pro4 AA's. Might have to fork over for a third set, though, as my cord's got a short in it and I can't solder. That was the original pair of Koss's I bought years ago. So, just remember that if they ever break, Koss will re...

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I use Sennheiser HD 650s. I also have a pair of top of the line Koss. Interesting story on those. I had an ancient pair of Koss headphones, again top of the line, but they were broken. A friend of mine with a small recording studio urged me to send them in to Koss as they have a lifetime warranty. S...

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I'm quite fond of 'The Soldier's Tale'. Does that one count?

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I punched Holmboe into my Youtube Music subscription, and here is what they have. It looks like the Holmboe lifetime listening plan to me. :) Some of the chamber concertoes with Hannu Koivula are listed, although not all. Albums Holmboe: Concertos Album • Vagn Holmboe • 2013 Holmboe: Piano Concerto ...

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I'll have to look into this. Scandinavian composers punch far above their weight I think and there are quite a number to whom I listen from Stenhammar to Langgard. I had not heard of Holmboe before.

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Just a little side note. Rufus Wainwright mentions his father, Loudon, who did not like opera. Loudon Wainwright III's claim to fame is a hit song called 'Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road'. There's not many people who haven't heard of it. Clearly Rufus received his musical sensibility from his m...

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Drats, I just wrote 2-300 words then accidentally hit exit. Here goes again. I submit that 'great' is a different qualification from 'best' and I accept diegobuono's description that a great piece must stand the test of time and have a degree of broad audience acceptance. A 'great' piece should also...

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My, that's quite a lot, isn't it? There are quite a few titles available on amazon that I must explore as well, since I haven't heard everything he's done. I know you love the Berlin Philharmonic's site though, and it's under consideration for me to join as well. That said, I just ordered the lates...

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An interesting overview. I personally favour the CSO above all of the others - not that I've analyzed rigorously. I have far more European orchestra's in my CD collection. Same here - they've maintained top position for so many years/decades...I've always loved NYPO....Where I studied [Eastman] was...

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An interesting overview. I personally favour the CSO above all of the others - not that I've analyzed rigorously. I have far more European orchestra's in my CD collection. Same here - they've maintained top position for so many years/decades...I've always loved NYPO....Where I studied [Eastman] was...

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I just ordered mine from amazon.ca. The price here is $CDN 233.88 with free delivery. Amazon.com is showing a price of $US299.98 + $72.59 for shipping. With an 80 cent dollar right now that works out to - (8 + 9) x 5 / 4, carry the 7, et cetera - twice as much!

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Fascinating, Brian. The last paragraph is prescient. Are the big five still the same? I've always thought the "Big Five" concept was basically fictitious - musically, at least....economically, perhaps there is more validity [ie - size of budget, pay rates, length of season, etc] I suppose there was...

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Henry, I'm sorry, but for me there was no link at all, just white space. Did others receive the link? Do you mind trying again? Hello, Barney. Have you tried using a different browser? When I read that post with Chrome, I see a youtube box with the usual arrow in the center. When I click on it, it ...

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Henry, was there something missing on the end of your post? I was awaiting the insights with interest. Or are you suggesting that I can provide insights on dinosaurs from my experience of being one? Brian, thanks for that link.I read some of the discussion, and I too prefer the Alpine Symphony to E...

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Thank you Brian, so interesting to see your thoughts. I still use a desktop by the way; I find the phone too irritating. But I am a dinosaur - a brontosaurus perhaps, with a tiny pinhead on a long neck going munch, munch, munch. :D I strongly agree with your observations about standards today. In A...

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Modest Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition has fascinated me since I first heard the Ravel orchestral version in a recording by Fritz Reiner as a young lad. I have a Vox Turnabout lp ( poor sound ) of Alfred Brendel playing "Pictures" recorded in the early '50's.The lp also has him playing " Is...

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https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81sCICHzKvL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg Modest Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition has fascinated me since I first heard the Ravel orchestral version in a recording by Fritz Reiner as a young lad. Soon after, I discovered the piano version, and it was off to t...

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Some great Ormandy quotes. I have more, if anyone wants them. My favourites are the ones in bold. Now we will play something we have never played before. I didn't mean that. Mahler wrote it as the 3rd Movement of his 4th Symphony. I mean the 4th Movement of his 1st Symphony - we play it third. The ...

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Sorry, Henry, but I've searched amazon USA thoroughly, and, while they do have downloads available, strangely they haven't made the album available for streaming, even though it's been there since 2017. Unfortunately, I don't subscribe to youtube premium, and I'm not about to do so just to hear one...

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https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/713x1kXHBpL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg This excellent CD of popular music by Ralph Vaughan-Williams features Andrew Manze and Canadian violinist James Ehnes in a beautifully recorded CD that captures the strings of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with ...

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https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/713x1kXHBpL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg This excellent CD of popular music by Ralph Vaughan-Williams features Andrew Manze and Canadian violinist James Ehnes in a beautifully recorded CD that captures the strings of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with ...

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As far as bailing out early, the demand streaming (Youtube Music) inserts gaps between each of the 22 tracks and in this case I could only put up with that for a while. Really annoying. Hello, Henry! Your experience that I quoted above is precisely the reason why I still buy CDs, aside from the fac...

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Couple of questions. Do you get a reduced price on the performance if you subscribe to the Met's 'Opera on Demand' offering? Are there English subtitles for all the songs and aria's in her performance? Thanks. 1) Each concert is available separately for $20 for about two weeks, after then it just d...

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Couple of questions.

Do you get a reduced price on the performance if you subscribe to the Met's 'Opera on Demand' offering?

Are there English subtitles for all the songs and aria's in her performance?

Thanks.

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I have 2 or 3 other recordings of each buried in some multi-CD boxes, which I should take for a spin, but then again, I could just listen to the Haitink performances one more time. Naturally, I'll have to give Haitink a hearing one of these days. 😉 I just checked, and his new LSO Live recording can...

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https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91T-p2C59FL._SX425_.jpg A few months ago, diegobueno and I had a wonderful discussion here in a thread about contemporary composers, during which he posted some very interesting examples of recent music on youtube. One of the composers I determined t...

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Drat, my last post here just went to the great bit bucket in the sky. If you coincide with someone else's post as I have just done, you have to be very careful how you answer, or you lose your post. The software should just post and not notify you. I wondered if the lack of engagement to the Shostak...

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I don't know about Beethoven, but I know that much of Brahms' work exists in the two piano format as a source of additional income. 19th century composers, living prior to the age of mechanical and electronic reproduction, earned a significant living from selling piano sheet music for use in piano p...

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Some years ago I purchased a complete set of the Shostakovich string quartets performed live by the Emerson String Quartet. They're going a little fuzzy in the memory, so I began to play some of them again the other day, and boy, do I ever like this set. Shostakovich is always delightful to the ear,...

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Do you have a preference between 'Ein Alpensinfonie' and 'Ein Heldenleben'? Good morning! Interesting question, Henry. :D For me it's a no-brainer. When I was a teenager, I fell head-over-heels in love with Rudolf Kempe's first recording of Richard Strauss's Alpine Symphony with the Royal Philharmo...

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https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Dud5Aun0L._UX358_FMwebp_QL85_.jpg Just opened this remarkable 2018 CD from Andrew Davis and the Melbourne Symphony, and I must congratulate Maestro Davis and his orchestra on what may be their finest recording to date. The hall's just-right acoustics are brilli...

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As a reference point, here is the listing on jpc.de. Also shows all contents.

For me to obtain it from there will cost 176.46 EURO plus 62.50 EURO shipping.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail ... m/10394239

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The non-Ormandy items, courtesy of Frank Berger @RMCR: Gliere Russian Sailor's Dance from Red Poppy Suite Philadelphia O Caston 1945 Fernandez Batuque Philadelphia O Caston 1945 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto D major op. 35 Philadelphia O Hilsberg Stern 1949 Saint-Saens Cello Concerto A minor 1 op. 33...

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The non-Ormandy items, courtesy of Frank Berger @RMCR: Gliere Russian Sailor's Dance from Red Poppy Suite Philadelphia O Caston 1945 Fernandez Batuque Philadelphia O Caston 1945 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto D major op. 35 Philadelphia O Hilsberg Stern 1949 Saint-Saens Cello Concerto A minor 1 op. 33...

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As a postscript, Janina Fialkowska's Chopin recordings are top notch. They are available on the various music services. She's Canadian, eh! She's already on my list of artists to investigate, thanks to your post here, Henry! 😉 Another French-Canadian pianist I've been listening to quite a bit latel...

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FWIW, the Tower Japan site states that this set has the approval of the Phila. Orch. Authorized release with the full cooperation of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Yes, in Japan. That doesn't mean the approval is forthcoming in the USA, or that the orchestra's royalty entitlements aren't quite differe...

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It's entirely possible that some of the recordings have slipped out of copyright protection in other countries but not in the US. I'm guessing at this but the USA does protect works for longer time periods than other countries. I thought Sony owned the Columbia catalog lock, stock and barrel. I jus...

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Just a footnote that from the Handley set, I frequently pull and play the 'Flos Campi' and the 'Oboe Concerto' which are combined on one disc with the Symphony No. 5.

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As a postscript, Janina Fialkowska's Chopin recordings are top notch. They are available on the various music services.
She's Canadian, eh!

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