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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Excellent idea! nt by clarkjohnsen on 2007-10-20 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Yesterday the BSO played Beethoven... by clarkjohnsen on 2007-10-20 
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...(and it repeats tonight) under von Dohnanyi. The Fifth Symphony was middle-of-the-road mittel-Europaenisch, but the Third Concerto with Lars Vogt was decidedly different and very tasty! The pianist, instead of just doing runs and spinning not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: But no M6! by clarkjohnsen on 2007-10-20 
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That's really odd... unless... maybe the Haenchen is better?!clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Just received Nanut M6 by clarkjohnsen on 2007-10-17 
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From Newbury Comics, $4.50. Sealed.But maybe I'll wait until you determine whether the whole Mahler set is his, then beg to dub them.clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Brian Bell is with WGBH. nt by clarkjohnsen on 2007-10-17 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: My first time hearing Beethoven by clarkjohnsen on 2007-10-17 
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I'll never forget... although it wasn't that long ago...Twenty years, maybe.Symphony Hall, the Leipzigers under Masur.And only an encore: The Egmont Overture.After it was over I turned to my buddy and said, "I think I've just heard Beethoven for the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: OT to Mats by clarkjohnsen on 2007-10-17 
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Are you the Mats I once knew? If so, glad to catch up with ya!clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Regarding the Brahms PC #2 by clarkjohnsen on 2007-10-04 
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I find Tomsic to be stellar (that word again!). Often I've played it to people to demonstrate how the thing should go. Unfortunately the orchestra is not up to it, them or the conductor, hard to tell.I've heard Tomsic twice in Boston and so far as I'...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: I'm surprised no one's seen this by clarkjohnsen on 2007-10-04 
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http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/conductor/Nanut,+Anton/a/Anton+Nanut.htmSamplers!Which also reveal a wealth of recordings possibly available in full length.Discovering them would be an excellent project.And here all I know of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Nanut's Bruckner 8th by clarkjohnsen on 2007-10-03 
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Long have I admired this performance, which I acquired on cassette about fifteen years ago. I always took it with me on long trips, although nowadays rental cars do not come equipped with tape players, so I do need the CD.Once, taking a sid...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Valin stuff is old news by now by clarkjohnsen on 2007-08-27 
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It's been all over Audio Asylum.clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: About this site by clarkjohnsen on 2007-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I hate, hate, hate, hate Boston Symphony! in Musical Discussions  72 Replies 
It's owner/manager happens to be well known to me: Kevin Mostyn.clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: "I hardly remeber anything good from Ozawa." by clarkjohnsen on 2007-08-27 
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Well, he had his moments; among them:Mahler 8 at T'wood (c. 1974)Mahler 3 at SH & T'wood (c. 2001)Bartok Concerto for Orch (c. 1971)I'm sure there were more!As for recordings, he has a really, really fine Mendelssohn's Midsummer, an excellent Bee...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: A Questionable Passion by clarkjohnsen on 2007-08-02 
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"Most manufacturers simply do not have the references necessary to judge their own work." Quite right! But then again, who does?Reviewers?Retailers?Readers?Mostly, audio is a crapshoot.clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: You aren't obliged by clarkjohnsen on 2007-08-02 
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I must agree with the guy.Why should you force yourself never to know the truth about it?clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: More Bruckner by clarkjohnsen on 2007-07-23 
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Of the ones I know, your list is excellent. Not that hot on the Rosbaud and Klemperer, actually. I can only add the van Beinum. Wish I knew the von Matacic. Regarding Toscani, I auditioned this a few years ago at the Museum of Broadcasting (Hollywood...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The Sofia performance by clarkjohnsen on 2007-04-10 
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That's always been known in my circle as the one with the tubercular audience.Many find the Schubert and Liszt pieces even finer.clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: I'm thinking, I'm thinking! by clarkjohnsen on 2007-03-07 
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Romy wrote: "Think what horizontal dissipation you need." All the time, all the time!clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: ClassicArts by clarkjohnsen on 2007-03-07 
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In Boston, Comcast used to carry it, until c. 2004. Always it was my default channel.clark...

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[quote]There are Cogent guys who are trying to do something with horns.[/quote] And what they were doing, at CES 2006, was fine indeed. clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Re: A good offense makes a good defense by clarkjohnsen on 2006-10-31 
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[quote]Unfortunately, as manufacturers, we not only supply audio equipment, but we are also expected to fill these emotional needs.  Those making the most money in this industry have focused on that fact and exploit it for gain.  [/quote][q...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Re: Shows as defensive marketing by clarkjohnsen on 2006-10-31 
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[quote]Fact is, most show up and play dj for unqualified consumers who see the show exhibitors as their form of Vegas daylight hours entertainment.[/quote][SIGH]clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Re: The shows: how to make a Cat to scream. by clarkjohnsen on 2006-10-31 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  clarkjohnsen wrote: Romy writes: In Vegas I have seen 25% of the systems run with inverted channels. More like 50%, Romy.I do not think that it might be MORE then 50%.[/quote...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: Let look at audio shows slightly more serious. by clarkjohnsen on 2006-10-30 
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Romy writes:[quote]In Vegas I have seen 25% of the systems run with inverted channels.[/quote] More like 50%, Romy.[quote]I do not value accidents very high.[/quote]We have a word in English: Serendipity. And it is good.clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: FM in Boston: Thanks God! by clarkjohnsen on 2006-10-18 
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In my travels I have come to the conclusion that Boston has the best (terrestial) radio in the world, both AM and FM. The only place that can compete, for classical music, is my home town of Sioux City -- where one can receive independent broadcasts ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Re: the bigiining of the high-end market by clarkjohnsen on 2006-10-16 
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Yoshi wrote: I did some reserch sometime ago on how the current high-end market started.  In the 60's, stereo gears were sold at electrical stores along with other electrical items.  Some people had seen a possibility of specialty streo mar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: “FM live” file exchange service. by clarkjohnsen on 2006-10-16 
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For years and years there have been people collecting (and sometimes disseminating) such performances on tape. I have lists from decades ago!Internet radio is another source, with orchestras themselves now sometimes providing the material. I have a w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Seven hours of live music Sunday by clarkjohnsen on 2006-09-11 
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Seven hours of live music Sunday, from Bela Fleck through New Orleans jazz to Wagner -- all on the radio. The evening began with the luminous show From the Top (with Christopher Reilly), which features young classical performers from around th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: About that movie... by clarkjohnsen on 2006-09-11 
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A few words on Eroica: I couldn't watch the damn thing. It was as fake as a movie ever gets. For one thing, while the musicians were supposed to be there playing in front of Beethoven, it was so obviously a slick studio recording on the soundtra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: You speak of the "vandalizing" of 78s (and more) by clarkjohnsen on 2006-09-06 
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That is correct, but another factor enters equally: Few people know how much great sound is imbedded in those 78 grooves, therefore they never aim to capture it. Instead they concentrate on the noise.Were they able to play 78s rightly, they would&nbs...
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