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Name:
   Mr Terence
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Location:
   UK
HiFi:
   FRONT L+R SPEAKERS - Revel Performa F32

CENTRE SPEAKER - Epos

REAR SPEAKERS - Martin Logan SL3

SUB - vienna acoustics subson

PLAYER - Teac Esoteric DV60 universal player

AMPLIFICATION - Arcam AV9 pre-amp. processor; arcam P7 multi-channel power amplifier

INTERCONNECTS - nordost

FRONT SPEAKER CABLE - nordost

REAR/SUB SPEAKER CABLE - QED.
Email:
   tbb@repton.org.uk
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Reviews
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 - Ashkenazy        (4 of 4 found this review helpful)
  December 22, 2008

This is one of the best 7ths in my collection, and I have a lot of 7ths in my collection. In the modern era only Maazel in my experience (in his Vienna) recording gets the tempos as right as this, and his is probably the only performance I'd still actively prefer to this one. Ashkenazy has tautened ... more
Paganini: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 - Henryk Szeryng      (12 of 12 found this review helpful)
  December 10, 2007

Another splendid quadraphonic remastering from Pentatone. The solo violin in particular is beautifully captured, balanced perhaps just a little ahead of what might be a normal "concert hall" perspective, but not obtrusively so - orchestral detail is in no way occluded. There's plenty of depth and ... more
Stockhausen: Stimmung - Hillier      (9 of 10 found this review helpful)
  September 20, 2007

This is possibly the single most extraordinary SACD I have in my collection - a marvellous realisation of Stockhausen's avant-garde masterpiece. Harmonia Mundi's engineering uses rear speakers as the equal of fronts, creating an "in the round" sonic experience which fits the music very ... more
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge - James Gilchrist      (6 of 6 found this review helpful)
  July 23, 2007

Artistically and sonically this is an outstanding issue. On the evidence of this performance of Vaughan Williams's "On Wenlock Edge" James Gilchrist is very much in his prime vocally. He has many of the characteristics of the classic "English tenor" - a voice basically lyric in nature, naturally ... more
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 - Rajski      (12 of 16 found this review helpful)
  May 20, 2007

This the second volume in a series of the complete Beethoven symphonies being undertaken by the independent, Stuttgart-based company TACET. I found the first disc (of Symphonies 7 and 8) revelatory (see review at ), and this new coupling is no less exciting. The works are smaller in scale and ... more
 
 
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Discussion: Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 - Neeme Järvi
March 10, 2010
can't trace any info on this 5th. live/studio? any ideas on its provenance? ... more
Discussion: Mozart, Strauss: Wind Serenades - Gateway Chamber Ensemble
March 10, 2010
from the summit website: "'Of the recorded performances I know of the Mozart...I would pick the new Gateway Chamber Ensemble out of the pack, not only for its refined playing, but for finding that elusive balance between the music's high-spirited playfulness and its sensuous soulfulness. Merriment and melancholy mix in matched measure in Mozart's ... more
Discussion: Haydn, Beethoven: String Quartets - Quartetto Italiano
March 6, 2010
fry street quartet? ... more
C'mon SACD companies (Pentatone, Channel?)...will no one produce a decent SACD Tchaikovsky Manfred?
March 5, 2010
potentially VG news. this is a fine orchestra and conductor. fingers crossed it's in MC. ... more
Brandenburg Concertos for Piano?
February 25, 2010
these things are very personal i know, but i find bach concertos on the piano about as artistically satisfying as schubert on the harpsichord. the instrument is fundamentally wrong for the scale and aesthetic of the music, regardless of how good the pianist is. as i say, it's a personal taste thing isn't it? ... more