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Name:
   Chris Fredriksson
Details:
   Photographer and freelance writer.
Location:
   Sweden
HiFi:
   Copland CTA 501 Valve amplifier Rogers LS35A BBC monitor speakers, Sennheiser HD 800 headphones
Xindak SCD-2 "modded" valve stereo only SACD player.
Philips 963SA MCH SACD/DVD player
Musical Fidelity X-Can V3 valve Headphone amp
Musical Fidelity X-PSU V3 power supply unit
Musical Fidelity X-LPS V3 phono unit
Linn Sondek LP 12 with Supex mC cartridge
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Reviews
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - Fischer        (6 of 12 found this review helpful)
  August 10, 2009

In my latest review of Mahler´s 4th, also on Channel Classics, I really slipped into both ”deep Zen Mood and babble mode!” I will try to be a bit more brief and to the point, in this review. Once again , Magic has happened! A new recording of this standard repertoire work has made me almost ... more
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 - Fischer        (4 of 13 found this review helpful)
  August 2, 2009

Anybody here wants a return ticket to HEAVEN? Here is probably one of the best offers you could ever expect to get! I am absolutely up in the clouds over this disc! Here is why! Ok ,first of all, I must admit that I too raised an eybrow or two at the first playing during those first bars . But ... more
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 - Reiner      (12 of 13 found this review helpful)
  August 25, 2005

This is in my opinion one of the VERY BEST Living Stereos so far! And we have already had quite a few good ones. I find both the interpretation by Reiner,the playing by the CSO and the recording by Lewis Layton, absolutely outstanding! Reiner lets us hear exactly what Mahler wrote no more, no ... more
David Chesky: Violin, Flute Concertos - Area 31      (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
  May 28, 2005

While basically agreeing with "raffel's" review I'm not quite as enthusiastic about this disc as he obviously is.And I see no reason to downgrade other discs. It is quite interesting music yes. And very well ,albeit a bit closely recorded, with solo instruments violin and flute,very close ... more
Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Serenade No. 2 - Haitink        (5 of 5 found this review helpful)
  May 13, 2005

This SACD from LSO Live ,as "nickc",rightly pointed out in his review, is a bit of a mixed bag. The Serenade is better recorded than the Symphony,different balance engineers. But on the other hand I find the Serenade a rather boring exercise piece that I won't listen to very often. The third ... more
 
 
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Discussion: Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 - Neeme Järvi
March 11, 2010
I downloaded two of their 24/96 masterfiles yesterday,the Vaughan Williams London Symphony from the year 2000 and the new Smetana overtures disc volume 2. Apart from really slow download times 200-300kbs, superslow by today´s standards,I have to say I am looking forward to many more releases in the future. These hi rez downloads are also available ... more
Esoteric to release Solti's Ring on Dec. 21st, 2009
March 7, 2010
Good as it undoubtedly is, the Solti Ring does not really compare with Karajan´s on DGG and LP.IMHO. I have both sets on LP and Karajan delves much deeper into the music than Solti who seems content to blaze out the Leitmotifs. Karajan and his Berliners may not always have the same standard of soundquality, but musically they are in a different ... more
Christopher Breunig of H Fi News
March 7, 2010
I think you might have a point there ,not that I have recently read any of his reviews. I stopped buying HI FI News years ago. But I do clearly remember his review of Mahler´s third by Chailly and the Concertgebouw in the early days of SACD,where he came to the conclusion that the cd layer was better than the SACD layer because he could hear the ... more
I keep hearing quotes almost everywhere...
November 5, 2009
I haven´t heard that much of Rott, but Neeme Järvi once told me: "if you want to know where Mahler got his ideas from listen to Rott!" And from what little I have heard I can only say he knew what he was talking about unlike me here maybe. ... more
I keep hearing quotes almost everywhere...
November 5, 2009
"Famous Swedish composer" in an international context was maybe a bit strong. But at the end of the first movement there is a short quotation that more than rings a bell for me anyway. all the best Chris ... more