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User Details - jdaniel
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John Daniel | |
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Musician, classical music lover, | |
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Northern California | |
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Vandersteen 3a Signature Speakers, Audioquest CV6 bi-wire cables, (with battery packs), Musical Fidelity A308 Amp, Jaguar Interconnects, VPI Scoutmaster, Dynavector XX2 MK2 Cart, Sony SACD player. | |
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July 4, 2013
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I prefer Beecham's infinitely more evocative, perfumed reading and Ansermet's rough and ready PCO recording. Too much hooplah about the Reiner, both as a recording and a performance. IMHO, if there's one Reiner performance *and* recording that transcends time and place it's his Mahler Das Lied. Yet nary a word. ... more | |
November 19, 2012
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I'm SO jealous, never knew this performance was available. I'm not usually a Sir Simon fan as he's gotten so fussy. All those incredibly-talented young people too; you must have left knowing/thinking that the future is in good hands. ... more | |
November 18, 2012
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Thank you for the link, a fun, exciting listen, though I hope they edited the 1st Soprano's flat solo Bb which is meant to float ecstatically above the final chorus @ 1:14:36. Yikes! One can see a girl in the children's choir react at that moment; thank God for the honesty of children. : ) I find Elizabeth Connell unforgettable in this harrowing ... more | |
November 8, 2012
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Substitute Carter for Reger: every last note justified, could spit out fugues like a Univac 2001, unfailing taste, admirably-high compositional standards... Are dumb people still "simply not ready" or "literate enough" for Reger? ... more | |
November 8, 2012
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Think of Mozart's PC 21 2nd mov't: the "simple" outlining of a triad. Does an appreciation reveal...what? ... more |
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