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Name:
  nick cummins
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  35 years old, classical music lover, am trying to get to like jazz!
Location:
  melbourne, australia
HiFi:
  marantz sr7300 receiver
pioneer 656 universal player
krix lyrix gold mains
krix kdx centre
krix equinox rears
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  nickc@rabbit.com.au
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Mozart, Brahms: Clarinet Quintets - Steffens, Scharoun Ensemble      (5 of 5 found this review helpful)
  March 28, 2008

The two greatest clarinet chamber works in the repertoire, perhaps the two greatest chamber works of either composer. Karl-Heinz Steffens has a beautiful, liquid tone which is just a joy to listen to, and the Scharoun Ensemble are fully equal partners. Unfortunately if you play the Brahms at a ... more
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Davis      (6 of 7 found this review helpful)
  March 26, 2008

Like me I suppose a lot of readers had this on CD and bought it to see how much improvement there was in the master tapes. Well there is an improvement, but unfortunately I can't summon as much enthusiasm for the sound as the other reviewers. This was recorded in 1974 and it would be idle to ... more
Mirror Canon - Tor Espen Aspaas      (7 of 7 found this review helpful)
  March 25, 2008

In my listening room I have an upright Hoelling & Spangenberg, so I know how a piano should sound (though I wish it was a Steinway...). I've been on a vain search for a recording that properly reproduces the full sound of a piano - this disc probably comes the closest so far. Jonty put it correctly ... more
Haydn: String Quartets - Amsterdam String Quartet        (3 of 4 found this review helpful)
  February 29, 2008

I love this disc but not the programming! I am a typical collector, and would much prefer complete opuses to be recorded in the string quartet repertoire rather than selections. Having said that we are tempted in the liner notes with a statement that they will perform all the quartets in 2009. ... more
Chopin: Piano Sonatas - Artur Pizarro      (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
  February 23, 2008

After my excoriation of the sound in Pizarro's Ravel disc I'm happy to report the sound here is excellent. At 9'30" he is extremely ruminative in the supreme masterpiece of the Barcarolle. Argerich seemed to have put a turbocharger on her gondola; I wish Pizarro had a stronger profile here. ... more

 
 
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Discussion: Siegmund von Hausegger: Natursymphonie - Rasilainen
May 20, 2008
Hi Castor they already have decided on Blu-ray and released Grieg: Piano Concerto etc. Cheers N ... more
BIS thread
May 6, 2008
Are we going to get two piano concerto cycles from BIS? Cheers N ... more
Askenazy's Sibelius Symphonies from Exton
April 18, 2008
Hi John I was interested in both the Debussy and Sibelius discs, now I'm not so sure...With the Debussy when you say there is no signal from the centre/surrounds and give 1/5, do you mean that the MC section sounds 5 times worse than the stereo section, or that it sounds just the same and is a waste of time? If it was recorded in 2002 it could be a ... more
First Blu Ray Music disc Its A ?
April 7, 2008
Hi Windsurfer I think Dolby True HD and DTS - MA are 96/24 PCM,up to 8 channels. No DSD in Blu-Ray unfortunately. N ... more
Discussion: Haydn: String Quartets Op. 20 - Pellegrini Quartett
March 21, 2008
Thanks Arthur I've got the Lindsay's and Mosaiques - I take it this is not original instruments? I've been begging for Opus 20 for ages - can't wait till I get this! N ... more