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Name:
   S.H. Gerriets
Details:
   Sixty-ish professional. Chamber music aficianado with emphasis on quartets. Circa 600 CDs, 340 SACDs; I amuse myself with database of 20,000 composers, 50,000 works, 11,000 performances. Married to biologist/cellist. Gardening with stone, water and native plants is my other dimension.
Location:
   Maritimes (Canada)
HiFi:
   MAIN SYSTEM
Shanling CD-T200 *
Rotel 1070 pre-amp,
Rotel 1070 power-amp,
Monstercable Ultra600 interconnects
Paradigm Monitor-11 (biwired)**
Paradigm PDR-10

POWERED HAFLER CIRCUIT ***
Nakamichi R3 integrated tuner-amp
Castle Pembroke rears

OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF
House in quiet countryside
Propane fire heating (silent)
Leather recliner + footstool
Ardbeg, Scapa or Talisker single malt
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* http://www.shanling.com/English/SCD-T2000.htm
** http://www.sorishop.com/goods/img/img_B8874.jpg
*** http://headwize.com/images/hafler.gif
Email:
   gerrsirc@nbnet.nb.ca
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Posts:
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Reviews
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  April 15, 2010

“Period instruments or just a baryton with a modernised violin and cello?” I can now confidently answer Osbert Parsley’s question: Period. Markus Kuikka plays a baryton made by Tolman Muthesius in 2001, replicating an 18th century instrument by the ubiquitous Anon., now in the Bruxelles ... more
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations - Jan Michiels      (6 of 7 found this review helpful)
  February 10, 2010

DIABELLI VOLUME II There is more to the Diabelli Variations than just Opus 120…. Despite the Italian name, Anton Diabelli was born near Salzburg in 1781. He first trained for the priesthood, then defrocked for a career in music. As did many others (e.g. von Weber, Assmeyer, Wölfl), he studied with ... more
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations - Marco Alcantara    (4 of 5 found this review helpful)
  February 10, 2010

DIABELLI VOLUME I If you have the piano-tuner in to crank up the old Bechstein, be sure to count your change…. Marco Alcantara did an interesting thing with this disc: he seized upon the opportunity to work with Scott Kuhn of the Piano Technicians Guild, and thus present us with Beethoven’s Op. ... more
Quartetto d’Archi della Scala      (6 of 7 found this review helpful)
  February 3, 2010

WORKING MY WAY THROUGH THE FONÉS No. 2 I confess, I am VERY fond of Verdi's Quartetto in mi minore. He must have been saying to himself for years if not decades, "One of these days I'm going to write a quartet", the way you or I might say "One of these days I'm going to get a gym membership and ... more
Concerts and Follies in Pergolesi's time - I Musici      (5 of 12 found this review helpful)
  February 3, 2010

WORKING MY WAY THROUGH THE FONÉS No. 1 I was intrigued by Arnaldo's review of -- in his words -- "Baroque Concertos for Reverberation and Multiple Reflections from Pergolesi's time". This is the period when composers were writing works for multiple choirs in opposite corners of echo-enhancing ... more
 
 
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September 4, 2010
... anticipated since March 5, 2006, in fact. Excellent news! But that good news does bring to mind sad old news, namely Silverman's Diabelli variations which Stereophile editor John Atkinson never released. ... more
Discussion: Haydn: String Quartets Op. 54 - Parkanyi Quartet
August 29, 2010
(at today's rates, UK £8.47 equals US $13.28) According to my calculations: * UK pound prices are discounted 13.04%, * FR euro prices are discounted by 19%, * DE euro prices are discounted by 15.96%, ... when internal tarifs are excluded. --so, IF you are comparing prices on sa-cd.net AND you are ordering internationally THEN you should do some ... more
Discussion: Haydn: String Quartets Op. 54 - Parkanyi Quartet
August 21, 2010
I don't remember what the other vendors were asking at the time (I think they were lower than now), but amazon.fr was the lowest price when I ordered on July 10 -- and it still is, i.e. about $18 US. My guess is that the other vendors didn't get enough pre-orders, and so are upping the price to discourage any orders. Presumably, if a vendor has ... more
We REALLY need great performances of the Beethoven Strings Quartets on SACD!
August 6, 2010
Those would not be comments from Polly Nomial, Geohominid, Windsurfer or myself. I confess that it bothers me to hear the FSQ and IsoMike dismissed so casually. Therefore I will make you an offer: Order [t=5556] -- and if you regret the purchase, I will buy the disc from you. ... more
Discussion: Mozart - Scott & Lara St. John, The Knights
August 3, 2010
Oh excellent, Scott and his little sister together on an SACD! But who are The Knights? I found their webpage by googling "Lara" and "The Knights": http://www.theknightsnyc.com/index.php/about-us Rather interestingly, on a Shosty Cello Concerto recording, they added Jimi Hendrix's "Machine Gun" as a make-weight.... ... more