As I listen I am moved.
A brief review:
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Just got a couple of Wilson recordings in 45rpm. I already have the 33rpm version and want to see how the 45pm compares. Good as the 33rpmâs are, he 45rpmâs gives you even more density and resolution as expected.
Back in one of the earlier audio shows, I met David Wilson and he was demostrating his new at the time, WHOW subwoofer, the size of a coffee table. It had a huge 18" driver in it. He used two of his recordings, the âCenter Stageâ and the âWinds of War and Peaceâ and he told me how different the bass drum was tuned in the two recordings. One was a whole lot tighter than the other. You can really feel the difference with the WHOW system, or any other system for that matter!!
I donât have the WHOW, but my Wilsons are very dynamic in the bass and do go below 20hz in my room, and when I played Liberty Fanfare in âWinds of War and Peaceâ, I almost had a heart attack, it was so sudden, massive, tight, and powerful!! These are definitly recordings to show off your speaker system if it have the bass capabilities.
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Not spinning. EnjoyingâŚ
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The recording of Fanfare for the Common Man on this SACD, one volume of four of Coplandâs orchestral music by John Wilson and the BBC, is impressive enough to put me off my old favorite of Oue and the Minnesota. Everything else on it is gorgeous, too.
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Impressive.
I have long considered the MN Orchestra to be the best.
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For something completely differentâŚ
I believe itâs been 50 years since I last listened to this LP, which I bought new when it was issued in 1974, and found it wasnât to the liking of my youthful ears. After a lifetime of listening to other periods of classical music, Iâm finding it much more to my liking now, with some recognizable themes that appeared in later guitar and lute compositions. And the sound is pretty decent, too.
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This record was always a favorite of mine, purchased about the same time as you. Iâd pull it out and listen to it now if I still had a copy and a way to play it. Great for its day, and probably still most enjoyable today.
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Delightful stuff.
My only quibble is that in the works with obbligato harpsichord, the recorded sound downplays that instrument making it difficult to hear.
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Another old LP pulled out of the pile, this one a DG from 1977. Itâs a decent enough recording, but the performance doesnât particularly grab me - the tempo seems a little plodding. I recall buying it when I heard WFMR, the classical station in Milwaukee, play the work and I recognized the closing theme as the music played over the credits of the then- recent BBC production of Anna Karenina.
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I feel like the graphic designer at DG in 1977 had real trouble fitting in âPeter Tschaikowsky >> Manfredâ on that cover
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Too kind!
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Not on Qobuz, I would like to hear her play the accordion.
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I enjoy it, but I also enjoy Meredith Monk as well. It is available on Discogs in CD format, and LP.