petia

any interesting and nice song by them? care to say abt it? lol

 

erm wat can i say... every year the Radetzky March will be conducted with the conductor facing the audience and the audience will clap to the beat. interesting finale to the concert.

 

this year new year concert is conducted by quite a controversial figure, Daniel Barenboim. just coincidentally over the period of the Israel–Gaza conflict.

 

 

marketed by sony taiwan as asia's norah jones, i find her husky voice intoxicating. i got her 2nd 2 cd album Joanna and Wang Ruo Lin. the music on her album doesnt reflect her personal style. check out the videos she post on youtube.

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/newtokyoterror

 

any one seen her first album start from here, the grammaphone at jp2 doesnt seem to have many cds, more movie dvds.

 

This years vienna philharmonic new year concert. The first ever conducted by a French conductor.

i recently get to know this singer Charlyn "Chan" Marshall aka "Cat Power" when listening to Taiwanese radio. Her song is in the movie "Juno" soundtrack.

 

haven't got her albums yet. so listening to her songs on youtube and from her website.

Li Yundi exclusively records Chopin and Liszt. His :Liszt album have a variety of the more popular works "La Campanella" and "Liebestraum No. 3".

 

And of course anything played by Martha Argerich is good

iRiver H100 series have optical in and out. Can be rockboxed for flac playback. Harddisk and battery can be upgraded easily.

 

Too bad its discontinued

 

 

thank you for your effort! its encouraged me to start more diy projects. i gonna start simple like cables and passive preamp and of course cmoy when i am confident with my soldering skills.

Try some heat shrink at the ends, will look neater more professional than using electrical tape.

the lithium-ion packs have some drawbacks which are common to all lithium-ion batteries. it will be too technical to discuss in a single post. with that in mind i went to gather parts to make a 4 x AA battery pack.

 

based on my research i decided to use 2000mAh Sanyo Eneloop ni-mh as my primary battery source due to its consistent voltage close to 5v (in group of 4 AA).

 

i m also getting the Maha Energy C401FS charger which is essentially the best mini charger i could find locally. it comes with 4 x 2700 mAh PowerEx ni-mh batteries which ironically doesnt perform as well as the Sanyo or PowerEx 2500mAh ones. Sadly the performance is like 4.5v (in group of 4 AA) so i will keep it for other use.

 

will be using eastgear. seems like a good place to find batteries and stuff.

 

EDIT: Went to eastgear today, the eneloop is out of stock. bought the imedion instead.

Music, in order to enjoy music better.

 

My first source was a Technics PCDP and my first CD player was a Technics too.

 

TNT Audio mailing list taught me how to DIY and introduced to me vinyl.

 

My office intranet forum, this forum and VR Zone poisoned me on using PC as a source. Later on, switch to using headphones.

 

Headwize, Headfi and Tangentsoft encouraged me to pick up the soldering iron again.

can i hijack this thread have a questions on batteries. i m planning to diy a battery pack for my dac.

 

does li-ion and nimh rechargables have a difference in performance and effect on sound quality?

 

Natalie Merchant, my all time favorite vocalist.

Bought from Sembawang

(China Print)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Violin Sonatas

No. 6 op. 30 No. 1

No. 7 op. 30 No. 2

No. 8 op. 30 No. 3

Gidon Kremer

Martha Argerich

CD |D|D|D| 445 6522 |G|H|

Release: Nov. 1994

 

MENDELSSOHN

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor

BRAHMS

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Berliner Philharmoniker

Herbert von Karajan

CD |D|D|D| 445 5152 |G|MA|

Masters

Release: Aug. 1994

 

From Borders

(US print)

MARTHA ARGERICH

Début Recital

CHOPIN: Scherzo No. 3 op. 39

Barcarole op. 60

BRAHMS: 2 Rhapsodien op. 79

PROKOFIEV: Toccata op. 11

RAVEL: Jeux d'eau

LISZT: Ungarische Rhapsodie

Hungarian Rhapsody: No. 6

Klaviersonate h-moll

Piano Sonata in B minor

CD |A|D|D| 447 4302 |G|OR|

The Originals

Release: Feb. 1995

 

From Gramaphone

(Germany Print)

Essential Chopin

Vladimir Ashkenazy

2 CDs | ADDDDD | 00289 473 8762

Int. Release: Jun. 2003

This is a reissue of Chopin: Favorite Piano Works under the "double decker" budget "london" label.

 

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Vladimir Ashkenazy

1 CD | DDD | 00289 417 2392

Int. Release: Sep. 1986

I realised Ashkenazy has 4 Rach3 recordings, well i will try this first. Which is the one you guys have?

 

HMV Citilink

(Germany Print)

Highly recommended by many here how can a marthaphile wannabe resist this...

 

Music Junction Jurong Pt

(China Print)

CHOPIN Scherzi | Impromptus

4 Scherzi:

No. 1 op. 20 · No. 2 op. 31

No. 3 op. 39 · No. 4 op. 54

3 Impromptus

No. 1 op. 29 · No. 2 op. 36

No. 3 op. 51

Bonus Track

Polonaise No.3 in A, Op 40 No.1 'Military'

Yundi Li

CD |D|D|D| 474 5162 |G|H|

Release: Sep. 2004

1 CD / Download with PDF Booklet

My first album from the 3 Chinese virtuoso. Comes with extras like poster and music video dvd and a bonus track.

Listening to this:

 

The Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 35--Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Prelude, Op. 3, No. 2 (RCA red seal Label)

 

As this first time I really listened to Rachmaninoff, cant really say much except I like the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini very much. Being a Marthaphile wannabe, no prizes for guessing which rendition I will listen next.

 

 

Out of sheer curiosity:

 

Sting - Songs from the Labyrinth. John Dowland (Composer), Robert (ii) Johnson (Composer), Edin Karamazov (Lute), Sting (Vocals) (DG Label)

 

Anyone besides me bite the bait. Wasn't very impressed by Sting's effort.

 

 

Borrowed from my sis:

 

Debussy: Préludes I & II. Claude Debussy (Composer), Walter Gieseking (Performer) (EMI Classics Label)

 

I cant really digest this at the moment. Mono recording.

Theres this chinese cd printer XingWaiXing which reprints Deutsch Grammophon classical cd for the China market, to counter the rampant piracy. I have jazz cds from xwx which are very good quality. Any1 seen these being pallarel imported.

 

btw recently China have been producing a few top notch pianists like Lang Lang, Li Yundi and Chen Sa. these are named the top 3 Chinese pianist by the legendary Fou Ts’ong. (Fu Cong)

Some of the older recordings made with analog tapes and printed to cd without digital remastering. May have a low level floor noise which is present in all tracks.

 

Actually I prefer it this way. Any effort to remove the noise may alter the original sound of the recording. I noticed headphones are easier to hear the noise. If the music is good I will be too engross than be bothered by the hiss.

similar article on wikipedia, with some graph to explain the damage done.

 

Loudness War

I bought some of the cheap CDs at HMV before... especially those 6CDs collection sort of thing..SQ's cannot quite make it. makes a whole load of difference... especially with good CD players. Imagine how it'd sound after compressions....

 

If you'd like to explore the world of vocals/jazz.. i'd say "audiophile voices" will be a good starting point. if you want instrumental jazz, there's plenty. you can try FourPlay. They've been around for ages. Then there's also Tower of Power.

 

If you like blues guitar, please get Keb Mo. Fantastic

 

i saw a 5 cd box Decca going for $20 at HMV is tat considering lousy quality too? i always liked decca (my best classical vinyls are decca) and a lot of good classical performers in the compliation.

i pass by hmv citilink today. Ashkenazy dun have Chopin Nocturne in Op 9 No 2 in E flat. Rubinstein 2 CD is $53 cant afford.

hmv have a couple of other players like Martha Argerich, Horowitz. and a couple of the Lang Lang cds.

 

maybe better luck at other stores. hmv has miserably small collection of classical music for a store of its size. its going mainstream more focus on dvds and pop music.

 

 

 

my all time favorite classical music piece is Chopin's Nocturne in E Flat Major Op 9 No 2.

 

performed by Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

from this album CBS Masterworks MS7506 Chopin's Greatest Hits in LP Vinyl.

 

i wanted to get a CD, my toddler can easily destroy my vinyl and turntable. i will need a recommendation. spoilt for choices. a few options are:

 

John o'conner piano Telarc?

 

Maria João Pires piano

Deutsche Grammophon?

 

Vladimir Ashkenazy piano Decca?

 

 

Glay: i like their old songs so much.

My sis got this when we at SSO Children's Prom recently.

 

 

I haven't listen to other Butterfly Lovers cds before so i cant really tell whether this is good or not. plus i m ignorant on Chinese classical music.

I got this album Uta Sagashi - Request Cover Album [First Press Limited Edition]

(Singapore/Taiwan Rock Records Press) from Visma at Pearl Centre.

 

Can find it at any mainstream store though.

If u need to use hanyu pinyin to describe her name its Xia4 Chuan1 Li2 Mei3.

She is currently in Taiwan to promote her new album.

i use only 3 of the big round concave 3M door bumps to support my Rotel amp. i would arrange them so 2 of the bumps support the heavier side with the tran and 1 support the lighter side. spread the 2 bumps out so its stable.