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    Orchestral choral music and recordings

    scary indeed how the protagonist glares upon the performers listed down below... kind words, thank you, i did keep things simple so as to remain not far from the average home stereo. though i'm a proponent of no dac used, but this time around, for line isolation reasons, i do (via optical...
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    Orchestral choral music and recordings

    Prokofiev 'Ivan The Terrible' needs be mentioned, it comes in a film score and then a cantata:
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    What do you think of this video

    however, the best music for audio tests appears to be Haydn "Sturm und Drang" symphonies and Brahms "Hungarian Dances" where the former should replay sounding like a rocket to the sky while the latter would dance you to death:
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    One of the greatest Opera performances of all time

    what upsets me is that opera world had placed so much emphasis on vocals, meanwhile the operatic masterpieces, which have gone down in history, are there due to their outstanding music quality, for however brilliant vocal parts were, it is the music that makes an opera sound great. it therefore...
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    Does Beethoven need to be "cancelled"?

    the way things are going, it is the young are more likely to become 'irrelevant' because the age that championed the idea of 'generations' and youth orientation is going. 20th century ideologies that saw peoples as 'masses' to manipulate them and use for certain purpose are giving way to a...
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    Does Beethoven need to be "cancelled"?

    that has to do with overall decline in education quality, where kids have been allowed to look away from the teacher, exacerbated with imposition of the so called 'mass culture' that was aimed at the inexperienced and weak (i.e. aforementioned teenagers) in order to create a youth oriented...
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    classical masterpieces of world history

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    classical masterpieces of world history

    sorted, eventually, somehow... maybe has to do with getting me the status of 'long time user'. all functioning well now - quoting, embedding, previewing and editing, so further enjoy the masterpieces.
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    classical masterpieces of world history

    yes, they are indeed, however i could only reach these via use of VPN, which ended up being too slow. thank you for support.
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    classical masterpieces of world history

    editing doesn't work for me either.
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    classical masterpieces of world history

    inability to quote properly, preview and embed. even though i managed work around these issues for a while but now things get worse...
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    classical masterpieces of world history

    due to experiencing problems with posting on here, all i can do is move house elsewhere - https://historum.com/threads/classical-masterpieces-of-world-history.183285/page-2
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    classical masterpieces of world history

    since the topic of Ancient Rome has been raised, may i suggest here Aram Khachaturian's "Spartacus Suite" that portrays a doomed uprising, with its music thoroughly conveying the atmosphere of disaster pervaded by fear and despair for the part of the rebels theme, meanwhile portraying the...
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    classical masterpieces of world history

    Beethoven "The Coriolan Overture" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolan_Overture
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    What are the Most Musically Compelling and Good/ Decent Sounding OPERA Recordings?

    as for something to recommend, i once came across 1946 'La Traviata' conducted by Toscanini and sung by Albanese & Peerce cast in the roles of Violetta & Alfredo, respectively, which has revitalised my passion for this piece, it needs to be said.
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    What are the Most Musically Compelling and Good/ Decent Sounding OPERA Recordings?

    the notion of 'compelling' is understood here, but as to 'good sound' - views might vary. how good is the sound where the singing is not so good while the recording being 'very good'? (keep in mind the decline in vocalist abilities that began worldwide since the middle of 20th century). i...
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    classical masterpieces of world history

    around the same period, as creation of the modern body politics was being completed, the necessity of ascribing a culture to each State arose therefore, and we have a perfect example of this when Johannes Brahms wrote his "Hungarian Dances" where a newly created nation is portrayed as a people...
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    classical masterpieces of world history

    now straight onto his 7th symphony, a sure masterpiece, but which this time is bereft of the purity his 4th enjoys, for the Hero now is not even remotely that successful or as invulnerable as before.... there's a persistent feeling of bitternes that pervades this piece. Bruckner thus gave it...
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    Stereophile review / comparison Graham LS3/5 and LS3/5A versus Falcon LS3/5A

    i happened to change rooms and move around houses, but - same result. my suspicion lies on the source and the software i use, though.
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    Stereophile review / comparison Graham LS3/5 and LS3/5A versus Falcon LS3/5A

    no bass?.. hmm, i for one have kind of struggled to moderate their bass output and there somewhat inflated presentation, however to no avail yet, hence my enquiry... mine is 20 sq m, a semi-position (3 m) at very loud volume.
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    Stereophile review / comparison Graham LS3/5 and LS3/5A versus Falcon LS3/5A

    and while at it, has anyone ever figured out what amplifier drives best the Chartwell's 3/5 maybe? a power amp, specifically, because i might intend to plug the source directly into it.
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    classical masterpieces of world history

    beautiful rendition recommended
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    classical masterpieces of world history

    the almost solitary horn at the onset of this symphony represents someone of noble origins as if calling on certain powers to join for a certain initiative... and, make no mistake - this call is to grow strongest by the finale of the first movement, now the multiple horns are at their loudest.
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    classical masterpieces of world history

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    classical masterpieces of world history

    so to not jump the gun, here is a great masterpiece, which to some might seem not so obvious one. Anton Bruckner and his 4th symphony that for some unclear reason he titled 'Romantic'. what's romantic about politics of brutal & then soft power Otto von Bismarck would practice in the days of...
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    Classical top 10 please.

    the singing obviously starts from 'part two' and onwards -
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    Classical top 10 please.

    just looked up the stuff on youtube and gave it some listening i, however, say the piece is a total mockery: not that i'm no accustomed to what mockery Beethoven, Mahler, Strauss or Prokofiev may have smuggled into their scores, but at least their music is all encompassing, highly diverse &...
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    Classical top 10 please.

    that must be tough...
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    Classical top 10 please.

    but there's no such thing in classical music. opera videos (with subtitles) are essential for a beginner to get into music. it is best to start with early baroque and late romanticist operas thus moving from both ends towards classicist ones. take for example Monteverdi "The Coronation Of...
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    Graham Audio Chartwell LS3/5 clipping question

    their 25w into 9ohms, driven by a 70w into 8ohms amplifier; if occasional clipping is detrimental for these speakers?

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