I love Chopin Marty but I think I see where Khun Tang is coming from. There are only 2 places where I routinely reach for his compositions, the patio or the bedroom. Somehow Chopin in the office would not be high on my list of choices 
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Ok Marty. I am not Ron Resnick. (Somehow I like rubbing him on this ). Couldyou recommend me a piece of your favorite Chopin please. I am looking to expand my musical horizon.
kind regards,
Tang
). Couldyou recommend me a piece of your favorite Chopin please. I am looking to expand my musical horizon.kind regards,
Tang
Dear Jack,I love Chopin Marty but I think I see where Khun Tang is coming from. There are only 2 places where I routinely reach for his compositions, the patio or the bedroom. Somehow Chopin in the office would not be high on my list of choices
My system already sounded sleepy enough to make Sam snoozed when he was visiting my room. And I didnt play any Chopin.
Tang
The bedroom!I love Chopin Marty but I think I see where Khun Tang is coming from. There are only 2 places where I routinely reach for his compositions, the patio or the bedroom. Somehow Chopin in the office would not be high on my list of choices
Sneak peek.
Tang
I love this music but I'm having trouble identifying the record or the piece he's playing. Can you give a fellow Lamm club member some information please?
I don’t know exactly why your system sounds as fantastic and as dynamic as it does!
I give the Lamm suite most of the credit. I might have thought the ML3s would have trouble pushing those big drivers, but in your room and with your system they don’t. And we have played things LOUD together!
Why can’t Vlad offer an option to make them in silver, in addition to his ubiquitous 1950s Russian secret laboratory black?
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Bach's Chaconne by Leonid Kogan at Grand Hall Moscow Conservatoire 1954.
Bonzo just took the last NM from Discogs.
Tang
Ok Marty. I am not Ron Resnick. (Somehow I like rubbing him on this
kind regards,
Tang
Hi Tang,
I am not Marty but I am a *massive* Chopin fan. If you want something to set the pulse racing then check out the Winter Wind (Etude, op 25, no 11) - fond memories of my dad playing it as a little boy - the energy and vituosity used to leave my head spinning stood next to him. The Aeolian Harp stirs my soul - it has this cathartic inner flow of life that puts things right in my world - Etude Opus 25, no 1. For something a bit rambunctious try the Polonaise in Ab. For something that will induce a childhood nostalgia, try the prelude opus 28, no 15.
The 2nd piano concerto is utterly sublime too. Maybe it’ll take more time, but once Chopin penetrates your soul, there is no letting go.
Hey, I'm not Marty either (lucky Marty LOL), but how does this listener addicted to Bartok, Stravinsky and Shostakovich, get into Chopin, and the less stressed side/psyche of the classical composer?
I really tune into artists' angst rather than their playful personas.
I really tune into artists' angst rather than their playful personas.
Chopin is just extraordinary... absolutely on my desert island (apologies in advance) Liszt of classical composers... so much so that because all the other classical composers on my desert island list surnames all start with either the letter B or S I secretly cheated and renamed him Shopin just so that I could still squeeze him on.
I would start by listening to the nocturnes with a large glass of red after a very busy day of osteopathy Marc - the purpose would be to try to find your neutral space and chill your beans.
Bach's Chaconne by Leonid Kogan at Grand Hall Moscow Conservatoire 1954.
Bonzo just took the last NM from Discogs.
Tang
Damn, and skyrocketed the price too.. Sometimes I hate that I like any classical at all.
It's not worth it, seriously. It's better listening to digital and finding Kogan, Oistrakh, Milstein, at a moment's touch. We buy these because we are mad. It's an addiction, nothing more. I wouldn't recommend anyone get into such vintage LPs and recordings now, most of them are played out and battered anyway
I'm having limited luck procuring original pressings in 60s and 70s prog and fusion, without copious surface noise.
£150 spent on Pink Swirl label Charisma Genesis "Trespass", plus a whole bunch of other Genesis and Yes purchases have had to go back for refunds.
A lot of NM or EX+/++ rock vinyl looks pristine, but plays poorly at best, abysmally at worst.
Is it any better in the classical collectors world?
My temptation is just to go for cheaper NM/EX £10 titles on Ebay, buy in bulk, and unearth some gems.
£150 spent on Pink Swirl label Charisma Genesis "Trespass", plus a whole bunch of other Genesis and Yes purchases have had to go back for refunds.
A lot of NM or EX+/++ rock vinyl looks pristine, but plays poorly at best, abysmally at worst.
Is it any better in the classical collectors world?
My temptation is just to go for cheaper NM/EX £10 titles on Ebay, buy in bulk, and unearth some gems.
Nope. They are mostly bad and no point buying imo except because it feels addictive to keep searching till you unearth something
I dont know what carts these rock guys used, but distortion even in NM visual lps suggests 5g over the ideal LOL.
Brilliant plan! I fear all is not exactly as it seems here Ked.
Quite a bit, they won't necessarily have surface noise but groove distortion (hardness), or even sound a bit dead.
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