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Olga Neuwirth: Lost Highway        (2 of 5 found this review helpful)
  April 21, 2007

Arrival today, Olga Neuwirth's opera Lost Highway based on David Lynch's film of the same name. (Picked up the last copy from Amazon.) IMHO, Olga has the best musical imagination today. Pierre Boulez has desired to compose a contemporary opera, Neuwirth produced the goods...
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring - Esa-Pekka Salonen        (5 of 12 found this review helpful)
  October 20, 2006

I have heard few recordings that bring the joy of home audio as much as this premiere recording from the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The low frequency extension is superb, the hall has wonderful spaciousness, and the instruments are well voiced. IMHO, this may be a landmark recording. Thanks to the ... more
 
 
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Reproducing the sound of a live concert in a real concert hall - A thread prompted by assertions concerning Polyhymnia by Jonalogic
November 24, 2011
Maestro Pierre Boulez, who is known for both keen ears and strong opinions, has indicated that he has some influence in recordings but the bulk of decisions are made by the Recording Producer in the US and the Recording Engineer in Europe. He takes it as his responsibility to bring about the musical realization to be captured. ... more
Reproducing the sound of a live concert in a real concert hall - A thread prompted by assertions concerning Polyhymnia by Jonalogic
November 24, 2011
After Benaroya Hall was completed, here in Seattle, acoustic engineer Cyril Harris was asked where he would sit for the best acoustic experience. He indicated two or three rows back in the first balcony either side of the center. There was discussion about how the sound is richer that far back because the increased mix of reflections. (Off center ... more
Question for Zeus
March 12, 2011
I just use google image search until I find a picture that is the proper size. This pic happened to be on the first page of choices. ... more
SACD Headphone Listening
March 6, 2011
"Isolation Measurement What it means: This is a measure of a headphone's ability to isolate the listener from external ambient noise. If there is no attenuation the line will be flat. If the headphone attenuates outside sound, the graphed data will begin to get lower, which represents a reduction of sound level at those frequencies. How we ... more
SACD folks are gonna be happy again soon.
March 5, 2011
As previously stated, I'm happy now, but it would be a surprise to see Aerosmith Rocks on SA-CD (again?). Thanks (I think) for the suspense. ... more