Your Desert Island Disks and Best Recordings
 

"Pete Cross" wrote in message

ok, I'm biased.......
there must be something though.......
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showt...threadid=86276

Yes, a lot of sighted evaluations and constructor's ear.

Ever heard what happens to music after it passes through say 20 TL074 op amp
stages, level-matched?

I have, and so have a number of others who might have better hearing than I.

The answer is nothing.

Your Desert Island Disks and Best Recordings
 

"Serge Auckland" wrote in message
...
As things are quiet, I was musing on what my Desert Island Disks would be,
and also, what are my best recordings that I use for equipment evaluation.

For those not familiar with Desert Island Disks, this is a very
long-running series on BBC radio, which supposes you're shipwrecked on a
desert island with no hope of rescue, and you have to choose those 8
recordings (and only 8)to take with you.

Here are mine in no particular order, what are yours:-



I've had a think and conclude it is impossible to choose just 8 recordings
from my 'Top Ten' (which numbers probably over a hundred discs anyway) and
so would would grab a bunch of discs which I haven't played yet.

But......



6*. Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending. Musically I prefer the old
Boult/Bean recording, but it is hissy and has horrible modulation noise on
it. For a good modern version, the BBCSO Davis/Little recording is
excellent, and Tasmin Little does a pretty good job of the solo.



The Boult/Bean 'Larka' would be the disc I would take if I was allowed only
*one* - it's almost a daily (post prandial) ritual for me....!!

(As you know already! ;-)

Your Desert Island Disks and Best Recordings
 

"Keith G" wrote in message
...

"Serge Auckland" wrote in
message ...
As things are quiet, I was musing on what my Desert Island Disks would
be, and also, what are my best recordings that I use for equipment
evaluation.

For those not familiar with Desert Island Disks, this is a very
long-running series on BBC radio, which supposes you're shipwrecked on a
desert island with no hope of rescue, and you have to choose those 8
recordings (and only 8)to take with you.

Here are mine in no particular order, what are yours:-



I've had a think and conclude it is impossible to choose just 8 recordings
from my 'Top Ten' (which numbers probably over a hundred discs anyway) and
so would would grab a bunch of discs which I haven't played yet.



The second 'would' wants to be a 'probably'....

Your Desert Island Disks and Best Recordings
 

On 2007-02-22, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Serge Auckland
wrote:
...

Oh... and I don't really have a 'Desert Island Discs' list as I keep
changing my mind about what I am enjoying. Most recent has been the Rubbra
Symphonies (Hickock BBCNoW on Chandos) but before that it was a collection
of Benny Goodman Sextet on a Vocalion/Dutton CD. Before that I think it was
a recording of some Alain organ music from R3 performed by his sister in
1981 and 1986. Before that Pentangle... Special favourites from a while ago
include the Uchida sets of Schubert and Mozart sonatas, and some of the
re-issues of Duke Ellington with extra tracks.

Yes - my list is definitely not the same as it was a year (or a few
years) ago. I notice my tastes have evolved. For example, I would
not have bought some of my contemprary music (e.g. Boulez or Ligeti)
when I first started listening seriously.

However a few disks have remained on the list for a very long time indeed,
or remain on the next level just behind the music I am enjoying right now.

Nevertheless it was fun to ask myself just what was the list of things
I particularly like at this moment.

--
John Phillips

Your Desert Island Disks and Best Recordings
 

On 2007-02-24, Keith G wrote:

"Serge Auckland" wrote in message
...
As things are quiet, I was musing on what my Desert Island Disks would be,
and also, what are my best recordings that I use for equipment evaluation.
...

The Boult/Bean 'Larka' would be the disc I would take if I was allowed only
*one* - it's almost a daily (post prandial) ritual for me....!!

I am sure I have that in the LP archive which I am unable to play today.
I have distant memories of its quality. I must get a CD copy the next
time I raid Amazon.

(Actually I think I have now got copies of much of what I really liked
on LP in the late 1970s - probably a case of the first version you hear
defining the reference.)

--
John Phillips

Your Desert Island Disks and Best Recordings
 

"John Phillips" wrote in message
...
On 2007-02-24, Keith G wrote:

"Serge Auckland" wrote in
message
...
As things are quiet, I was musing on what my Desert Island Disks would
be,
and also, what are my best recordings that I use for equipment
evaluation.
...

The Boult/Bean 'Larka' would be the disc I would take if I was allowed
only
*one* - it's almost a daily (post prandial) ritual for me....!!

I am sure I have that in the LP archive which I am unable to play today.
I have distant memories of its quality. I must get a CD copy the next
time I raid Amazon.

(Actually I think I have now got copies of much of what I really liked
on LP in the late 1970s - probably a case of the first version you hear
defining the reference.)


Yes, I believe that entirely - not only music (discs &c.) but kit also,
speakers especially! I have had a number of emails (UK and US) from people
who are now trying to find the *same* kit they had a few decades ago!

(If your Larka LP is the EMI ASD 2329 and you really are not ever going to
play it, I would like to buy it off you - my copy has done many *hundreds*
of performances over the last few years and still sounds good, but it ain't
gonna last forever!! :-)

Your Desert Island Disks and Best Recordings
 

"John Phillips" wrote in message
...
On 2007-02-22, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Serge Auckland
wrote:
...

Oh... and I don't really have a 'Desert Island Discs' list as I keep
changing my mind about what I am enjoying. Most recent has been the
Rubbra
Symphonies (Hickock BBCNoW on Chandos) but before that it was a
collection
of Benny Goodman Sextet on a Vocalion/Dutton CD. Before that I think it
was
a recording of some Alain organ music from R3 performed by his sister in
1981 and 1986. Before that Pentangle... Special favourites from a while
ago
include the Uchida sets of Schubert and Mozart sonatas, and some of the
re-issues of Duke Ellington with extra tracks.

Yes - my list is definitely not the same as it was a year (or a few
years) ago. I notice my tastes have evolved. For example, I would
not have bought some of my contemprary music (e.g. Boulez or Ligeti)
when I first started listening seriously.

However a few disks have remained on the list for a very long time indeed,
or remain on the next level just behind the music I am enjoying right now.

Nevertheless it was fun to ask myself just what was the list of things
I particularly like at this moment.

--
John Phillips

Interesting how tastes change, and also how they don't. Although I am
listening to a wider range of music than I was in my youth, my DID selection
hasn't changed except obviously for the recent recordings, but in the case
of Clapton or Cream, some early recordings would have substituted.

My favourites now are still the favourites I had in my late teens and early
twenties. Maybe I just haven't evolved.

S.

Your Desert Island Disks and Best Recordings
 

On 2007-02-25, Keith G wrote:
"John Phillips" wrote in message
...
On 2007-02-24, Keith G wrote:
The Boult/Bean 'Larka' would be the disc I would take if I was allowed
only *one* - it's almost a daily (post prandial) ritual for me....!!

I am sure I have that in the LP archive which I am unable to play today.
I have distant memories of its quality. I must get a CD copy the next
time I raid Amazon.

(If your Larka LP is the EMI ASD 2329 and you really are not ever going to
play it, I would like to buy it off you - my copy has done many *hundreds*
of performances over the last few years and still sounds good, but it ain't
gonna last forever!! :-)

I will look the next time I am at my parents' place - the archive isn't
here with me at the moment.

--
John Phillips

Your Desert Island Disks and Best Recordings
 

On 2007-02-25, Keith G wrote:

"John Phillips" wrote in message
...
(Actually I think I have now got copies of much of what I really liked
on LP in the late 1970s - probably a case of the first version you hear
defining the reference.)

Yes, I believe that entirely - not only music (discs &c.) but kit also,
speakers especially! I have had a number of emails (UK and US) from people
who are now trying to find the *same* kit they had a few decades ago!

I have been occasionally listening to new loudspeakers over the 20+
years since the last pair got bought. I kept on deciding that nothing
was better until three years ago when it became clear that at least some
new speakers were indeed *much* better. They probably had been better
for a long time, in spite of my denial.

--
John Phillips

Your Desert Island Disks and Best Recordings
 

On 2007-02-25, Serge Auckland wrote:

"John Phillips" wrote in message
...
On 2007-02-22, Jim Lesurf wrote:
...
Oh... and I don't really have a 'Desert Island Discs' list as I keep
changing my mind about what I am enjoying. Most recent has been the
Rubbra
Symphonies (Hickock BBCNoW on Chandos) but before that it was a
collection
of Benny Goodman Sextet on a Vocalion/Dutton CD. Before that I think it
was
a recording of some Alain organ music from R3 performed by his sister in
1981 and 1986. Before that Pentangle... Special favourites from a while
ago
include the Uchida sets of Schubert and Mozart sonatas, and some of the
re-issues of Duke Ellington with extra tracks.

Yes - my list is definitely not the same as it was a year (or a few
years) ago. I notice my tastes have evolved. For example, I would
not have bought some of my contemprary music (e.g. Boulez or Ligeti)
when I first started listening seriously.

However a few disks have remained on the list for a very long time indeed,
or remain on the next level just behind the music I am enjoying right now.

Interesting how tastes change, and also how they don't. Although I am
listening to a wider range of music than I was in my youth, my DID selection
hasn't changed except obviously for the recent recordings, but in the case
of Clapton or Cream, some early recordings would have substituted.

My favourites now are still the favourites I had in my late teens and early
twenties. Maybe I just haven't evolved.

I think this is fairly normal. I think tastes or personal references
are, as I have said, often set by first experience. But then, for me, it
has often been chance which has caused evolution.

For example finding a couple of disks in a sale, from composers or
performers I didn't know, at a price where I couldn't refuse to try them
out. Then there's the radio (and the concert hall to a lesser extent)
where more chance encounters happen. I can point to specific examples.
These days I often seek such chances, much more than I used to.

Almost never, however, has such an evolution caused me to disown earlier
favourites - they've just been pushed a little way down the list. (Or,
alternatively the list has just grown longer as a result.)

--
John Phillips