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Couple recommendations:
Eskimo & Sons: How Does It Feel To Be Crushed By One Man With The Strength Of A Million?
Really enjoying the female vocal/xylophone on the track 2012, you can hear lots of details/depth in the track. They have some songs posted here. No Sh*t is a classic track from that album as well. Now I really want to see them live!
In the same vein, I also like Emily Haines: Knives Don't Have Your Back. Website with sample track here.
Ascend speakers really allow the voices of these female talents to come alive, along with the instrumentation.
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You are not alone. I have Carpenters - The Singles 1969 - 1981 in SACD and it is a great collection. Its not something I listen to everyday but Karen's voice is incredible.
I just got this in the mail today. Sounds great, and I have not tried the SACD layer yet!
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I find it appropriate that my first post is in relation to music.
On their third full-length recording TV on the Radio continue to show why every other band in America should be calling it a day.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lbum_cover.jpg
TouchandGo/Interscope 2008
An amazing collection of tracks from one of the founding members of The Jayhawks.
http://assets.mog.com/amg/pop/cov200...75766k65ma.jpg
Hacktone 2007
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Borders is having a 40% off sale on all CDs with this coupon:
http://www.bordersmedia.com/coup/coupon40cds1110.asp
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sweet find! I was about to pick up yo-yo ma today! thankyas for the tip!
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wow, had to share this, the new yo-yo ma cd is fantastic. the audio recording quality is simply superb, and the amount of music types is amazing. all over the place it seems. i highly recommend this to classical, jazz, and world music fans.
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For those of you that are Patricia Barber fans, and fans of good recordings, I just got Patricia Barber's "The Cole Porter Mix". Excellent stuff.
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I have always liked Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Sessions. The disc is an amazing recording.
Also, Wynton Marsalis - Std Time Vol2 is awesome. In fact, nearly everything he does is awesome.
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If anyone wants to test out the low frequency output of their subwoofer check out the track "Childhood Dreams" by Nelly Furtado. I'm not really a fan of her music but the beginning of this song has some loud organ music. I literally lol'd after seeing the woofer on my JL F112 nearly reach it's 3 inches of excursion as my fireplace rattled along.
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If anyone wants to test out the low frequency output of their subwoofer check out the track "Childhood Dreams" by Nelly Furtado. I'm not really a fan of her music but the beginning of this song has some loud organ music. I literally lol'd after seeing the woofer on my JL F112 nearly reach it's 3 inches of excursion as my fireplace rattled along.
haha, that's awesome. and an awesome sub, i'm jealous!
i played an old cd the other day (crystal method, vegas) and track 4 came up (high roller) and the bass line is unbelievable, the low hz and spl is just nutty! i never had listened to it with a nice speaker system, it is a good experience :)
i figured I'd give a link: http://www.last.fm/music/The+Crystal...as/High+Roller
and while i'm at it, here's a funny one from another artist i like (sigur ros), though I'm warning you that the video is nsfw, as it has a bunch of nude people running silly around a forest, lol
http://www.last.fm/music/Sigur+R%C3%B3s/+videos/6102097
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I recommend Beck's Sea Change cd. Very well recorded, great songs. The album has an almost acoustic feel to it. I have bought his other stuff since, but Sea Change remains my favorite.
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I've tried to consolidate the recommendations in this thread to a list...let me know if you see something I missed.
http://swbg1.tripod.com/ascend_music.htm
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that's awesome! I especially like the notes column
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I'll throw out Les Claypool's new album "Of Fungi and Foe." It's a well recorded album that features the usual great bass and Claypool quirkiness.
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Some Recent Music
Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter, & Peter Erskin, Standards (Fuzzy Music)--Recorded with KMF Audio Stereo Tube Microphones, this CD has an exceptionally natural and "live" sound.
Branford Marsalis Quartet--Metamorphosen (Marsalis Music)--A wonderful release from a "state of the art" quartet.
O+S, O+S (Saddle Creek)--The self-titled release by Orenda Fink & Cedric LeMoyne incorporates Fink's recordings of ambient sounds with gorgeous vocals. You haven't heard anything quite like it, but it is totally accessible.
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Excellent!! Nice work - thanks!
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I was bored tonight, so I went over to Barnes & Noble to have a look around.
In the music/video section they had the Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds Live at Radio City Music Hall on BluRay. It has been in my Blockbuster queue for a long time. So I bought it.
Freaking fantastic!
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I've listened to Brian's 2007 Yoko Kanno's Wolf's Rain OSTs recommendation for quite a while and there's some great music in there! :)
Lately, I've been thoroughly loving Kawai Kenji's Fate Stay Night OST (can listen to samples here). Again, pretty different from western music but that's pretty much the point. :p Music varies a lot, but listen to track #3, 6, 10, 15, 17, 18, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 35, 37, 38. Ok that's a lot of 30 secs clip to listen to haha but really, fantastic and different music. (pm for more?)
Acoustic guitar: Don Ross (Bearing Straight, Huron Street), Peppino D'Agostino (Every Step of the Way) are great, and I'm slowly discovering Micheal Hedge, Aerial Boundaries album is pretty nice (album title track, advance to 3 mins, or view #2)
This guy played it pretty well, but messed up a little at the end... Still pretty nice.
Strunz & Farah's Primal Magic is not bad...
Don't know if it's been recommended before: Jose Gonzalez, Veneer for example. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4_4abCWw-w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X2W_...eature=related
What else... Classical, Bach, always my favorite...
Queenryche is pretty weird... Just listened 20 seconds of "Queen of the Reich" and it sounded exactly like Highway star by Deep Purple. So maybe more than Floydian influences there!
Oh, and a really cool song, Bang Gang - It's Alright, http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6c...en-slow-motion filmed with RED Camera. (make sure you check out the HQ version and run it at full res!)
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I was bored tonight, so I went over to Barnes & Noble to have a look around.
In the music/video section they had the Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds Live at Radio City Music Hall on BluRay. It has been in my Blockbuster queue for a long time. So I bought it.
Freaking fantastic!
i'm jealous!! that sounds like it would sound amazing :p
what's music on bluray comparable to? I imagine it is 5.1, but is it DTS or better? I noticed that something similar to this but on DVD would be a bit compressed, sometimes as dolby digital (around 450kbit)
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scape
i'm jealous!! that sounds like it would sound amazing :p
what's music on bluray comparable to? I imagine it is 5.1, but is it DTS or better? I noticed that something similar to this but on DVD would be a bit compressed, sometimes as dolby digital (around 450kbit)
Here's a link to a review of the disk which discusses the audio quality:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies...89&show=review
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wow, dolby true hd; that's rockin. what AVR do you have to decode it?
i have yet to try out true hd on my denon!
I recently found out that dolby digital runs at a lower bit rate than DTS, but that most material is capped at 500kbit anyways, which is like half of CD audio quality! i can't wait to see true hd material for either dts or dolby, that quality of sound must be amazing and distinguished.
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Metallica?
This post might draw some jabs, but what the heck. I was reading a subwoofer review (can't recall which one) and the guy said he was playing Enter Sandman by Metallica during a party and pretty soon had half the party in his listening room being impressed by the sub.
So I thought that although I'm not a Metallica fan, I do like that song, why not try it out. Never mind that the album was released in 1991 ...
Bought the CD at Wal-Mart, took it home and cranked it up. Older Onkyo AV receiver with 70 watts, original 340 mains, and an Outlaw LFM-1 sub, fired up in two-channel and that thing ROCKED! It has a really driving bass line and kick drum and tom-toms that really come at you when listening at club levels.
Not "serious" music, but pretty fun.
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Pete....did you get a comment from the wife or neighbors? :)
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I know I'm going to hate myself for asking, But...can you describe "serious" music? :D
I personally love Metallica, as well as Frank Zappa, the Flaming lips, the Dead Kennedy's, Bach, Beethoven, and on and on and on......
Peace,
Jim
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You can't be serious!
I guess I can't describe "serious" music, but I get the feeling that most of the recommendations on this thread are not for thrash bands. I didn't mean anything by it.
Maybe I'll fire up Holiday in Cambodia and see if it sounds "serious" to me. :)
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curtis, I waited till the wife and kids were gone, closed the windows and fired it up. The neighbors on that side of the house don't really talk to us (we are friendly, they are not), so I never heard about it from them.
But I'm pretty impressed how well the house is insulated. I've gone outside while I've had some loud music on, and it's really not that noticeable. I guess out here in the Conejo Valley they actually use insulation, as opposed to those beach houses ....
Maybe I didn't tell you I moved, we have been in Agoura Hills since last July.
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Nice area Pete!
I was just having fun with the "serious" music crack. The one absolute for me is, I listen to all types of music more often than ever, since i got the Sierra's.
Jim
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M3_Pete
This post might draw some jabs, but what the heck. I was reading a subwoofer review (can't recall which one) and the guy said he was playing Enter Sandman by Metallica during a party and pretty soon had half the party in his listening room being impressed by the sub.
So I thought that although I'm not a Metallica fan, I do like that song, why not try it out. Never mind that the album was released in 1991 ...
Bought the CD at Wal-Mart, took it home and cranked it up. Older Onkyo AV receiver with 70 watts, original 340 mains, and an Outlaw LFM-1 sub, fired up in two-channel and that thing ROCKED! It has a really driving bass line and kick drum and tom-toms that really come at you when listening at club levels.
Not "serious" music, but pretty fun.
Hey, I love rocking out to some Metallica every now and then. I enjoy their older, less commercialized music (Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, And Justice for All...) Great Stuff....
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Some music I plan on listening to when my cherry Sierra's arrive...
Acoustic Alchemy - Against the Grain. British guitar-playing duo.
Dave Grusin - Mountain Dance.
Rainbow - Down to Earth and Difficult to Cure. Some hard rock from Richie Blackmore's other band...
Rush - Signals.
Enya - any
Dire Straits - Love over Gold, Brothers in Arms and Alchemy (live version of Sultans of Swing is awesome)
Mozart - Requiem
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (music from our wedding - very high WAF ;) )
I played most of these when I originally got my 340SE's, so it is fitting that I play them again when my new toys arrive :)
Mike
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Hi! Thought I'd try to use the recommendation list in reverse. I can post elsewhere if this breaks up the flow of just recommendations.
Having subjected my Sierra's to alot of rock music over the last year, I'm interested to listen to some good classical. I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations on string music. I really like Leos Janacek but don't know what are good instrumental albums of his work, well played and recorded. I would be interested in recommendations of good performance recording of any other similarly interesting composer you may suggest such as Debussy, Bartok, Stravinsky, Prokofieff, etc... I am interested primarily in string music, less interested in piano, less still in Opera but I'll take any recommendations I can get.
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Hi Tushar, by string classical recordings are you referring to orchestral, or chamber music(Sonatas, Duets ,Trios Quartets etc.). Also do you have a preference as to what century of classical 20th ,19th, 18th etc. I listen to a lot of Chamber string music and some orchestral.
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jvillas,
Thanks for reply, any pointers.
By string classical recordings are you referring to orchestral, or chamber music(Sonatas, Duets ,Trios Quartets etc.).
Actually, string and wind of any type is fine from solo to chamber music to orchestral pieces.
Also do you have a preference as to what century of classical 20th ,19th, 18th etc. I listen to a lot of Chamber string music and some orchestral.
Mainly interested in composers around the turn of the century (19th-20th century) or more recent, though I'm really looking for new things to try, so any suggestions of modern, recent work (even avant garde) or earlier less known composers are also interesting for me to listen to.
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Yo yo ma is great I think.
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Here is a very short list of a few of my favorites
Beginning In the 70's there was a movement called minimalism. Minimalism has gone through several phases since and has gotten quite complex. This movement also has its counterparts in the visual and dance arts. I would give a listen to Philip Glass Complete String Quartets by the Kronos Quartet (1970's - 1990's) Also a favorite of mine is John Adams Shaker Loops for Strings
Allen Pettersson,(Swedish Composer)I believe he passed away in 1980 or 81. His works are extremely complex and difficult to listen to. His Symphonies are composed in great blocks and are very thick. one movement can be 30+ minutes long. I love his Violin Concertos. He wrote 2 of These Concertos. They differ from the traditional concerto in that the violin rarely stands out from the orchestra. I must admit I am not a big fan of violin concertos, but these concertos are simlply awesome.
Other favorite composers Alfred Sshnittke, Penderecki, Crumb,and many others.
There are very few recordings available from these composers. so if you find one and want to experiment a bit grab it and give it a listen to.
For me the greatest chamber works of the 1st. half of the 20th century are the Quartets composed by Bela Bartok. He wrote 6, and cover most of his composing life from about 1910 - 1945.Great stuff and a challenge to listen to.
Some people like Mahler, and some like Stravinsky Orchestral Works, I like them also but my favorite is Maurice Ravel. His orchestral works are like paintings,richly colorful with great texture and grace. Boulez has done some very good recordings of Ravel. Most people are aware of his Bolero,made famous by the movie 10.
Really there is so much more that is great, just too numerous to mention, but there is just one that I must tell you about. I guess technically it is considered progressive jazz, though I think it would fit quite well under modern classical.
The CD is titled A Rare Thing, the band is called 774th Street Quartet.All the music is composed by the band members, and is great stuff. The CD came out in 2006. The label is Bloody Murder(BM101-1) They are 4 horn players. The recording is outstanding, The sound of the Contrabass Saxophone is hair raising.If you own the Sierras this recording would give them a real work out.
I would encourage you to experiment and take a risk and try something new. With music thats what I have always done, and man have I come across some really great music and found what works for me.
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jvillas,
Thanks for the recommendations. I will definately track down a rare thing and look into your other suggestions. Regarding Bartok do you have specific performances, recordings in mind.
R
Tushar
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I highly recommend a recording made in the mid-seventies by the VEGH QUARTET. This recording should still be readily available. It was originally released on the Telefunken label. Sandor Vegh, and Bartok were friends. There friendship enabled Vegh to interpret Bartoks Quartets in the way Bartok intended.
My second would be a 1995 recording by the Keller Quartet on the Erato label. Andras Keller was a pupil of Sandor Vegh, and as you may very well guess Vegh passed on to Keller what Bartok said to him.
enjoy, jvillas
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jvillas, thank you for taking the time to post these well thought-out and well written suggestions. :)
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I would like to recommend Madeleine Peyroux Her most recent album titled BARE BONES was released in late march. I feel this is her best album to date. This album has some well written songs, along with a great band, and of course her distinct vocal style.
She will be here in Chicago and will be performing at the annual free Jazz Festival in early September, and you can bet I'll be there to see her performance. Man, I am really looking forward to that Friday night.
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peyroux is awesome, I'm excited about this jazz concert you speak of, I hope it's on the internet, I'm no where near IL!