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Re: March listening project: Sibelius Symphony no. 5
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:30 pm
by bombasticDarren
ravel30 wrote:bombasticDarren wrote:^^ a wonderful choice and one that I might have made myself!
I have told you this before on the other forum Darren but I will mention it again here. You are as close as possible to be my classical music soulmate. I have never met another cm fan who has taste as similar to mind. You got me a few months ago when you listened to all those John Adams cds.
Matt.
Thank you Matt. That's a very nice message :-D
Re: March listening project: Sibelius Symphony no. 5
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:36 pm
by ravel30
bombasticDarren wrote:Early stages I know, but do you have a preferred recording of the piece yourself Matt?
That is what I hope to discover !
Re: March listening project: Sibelius Symphony no. 5
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:33 am
by Diapason
Seán wrote:Diapason wrote:Now I'm in a quandary: buy a single disc, or buy a 15 disc box set...
15 of course!
I shouldn't have dithered. This seems to have gone up in price by about £10 since I last checked. Gah! *shakes fist at our Amazon overlords*
Re: March listening project: Sibelius Symphony no. 5
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:47 pm
by Seán
Diapason wrote:Seán wrote:Diapason wrote:Now I'm in a quandary: buy a single disc, or buy a 15 disc box set...
15 of course!
I shouldn't have dithered. This seems to have gone up in price by about £10 since I last checked. Gah! *shakes fist at our Amazon overlords*
You may get a copy of the boxset from Rarewaves for £45.60 which works out at less than €60, I paid €62 for it in Tower many moons ago, so it's great value at that price from Rarewaves.
In fact, you may get a copy of the set from Rarewaves-FR on Amazon.fr for €52.44 + €3.40 pp. so buy baby, buy.
Re: March listening project: Sibelius Symphony no. 5
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:49 pm
by Diapason
Nah, can't do it at that price. It was available for 30 quid on amazon when I first posted about it. Even at the current £40 it's too rich for my blood.
Re: March listening project: Sibelius Symphony no. 5
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:11 pm
by Diapason
God DAMN it, you people are a bad influence on me. I'm getting that delivered to work, but if I even mention buying more CDs before payday in March you must remind me of imminent childcare costs. Gah!
Re: March listening project: Sibelius Symphony no. 5
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:22 pm
by fergus
Diapason wrote:God DAMN it, you people are a bad influence on me. I'm getting that delivered to work, but if I even mention buying more CDs before payday in March you must remind me of imminent childcare costs. Gah!
Is there some correlation working here Si: Recent new child = Lots of recent CD purchases LOL!?!?!
Re: March listening project: Sibelius Symphony no. 5
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:24 pm
by Diapason
fergus wrote:
Is there some correlation working here Si: Recent new child = Lots of recent CD purchases LOL!?!?!
The correlation is purely with the recent new amps! Unfortunately, the timing there was very poor, as the recent new child severely curtails the time available with the recent new amps...
Re: March listening project: Sibelius Symphony no. 5
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:28 pm
by fergus
Diapason wrote:fergus wrote:
Is there some correlation working here Si: Recent new child = Lots of recent CD purchases LOL!?!?!
The correlation is purely with the recent new amps! Unfortunately, the timing there was very poor, as the recent new child severely curtails the time available with the recent new amps...
Ah, yes, I forgot the amps. I presume everything is working out fine there now? Have you had them re-valved yet?
Re: March listening project: Sibelius Symphony no. 5
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:07 pm
by Diapason
fergus wrote:
Ah, yes, I forgot the amps. I presume everything is working out fine there now? Have you had them re-valved yet?
Yes indeed, successfully revalved, running in monoblock mode now and using as much power as a small village. All good.