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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Why I do not love Mahler? by Romy the Cat on 2004-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I do not love Mahler? in Musical Discussions  15 Replies 
It is not that I do not like Mahler:  I like him but I do not love him. I listen Mahler for a while and am quite familiar with most of recorded performances, heard “live” in a number of occasions the Mahler’s symphonies and songs, read a lot abo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Stunning Resurrection in Boston! by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-09 
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Holly cow, who could even expect that it will be so! BSO opened today the summer season with Mahler second. Levine is at his, look to be permanent recovery, and Michael Tilson Thomas stood at the podium. Tanglewood Festival Chorus, soprano Layla Clai...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Fighting the insensitive Mahler with Midbass Horn. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-27 
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As some of your might know I am not huge in Mahler. It is not that I hate Mahler and his music but I do not like how Mahler music is customary being played. They play Mahler like it is some kind of scared porcupine, sticking out his needles; I do not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Fighting the insensitive Mahler with Midbass Horn. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-27 
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As some of your might know I am not huge in Mahler. It is not that I hate Mahler and his music but I do not like how Mahler music is customary being played. They play Mahler like it is some kind of scared porcupine, sticking out his needles; I do not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: You need to cut on Mahler becose it is bad for you. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] I know you use words in a very random fashion but in my opinion, there is something repellent in qualifying my interest in Vitavox drivers as 'autistic.' The predicament of people who suffer from these sometimes debilitating ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to play Mahler 7 at home… by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-06 
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http://ratkje.no/2009/10/desibel/ ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #424: Mahler sound by mats on 2012-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
I am not laughing.  Just the other day I had the upper bass a little extra prominent, and midrange was gently tapering off into the highs.  Some would say it was rolled off and flat, but when I played two Mahler 1's and the 9th, I enjoyed him like ne...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: How to play Mahler 8 at home! by JJ Triode on 2015-09-14 
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Tonight, after playing some files from my laptop and USB DAC into my main system, I decided to browse the BSO site for some possible new downloads.  While I was there, I saw a button to listen to a webcast of Tanglewood's Aug. 8 performance of M8, so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Unnecessary Giantomania with Mahler 8 by Romy the Cat on 2015-09-16 
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Well, I know that there are a lot of people out there who very much worship the “size” of Mahler 8. I do admits that the size of the thing does matter and to attends show when zillion people screaming and playing has own special value. However, I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: I do not care about Mahler 8 by Romy the Cat on 2015-09-14 
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Yes, JJ, went recently in many new multimedia ventures. They do upload their concerts to web site and they have one location (not so easy to find) where they have everything in 192K. The M8 you mentioned they broadcast live video to downtown Bosto...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Playback: Bruckner vs. Mahler. by Romy the Cat on 2012-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to play Bruckner Sound in Audio. in Playback Listening  16 Replies 
Interesting. This weekend a local guy visited and and he had a conversation about my playback. He said that my playback has very distinct my type of sound and it makes Bruckner to sound like Mahler. I was surprised with this assessment as I always th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: MTT’s Mahler at 180 ghram or 180 degree? by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MTT’s Mahler at 180 ghram or 180 degree? in Analog Playback  1 Replies 
I do not read printed audio publications. The last one I held in hands it was a year ago or more. Today I stop by in my local Burlington Barnes and Noble and since I was there already I took 3 Stereophile and 2 issues of TAS from newsstand, bough...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Romance, Food & Mahler by montepilot on 2015-02-22 
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Last night a small group of friends gathered for a pre-concert celebration of a couple whose relationship began with an "idea" that was initiated three years ago today. This couple eventually married, produced a son who shall become heir apparent of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Mahler has plenty of vulgarity in my view by Romy the Cat on 2022-01-16 
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[quote user="steverino"] The subject of vulgarity in art gets confused with bad taste and satire, so I am not sure which exactly you mean.[/quote]I meant what Brahms did not have....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Mahler 3 and BPO. by Romy the Cat on 2022-04-04 
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gxyathTUW5YbHu7Bx1joHM5AnFSsRkF0/view Amy is playing with BPO and Zander Mahler 3 this week and here is the introduction to the symphony by Benjamin Zander. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Probobly it will not be Mahler however.... by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Paradoxes of my Racism. in Site Support Forum  10 Replies 
[quote user="zako"]What would I do if I lost every thing in a fire ??  I reflect back, when I was a youngster...care free with no possessions,,,I,m much older than you,,Life was much simpler,,  What would i do different ??....I would not rebuild any ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #156: Barbirolli Mahler by anthony on 2019-01-22 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]If you like very slow interpretation, like I do, then you might start to listen some Barbirolli Mahler…  [/quote]I've found Barbirolli Mahler 6 & 9 by New Philharmonia Orchestra and Berlin Philharmonic respectively.  I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Mahler VI and the “new” Macondo. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
I spent today couple hours starting to search the DPoLS for Macondo. So far I am far from target but the experience was quite amassing. The “new”, properly aligned Macondo, with the bells and Water Drop and whistles does quite well. I have some “test...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: A homework for Mahler lovers…. by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I do not love Mahler? in Musical Discussions  15 Replies 
Yesterday I was listening an broadcast from Netherlands over FM with Mariss Jansons leading Concertgebouw and Netherlands Radio Choir with Mahler’s Resurrection. The play was horrible, starting from playing of Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and ending...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The other Resurrection? by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-17 
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[quote user="cv"]Did you find that instead of resurrecting your interest it finished it off and its now Bruckner all the way? Or did recent changes in the Macondo bass config reveal something new?[/quote]Somebody once asked me what I like in Bruckner...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Listening to Bruckner and Mahler by steverino on 2011-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I do not love Mahler? in Musical Discussions  15 Replies 
Romy,FWIW    I listened to a lot of Bruckner and Mahler when I was younger. Over time I noticed that I preferred Mahler when he was more objective and Bruckner when he was more subjective. So at my riper age I listen to Mahler's Sym 2 and 9 and occas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: BSO/Mahler concert. by Romy the Cat on 2013-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I hate, hate, hate, hate Boston Symphony! in Musical Discussions  72 Replies 
Well, it is not about the way how a given “reviewer” like or does not like the music but the general level of informity of the BMI people who put them in position to express an expert option, not to mention the level of brainless pomposity they expre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: What, no Mahler? by Paul S on 2008-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What, no Mahler? in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Who listens to the Mahler 1, "Titan"?  Me either until, refusing to come down from Kubelik's New World, I re-tried K's Mahler 1, done here with Vienna Philharmonic, some time back.I talked about my music/sound "Divergence" epiphany on the P...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Mahler 1 by Ronnie on 2008-02-24 
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Hey Paul,I like the #1 a lot. I have a recording with Leonard Bernstein and the Concertgebouw orchestra. I hope I got that right..It starts off so light and cheerful. Building up, up, up and then there's this phenomenal depth and weight to it. Makes ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Mahler 1st by HDTT on 2008-02-24 
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http://highdeftapetransfers.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=50...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: If you like the Nanut’s Mahler 6…. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-12 
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 If you like the Nanut’s Mahler 6 then you must hear what BSO did last night. Levin lead BSO Boston Symphony over 3 days Mahler 6 concert. I am going to the last one that will be on Tuesday but yesterday I decided to listen and to record a live ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Mahler 6 – the BSO's Verdict. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-16 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: A pair of guitars and the Mahler orchestras… by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 1st Guitar Thread in Musical Discussions  14 Replies 
Fugue, obviously your expertise in guitar world is involved. I never cherished guitar specifically and know little about it.  There is a guy arond here from AU, Peter Foster – he post here sometimes – if I am not mistaken he ether owns gu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: The sensible BSO? A phenomenal Mahler 4. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-10 
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I never was a huge fun of this work but today was a WGBH’s live-to-tape broadcast with BSO played under British Mark Wigglesworth with soprano Juliane Banse.  The concert was a month ago and I missed it live. To my big surprise I truly did not re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Mahler himself comments... by Paul S on 2009-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best Third Movement from “Der Titan” in Musical Discussions  9 Replies 
Apparently, this was one of those works that the artist just can't leave alone.  I think it was rather late in the "ongoing development" of this piece that Mahler finally decided to drop the discursive programs and play it straight.I like B. Walter, ...
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