On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:34:29PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 21:08 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 09:52:15PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > > I can recommend Mozart's Requiem (Philips Classic Productions 1991. > > > Note! I hate Mozart too, but I love this recording. The Academy of St. > > > Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner are geniuses.) > > > > Beh... > > > > For Mozart's Requiem there's nothing coming close to the > > version by Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale and La > > Chapelle Royale, Harmonia Mundi, 1997. > > > > > > Ciao, > > I take you at your words, since the mastering of, at least the Philips > CD I own, isn't perfect, but the musicians and the director did a very > good job. > > I really don't like Mozart, but I like this interpretation. > > To be fair. If you should be right, the Philips recording I'm referring > to was recorded in 1990, perhaps the recording you mentioned was done in > 1996. 6 years are a long time. Humans become better from generation to > generation, excluding mainstream chart music ;), dunno why they become > more worse from generation to generation. > > Unfortunately people need to earn money to survive. IMO Nigel Kennedy is > a very gifted musician, but I never ever will buy or even listen to his > recordings, since everything I ever heard was mixed as mainstream chart > music, but his playing was very good as far as I was able to listen. > > Btw. I make very simple pop music myself, I like this, but I don't like > mixes of classical music and simple pop music. Just my personal taste. > > "Cobbler, stick to your trade." > > Pop is ok, classic is ok, but any kind of cross over until now IMO > failed. > Um, really? What about prog-rock? -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
