Just wanted to share this
It's been a while since I've been to a classical 'gig'. I went to see Mahler 2 at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall last month and am still gobsmacked by everything about it. I could bang on about the sheer brilliance of the music itself, the interpretation, the musicians etc. But this is a hifi forum. And I'll bring it back to hifi (eventually - calm down).
Lets ignore the sheer experience which is hard to do as it was simply breathtaking (and I have seen this symphony live before but my ears are more 'tuned' to listening for the finer things now).
What I wanted to comment on was the fact that never have I heard anything like the detail I heard on that night from any of the 12 different recordings I have of this particular symphony. No CD has ever made me sit up and listen to a triangle player and go "where the hell did that come from". Never have I heard anywhere near like the detail I heard that particular night from one of my most listened to and favourite pieces of music. In hifi terms - the balance, the detail, the resolution, the depth - was incredible. Simply amazing. Words cannot do justice (corny). It's 2 weeks on and I'm still awestruck by the whole thing.
So back to earth. Thank goodness for getting into hifi (only recently really) and taking time to listen to music for the finer detail. Learning to listen is a great habit.
And secondly - ignoring the experience of a live event which is obviously immeasureable at so many levels - can hifi come anywhere near a top class orchestra, and a £42m purpose built building? I'm reading September's WHF's 'Hi-end' magazine and I hope so.......
It's been a while since I've been to a classical 'gig'. I went to see Mahler 2 at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall last month and am still gobsmacked by everything about it. I could bang on about the sheer brilliance of the music itself, the interpretation, the musicians etc. But this is a hifi forum. And I'll bring it back to hifi (eventually - calm down).
Lets ignore the sheer experience which is hard to do as it was simply breathtaking (and I have seen this symphony live before but my ears are more 'tuned' to listening for the finer things now).
What I wanted to comment on was the fact that never have I heard anything like the detail I heard on that night from any of the 12 different recordings I have of this particular symphony. No CD has ever made me sit up and listen to a triangle player and go "where the hell did that come from". Never have I heard anywhere near like the detail I heard that particular night from one of my most listened to and favourite pieces of music. In hifi terms - the balance, the detail, the resolution, the depth - was incredible. Simply amazing. Words cannot do justice (corny). It's 2 weeks on and I'm still awestruck by the whole thing.
So back to earth. Thank goodness for getting into hifi (only recently really) and taking time to listen to music for the finer detail. Learning to listen is a great habit.
And secondly - ignoring the experience of a live event which is obviously immeasureable at so many levels - can hifi come anywhere near a top class orchestra, and a £42m purpose built building? I'm reading September's WHF's 'Hi-end' magazine and I hope so.......
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