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Name:
   Graham Williams
Details:
   Main interests are orchestral music (post 1600 to present) and opera/vocal.
Location:
   Lancashire
UK
HiFi:
   Meridian 502 pre, 508-24 CD player, amps Meridian 557 and Quad 606
Sony SCD-XA777ES
OPPO DV-980H
Yamaha DSP-AX757SE amp /processor and Yamaha RXV 2067 AVR
Main speakers Monitor Audio Platinum PL300
Rears/ centre Monitor Audio Platinum PL100
Quad L subwoofer
Listening room dimensions 29'X 16'X 8'
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Reviews
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  May 13, 2012

When back in 2003 Rachel Podger's recording of Vivaldi's 12 violin concertos Op.4 'La Stravaganza' was released it was universally acclaimed and quickly went on to garner numerous awards from many sections of the music press including Gramophone, Stereophile and The Absolute Sound as well as ... more
  May 12, 2012

This is the fourth release in the series of recordings on Chandos of the symphonies and concertos by Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996) to appear on SACD. As on the previous releases the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra is conducted with great authority by Thord Svedlund, and those who have acquired any ... more
  May 6, 2012

Mark Padmore is a singer whose vocal accomplishments are matched by his musical intelligence, and both these qualities are manifestly displayed on the marvellous SACD. It was an inspired idea to couple the two Britten vocal works with Gerald Finzi's masterpiece 'Dies Natalis' rather than, as so ... more
  April 30, 2012

For Stéphane Denève, the out-going musical director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, recording this collection of Debussy's orchestral works has obviously been a labour of love. Denève's seven year contract with the RSNO ends this season when he becomes the chief conductor of the Stuttgart ... more
  April 30, 2012

This is an unusual pairing of works by Rachmaninov and Stravinsky. Apart from their nationality and the fact that they were both emigrés from their homeland these two composers and their respective compositional outputs have little or nothing in common. Both pieces, however, are well suited to ... more
 
 
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Melba label under threat
May 7, 2012
It would be a great loss to the SACD community if this label which has produced many fine recordings and supports SACD went to the wall. http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/canvas-melbas-throat-must-not-be-cut-20120506-1y6sp.html?skin=text-only ... more
LSO Live: War Requiem : Noseda / London Symphony Orchestra & Choir, Cvilak, Bostridge, Keenlyside
March 20, 2012
Some very strange spellings here. See cover photo for correct ones. Not an April release in the UK as far as I know. http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=9592 ... more
Missed Elgar Cello Co opportunity
March 12, 2012
The new BBC Studio in Media City has a much better acoustic than the former Oxford Road Studio 7. I have discussed its suitability for MC SACD with Richard Wigley the BBC Phil's General Manager and expressed a hope that the proposed Sibelius Symphony cycle with John Storgards would appear in SACD format. I do know that Stephen Rinker, their ... more
Discussion: Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Works - Edo de Waart
March 2, 2012
+1 My copy, bought mail order in the UK, has a glossy 36-page booklet in English, French and German no Japanese. ... more
Discussion: Wagner: Two Symphonies - Neeme Järvi
February 24, 2012
Hi Jeff Like the other two site reviewers I am sent review copies of SACDs. Sometimes, as in this case, they arrive a few weeks before the 'official' release date. Regards Graham ... more