Oukkidoukki
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Between '63 and '66 Brian Wilson was on a roll. A definite case of the candle that burns twice as bright lasts half as long, or whatever it was Roy said about it.
From my limited experience I agree with that.
I'd also add the campy spectacle of showmanship that is Neil Diamond's 'Hot August Night.' At least once, although that may be enough.
Love him or hate him, he put on a show.
Took my wife to see him perform many years ago (although he was already sounding pretty rough)... I agree, especially with the emphasized. But she'd be fine with a dozen or more I think (especially if it was young Neil). Of course, we're both not very impressed with live music nearly as much as some - mostly due to volume/quality issues. Last concert I took her to was The Pixies (her favorite band) and she was ready to go at intermission (even with ear plugs).
Yeah the ears can't protect themselves as well - or any other part of the body for that matter. Still, it could be worse.I find most live concerts harder to enjoy the older I get.
There's some works that have movements that cannot be properly presented on LP, such as the first movement of Mahler's Third Symphony, both dynamic and very long. Either one has to split the movement into two sides or suffer major sound degradation at the end of a LP side.In the case of classical music one of the big advantages of digital is exactly that you can listen to complete works without having to keep changing sides and records. Digital is much more conducive to enjoying symphonic music and opera music than vinyl.
I can well imagine, from what little Celibidache I've survived.Some of the Bruckner symphonies were also not very vinyl friendly, especially the Celibidache recordings.
I've collected a Lot of recordings of Schubert's "Great C Major" symphony. The Charles Munch/Boston Symphony Orchestra recording was reissued in RCA's "Living Stereo" SACD series, along with their performance of the "Unfinished" symphony. Really a shock, as the tempos are "Historically Informed" [translation: really fast] and the ensemble is immaculate. The sound of the C major symphony is great, the "Unfinished" less so.Schubert's symphony 8th and 9th
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms