Recent content by Chris Sipes

Jonathan, I don't think it is necessary to join the debate as to whether CDs provide better musical reproduction in order to respond to this. The point is that CDs provided a different musical product, many people wanted it, and as a result previously unavailable recordings became available in...

Jim, all I can say is that I am fairly sure of myself in terms of my own taste in reading. I find a smaller and smaller number of new releases that suits my interests. At the same time, I read publishers' statements about the economics of book publishing and am not encouraged that we will see...

This discussion seems to begin from the unsupported assumption that the book business remains viable to address the question whether the Kindle will replace it. The current state of publishing suggests that the book business, by which I mean the manufacture and distribution of new books worth...

I am hesitant to join this conversation, so I will simply lob out the fact that I opened a 1990 CFE VT last Sunday dinner that was absolutely singing. No signs of either premox or heat damage. And there were two witnesses. I would note, to avoid accusations of POM-dependence, that this...

Actually, the best recording is the one that comes in the plastic/titanium packaging you can't open. It's just like that bottle of wine so expensive there's never a right time to open it. Both just have to be good.

Thanks, Andrew, I will keep an eye out for the Dvorak. And David, I agree with you that Scherchen's talent extended beyond Beethoven, though I find him strongest on familiar works, where his freshness of approach compensates for the perhaps lesser quality of his performers. His Beethoven 8th...

If there is a definitive recording of the late quartets, I have yet to find it. I am not sure such a thing is possible, and enjoy a variety of different recordings. I would say that I find myself coming back often to the Emerson often, though, and would recommend those recordings highly. For...

I'm not sure I've got the definition down, but how about Brenda Last?