tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post7972631506410412664..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Elgar up close and personalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-17902162146188415292012-08-18T18:34:16.584+01:002012-08-18T18:34:16.584+01:00Gavin, I should be acquainted with the Hallé Bridg...Gavin, I should be acquainted with the Hallé Bridgewater recordings of the oratorios, but have to confess I am not. Simply because the Boult recordings serve so well. But they are there, some way down my wish list.<br /><br />I have made a vow to stay off the subject of BBC Radio 3. But as you have raised the subject I have to comment on the continuing technical errors. The latest was the glaring imbalance between the level of continuity announcements and music on the BBC Four relay of Andrew Manze's Vaughan Williams Prom. Sadly the music wasn't much better.... Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-10572482223686323572012-08-18T16:43:55.534+01:002012-08-18T16:43:55.534+01:00One hopes the Hallé's concerts in Manchester w...One hopes the Hallé's concerts in Manchester were captured in a more natural manner... Gavin Plumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367649538228383713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-8665940456950890372012-08-12T11:25:57.485+01:002012-08-12T11:25:57.485+01:00"There are so many things we can do if we foc..."There are so many things we can do if we focus on antiknowledge, or what we do not know" - Nassim Nicholas TalebPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-78104082358080187742012-08-11T17:04:33.208+01:002012-08-11T17:04:33.208+01:00http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-10/opinion/treasur...http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-10/opinion/treasure.sound_1_noise-vibrations-positions?_s=PM:OPINIONPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-33200661158447310792012-08-11T16:40:42.304+01:002012-08-11T16:40:42.304+01:00Your "artificial and fatiguing" phrase r...Your "artificial and fatiguing" phrase reminded me of a TED talk, "Ten Things You Didn't Know About Sound" by Julian Treasure. His point concerns audio compression and the notion it can make you tired. There's a world of stuff we don't empirically know about how just the audio can affect us, much less music in general.<br /><br />"Compressed music makes you tired. However clever the technology and the psychoacoustic algorithms applied, there are many issues with data compression of music, as discussed in this excellent article by Robert Harley back in 1991. My assertion that listening to highly compressed music makes people tired and irritable is based on personal and anecdotal experience - again it's one that I hope will be tested by researchers."Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.com