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Amazing Stuff: Klaus Heymann of Naxos

Sam Tellig Feb 06, 2000 First Published: Feb 06, 2000

It's been three years since the February 1997 issue, when I last talked with Klaus Heymann, founder and chairman of HHN, the parent company of the Naxos and Marco Polo labels. When I heard that he'd be in New York for a visit, I jumped at the chance for another interview.

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The MP3 Whirlpool

Robert Baird Oct 10, 1999 First Published: Oct 10, 1999

As January 1, 2000 approaches, and the MP3 whirlpool continues to swirl, one simple fact has made me feel as if I'm stuck at the starting line of the entire download controversy: The sound quality of MP3 has yet to improve above that of the average radio broadcast. Until that changes, I'm merely curious—as opposed to being in the I-want-to-know-it-all-now frenzy that is my usual m.o. when to comes to anything that promises music you can't get anywhere else.

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Bravo!: the 1998 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival CD

John Atkinson Sep 15, 1999 First Published: Sep 15, 1999

"There, that's where you should put the microphone—5" from the end of my bow."

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Two Days in August: Stereophile's First Jazz Recording

Jerome Harris, Wes Phillips Mar 12, 1999 First Published: Mar 12, 1999

The genesis of this project goes back nearly 17 years, when my wife, Joan, and I moved into a brownstone floorthrough in Brooklyn. As we were about to sign the lease, our soon-to-be landlord said, "Oh, one more thing: your upstairs neighbor is a musician." This did not exactly discourage us from signing the lease, however, and soon I began to see a steady stream of musicians trudging up the stairs outside our apartment: Oliver Lake, Sonny Rollins, Pheeroan akLaff, Bob Moses, Marty Ehrlich, and a whole bunch of other people I was reading about in the jazz press. Just who was this guy?

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Duet: And Two to Carry Your Soul Away

Ida Levin, Wes Phillips, John Atkinson Jun 18, 1998 First Published: Jun 18, 1998

The Sessions: Wes Phillips

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Music for a Glass Bead Game

Wes Phillips Mar 03, 1998 First Published: Mar 03, 1998

ARTURO DELMONI & NATHANIEL ROSEN: Music for a Glass Bead Game
J.S. Bach: Two-Part Inventions 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13. Kodály: Duo for Violin & Cello. Giordani: Duetto II. Martinu: Duo for Violin & Cello. Handel: Passacaglia
Arturo Delmoni, violin; Nathaniel Rosen, cello
John Marks Records JMR 15 (CD). John Marks, prod.; Jerry Bruck, eng. DDD. TT: 62:34

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Encore: the 1997 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival CD

John Atkinson, Wes Phillips Jan 01, 1998 First Published: Jan 01, 1998

"To be natural," Oscar Wilde said, "is such a very difficult pose to keep up."

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The Rhapsody Project

John Atkinson, Hyperion Knight, Wes Phillips Jun 11, 1997 First Published: Jun 11, 1997

Thirteen Ways of Listening to a Recording Session (with apologies to Wallace Stevens): Wes Phillips

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Cutting Up: Stereophile's Liszt Piano Sonata LP

John Atkinson Mar 21, 1997 First Published: Mar 21, 1997

There has been much argument in audiophile circles about whether an LP or a CD is a more faithful representation of a master tape. Although we recorded Robert Silverman's thrilling performance of the Liszt B-Minor Piano Sonata for CD">http://www.stereophile.com//features/131/">CD release, we also had in mind to issue an LP. As the source for both would be the same, the question we can answer is: Will an LP cut straight from a 20-bit master tape via a Class A 20-bit DAC sound closer than a CD noise-shaped to 16 bits from the same 20-bit original?

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Intermezzo: The Santa Barbara Sessions

Thomas J. Norton Feb 04, 1997 First Published: Feb 04, 1991

The justification of art is the internal combustion it ignites in the hearts of men.—Glenn Gould