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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QMIBbvsVy9M/SOJfWdGQfWI/AAAAAAAABjA/1p7MEtBCoJM/s400/couperin+conciertos+reales.jpg Some wonderful French Baroque to finish off the evening with. Savall and Le Concerts des Nations come up trumps yet again. Everything I have by them is near flawless and together with the e...

I've been listening to a lot of lieder this weekend, beginning with two of my most recent purchases, Christian Gerhaher's fabulous performances of Mahler songs (on RCA) with one of the very best accompanists around today, Gerold Huber, and Bernarda Fink's recording of Schumann songs with Anthony Spi...

One of the best new albums I bought recently was Barb Jungr's new album, The Men I Love (released on Naim - she seems to have moved permanently from Linn, but either label will assure you of a great recording). She is one of the great interpreters - or should that be re-imaginer - of popular songs, ...

Many thanks for the warm welcome back, lads. It's so good to have this forum up and running again with so many of the same faces. I really missed it over the last few months.

All day just JAZZ http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J58FRJBGL._SS500_.jpg If you like this, do try and locate Two of a Mind, a fantastic album with Gerry Mulligan. In my opinion, it's one of the best things either man recorded. Its rewards don't reveal themselves immediately, but it's one to ...

I just stumbled on this site a few moments ago and it suddenly dawned on me that this was the old Cloney Audio forum which was a real pleasure to visit. It's so good to see so many familiar faces here again. I've just registered and will continue to post on a regular basis.