Violinist Hilary Hahn has teamed up with pianist Valentina Lisitsa to record all four of Charles Ives sonatas for violin and piano.  It is due out on October 11, 2011.  They discuss the album in this youtube video:      Video discussing Ives Sonatas album.     I have only a passing...

I've decided I've got to do something about my lard ass, so I've been going to the spinning class at my gym. I also have an excercise bike at home I would like to start using. At the gym they play music that has a variety of tempos and it really seems to help keep me motivated. I am completely...

So I bought an SACD player about a month ago and I have since been buying up a fair collection of SACDs. Most of them are hybrids so I don't have a problem ripping redbook CD version for listening to in my car. A few, however, are not hybrids. This leaves me in the position of wanting to make...

So I just downloaded the free demo of WinDVD 4 on my laptop. I put it in headphone mode and slipped a CD ("absolutely the best of Keely Smith"). The CD started playing, and then I switched on "Dolby Headphone" processing..... >>>YOU GOTTA TRY THIS!!! I was very impressed with the...