Peter Donohoe (of course!) - with Aramo and the CBSO. CD released 2006.
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Peter Donohoe (of course!) - with Aramo and the CBSO. CD released 2006.
Thanks Jerry.
Have just won this on the 'Bay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/220952827304...ht_1296wt_1141
More than I'd normally pay for an LP like this, but "new" and "unplayed"?
Got to be worth a punt. Was very surprised mine was the only bid - though I'd sniped it up a couple of quid in case . . .:eyebrows: My only other version of this is a rather lacklustre Naxos SACD. Hopefully this will be rather more involving.
Meanwhile this afternoon it's been:
Schoenberg - Verklarte Nacht - Ashkenazy/ECO on Decca LP (A hi-res rip of an LP from a digital master :lol:). Splendidly fulsome string sound and emotional playing. :thumbsup:
Before that was some Art of Noise . . .
Bob - don't be surprised if it's crackly even from new. Many of the Melodiyas I bought in Russia were.
Yes, I'm not setting my expectations too high! It was available on an Olympia (?) LP in 1988 and the Gramophone reviewer rated it quite highly. We'll see .. :rolleyes:
Earlier...
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances (for 2 Pianos) Ashkenazy/Previn
At the moment...
Ian Bostridge/Julius Drake: The English Songbook*
*I can thoroughly recommend this, a disc of absolute beauty and musical richness. I love it. :)
Overall, I quite like this on first hearing. But - "Glorious John" has a funny notion of Allegro Vivace in the Scherzo (more like Moderato), and Andante con moto in the Finale (rather senza moto!) - don't know the Italian for "plodding"*. It's all a bit like a cake with the middle that sinks when you take it out the oven :lol:. However there is a lot to enjoy - especially with (praise be) violins divided left and right as God intended (none of this sloppy conducting - lean left for treble, right for bass :eyebrows:).
Another outing for the Greensleeves from ASD521, too :rolleyes:.
Nice surfaces as well . . . so :thumbsup:, thanks Jerry.
* faticosa (according to Google translate)
Hmm, yeah, Barbirolli. :scratch:
This eve ...
Mozart - Magic Flute - the legendary Ingmar Bergman production, on VHS video tape :eyebrows: ... sung in Swedish (with some very yummy Swedish ladies :drool:) and with English subtitles. Not the greatest picture or sound, but quite serviceable - but oh my! - what a glorious production and performance! :thumbsup:
This morning a new arrival off the 'Bay:
Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras 2,5,6,9: Paul Capolongo/Orchestre de Paris with Mady Mesple (HMV).
http://www.revalia.co.uk/villalobos.jpeg
A real nostalgia trip. I first heard this recording on a disc borrowed from Westminster Library while I was working for the Civil Service in Whitehall for a year between school and university (early 70s :eek:). The "backup" I made on cassette has long gone, so this copy is most welcome - especially as it could be new. Not the most demanding of music to listen to but very enjoyable.