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Well, maybe, if the price is right! ;)
Marco.
jandl100
03-11-2012, 22:24
For charity - £2 per LP plus postage for those I agree to sell. :)
... I'll have to check condition before I sell. Those tried so far are all Excellent+.
Hi Jerry,
The three I'm most interested in are the Beethoven (with pink cover) third from the top, the (Mozart?) with the green cover, last on the second row, and the Walton, last on the third row.
If you're selling those for charity, let me know :)
Marco.
jandl100
04-11-2012, 09:17
OK - I'll let you know Marco - but I'll certainly be keeping the Walton LP!
The LP with the green cover and the photo of the old geezer (is that the one you mean?) is in fact old 'historical' (i.e. bad!) recordings from the 1930s of Bach organ pieces played by Albert Scwheitzer -- in EMI's Great Recordings of the Century series.
See something about Schweitzer here (http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/09/21/bachs-organ-works-played-by-albert-schweitzer-1935/), Marco - I think you'll find it quite interesting.
jandl100
05-11-2012, 08:18
http://pixhost.me/avaxhome/5e/28/000c285e_medium.jpeg
Lovely late romantic era music!
http://bertdekkers.nl/klassiek/walton_list_bestanden/WALTON_S2_KL.JPG
I'm coming around to Bob's point of view - the Hindemith variations are really growing on me! :thumbsup:
jandl100
05-11-2012, 10:58
Wow - this is a mega discovery! Fabulous late romantic music. :drool:
... 3 piano trios and a 13 minute piece for solo baritone and piano trio.
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2011/Apr11/graener_trio_7775992.jpg
I usually listen to piano recordings of Bach's keyboard music, but the excellence of some harpsichord recordings that have come out in recent years has made me think again. I've just got Pieter-Jan Belder's recording of both books of the Well Tempered Clavier and I must admit I'm impressed.
http://api.4.esh-partner.net/GetThumbnail.ashx?ID=c2d6328e-538f-4195-8a3a-8a695d8745f9
An added bonus is that, since it's on Brilliant Classics, it's very cheap!
I caught a bit of a Radio 3 relay of Handel's Julius Caesar on Saturday evening; I thought the singers were struggling a bit, so I turned to Rene Jacob's recording. One act a day from yesterday onwards!
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AV2c4MX5L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
I usually listen to piano recordings of Bach's keyboard music
So do I. It may not be purist but I like the dynamic range of a piano compared with the harpsichord.
I love the Murray Perahia recordings such as these:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51o2IzdqHyL._SS400_.jpg
morris_minor
06-11-2012, 11:17
This past week I've been delving into a box set of LPs that hasn't seen the light of day for years (decades?): Boult's EMI recordings of the Vaughan Williams' Symphonies:
http://www.popsike.eu/pix/20091008/260488371598.jpg
(not my photo . . . )
I had a couple of the symphonies on individual discs when this set came out in 1972, and I remember going into Gramex in London with them and coming out with this box - then the pride of my collection (still is in some ways).
They always sounded good, but it was quite a surprise to me how good. My vinyl replay got a definite shot in the arm with the Graham Slee Reflex phono amp I bought earlier this year, and these Kingsway Hall recordings have a warmth and depth along with a pleasing bite to the brass that make them so listenable. Plus of course Boult's readings are pretty authoritative, given his history with both RVW and the music.
This set will remain dusted off, I think.:)
Direct to Disc Recording: Erich Leinsdorf: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra: Prokofiev: Excerpts from the Ballet: Romeo and Juliet: Complete Un-Edited Performance: Sheffield Lab LP: (1978)
I'm listening to a CD copy of the original Vinyl disc ripped in lossless, on my Computer at work.
Regards,
Jim
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jandl100
06-11-2012, 16:50
... and I remember going into Gramex in London
Gramex - OMG Gramex - ah, the memories. What a fine emporium that was! :wheniwasaboy:
morris_minor
06-11-2012, 17:18
Gramex was indeed a place of pilgrimage :D
Incidentally have you, Jerry, or anyone else noticed how Gramophone's archive pages are now behind a paywall? You need to subscribe to the mag to access them now. Money-grabbing gits. :steam: I blame its WTF stablemate . . .
With the digital subscription, every review will link to iTunes. I think Gramophone can be considered as truly dumbed-down now. Such a pity. Compton McKenzie will be turning in his grave.:deceased:
Strauss - Four Last Songs, J Norman.
P
I love the Murray Perahia recordings such as these:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51o2IzdqHyL._SS400_.jpg
Ah, now he can play Bach!
Mozart Concertos -Julia Fischer
Great Box set with DVD as well!
This young Lady can play!
Pentatone SACD
Regards,
Jim
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jandl100
07-11-2012, 07:49
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/James-Levine-Brahms-Symphony-No-4-RCA-Stereo-LP-/00/1$(KGrHqQOKosE4uH7ts,vBOWHVjLqSg~~60_35.JPG
On LP then on CD.
Unusually, the CD sounded better.
What a great performance and fine sq, listening twice was no hardship at all!
then on LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/MFP-2114-SHOSTAKOVICH-SYMPHONY-NO-5-KAREL-ANCERL-CZECH-PHILHARMONIC-NM-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$T2eC16d,!zUE9s38+qI3BQWJ8ZtLmw~~60_35.JPG
jandl100
07-11-2012, 09:17
So do I. It may not be purist but I like the dynamic range of a piano compared with the harpsichord.
I love the Murray Perahia (Bach) recordings
Ah, now he can play Bach!
Yep, I have to agree. I was not a fan of the young Perahia - but he has matured wonderfully - his Goldberg Variations is as good as anyone's, I reckon.
Strauss - Four Last Songs, J Norman.
Simply the greatest!
jandl100
07-11-2012, 14:04
Simply the greatest!
:scratch: :nono:
:eyebrows:
Jacqueline Du Pré - The Complete EMI Recordings by Jacquline Du Pré, Camille Saint-Saens, Edward Elgar, Joseph Haydn and Frederick Delius (2007) - Box set
Wonderful piece of work,
Jim
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BBtsW5KKL._SS400_.jpg
Strauss - Four Last Songs, J Norman.
P
Simply the greatest!
I much prefer this to the Schwarzkopf one which I also have.
To my ears, Norman has a creaminess of voice which I do not hear in Schwarzkopf, although Schwarzkopf has amazing clarity.
P
I'm with you, Ken. I have about 8 different versions of the Four Last Songs, and for me Jessye catches the emotions just right. However, the accompaniment from Kurt Masur and the Gewandhauseorchester is also superb, brilliantly timed and supportive. Just listen to the finale of Im Abendrot - I swear this is some of the greatest music ever performed about the end of life.
I'm with you, Ken. I have about 8 different versions of the Four Last Songs, and for me Jessye catches the emotions just right. However, the accompaniment from Kurt Masur and the Gewandhauseorchester is also superb, brilliantly timed and supportive. Just listen to the finale of Im Abendrot - I swear this is some of the greatest music ever performed about the end of life.
Ever since I first heard them, I found them sublime.
If you like her, then I'd also suggest this
http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/jessye-norman-sings-wagner-mr0002655027/credits
P
jandl100
08-11-2012, 19:39
4 Last Songs - as ever, tastes are personal things.
Schwarzkopf I cannot hear the point of, she seems to manage without any true emotional involvement - I read a rare negative review once of her recording - "more artifice than art". I have to agree.
I do like our Jessye, but I don't rate her above these ...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Xofzh17FL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_250/MI0001/055/MI0001055615.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/376b84fa42fb5b40af27ed1450a200eb/327776.jpg
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/DGG-2530368-R-Strauss-Death-Trans-KARAJAN-Last-Songs-JANOWITZ-NM-LP-/00/s/ODE2WDExMjM=/$(KGrHqV,!p8F!,WgryoUBQ(7bwb+Qg~~60_35.JPG
and these two are my favourites of those I have heard ...
http://images37.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/188x188/80661.jpg
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/596/6687596.jpg
Felicity Lott is the one for me, she would be on my Desert Island list.
Schwarzkopf - agreed, a technical exercise within an emotional vacuum
Isokoski - I find her tone almost unlistenable. One of the most disappointing performances I have
Te Kanawa - pretty good overall
Lott - agreed, lovely
Popp is also nice but a bit lightweight.
It's good that we all connect with different performances. The world would be a dull place otherwise.
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It's good that we all connect with different performances. The world would be a dull place otherwise.
Yep, absolutely.
P
It's good that we all connect with different performances. The world would be a dull place otherwise.
Totally agree Martin - I'd pretty much concur with your other comments too.
I've 'only' got 4 versions of 4LS but for me Jessye tops them, and is the one I always come back home to. I saw her perform these shortly after Birmingham Symphony Hall was opened in 1991; they were the last piece of the first half of the concert, and there were people openly weeping in the audience so much was the emotional impact of the music. To know when, and why Strauss composed these songs just adds to their intensity. I will never tire of listening to them.
The Isokoski disc is ok for me, mainly as it comes with a goodly collection of other songs in the package. Janowitz I've never really connected with and the BPO's playing (especially the woodwind's intonation in Im Abendrot which is poor) is below their usual par - it all sounds so hurried too, a little matter-of-fact. The playing is nowhere near as good as the Gewandhauseorchester on the Norman disc who sound fabulous - the ending of Im Abendrot is sublime and drifts away, carrying the listener with it. Beautiful.
Playing at the moment:
William Byrd: Mass for 4 Voices/Mass for 5 Voices (Oxford Camerata).
morris_minor
10-11-2012, 10:29
I'm continuing my odyssey through the dusty RVW isle in my LP library and have alighted on this today:
http://991.com/newGallery/Vaughan-Williams-On-Wenlock-Edge-540514.jpg
I'd forgotten what a super tenor voice Ian Partridge has. I'm not a great fan of "operatic" voices (sorry, we can't all like everything! :rolleyes: ), but Partridge's lightness and lyricism is very appealing.
morris_minor
10-11-2012, 10:47
And now this:
http://onfinite.com/libraries/1396937/242.jpg
This is splendid music making. :clap:
The late 60s and early 70s saw EMI doing RVW proud in time for his centenary - symphonies, orchestral and concerto, choral and chamber. A true golden age!
Gounod - Faust on Radio 3
P
jandl100
11-11-2012, 09:28
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/145/8450145.jpg
Nice.
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/287/1043287.jpg
Stunning - one of my fave demo CDs!
dantheman91
11-11-2012, 09:45
Now Playing -
Harp Concertos - Handel - Boieldieu - Dittersdorf
On decca
Up Next
Mahler - Adagietto From the 5th symphony
Duets From Famous Operas
These you have loved
All on CD
http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g457/pockets17/KGrHqZrgEwFpdiBP8wfjluOw60_35.jpg
I really enjoy classical guitar. I bought this used locally, the covers a bit tatty, and the records not much better, but the music is superb.
From Kylie to this
spotify:album:1HCXBAg6s2AryIft9nlZdF
Nice segue there, Jon. I do it all the time, confuses people.
Nice segue there, Jon. I do it all the time, confuses people.
Thanks Martin, i had to look the word "segue" up :lol:
jandl100
13-11-2012, 06:39
From a small charity shop haul yesterday --
http://i2.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/da/65/d712_2.JPG
Shosty 5 / Previn / LSO / RCA Dynagroove.
VGC and very good performance for the most part, although too fast for me at the end of the finale, which is a shame.
morris_minor
13-11-2012, 13:13
From a small charity shop haul yesterday --
http://i2.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/da/65/d712_2.JPG
Shosty 5 / Previn / LSO / RCA Dynagroove.
VGC and very good performance for the most part, although too fast for me at the end of the finale, which is a shame.
I know it well! Another one from "back in the day" . . . It was around this time Previn recorded his super Walton 1st for RCA.
I really like that Previn/LSO Shostakovich cycle.
Right now, Beethoven's 6th 'Pastoral', with The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conducted by William Steinberg. That will be followed by his 8th, with The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karl Böhm and Clemems Krauss.
Marco.
jandl100
14-11-2012, 08:03
http://images.ariama.com/amg/class/cov200/cm600/m699/m69905dxpq0.jpg
Really enjoyed this CD. Pleyel's lifetime coincided with Beethoven, but Ludwig van was revolutionary in the extreme, and Ignaz Pleyel wasn't. Good stuff, though! Think 'late Haydn' or Mozart and you won't be too far off the general idea.
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/725/5587725.jpg
I'm not too sure about two of the pieces here :scratch: but the cello concerto is a stunner! :drool:
Now: Thomas Tallis - Sperm in Alium
Plato
jandl100
15-11-2012, 08:03
http://www.boosey.com/imagesw/shop/product/$wm1_0x700_$_210284J.jpg
and Respighi string quartet and Il Tramonte (for string quartet and soprano) - the latter is a very lovely piece indeed. Played by the St John SQ with Sally Dibblee (sop) on a self-published Canadian CD.
I had not heard of Bernard Foccroulle's traversal of Bach's organ works until it featured on Radio 3's "building a library".
https://www.outhere-music.com/data/cds/2094/BIG.JPG
I'm about half way through it (Clavierubung III is on tonight) and am thoroughly enjoying it. Foccroulle plays on a variety of organs contemporary with Bach, which makes a nice change. Lots of samplers are available on youtube if you fancy having a dip!
Il Tramonte (for string quartet and soprano) - the latter is a very lovely piece indeed.
It is indeed. I have this version:
Respighi String Quartets - Brodsky Quartet, Anne Sofie von Otter
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/e28d8a20b8582fd11be38a44e824b5dd/418071.jpg
Look what's just arrived from hmv.jp on SACD:
Grieg Piano Concerto, Lupu, Previn, LSO, Decca [sacd]
http://www.sa-cd.net/covers/2723.jpg
My favourite performance of my favourite piano concerto. I can't wait to get home. Will be spinning this first thing :)
Wow, that was a musical experience. It has a more relaxed, slightly less edgy presentation than the CD and reveals in gorgeous detail how Radu Lupu dances over the keys. A simply wonderful performance (and it's that man Previn again, someone I greatly admire as a conductor) and goes to the desert island with me.
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem, Haitink, Janowitz, Krause, VPO, Philips [vinyl]
Boxed set picked up for £1 from Swordfish in Birmingham. Gorgeous big sound, lovely performance.
http://www.classicalnotes.net/classics4/brahmsrequiem-haitink.jpg
So it was a good buy then, Martin? :)
Marco.
Oh definitely. I'm going to need to run it through a full clean, but on a test listen it's excellent.
Excellent... Maybe you might buy more vintage classical vinyl now? As you've seen, there are amazing bargains out there with some of these early recordings! ;)
Marco.
Guess I'm a little wary of used classical vinyl as poor surfaces spoil it more for me than a poor rock record. However, this one is excellent, and a magnificent performance.
jandl100
17-11-2012, 07:26
Yup, you need to be extra fussy with classical LPs, imo.
Yesterday ....
This is a lovely lovely piece ...
http://www.easylivingmusic.ee/wp-content/uploads/cyrillus-kreek-requiem.jpg
Not big on angry bluster, but great on consolation!
And I've been discovering some Pleyel on my shelves recently and much enjoying it, so I invested in this CD. Arrived yesterday and has been much enjoyed!
http://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/media/ProductImage/largeImage/ProductImage-1434906.jpg
Pleyel is much under-rated, imo. :)
Guess I'm a little wary of used classical vinyl as poor surfaces spoil it more for me than a poor rock record
I am too, but as you know, when you've got an RCM, you can get second-hand records minty clean (though often only after multiple washes), so as long as you very carefully examine used records before you buy them (experience generally tells you what condition is and isn't acceptable), what you've successfully bought from Swordfish is the norm :)
Although I'm very fussy, if necessary, I'll trade the odd pop or click for enjoyment of the truly magnificent performances, not to mention incredible recording quality, on many of the early classical recordings on vinyl, modern examples of which I've found just don't compare. That's where you're missing out, mate, if you ignore this.
Besides, what I do now is simply return the records to the charity shop which, after cleaning, still don't play well (those that, despite being clean, are still noisy, or distorted due to groove damage), and just keep the ones which play perfectly. That way I get to keep the cream of the crop, and often as some of these early recordings are sought after, an nice investment, too... Win-win.
As long as I stick to my rule of not paying any more than £3 for an album, it's no big deal, and of course the charity shop benefits from the returned records, as they have the opportunity to make a sale twice from the same record - only this time it's been cleaned for them on an RCM!
Job's a good 'un and everyone's happy :cool:
Marco.
Don't get me wrong, I have a fair classical vinyl connection and have bought, for example, Melodiyas from Russia where I don't care about the quality, it's the performances from the likes of Mravinsky that are important. You're right that the performance and recording are everything; I have bought a number of classical SACDs where the performance falls way short. They end up unloved, even though I think SACD is the best format for classical.
I will look out for more choice used classical vinyl and swing the RCM into action. A double-wash certainly seems to get them quiet, followed by 24 hours in a Nagaoka inner sleeve.
Nice one, mate, it really is worth the effort! :)
Marco.
Right now (on vinyl), as I fancied some big canons (lol), Tchaikovsky's 1812 Festival Overture (Op.49, original scoring), Capriccio Italien, with The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and The University of Minnesota Brass Band, conducted by Antal Dorati, with spoken commentary by Deems Taylor, on Mercury Olympian Series 'Living Presence' records, from 1959.
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/3649/tschaikovsky1812overtur.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/37/tschaikovsky1812overtur.jpg/)
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3649/tschaikovsky1812overtur.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/tschaikovsky1812overtur.jpg/)
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/2694/tchaikovsky1812overture.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/tchaikovsky1812overture.jpg/)
Although in mono, the sound quality (and performance) on this recording is stunning! :eek:
Next up (on vinyl)... Mahler 'Das Lied von der Erde', with The Philharmonia Orchestra and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) and Murray Dickie (tenor), conducted by Paul Kletzki, on HMV 'His Master's Voice', from 1960.
Marco.
I have the famous Telarc vinyl recording, Marco. Famous as it was virtually untrackable at the time. My Shelter makes a good fist of it, though. They recorded real canons and didn't hold back on the faders.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41002268@N03/5903358408/
Nice one, Martin. I've seen a couple of those come up on ebay and have always wondered what the difference, in recording quality, was between an early mono version like mine, and what you've got....
I'll bring my cope along next time and we'll test it against yours! :)
Marco.
I have the famous Telarc vinyl recording, Marco. Famous as it was virtually untrackable at the time. My Shelter makes a good fist of it, though. They recorded real canons and didn't hold back on the faders.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41002268@N03/5903358408/
On my copy of the Telarc 1812, the groove has a near right angle kink in it where the cannon 'crack' occurs! Surprisingly the Decca will track it.
I think I'll have to get a copy of that and see what the SPU makes of it...
Incidentally, I've also got this:
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/8646/18121.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/651/18121.jpg/)
http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/6529/18122g.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/546/18122g.jpg/)
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/9958/18123f.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/713/18123f.jpg/)
How does that compare with the other recordings being discussed? I intend to have a listen myself later and find out :)
Marco.
The Grand Wazoo
17-11-2012, 18:13
.....Telarc 1812, the groove has a near right angle kink in it where the cannon 'crack' occurs!
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRUGHeS5w66KmbDcB6bTIIn41VuUfyoW N8SDu_QcotCCBSOtJkj8w
In stylus terms, that must be like having a wall coming at you.
Just spinning these now, which apparently are quite rare:
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/9182/brahms3.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/brahms3.jpg/)
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/1278/brahms2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/442/brahms2.jpg/)
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3213/bruckner2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/339/bruckner2.jpg/)
:cool:
Marco.
jandl100
18-11-2012, 08:20
Enough of this macho testosterone-driven posturing :lol: -- back to the music !
Oooo - I see Marco is getting into Bruckner! Stick with it dude, and get some modern recordings as well and hear a cathedral-filling Brucknerian wall of sound! -- oops, I seem to be back to macho posturing! :eyebrows:
Yesterday, spinning at Jerry Towers ....
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/837/1098837.jpg
Charles Camilleri's 1st piano concerto is truly a thing of wonder - bold 1st and 3rd movements, bristling with energy and strong tonal melodies, and a slow 2nd movement that is very very beautiful, indeed.
Sadly, (for me) the 2nd and 3rd piano concertos are a sequence of 'modernistic' random notes. But the 1st, of nearly 30 minutes duration, is well worth getting to hear!
The Bruckner 7th is a wonderful symphony, full of blaring brass crescendi. Then again, many of them are.
Christina Pluhar & L'Arpeggiata - La Tarantella [cd]
I still adore all her work.
http://cdn2.fishpond.com.au/0001/297/991/6296424/4.jpeg
jandl100
19-11-2012, 08:44
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E1N5V3stL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Exquisite and heart-meltingly beautiful.
Cimbalom (hammered dulcimer) and solo high tenor voice.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N6b8fsr%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Symphonies 3 & 4.
Said by many a reviewer to be 'nothing like Brahms'.
Ha ha - in your dreams, kiddoes!
Charles Camilleri's 1st piano concerto is truly a thing of wonder - bold 1st and 3rd movements, bristling with energy and strong tonal melodies, and a slow 2nd movement that is very very beautiful, indeed.
Ooh thanks for that Jerry - will check it out. I know Camilleri's Clarinet works fairly well (I've played the lovely Sonatina a couple of times at recitals) so will be good to hear his other stuff. :)
Right now, on vintage vinyl... Sibelius 'Symphony No2' (The Swan of Tuonela), with The Hallé Orchestra, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli, on EMI HMV, from 1967:
http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/5302/sibelius.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/703/sibelius.jpg/)
Next up will be a digitally produced recording on vinyl (shock, horror!): Fauré 'Melodies', with Frederica Von Stade (soprano) and Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), on EMI DIGITAL, from 1982.
Couldn't find an image for that one! :)
Marco.
morris_minor
21-11-2012, 11:23
Next up will be a digitally produced recording on vinyl (shock, horror!): Fauré 'Melodies', with Frederica Von Stade (soprano) and Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), on EMI DIGITAL, from 1982.
Couldn't find an image for that one! :)
Marco.
'ere tiz:
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0003/160/MI0003160409.jpg
- from a graphic designer with a thing for Mondrian :eyebrows:
Lol... I noticed that image, when I was searching last night, but it's nothing like what's shown on the cover of my vinyl copy. I believe that the above is from a CD release.
Mine has a picture of Frederica Von Stade and Jean-Philippe Collard on the front, looking rather 'retro'... :eyebrows:
Marco.
morris_minor
21-11-2012, 12:02
Ah! I get quite of few of my classical images for the server from far eastern sites. They usually get found from the catalogue number, but some do take a lot of work to find . . .:rolleyes:
Well, if you can find the one in question, you'll get extra brownie points! The catalogue number is: ASD 4183. I think it's reasonably rare - good luck :)
Marco.
Bruch - 'Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26' and 'Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, op.46'
Kyung Wha Chung, (violin) with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Kempe (1972).
Decca 460 620-2 (1999)
Bruch - 'Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26' and 'Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, op.46'
Is that the one we played at mine, Barry? :)
Marco.
Not sure Marco, mine is a CD. Who is the soloist and what is the orchestra on your LP copy?
Cheers
For me, right now... Haydn: 'Paukenmesse', with Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields Choir of St John's College, Cambridge (lead by Neville Marriner), and conducted by George Guest, on Decca Argo Records, from 1970:
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/9250/haydnpaukenmesse530928.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/545/haydnpaukenmesse530928.jpg/)
More info here: http://www.sjcchoir.co.uk/node/325
Marco.
Not sure Marco, mine is a CD. Who is the soloist and what is the orchestra on your LP copy?
Cheers
The soloist on my LP copy is Maurice Hasson, and the orchestra is The Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Gibson.
The above may be different, in your example, but it's Bruch's first violin concerto which is being performed - thought I recognised it. We played the whole of the first side of the album at my place :)
Marco.
morris_minor
21-11-2012, 17:02
Bit historical at the moment - Boult's 1945 Planets on a HMV Treasury LP:
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Holst-Elgar-The-Planets-Introduction-Allegro-BBC-SO-Boult-LP-/00/s/MTE2NlgxNjAw/$(KGrHqV,!jME9Ih(qF+EBPVM8VINH!~~60_12.JPG
I've got Holst's own recording (1929?) too, so must dig that out . . .
Nice... Apart from anything else, I just love the look of classic vinyl.
The packaging, sleeve artwork, labelling, often the provision of a proper inner sleeve (defo if it's Decca), the automatic use of heavy-duty vinyl, which is nearly always perfectly flat (unlike much vinyl produced today), not to mention the awesome recording quality (in general) of the music itself - everything about the whole package oozes quality!!
It's a nice reminder from a (sadly bygone) era of the pride people once took in their workmanship... Therefore, I feel as if I own something special that's not just been 'churned out' for the sake of it. For me, that's as a big a part of my enjoyment of playing and collecting vintage recordings on vinyl, as the music itself! :exactly:
Marco.
jandl100
21-11-2012, 21:37
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y4LicvY%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
CD
http://991.com/newGallery/Rimsky-Korsakov-Scheherazade-537540.jpg
LP
The LP looks sexier ;)
On a more serious note, I've got a couple of versions of that performance somewhere... Will dig 'em out and have a listen.
Btw, now I know why my Mercury Living Presence Mono recording of Tschaikovsky's 1812 Overture sounds so bloody good... Read here (a most interesting article): http://www.soundfountain.com/amb/mercury.html
Marco.
jandl100
22-11-2012, 06:37
Now here is a very interesting and listenable modern requiem ...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gTX2H1jML._SL500_AA300_.jpg
jandl100
22-11-2012, 20:50
This evening, from a recent charity shop LP haul, from the Russian Melodiya label, a performance of Vivaldi Gloria for vocal soloists and choir, and organ.
http://www.recordsale.de/cdpix/v/vivaldi-gloria-ave_sol_chamber_choir._i_kokars.jpg
Interesting -- the Russian conductor's name transliterates as Kokars ... :eyebrows:
At the moment...
http://static.classicalm.com/repository/composition-cover/10543-img1309549987146857.jpg
jandl100
24-11-2012, 08:03
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Jan06/Pleyel_8557496.gif
CD. I'm really in to Pleyel at the mo'. :)
Also on CD ...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vp2cMktIL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
... once again!
and ... a nice minty LP with lots of good music and fine Decca Golden Age recordings ...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41J5RgJqExL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
jandl100
25-11-2012, 07:28
http://i.prs.to/t_200/naxos8559661.jpg
CD. Most enjoyable for lovers of the post-romantic string quartet.
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Paganini-Violin-Accardo-Dutoit-DGG-Stereo-Digital-LP-/10/!BUHg7!!BGk~$(KGrHgoH-EEEjlLlyOEvBKL7ZdC+tg~~_35.JPG
LP. Paganini 4th violin concerto.
Fab for lovers of violin pyrotechnics and good music!
jandl100
26-11-2012, 06:58
http://usr.audioasylum.com/images/5/50027/Beethoven_5.JPG
Mint double LP of excellent performances ---- 50p :D
http://www.classical.net/music/recs/images/m/mdg51096.jpg
CD
Bruckner - Symphony No 9, Jochum, BPO, DG [cd]
Last night, at Tim's request. So rather than the best recording, I gave him the best performance. Jochum was a master, and this 1966 performance is urgent and fiery.
http://store.acousticsounds.com/images/large/XXXX__79909__01122012110027-4731.jpg
jandl100
26-11-2012, 10:49
Yup, Jochum / DG would probably be my top choice for Bruckner 9 as well. :)
jandl100
26-11-2012, 22:40
http://www.francoiskillian.com/paul-juon.jpg
CD - triple concerto & cello concerto.
Paul Juon - I bet you've never heard of him!
Born in Moscow - 1872-1940. Russian father, German mother.
Very fine, late romantic composer. :thumbsup:
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/058/6038058.jpg
CD
I've just been to a local record shop and picked up some mint (looks like they've either never, or hardly, been played) Russian recordings on vinyl, from 1960, of Haydn's 'Sonata in C minor', Tchaikovsky's 'Suite No1' and 'Quartet No3', performed by the USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Unfortunately, I can't get any more information than that, as the rest is written in Russian... However, the vinyl is all heavy 200g stuff, and looks like quality.
Along with it, I also got some Polish Chopin 'Etudes', on the 'Muza' label, and these are equally as minty and on heavy-duty vinyl, but aren't dated. I think that the conductor is Janusz Urbanski, and the pianist is Boleslaw Woytowicz. The rest is in Polish!
I've no idea what these will be like, but once I've ran them through the RCM, I'll find out... They could be crap or they could be great! I just took a punt on them, as they only cost me £1 each.
In the meantinme, does anyone know anything about them? :)
Marco.
They are likely to be on the Melodiya label. Watch out for surface noise!
Could be, Martin, but IME, Melodiya albums, which I'm familiar with, are normally clearly marked as such.
These, on the other hand, have a red label with 'MK, Made in Russia' marked on the label. There is no mention anywhere of Melodiya :)
Marco.
From Wikipedia: "In other countries, Melodiya recordings imported from the USSR were often sold under the label MK, which stood for Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga."
Ah ha... Okies - that's interesting! I'll see if I can distinguish any music then, amongst the surface noise, and report back! ;)
Marco.
jandl100
27-11-2012, 16:38
No, I bet they'll be interesting, Marco! :)
Surface noise, maybe -- but those old Soviet recordings often had mids with great presence and fruitiness. Oooo, luverly!
As for the particular recordings and players - nope, I've no idea!
Cheers, Jerry! Well I've just found the Polish one (Chopin) on YouTube:
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*That* is exactly it - same cover, record label, and everything! Now I know it's from 1958... Good job I love piano music :)
I wouldn't have thought that there were too many of those recordings around!
Marco
jandl100
27-11-2012, 18:21
This afternoon --
http://www.ambergreen-classical.co.uk/ekmps/shops/padmagupta/images/heifetz-sargent.elgar-violin-concerto.lsb-4022-3172-p.jpg
Hmmm...
I've recently bought this LP, thought I'd give Jascha Heifetz another try. Oft cited as the greatest violinist of the 20thC, I've not been a fan at all.
This recording made in 1949 in mono.
Screechy scrawny sound - horrible - but slice out a big hunk of the treble with my graphic equalizer (3db down at around 1KHz, -12db at 20KHz) and what is left is a lovely velvety violin tone that has completely won me over!
Recordings of Heifetz are invariably forward and can be very brightly lit, yet his concert hall tone live was often described as "like velvet". Heifetz himself was not impressed with his own recordings, either, and called hifi "hi-fooey" as a result. Now I think I understand why!
Maybe it's just the recorded sound quality that has put me off Heifetz up til now?
Incidentally, while I was in the record shop I also picked up (all on minty vinyl):
Bach - Bach Organ Music (Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat, "St' Anne's". Toccata and Fugue in D Minor "Dorian". Toccata in E), with Carl Weinrich (organist) on RCA Victor Red Seal "Living Stereo", from 1962.
Stravinsky - Pétrouchka, with The London Symphony Orchestra and Tamas Vasary (piano), conducted by Charles Dutoit, on Deutsche Grammophon, from 1977.
Ravel - Bolero, with The Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa, on Deutsche Grammophon (digitally remastered), from 1974.
Haydn - 3 String Quartets: "The Lark" - "The Bird" - "The Joke", with The Hungarian Quartet and The Dekany Quartet, on Decca Turnabout Records, from 1967.
Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks. Concerti Grossi Op.3 nos. 2 and 5, with The Wind Virtuosi of England/The Virtuosi of England, conducted by Arthur Davison, on EMI, from 1970.
Beethoven - Sixth Symphony (The Pastoral), with The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Colin Days, on Contour Red Label (Pickwick), from 1975.
£1 each :)
Marco.
Rachmaninov - 'Piano Concerto No.3, Op. 30, in D minor' plus
Prelude in G minor, Op. 32, No. 5
Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2
Prelude in G sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12
Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5
and
Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36
David Helfgott (piano) with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Milan Horvat.
Recorded live at the Tivoli Concert hall, 2.11.95.
RCA 74321 40378 2 (1996)
Played because I recently re-watched "Shine", an Australian film about David Helfgott, played by the excellent Geoffry Rush.
Whilst as a student at the Royal College of Music, Helfgott collapsed after playing the Rachmaninov 3rd at the Albert Hall and thereafter spent many years in metal institutions before regaining confidence to play again.
If you can get hold of the DVD, I commend you watch it.
Helfgott collapsed after playing the Rachmaninov 3rd
That's quite understandable. The Rach 3 is a monster of a concerto, I'm surprised other pianists are not gibbering wrecks after playing it.
julesd68
28-11-2012, 09:47
Just had a look at David Helfgott's website - still touring but mainly staying in his native Oz. Must have a listen to his Rach 3 ...
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.48, "Maria Theresia", HV 1/48 in C major
Symphony No.59, "Fire Symphony", HV 1/59 in A major
Symphony No.92, "Oxford", HV 1/92 in G major.
Philharmonica Slavonica, cond. Henry Adolph. Vienna Master Series (Pilz CD 254)
Yes I know it's not a world-class orchestra or recording, but I don't have a copy of these particular symphonies - and as a charity shop purchase for £1, it's not bad.
jandl100
30-11-2012, 08:12
http://img.mp3mixx.com/images/covers/43/438939/alb_2501233_big.jpg
Only listened to the 1st sq so far.
Oooh - what a find.
Lovely Russian melodious soulfulness with a tragic feel to it. :thumbsup:
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_250/MI0001/006/MI0001006210.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Hmm - yeah, not bad. But nowhere near as interesting as his 1st sq, for me.
I'd like to find a copy of Kabalevsky's Requiem - but they seem to go for silly money. :(
Popped into Oxfam today in Liverpool and picked up this totally minty 3-LP Shossy box set, which I believe is a rather well regarded opera:
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2862/shostakovich.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/163/shostakovich.jpg/)
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/3443/shostakovich1.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/690/shostakovich1.jpg/)
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/6986/shostakovich2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/shostakovich2.jpg/)
It's got the booklet, which looks as if it's hardly been touched, and the vinyl as if it's never been played! Not bad for £3... ;)
Rave reviews of the CD here, on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Shostakovich-Macbeth-Mtsensk-Vishnevskaya-Rostropovich/product-reviews/B000002RRI/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
Also, when I was in there, I picked up the following on vinyl (again in minty condition - I don't buy anything else!)
Vaughan Williams - Riders To The Sea: with Norma Burrowes (soprano), Margaret Price (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Pauline Stevens (mezzo-soprano) and the Women's voices of the Ambrosian Singers, with The Orchestra Nova of London, conducted by Meredith Davies. Also Folk Song Arrangements: with the London Madrigal Singers, conducted by Christopher Bishop, on HMV 'Greensleeve', from 1983.
Brahms - String Quintets - Quintettes à Cordes - Streichquintette, with the Allegri String Quartet, on Decca Argo, from 1982.
Domenico Cimarosa - Il Matrimonio Segreto (The Secret Marriage), with The English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, on Deutsche Grammophon, from 1977.
Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21, with Friedrich Gulda (piano) and The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Abbado, on Deutsche Grammophon 'Galleria', digitally remastered, from 1975.
Handel - Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, with the Choir of King's College Cambridge Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, conducted by Sir David Willcocks, on Decca 'Serenata', from 1968.
Chopin - 4 Scherzi. 4 Impromptus, with Roberto Szidon (piano), on Deutsche Grammophon, from 1977.
Dvořák - Symphonie No8. Carnival Op.92, with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Davis, on CBS 'Master Works', from 1979.
Franz von Suppé - Overtures, including Light Cavalry, Pique Dame, Beautiful Galathea and Poet and Peasant, with The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan, on Deutsche Grammophon, from 1970.
And lastly, something most unusual.... Does anyone remember Marks & Spencer ever selling records, and indeed having their own (green) label, produced by Pye Records?
Well, I have here a 1978 recording of 'Leopold Stokowski conducts The National Philharmonic Orchestra'. Leader is Sidney Sax. This is a compilation featuring a mixture of different music from Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Saint Saens, Haydn, Mozart, Ippolitov - Ivanov, Strauss, Moussorgsky and Sousa.
It has a little 'St Michael' ticket on the inner sleeve, which reads: "Unless this record is faulty. A refund or exchange can be made only if the seal is unbroken".
I only remember the likes of Boots and Woolworths selling records, not M&S! Could anyone shed any light on this oddity? :)
Marco.
jandl100
01-12-2012, 08:13
http://i43.tower.com/images/mm106994733/gilbert-sullivan-pirates-penzance-jon-english-simon-gallaher-queensland-performing-arts-dvd-cover-art.jpg
Wonderful DVD - two and a half hours on pure unadulterated pleasure. :eek:
My fave version of this wonderful piece of musical theater.
Helen Donaldson's astonishing high vocal range is eye watering, although the Major General's other daughters take a bit of getting used to!
Hi Jerry,
Do you remember M&S ever selling records? :)
Mrco.
jandl100
01-12-2012, 10:34
yep, and CDs. :)
jandl100
01-12-2012, 10:51
-- all the M&S LPs were licensed from the 'majors', iirc.
For some reason a price of £6.99 comes to mind ... :scratch:
Cool. I didn't know that... Must've been before my time. However, the record I have certainly looks like a quality product!
What's your view of the Shossy box set I purloined - worth having? I haven't listened to it yet, but the reviews seem to be good! :)
Marco.
jandl100
01-12-2012, 11:28
Opera?
Hmm, no, not my bag, I'm afraid. :nono:
Lol... I quite like it (guess being Italian helps a little) ;)
And it's Shossy, so I MUST have it! :exactly:
Marco.
Popped into Oxfam today in Liverpool and picked up this totally minty 3-LP Shossy box set, which I believe is a rather well regarded opera
Enjoy it, Marco. Shossy got into a lot of trouble for writing that.
Did he? I'd never heard of it before. I just seen the name 'Shostakovich' written on the cover, and that was enough for me!
So why did he get his botty spanked, as it were? :eyebrows:
Marco.
Executive summary: Stalin had it in for him. His music was considered un-Soviet and not sufficiently patriotic or uplifting.
jandl100
01-12-2012, 20:27
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/51110071/The+Lord+Of+The+Rings+Symphony+13342.jpg
Such wonderful wonderful music -- I've just ordered the full 2CD version of the 'symphony' put together by Howard Shore for concert performance. I can hardly wait to get it! :yay:
Putting on a lot of vinyl tonight: Sibelius 7 (Beecham), a stunning Columbia "2-eye" of Horowitz playing Chopin, Mihaud conducting Mihaud,
the Richter Prokofiev 5, and, earlier today, the CD of the Solti Das Reingold.
And Dark Side of the Moon on SACD.
Only 1:26 am, just finished watching the Sheffield comback in the FA Cup, so hopefully I can make it another hour before I fall asleep!
jandl100
02-12-2012, 08:33
Something very special for Shostakovich fans ....
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517BZ2GPQSL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
A kind of double-bill DVD - the Borodin string quartet play Shosty string quartet no. 2 and Beethoven's string quartet Op. 59/2 live in concert in Russia in very good stereo sound.
Superb.
But the best bit is the other half of this double bill -- a masterclass given by Valentin Berlinsky, the cellist of the Borodin quartet. He tutors the Dominant Quartet - a foursome of rather attractive young ladies --
http://www.kdz.hr/images/performances/picture1_328.jpg
http://dschjournal.com/reviews/images/dominant1.jpg
They practice sections of Beethoven's quartet op 18/4, under Berlinsky's guidance, and then play the entirety of Shosty quartet no. 8.
Utterly stunning. Berlinsky is moved to tears by the Shosty.
Berlinsky also reminisces about the time, as a student group, the Borodin quartet played for Shosty himself in his apartment - the 1st time Shosty had ever heard the music played -- awesome, just awesome.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Concert-Master-Class-DVD-Region-NTSC/dp/B0000A0WHA/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1354437016&sr=1-1
Sadly, the audio and video are a bit out of synch in my copy of the masterclass ... :doh:. Nonetheless, wonderful!
Quartet - a foursome of rather attractive young ladies --
http://www.kdz.hr/images/performances/picture1_328.jpg
Bet you'd like them to play a tune on your fiddle! :eyebrows:
Marco.
jandl100
02-12-2012, 08:40
Mmm - they can pluck my strings anytime!
julesd68
02-12-2012, 17:41
The "Dominant Quartet"? You can't be serious - do they only play in dungeons or something?? :spank:
jandl100
02-12-2012, 19:42
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/images/0809-dominant.jpg
http://www.dominantquartet.ru/
:)
tannoyman
02-12-2012, 19:47
Something very special for Shostakovich fans ....
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517BZ2GPQSL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
A kind of double-bill DVD - the Borodin string quartet play Shosty string quartet no. 2 and Beethoven's string quartet Op. 59/2 live in concert in Russia in very good stereo sound.
Superb.
But the best bit is the other half of this double bill -- a masterclass given by Valentin Berlinsky, the cellist of the Borodin quartet. He tutors the Dominant Quartet - a foursome of rather attractive young ladies --
http://www.kdz.hr/images/performances/picture1_328.jpg
http://dschjournal.com/reviews/images/dominant1.jpg
They practice sections of Beethoven's quartet op 18/4, under Berlinsky's guidance, and then play the entirety of Shosty quartet no. 8.
Utterly stunning. Berlinsky is moved to tears by the Shosty.
Berlinsky also reminisces about the time, as a student group, the Borodin quartet played for Shosty himself in his apartment - the 1st time Shosty had ever heard the music played -- awesome, just awesome.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Concert-Master-Class-DVD-Region-NTSC/dp/B0000A0WHA/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1354437016&sr=1-1
Sadly, the audio and video are a bit out of synch in my copy of the masterclass ... :doh:. Nonetheless, wonderful!
Hi Jerry
Like you, I am a fan of the Borodin Quartet. I think (if you do not already have it) that you might like to hear then playing the two Borodin Quartets On HMV Molodiya (Cat No ASD 4100) from 1980. I love this record and imo it would justify the purchase of a turntable on its own.
David :):)
PS I would not jump over the Dominant Quartet to get to them
jandl100
05-12-2012, 08:00
http://www.howardshore.com/images/homepage/LOTRS_cover.jpg
This double CD set arrived yesterday.
Basically, a 2 hour suite for concert performance, by Howard Shore.
It was recorded live in Lucerne last year.
I was quite disappointed to start with, the music making doesn't have the verve, tension and excitement of the film soundtrack -- but I've played the 1st disc twice now, and it's growing on me!
http://pixhost.me/avaxhome/2b/c1/0009c12b_medium.jpeg
Sigh.
Heifetz.
I much enjoyed the Elgar violin concerto reported on recently, so I thought I'd have another go at this disc, having previously owned it and discarded it.
I dunno -- he just seems uninvolved and just skims thru this wonderful music. :scratch:
Widely touted (by the advertising guys!) as Violinist of the (20th) Century - I guess I am still missing the point!
jandl100
05-12-2012, 10:13
Hi Jerry,
Do you remember M&S ever selling records? :)
Mrco.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aranjuez-Rodrigo-John-Williams-Eugene-Ormandy-Marks-Spencer-Special-LP-/310412371460?pt=UK_Records&hash=item484604e604
:)
Lol... That's exactly the label, Jerry! They're quality recordings too, judging by what I have. I seem to have done quite well getting mine for £1! ;)
Marco.
I found some more bargain (minty) vintage classical vinyl today, in charity shops, while I was doing some Christmas shopping in Shrewsbury (all £1 each):
Haydn - Symphony No.83 in G Minor "The Hen" and Symphony No.101 in D "The Clock", with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gaetano Delogu, on EMI W.D & HO. Wills Master Series, from 1975.
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1, Litolff Scherzo, with Peter Katin (piano) and The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Pritchard, on EMI W.D & HO. Wills Master Series, from 1970.
Beethoven - Klavierkonzert ES-Dur/Piano Concerto No.5, with Christoph Eschenbach (piano) and The Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa, on Deutsche Grammophon, from 1974.
Puccini - 'Greatest Hits': favourite melodies from La Bohème, Tosca and Madame Butterfly. Gianni Schicchi and Manon Lescaut, with The Columbia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andre Kostelanetz, on Columbia Harmony, from 1970.
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2 "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini", with Martino Tirimo (piano) and The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Yoel Levi, on EMI, from 1982.
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto. Bruch - Violin Concerto No.1, with Nathan Milstein (violin) and The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Leon Barzin, on EMI, from 1961.
Chopin - Ballade No.1. Nocturnes. Polonaises, with Maurizio Pollini (piano), on HMV Master Series DMM Mastering, EMI 'His Master's Voice', from 1970.
Dvořák - Symphony No.9 "From the New World", with The Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, conducted by Sir Colin Davis, on Philips Classics, from 1978.
I also picked up a couple of CDs: Shostakovich - Piano Concertos No.1 & No.3, with Dmitri Alexeev (piano), Philip Jones (trumpet) and The English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk, on EMI, from 1983. Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.6 "Pathetique" Romeo and Juliet, with The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan, on Deutsche Grammophon, digitally remastered from an original 1964 analogue recording.
Marco.
jandl100
07-12-2012, 07:32
Well, this is very interesting ...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51z79IYzrkL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
A double CD - two performances of the Diabelli Variations for solo piano.
One played on a modern Steinway concert grand, the other on a copy of a Graf fortepiano of Beethoven's own time.
I have to confess I've never warmed to the Diabelli Variations, finding them bellicose and unsubtle. But that was always hearing them on a modern piano.
Played on a fortepiano of a type that Beethoven himself would have known - a very different sound - then suddenly this bumptious and overbearing music becomes subtle and nuanced and very enjoyable indeed.
A real revelation for me.
jandl100
08-12-2012, 07:21
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/10168313/KRAUS+Piano+Music.jpg
jandl100
09-12-2012, 09:07
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2011/Oct11/Ciurlionis_piano1_8572659.jpg
and clarinet and piano quintets by Franz Schmidt.
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/982/6897982.jpg
@Gromit: Do you know the Schmidt clarinet quintet? The clarinet is more part of the ensemble that a solo instrumenty a lot of the time. Interesting and very listenable!
and, oh dear, ----
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_250/MI0001/032/MI0001032493.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Some short stretches of lovely music, but mostly just weird noises in the 20thC avantgarde manner. :scratch:
I found some more bargain (minty) vintage classical vinyl today, in charity shops, while I was doing some Christmas shopping in Shrewsbury (all £1 each):
Haydn - Symphony No.83 in G Minor "The Hen" and Symphony No.101 in D "The Clock", with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gaetano Delogu, on EMI W.D & HO. Wills Master Series, from 1975.
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1, Litolff Scherzo, with Peter Katin (piano) and The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Pritchard, on EMI W.D & HO. Wills Master Series, from 1970.
Beethoven - Klavierkonzert ES-Dur/Piano Concerto No.5, with Christoph Eschenbach (piano) and The Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa, on Deutsche Grammophon, from 1974.
Puccini - 'Greatest Hits': favourite melodies from La Bohème, Tosca and Madame Butterfly. Gianni Schicchi and Manon Lescaut, with The Columbia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andre Kostelanetz, on Columbia Harmony, from 1970.
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2 "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini", with Martino Tirimo (piano) and The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Yoel Levi, on EMI, from 1982.
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto. Bruch - Violin Concerto No.1, with Nathan Milstein (violin) and The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Leon Barzin, on EMI, from 1961.
Chopin - Ballade No.1. Nocturnes. Polonaises, with Maurizio Pollini (piano), on HMV Master Series DMM Mastering, EMI 'His Master's Voice', from 1970.
Dvořák - Symphony No.9 "From the New World", with The Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, conducted by Sir Colin Davis, on Philips Classics, from 1978.
I also picked up a couple of CDs: Shostakovich - Piano Concertos No.1 & No.3, with Dmitri Alexeev (piano), Philip Jones (trumpet) and The English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk, on EMI, from 1983. Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.6 "Pathetique" Romeo and Juliet, with The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan, on Deutsche Grammophon, digitally remastered from an original 1964 analogue recording.
Marco.
The Litolff and Tchikovsky piano pieces played by Peter Katin sounds interesting Marco.
So too the recording of the Dvořák 9 by the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra. :)
jandl100
14-12-2012, 12:02
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Nice, Jerry... I'm currently listening to the best of Shossy, on Naxos.
Xerxes? One presumes that's where Roksan got the name from? :)
Marco.
The Grand Wazoo
15-12-2012, 12:57
One presumes wrong Marco - all of those names were from ancient Persian.
Xerxes was a Persian king
Artaxerxes was his son
Darius was his dad, another king
Roksana was a princess
Shiraz is a Persian city (now in Iran)
Artemis was Greek though!
Roksana was one of the wives of Alexander the Great, wasn't she?
The Grand Wazoo
15-12-2012, 14:19
I thought that was Roxanna, but I think it's the same person - she was Persian apparently
Yes, the following is taken from Wikipedia:
Roxana (Avestan: Raoxshna or Roshanak, "luminous beauty"; Persian: رخسانه Rokhsāna; Pashto: روښانه Rox̌āna), sometimes Roxanne, Roxanna, Roxandra and Roxane, was a Bactrian (Afghanistan) princess and a wife of Alexander the Great. She was born earlier than the year 343 BC, though the precise date remains uncertain.
Sometimes described as a Sogdanian princess; both Bactria and Sogdania were eastern outposts of the Persian empire.
jandl100
16-12-2012, 07:51
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Piano trio and string quartet.
Excellent music! :)
At the moment...
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jandl100
22-12-2012, 19:24
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For lovers of the Schubert piano sonatas, these discs will bring a happy smile to your face. :)
Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Marriner, ASMF, Philips [cd]
This has always been my favourite recording of the Eroica.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MZAcDssBL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
jandl100
23-12-2012, 11:26
Your fave?
Gosh - I've never heard it -- scampers off to Amazon ---- :)
Coo - looks like it's a bit of a collector's item, going by the prices.
I shall keep my eyes open for a cheap copy! :eyebrows:
Very beautiful progressive even for those whom love classical and choir music :) The Enid - Invicta..
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g3UI39hRjKY/UFhTu8tCBRI/AAAAAAAATV8/IwL338FUvrw/s1600/invi.jpg
A rather pleasant rendition of Handel's Messiah on Proprius vinyl. makes my late Dad's 1968 Philips set conducted by Colin Davis sound turgid in tempo and dul in sonics...
Your fave?
Mine is on original Philips with a different cover and I couldn't even find an image of it!
Beethoven Symphony No. 7, Ashkenazy, Philharmonia, Decca [cd]
This too is a terrific performance.
http://store.acousticsounds.com/images/large/ULON_411941__81218__03082012014629-1564.jpg
jandl100
24-12-2012, 08:11
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A lovely set - I do like Barenboim's Mozart.
I played piano concertos 1,2 & 3 yesterday.
Also, his EMI Mozzie symphonies are my top fave of any. :)
And ...
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/777/7668777.jpg
jandl100
24-12-2012, 08:17
Beethoven Symphony No. 7, Ashkenazy, Philharmonia, Decca [cd]
This too is a terrific performance.
Ah - interesting, Martin.
I've not heard any of Vlad's Beethoven symphonies.
A quick excursion onto Amazon and I now have symphonies 5, 6 & 7 from this series heading my way for a grand total of £2.54! :eyebrows:
-- they get good buyer reviews there, too.
Ah - interesting, Martin.
I've not heard any of Vlad's Beethoven symphonies.
A quick excursion onto Amazon and I now have symphonies 5, 6 & 7 from this series heading my way for a grand total of £2.54! :eyebrows:
-- they get good buyer reviews there, too.
His recording of the 6th has been my go-to recording for many years...
tannoyman
24-12-2012, 11:12
Haydn Nelson Mass, Dresden Staatskapelle, Leipzig radio Chorus, Marriner :)
Haydn Nelson Mass
Nice. I have the John Eliot Gardiner recording.
BTH K10A
24-12-2012, 22:35
Charles Rosen playing Beethoven Variations on a waltz by Diabelli Opus 120. Cat No: Symphonica SYM9.
It took me took me ages to find a copy of this LP as its on a somewhat obscure label but it was worth the wait
jandl100
25-12-2012, 07:48
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Vivaldi - Gloria, Preston, AAM [vinyl]
Perfect for Christmas morning.
http://991.com/NewGallery/Antonio-Vivaldi-Gloria-in-D-major-525798.jpg
jandl100
25-12-2012, 12:11
This morning some light but entertaining music by Mozart's younger son ...
http://image.betamonline.com/sdimages/upc10/7619913293091.jpg
Shostakovich -The Gadfly, Khachaturian, USSR Cinema SO [vinyl]
Brahms - Piano Concerto No.2, Gilels, Jochum, BPO, DG [vinyl]
Bach - Keyboard Concertos 1,2 & 4, Perahia, ASMF, Sony [cd]
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CozqtNuYL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem, John Eliot Gardiner, Orch Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Philips [cd]
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Vivaldi - Gloria, Preston, AAM [vinyl]
Perfect for Christmas morning.
http://991.com/NewGallery/Antonio-Vivaldi-Gloria-in-D-major-525798.jpg
Funnily enough, Santa brought me this for Xmas...
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Maybe for specialists of this period only, but this is beautifully sung by the Sixteen:
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Funnily enough, Santa brought me this for Xmas...
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Nice. I've never come across that performance. How is it?
Nice. I've never come across that performance. How is it?
Extremely good. I've been trying the identify my "building a library" choice for the Gloria for a while and this is it. Among other things it benefits from the singing of Sara Mingardo, who is a true contralto - and very fine with it. If you want to get a flavour of the performance, there are substantial samplers on the Presto Classical website here (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Naive/OP30485).
You might like to do a direct comparison with the Preston performance featured earlier in this thread; there are samples here (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4557272). This is a notably different approach to the work; being very "English" and quite laid back (and features the wonderful Emma Kirkby!) Alessandrini's performance is much more driven; a style that I think suits Vivaldi better.
Incidentally, Alessandrini did an earlier recording of the Gloria (which you can hear samples from here (http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Naive/OP30195)); I'm afraid he really overdid the adrenaline for this one! But his later recording is much more considered.
It was me who was listening to the Preston performance.
The version you have sounds fast and with a quite dry acoustic. The choir is much smaller and closer, too. I like the accentuation of the brass section. I doubt that anything will displace the Preston for me, but I shall look it up.
EDIT: that earlier version is insanely fast, you could imagine the players bent double with breathlessness by the time they've completed a movement!
jandl100
27-12-2012, 06:23
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CD starts with a selection of short pieces, and ends with a truly masterly performance of Schubert's last piano sonata.
I can't put it better than the editorial review on Amazon.com --
In pianist Leon Fleisher's return to playing with both hands, an indomitable spirit has triumphed over physical adversity. Not that he has been absent from music since losing the use of his right hand to focal dystonia in 1965: in addition to forging a successful career as teacher and conductor, he performed the left-hand literature with peerless mastery, enlarging it with new commissions. However, he persisted in searching for a cure, and his determination has now borne fruit: this is his first record of the two-hand repertoire in 40 years. It is altogether extraordinary. Always a great pianist and musician, Fleisher has lost none of his powerful, consummate technique (not surprisingly, his left hand is enormously strong), his rhythmic and tonal control, his expressive projection. His sound is ravishingly beautiful, rich, full, singing, delicate, capable of infinite variations of dynamics, color and nuance; his intellectual and emotional concentration are riveting. The program features familiar short pieces and Schubert's great last sonata. Two Bach transcriptions, one by Myra Hess, one by Egon Petri, are overloaded and artificial, but played with reverential simplicity; a Scarlatti Sonata is scintillating without being fast; a Chopin Mazurka and Nocturne and Debussy's "Clair de lune" are frankly sentimental, very poetic, free, slow and dreamy. They invite the listener to focus on the playing rather than the music. The Schubert is monumental. Fleisher's vitality and exuberance belie his 75 years, though his impetuosity sometimes leads to jerkiness (in the Scherzo), and rushed tempi (in the Finale). His dynamics can be wayward, but the texture, even at its richest, is always crystal clear; every line stands out, indeed some seem newly discovered. There is plenty of time for reposeful rests, poised transitions, changes of harmony, color and mood; the sense of depth, breadth, coherence and continuity never falters. --Edith Eisler
A wonderful disc. :)
It was me who was listening to the Preston performance.
:doh: I really should pay more attention...
Another recording worth a listen is that by the Schola Pietatis Antonio Vivaldi. This is the group featured in the documentary "Vivaldi's Women" that was about Vivaldi's time at the Ospedale della Pietà and about the possibility of performing some of his vocal works with all female choir. A youtube search on "Vivaldi's women" brings up quite a lot of interesting stuff, but this, in particular, is a sampler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZaJth1WxGQ) for the Gloria.
Trouble is, this recording seems only to be available as an MP3 download...
Leon Fleisher
Jerry - thanks for that. I'm sufficiently fascinated to have found a copy and put it in my basket :)
morris_minor
27-12-2012, 15:07
Been spinning some new Christmas vinyl: Greenday "American Idiot", Joni Mitchell "The Hissing of Summer Lawns", and :
http://www.classicalvinyl.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/x/sxl6355.jpg
I've seen secondhand copies of this on eBay for upwards of £100, so this Speakers Corner reissue was a cost effective alternative for SWMBO :eyebrows: . Sounds terrific . . .
I was playing it just yesterday, Bob. I found my vinyl copy in the US for a lot less than that, and the XRCD version on Amazon for about £40.
Jerry found it rather exciting :eek:
morris_minor
27-12-2012, 15:50
It certainly is good, Martin. The music was more familiar than I thought it would be, as I have a number of guitar recital discs with the original pieces. But it is a gem. :eyebrows:
jandl100
28-12-2012, 07:39
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I've been in a Schuberty piano mood of late, and have played quite a few sonatas from this set.
Deyanova has a way of her own with these sonatas and she is probably a marmite Scubert interpreter - some will love her playing, some will hate it. I doubt there would be many sitting on the fence!
Personally, I like it a lot - she has clearly been influenced by Sviatoslav Richter - another of my fave Schubert interpreters.
Great sq from Nimbus, too. :thumbsup:
jandl100
28-12-2012, 07:42
I was playing it just yesterday, Bob. I found my vinyl copy in the US for a lot less than that, and the XRCD version on Amazon for about £40.
Jerry found it rather exciting :eek:
Yep - ridiculously explosive dynamics - once I had recovered from concussion resulting from being slammed into the back wall, it made me laugh out loud when I heard it on Martin's system.
Mind you, Martin's system does excel at BIG music. :eek:
And for my first contribution to the intellectual's lounge ;) ....
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5H4CzRTcP6g/UHPMBd3ytRI/AAAAAAAACng/I6fYWEGOyLA/s1600/ChopinAlbumLangLang.jpg
Damn fine it is too.
jandl100
31-12-2012, 10:05
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Fabulous recital CD of early English song! :drool:
jandl100
31-12-2012, 10:08
And for my first contribution to the intellectual's lounge ;) ....
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5H4CzRTcP6g/UHPMBd3ytRI/AAAAAAAACng/I6fYWEGOyLA/s1600/ChopinAlbumLangLang.jpg
Damn fine it is too.
Fabulous pianist.
Try this DVD - unbelievable pianism in the Liszt! :eek:
http://pixhost.me/avaxhome/2008-02-25/Lang_Lang_Live_at_Carnegie_Hall_DVDrip.jpg
Cheapest way to get it is here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LANG-LANG-LIVE-AT-CARNEGIE-HALL-PIANO-DVD-/121034335561?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_DVDs_DVDs_GL&hash=item1c2e356549
This Hong Kong eBay seller is excellent - I have bought 100 or more classical music DVDs from him!
http://www.classicalarchives.com/images/coverart/6/a/8/9/028946613221_300.jpg
Fabulous recital CD of early English song! :drool:
I did like that when you played it at mine. Must look it up.
jandl100
01-01-2013, 09:58
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Unusual music!
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I played the 7th. As recommended by MartinT.
Interesting!
Not your conventional "apotheosis of the dance" as described by Wagner. Ashkenazy didn't have me on my feet twirling round the room. More of a serious 'symphonic' interpretation which put me into 'musical analysis' mode, carefully listening. Enjoyable nonetheless, once it had ended I scurried onto Amazon to pick up the rest of Ashkenazy's cycle (I already have the 6th on order) only to discover that Decca only seem to have recorded him in 5,6 & 7. How strange - I guess the recordings of those didn't sell well?
5 & 7 are in the Penguin recommended series, now though.
Ashkenazy did record more with the Japanese NHK SO, but those are stupidly expensive.
Anyway, thanks for the reccy, Martin - I look forward to hearing the Vlad's 5th and 6th now. :)
Nice one, Jerry. I'm glad you found it at least interesting. For me, it was the first recording that made the 7th make sense as a whole, apart from the lovely 2nd movement which I first heard in the film 'Zardoz' and have loved for very many years.
jandl100
02-01-2013, 07:29
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Hmm. Not sure about this, quite 'modern'!
-- certainly worthy of another play or two to see if it starts to appeal more.
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Ahhh -- Bach! :thumbsup:
Lovely CD with some rare works.
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Jan04/melartin.jpg
This set has been on my shelves for a while, but I've only started really exploring it in the last few days.
The 1st symphony seems a bit insipid, but the 3rd is much more powerful and may well turn out to be quite a find. :)
jandl100
05-01-2013, 08:16
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http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_250/MI0001/111/MI0001111691.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Jan04/melartin.jpg
Wow - I am starting to get seriously blown away by this Melartin guy. The 1st symphony seems a bit uninspired (but may repay further listening) - but 2, 3, 4 & 6 are very powerful.
Never heard of him. I must investigate! :)
Marco.
The Halle "Elgar Edition" seems to have been picking up a lot of praise, so I finally gave in and bought a copy of Gerontius:
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The Dream of Gerontius is one of those pieces for which I have my perfect performance going on in my head; so I'm ultra critical of anyone else's performance :lol: ; but this is a pretty good one. Based on two listens through, I'd say that the choir is spectacularly good and the orchestra is not far behind them. If there is a weakness, it's the male soloists: Both Paul Groves as Gerontius and Bryn Terfel (amazingly) seem to be under strain in places. Both of them seem to be trying to sing too loud. Alice Coote is the strongest of the soloists and gives an excellent performance.
It always seems to be the soloists in Gerontius that are the weak link; I wonder why?
Still, I mustn't stop on a negative note; overall this is a fine recording.
Wow - I am starting to get seriously blown away by this Melartin guy.
Thanks for this; I'd never heard of him. Now I must investigate :)
jandl100
06-01-2013, 15:06
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I don't listen to Rubbra's music often enough - every time I do, I think I must listen more often!
http://www.chiaraquartet.net/img/upload/cd_01_friedman_lg.jpg
very modern string quartets - not for the faint of heart. :eyebrows:
But not weird avantgarde noises either - I find these quite moving and definitely reward repeat listening.
They even have a techno-remix track after each quartet. :eek:
jandl100
06-01-2013, 21:53
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http://www.essgee.com/image/PinVid.jpg
jandl100
08-01-2013, 08:02
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:scratch: this goes straight on to the 'to be sold' shelf. :eyebrows:
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/ee4c5c6d7742c7ca6750d86a3302a6dc/2441854.jpg
Oh dear - so does this - I thought I'd try it but not my sort of thing at all! :nono: urgh, horrible.
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_250/MI0001/038/MI0001038819.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
At last! - I really enjoyed this piano performance of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition by Pletnev. Very powerful, good recording. :thumbsup:
dantheman91
08-01-2013, 09:12
Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos 2 & 4 / Ashkenazy Concertgebouw/Haitink.
Decca digital Disc Recording released 1986
jandl100
09-01-2013, 08:13
Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Marriner, ASMF, Philips [cd]
This has always been my favourite recording of the Eroica.
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this piqued my interest - and happily, yesterday I found a Ex vinyl copy for 50P in a charity shop. :yay:
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Beethoven-Eroica-Neville-Marriner-LP-Philips-digital-recording-NM-/00/s/MzkzWDYwNg==/$(KGrHqRHJBYE+PIr1dT8BP4UNdYybw~~60_35.JPG
OK, so that's why Martin likes it! - what a fine performance! :thumbsup:
Really quite exciting and very well articulated.
Have you tried any other of Marriner's Beethoven, Martin?
-- is there any, come to that? -- scurries off to Amazon -- yep, he did the whole series of 9 - blimey, none of them come cheap! :eek:
Bet the vinyl version sounds really good, Jerry. My experience of those red Philips labels is that the quality is usually superb! :)
Marco.
jandl100
09-01-2013, 18:47
Yep, an excellent recording - good clarity, solid dynamics, excellent 3D imaging. Allows a very fine performance to strut its stuff!
jandl100
11-01-2013, 07:58
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One of my oldest CDs, I must have had it 25 years or so, also one of my faves.
The performance and sq of the Dvorak Op 96 "American" string quartet are of the highest order. And what wonderful, wonderful music!
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Oh dear - how drab. :zzz:
Shostakovich - '24 Preludes and Fugues' Op.87 (Volume 1.)
Marios Papadopoulos, piano.
Kingdom KCLCD 2023 (1990)
Vivaldi - 'Le Quattro Stagioni'
The Academy of Ancient Music, cond. Christopher Hogwood.
L'Oiseau-Lyre 410 126-2 (1983)
Alban Berg - 'Lyric Suite and String Quartet Op.3'
LaSalle Quartet.
DGG 2530 283 (1971)
jandl100
12-01-2013, 08:04
This was a very pleasant surprise ...
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A symphony and piano concerto by Nino Rota, famed film composer of The Godfather and many others.
Strongly presented, tuneful, tonal - great to listen to!
I have ordered more CDs by him.
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OK, so that's why Martin likes it! - what a fine performance! :thumbsup:
Really quite exciting and very well articulated.
Glad you like it, Jerry. On vinyl, too! I have the CD with that same cover artwork.
I don't think I have any others of his Beethoven cycle, but I'll check tonight.
morris_minor
14-01-2013, 17:07
This afternoon Dvorak 6,7 and 8 from Libor Pesek (on FLACs):
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 10, 1st Movement [cd single]
Tee hee, this'll get you scratching your heads ;)
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5205/beethoven10.jpg
jandl100
15-01-2013, 08:49
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Mikis-THEODORAKIS-Symphony-No-7-Eapinh-Spring-Execution-of-Athina-HAUSCHILD-CD-/00/s/Mzk1WDQ1MA==/$(KGrHqIOKnEE6GQl7Y00BOorrdC-FQ~~60_35.JPG
Excellent modern music - I really enjoyed this choral symphony!
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/811/5636811.jpg
Yummy - Tubin was a mighty fine symphonist!
jandl100
15-01-2013, 08:51
Beethoven - Symphony No. 10, 1st Movement [cd single]
Tee hee, this'll get you scratching your heads ;)
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5205/beethoven10.jpg
Nah - that CD single has been in my collection for decades! :D
Have you tried others in Wyn Morris's Beethoven cycle? - they really are excellent 'middle of the road' interpretations and have excellent sound quality. :thumbsup:
jandl100
16-01-2013, 11:05
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The Jommelli piece, the main and longest work on this CD at 36 minutes is frankly awful.
The Stabat Mater by Giovanni Sances also on the CD is a mere 12 minutes long and is astronishingly beautiful.
http://classical.premieremusic.net/images/classical/cds/HTG215.jpg
And a thoroughly enjoyable CD of English harpsichord music - great music by Purcell, Croft and Blow - but the standout work is by one Thomas Chilcot, who I hadn't even heard of before!
AntonioJ
17-01-2013, 22:35
There I go...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8465/8389821143_84b2d70b96.jpg
Transferred onto CD. Beautiful. Emotion. Leppard was HUGE.
That's new to me, Antonio. I shall look Leppard up.
jandl100
18-01-2013, 06:56
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Lovely music - perfect recording!
AntonioJ
18-01-2013, 22:42
Hi Martin, I mean I transferred the LP onto CD..., afaik and regrettably it never made its way onto digital.
jandl100
19-01-2013, 08:21
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Interesting - a 7 mvt, 70 minute symphony. Well worth exploring at Naxos' low price! Quite a decent recording, too.
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/movie/564/5064564.jpg
Great fun! -- probably my fave Patience, on DVD.
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Lekeu - the poor bugger died when he was 24 from typhoid in 1894 - but he was a major talent!
jandl100
20-01-2013, 08:16
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http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2006/May06/sallinen_9999692.jpg
Mmmm - fascinating music - reasonably tonal, nice percussion/drums in places in the symphonies - excellent sq.
I especially like the horn concerto. :thumbsup:
-- and a curious photo on the cover of the 2nd CD. :eyebrows:
AntonioJ
20-01-2013, 20:59
I have to concur: beautifully addictive, like that of Franz Schreker but in other order of things...
I have the Okko Kamu version on BIS, and on top of a thoughtful interpretation, the sound is magnificent.
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Aulis-Sallinen-geb-1935-Symphonien-Nr-2-6/hnum/6490409http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/7318590005118.jpg
Not to be missed!
jandl100
21-01-2013, 08:52
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Every now and then I try Prokofiev.
Last night is was Piano concertos 3 & 5 and the 2nd violin concerto from this CD box set - all highly recommended recordings in the Penguin Guide.
:scratch:
Some interesting and some beautiful moments, but overall the point of Prokofiev's music continues to elude me!
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Nov04/Winter_clarinet_C192041A.jpg
Ah, now this is more enjoyable!
Hey, Richard Gromit! :wave: -- have you come across this clarinet concerto before? - very nice! :thumbsup:
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http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2006/May06/sallinen_9999692.jpg
Mmmm - fascinating music - reasonably tonal, nice percussion/drums in places in the symphonies - excellent sq.
I especially like the horn concerto. :thumbsup:
-- and a curious photo on the cover of the 2nd CD. :eyebrows:
Don't you just hate it when record companies do that? Perhaps it was their way of attracting people's attention to Aulis Sallinen, who it must be said is not a well known composer.
I hadn't heard of him. Is he 'modern' and what does he sound like?
jandl100
21-01-2013, 09:40
Yep, quite modern - but mostly tonal -- Try some!
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overall the point of Prokofiev's music continues to elude me!
Wow, Jerry. Apart from the wonderful Lieutenant Kijé, Romeo and Juliet and The Love for Three Oranges suites, which I guess you've tried and rejected, have you listened to Alexander Nevsky?
jandl100
21-01-2013, 09:45
Hmm -- yeah. Nowt to write home about, imo.
But I guess I was mostly thinking of Prokofiev's concertos and symphonies.
I quite like his string quartets.
He could certainly write some good tunes when he felt like it, it's just that he didn't often seem to feel like it in much of his music!
jandl100
21-01-2013, 10:05
Aulis Sallinen, who it must be said is not a well known composer.
I hadn't heard of him. Is he 'modern' and what does he sound like?
If you like that YouTube clip and fancy investigating further for not much dosh, here's an excellent double CD for £6!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sallinen-Orchestral-Chamber-Works-Aulis/dp/B00004R7YT/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1358762614&sr=1-3
If you like that YouTube clip and fancy investigating further for not much dosh, here's an excellent double CD for £6!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sallinen-Orchestral-Chamber-Works-Aulis/dp/B00004R7YT/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1358762614&sr=1-3
Thanks Jerry. May give it a go.
jandl100
23-01-2013, 07:09
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Wow - fab performance of the Walton 1st symphony - demonstration class sq from Chandos, too. Marvellous. Not my only Walton 1, by any means, but probably the best when you multiply performance x sq! - def one of the best and a keeper.
jandl100
24-01-2013, 07:22
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Excellent symphonies in excellent sq.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M2GKhGfML._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/176/1491176.jpg
Mmmm - lovely!
morris_minor
24-01-2013, 10:54
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Wow - fab performance of the Walton 1st symphony - demonstration class sq from Chandos, too. Marvellous. Not my only Walton 1, by any means, but probably the best when you multiply performance x sq! - def one of the best and a keeper.
Thomson was a sadly under-rated conductor . . . For a long time a recorded BBC broadcast of his in Walton 1 was at the top of my list . . .
Have you heard Martyn Brabbins' Walton 1 (& 2) on Hyperion?
jandl100
24-01-2013, 11:39
No. I've not heard Brabbins - I assume you rate it highly?
My other faves are Previn (EMI) and Fremaux. I've heard quite a few others, but they don't really compete, for me. (eg, Previn (Telarc), Litton, Slatkin, Davis, Boult, Mackerras, Daniel, Walton)
morris_minor
24-01-2013, 16:52
No. I've not heard Brabbins - I assume you rate it highly?
My other faves are Previn (EMI) and Fremaux. I've heard quite a few others, but they don't really compete, for me. (eg, Previn (Telarc), Litton, Slatkin, Davis, Boult, Mackerras, Daniel, Walton)
I like Brabbins a lot, Jerry. Another (interesting) performance is Haitink on EMI - quite "ponderous" but strangely compelling. His slow movement is a masterclass in control at very slow tempi (very good recording, too).
Did Previn record this for EMI?? IIRC his two versions were RCA in the 60s and Telarc in the 80s :scratch:. Fremaux' Collins Classics recording was very successful . . .
jandl100
24-01-2013, 17:47
:doh: yep yep - Previn on RCA!!
Haitink -- ponderous :hmm: not sure I like the sound of that, but it is intriguing - I'll keep an eye out!
jandl100
26-01-2013, 08:56
Whoa - a very fine Brahms 4 from Ashkenazy. I'd never even heard of his set before I cam across this CD on eBay.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTgzWDExMDg=/$(KGrHqRHJBQE8e25Stv0BPJ3blZIlQ~~60_35.JPG
Nice performance of the horn trio, too.
The CD is from the Italian label Ermitage, who have licensed the symphony recording from Decca and tacked on their own recording of the horn trio with Ashkenazy tinkling the ivories. Curious!
morris_minor
26-01-2013, 12:18
:doh: yep yep - Previn on RCA!!
Haitink -- ponderous :hmm: not sure I like the sound of that, but it is intriguing - I'll keep an eye out!
Make that "monumental" rather than "ponderous"! Sound more enticing? :eyebrows:
jandl100
28-01-2013, 09:55
Monumental, yup, that puts Haitink's Walton 1 it on my Wish List!
____________
Yesterday ...
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Feb04/Beethoven_gilels.jpg
Gilels, Soviet live recordings.
Cor, strewth, blimey :eek: :drool: - the finale of the Appassionata sonata is literally laugh out loud amazing (the opening chords) and jawdropping (the rest).
And this is a very interesting and beautiful album - works by Purcell, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake and Susanna Wallumrod (the vocalist on the disc).
http://player.ecmrecords.com/uploads/pessi-wallumrod/cover.jpg
You probably don't want to listen to it all in one go or you may top yourself. All the tracks are kind of sad, the Purcell are positively suicidal. :deceased:
Fantastic album and demo class sonics.
And on DVD, with the missus ...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61949kk6o6L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
And this is a very interesting and beautiful album - works by Purcell, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake and Susanna Wallumrod (the vocalist on the disc).
http://player.ecmrecords.com/uploads/pessi-wallumrod/cover.jpg
Thanks, Jerry. I'm sufficiently intrigued so it's in my Amazon basket.
jandl100
28-01-2013, 10:46
Martin - you know I like "twangy spangy" music - well, this is a perfect example!
No, it doesn't move much air, but by golly - what air it moves, it moves it fast !!!
jandl100
30-01-2013, 07:17
Hmmm -- the symphony is quite interesting, although a review in Fanfare mag claimed it is a masterpiece ... :scratch:
I much prefer his chamber music, also on the Guild label.
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2012/Feb12/Andreae_GMCD7377.jpg
Andreae was a famous conductor mid-20C - especially for his Bruckner recordings.
No, his symphony doesn't sound like Bruckner!
Wow - bowled over by this again ...
http://i.prs.to/t_200/duttoncdlx7248.jpg
Double CD of wonderful piano music (if you like Schubert, Schumann) which you can get here (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Algernon-Ashton-COMPLETE-PIANO-SONATAS-VOLUME-ONE-/400306564201?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item5d34216c69) for £4.74 UK delivered. Go on, be adventurous, give it a try! ;)
jandl100
31-01-2013, 07:18
This CD arrived yesterday ---
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/10153527/DURUFLE+Requiem++4+Motets++Prelude+and+Fugue.jpg
Yummy! :drool: - I can't stop playing it!
This:
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 ; Franck - Variations Symphoniques and Litolff - Scherzo fron Concerto Symphonique No 4, Op. 102
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(Sir Clifford Curzon, piano with the LSO, cond. Øivin Fjeldstadt (Grieg) and the LPO, cond. Sir Adrian Bolt (Franck and Litolff) 1959, Decca SXL2173)
Since it is my suggestion for the Album Club, it would be silly not to - a damned fine it is too. (In fact I think this is one of the finest recordings made of the Grieg piano concerto!)
A couple of us here though it would be a good idea to submit some Classical music to the Album Club to 'widen the horizons' so to speak. Perhaps you might like to contribute?
This CD arrived yesterday ---
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/10153527/DURUFLE+Requiem++4+Motets++Prelude+and+Fugue.jpg
I have a different recording of some of Durufle's other works, must dig it out.
jandl100
31-01-2013, 21:48
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Sigh - I keep trying lieder, but it's no good, I just don't really enjoy it!
A fine singer, though, and I am much in admiration of her recording of Strauss' 4 Last Songs. :thumbsup:
A fine singer, though, and I am much in admiration of her recording of Strauss' 4 Last Songs. :thumbsup:
I just can't get on with her interpretation of them.
Have you tried the Mahler Ruckert-Lieder? I may have played you one of them by Yvonne Minton. Lovely.
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Thought I'd start a 'Spinning Today' thread, classical version - so let's hear all about the classical tunes you're spinning every day :)
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana, Gundula Janowitz, Gerhard Stolze, Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau with The German Opera Berlin (Eugen Jochum) Recorded in 1968
Marco.
That 'Carmina' is easily my reference - I have 8 versions.
I would be interested to know about the Bruckner Quartet. I did not know he had written one. I like his String Quintet so I would be interested in your impression of the Quartet
TIA
jandl100
03-02-2013, 08:52
I would be interested to know about the Bruckner Quartet. I did not know he had written one. I like his String Quintet so I would be interested in your impression of the Quartet
TIA
Bruckner's string quartet is a very early piece, and is usually dismissed by snooty critics.
It is very different from the String Quintet.
But I think it is wonderful! - full of sad, beautiful melodies!
Here's my fave recording, with the Keller string quartet playing on an Onyx LP, not available on CD as far as I know.
It would sound great on your Marantz/Benz tt rig, Andrei! ;)
I've no idea if it's available for download. ---
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/BrucknersqLP_zps50e3a1d5.jpg
There are quite a few CD recordings of the piece, but none are anywhere near as good as that LP, imo.
It comes up on eBay now & then for a few £ - there are some expensive ones on Euro eBay at the moment, but it shouldn't be long before a cheaper one comes along. Well worth getting! :thumbsup:
jandl100
03-02-2013, 09:03
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This CD has been on my shelves for years - very well received by critics - and every now and then I dust it off and try again.
Nope - last night once again it failed to make much of an impression.
Ah well - I'll try again in 2015. :eyebrows:
Yummm -- this is more like it.
Bought yesterday, an Oxfam £1.99 LP bargain :) -->
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jandl100
03-02-2013, 21:59
This evening, on DVD, with the missus ---
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Great fun. :)
Bruckner's string quartet is a very early piece, and is usually dismissed by snooty critics.
It is very different from the String Quintet.
But I think it is wonderful! - full of sad, beautiful melodies!
Here's my fave recording, with the Keller string quartet playing on an Onyx LP, not available on CD as far as I know.
It would sound great on your Marantz/Benz tt rig, Andrei! ;)
I've no idea if it's available for download. ---
'Sad, beautiful melodies' sounds like my cup of tea. It still surprises me that there is so much difference between the LP and CD of the same music ... usually favouring the LP but not always. I suspect it has as much to do with the mastering as the format. I'll keep an eye out for it as I am much taken with the quintet.
jandl100
07-02-2013, 07:35
http://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/media/ProductImage/largeImage/ProductImage-967660.jpg
On cassette tape - NOS sealed in a charity shop for 25p. :)
And it sounds very nice indeed.
Unusual music - the Bach sonatas & partitas for solo violin, but with piano accompaniment added by Robert Schumann!
http://d1xw7fnq30zy05.cloudfront.net/uploads/image/image/798676/scaled_16GB_208.jpg
A truly phenomenal recording of the Liszt piano sonata on a nice & minty LP.
Great sq, too.
Followed by a very fine LP of Elgar 1st symphony.
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/960/6696960.jpg
Faure / Durufle Requiems, Shaw, Atlanta SO, Telarc [cd]
I needed to raise the roof last night after a heavy work day. Set the volume for just below cataclysmic and let the Durufle rip. My word, what a performance and recording!
http://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/media/ProductImage/largeImage/ProductImage-1628743.jpg
morris_minor
07-02-2013, 08:37
Followed by a very fine LP of Elgar 1st symphony.
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/960/6696960.jpg
Thanks for reminding me of this Jerry - haven't played it for ages . . . mainly go to Boult and Handley for Elgar.
Oh and Gibson/SNO for this:
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Chandos ABRD 1077
Very good performances and stunning recording :eek: .
jandl100
08-02-2013, 08:29
Page 100 :yay:
Yest-day ---
http://www.classicrecords.co.uk/photos/138930.jpg
on LP. Lovely performance, I do love Ferras' playing. :)
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LP again -- listened to the Mendelssohn. I often find the concerto a bit weak and watery, but Ricci injects sufficient passion and energy to make it interesting again!
jandl100
09-02-2013, 07:41
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Lovely early baroque concertos and songs from a rarely heard master. :drool:
On CD, fantastic in-the-room sound quality, too.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41M9a8u4qSL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
and
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Both fab performances.
Both on LP.
It is positively scary how much better the LP sounds than the CD I also have of the 4th symphony. :doh:
-- RCA truly f*cked up the digital remastering.
-- RCA truly f*cked up the digital remastering.
Happens less frequently in classical, Jerry, but when it does it makes you wince. In the case of 1980s DG, I think they basically f*cked up the recordings so there is no rescuing them.
Sat with the girls listening to this at the moment...
http://sirlespatterson.com/images/recordings/last_night_of_the_poms.jpg
Enormous fun, the Australian version of Peter & the Wolf (Peter and the Shark) is particularly entertaining. Great writing by Carl Davis. :)
jandl100
10-02-2013, 08:11
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It's barely mid-Feb, but I'm confident this will be in my Top 5 new CDs this year, quite possible Numero Uno.
Just sumptuously scrumptuously gorgeous! :drool:
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/293/1043293.jpg
And another glorious CD - quite Shostakovich-ian, especially the 2nd concerto. The 1st concerto is brim-full of marvellous melody and colourful orchestration.
Simply a fabulous recording of wonderful Russian music. :)
jandl100
11-02-2013, 07:42
http://www.iqcollect.com/sophiesbooks/HandelAriodanteBoltonM1316_f.jpg
DVD. Yum!
http://i43.tower.com/images/mm107067949/gilbert-sullivan-sorcerer-revill-kernan-opera-world-clive-dvd-cover-art.jpg
Fun early G&S DVD. :)
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CD
Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata Vergine, Savall, AliaVox [sacd]
Beautifully sung and recorded.
http://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/media/ProductImage/largeImage/ProductImage-1024842.jpg
Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata Vergine, Savall, AliaVox [sacd]
Beautifully sung and recorded.
http://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/media/ProductImage/largeImage/ProductImage-1024842.jpg
That is such a wonderful recording! I think the way that they do the "Lauda Jerusalem" illustrates how different an approach they've taken to the whole work. Most recordings really hit the "lauda" hard; this one is silky smooth. As for the Magnificat; is there anything more perfect under heaven?
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