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I'm surprised that Jerry (or Martin) haven't commented on any of the purchases I listed earlier, as indeed you guys usually do.... I presume then that they are all shite? :D
Marco.
jandl100
25-08-2013, 15:31
Werll, imo the 3 Shosty LPs are top notch. The Liszt piano concertos should be interesting - not heard that one and Berman can be excellent. Also the Dvorak 8th symphony is a fab work with lots of glorious melodies, and done by an authentic conductor like Kubelik you can't really go wrong. The Sibelius 4th symphony and the tone poem Tapiola (Tapiola is reckoned by many to be his greatest work) with Karajan is great. I must admit I'd like hear the Brahms Piano Quintet with Previn tinkling the old ivories. :thumbsup:
Some of the music is not really to my taste, mind - I can happily live without significant doses of Poulenc, Schumann, Franck, Nielsen, Berlioz, Debussy .... :scratch:
Yep, some good music in there, I reckon.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/618YgBI1NWL._SY355_.jpg
Ok, chaps, I've been buying a load of classical stuff on vinyl recently, all in near mint or mint condition (for £3 or less), as follows:
Poulenc – Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani. Concert Champetre for Harpsicord & Orchestra, with Simon Preston (organ & harpsichord), with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andre Previn, on EMI (HMV), from 1978.
Franck – Symphony in D Minor ‘Les Eolides’, with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, conducted by Willem Van Otterloo, on Philips, from 1964.
Beethoven – ‘Spring & Kreutzer’ Sonatas, with Yehudi Menuhin (violin) and Hephzibah Menuhin (piano), on EMI (HMV Concert Classics), from 1959.
Brahms – Piano Quintet in F Minor, with Andre Previn (piano) and The Yale Quartet, on EMI (HMV), from 1973.
...
Marco.
Re: the Yale Quartet: I have them playing the Late Quartets of Beethoven on Vanguard LP. One of my desert island sets, stunning sound, emotional impact, wonderful in every way.
Please report back if you like the Brahms as I will search high and low for it if you do.
John
Cheers for that, Jerry. I always like to know what the cream of the crop is, from someone who knows the subject! Although I know certain stuff that I'll definitely like (such as Shossy, etc), what I choose when it comes to classical music is mostly just pot luck :eyebrows:
Fortunately, I'm rarely disappointed, as I have a very wide and varied taste in music :)
John, it's interesting that Jerry and you have highlighted the same album... That's the first one I'll be spinning later :cool:
Marco.
jandl100
27-08-2013, 06:02
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/Apr09/MATHIEU_AN29281.jpg
Fans of Rachmaninov's ultra-romantic 2nd piano concerto would do well to investigate this guy's 4th piano concerto! :thumbsup:
Poulenc – Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani. Concert Champetre for Harpsicord & Orchestra, with Simon Preston (organ & harpsichord), with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andre Previn, on EMI (HMV), from 1978.
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No.1 (for Piano, Trumpet & Strings)/Piano Concerto No.2 ‘The Assult on Beautiful Gorky' from “The Unforgettable Year 1919”, with Dmitri Alexeev (piano) and Philip Jones (trumpet), and The English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk, on EMI, from 1981.
Shostakovich – Symphony No10 in E Minor (op.93), with the U.S.S.R Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov, on EMI (HMV)/Melodiya, from 1966.
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique, with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan, on Columbia records , from 1957.
Holst – The Planets, with The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent, on Decca (Ace of Clubs), from 1956.
Rodrigo – Guitar Concerto, with Narciso Yepes (guitar) and the National Orchestra of Spain, conducted by Ataulfo Argenta/Falla – Nights in the Gardens of Spain, with Gonzalo Soriano (piano) and the National Orchestra of Spain, conducted by Ataulfo Argenta, on Decca records, from 1959.
Beethoven – Triple Concerto, Op.56, with the Beaux Arts Trio and The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Haitink, on Philips records, from 1978.
Moussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition (the original piano version by Ravel), with Gina Bachauer (piano) and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Lorin Maazel, on EMI (HMV Concert Classics) records, from 1963.
I was away! These ones do it for me, with possibly the Poulenc being quite superb.
Who plays the piano in the Rach 2?
Soz, I didn't know/had forgotten you were away :)
Anyway, both the 'Rach 2's' I purchased have the pianists listed, daftee:
"Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No.2 (and Preludes in G Major and G Minor), with Geza Anda (piano) and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Alceo Galliera, on Columbia records, from 1958.
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No2 ‘Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini’, with Agustin Anievas (piano) and the New Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Moshe Atzmon, on EMI (HMV) records, from 1956."
;)
Marco.
Have you seen the above post, Martin? Difficult to know, dude, as you haven't responded... :)
Marco.
I've just looked again and the listing entry says:
Rachmaninov – Concerto for Piano No2, with the Orchestre Symphonique de Londres, conducted by Sir Georg Solti, on Decca (Classiques) records, from 1959.
I'm not familiar with the other two pianists.
I'm around, just extremely busy at work :)
Ah, I didn't realise that I had picked up three different versions of Rach 2! :doh:
Oh, well, I'll be spoiled for choice... Anyway, here are the full details of the performance in question, including the name of the pianist:
Rachmaninov – Concerto for Piano No2, with Julius Katchen (piano) and the Orchestre Symphonique de Londres, conducted by Sir Georg Solti, on Decca (Classiques) records, from 1959.
Are you familiar with the work of Julius Katchen?
Here is a link to the actual album I have: http://www.cdandlp.com/item/2/0-1401-0-1-0/113606446/julius-katchen-.-sir-georg-solti-rachmaninov-.-concerto-pour-piano-n-2-..-balakirev-.-islamey-fantaisie-orientale.html
12 Euros? I only paid £2 for my (mint copy)! :eyebrows:
Marco.
Gordon Steadman
28-08-2013, 16:06
Of Marco's collection both my favourite and my least favourite are guitar works but then thats my main area of interest. 'Together' is one of my favourite albums. Bream and Williams together playing some great tunes, especially the Lawes Suite. I prefer Bream but Williams seems to try a bit harder here.
As for the Rodrigo, its my least favourite version on the market (that I've heard). Probably because its Yepes who I find cold, clinical and boring in everything he plays.
Some other gems there though, the Holst is good and the Rach already pointed out is one of the nicest I've heard.
Rachmaninov – Concerto for Piano No2, with Julius Katchen (piano) and the Orchestre Symphonique de Londres, conducted by Sir Georg Solti, on Decca (Classiques) records, from 1959.
I don't know him, but if it's Solti and the LSO on Decca, it will have merit I'm sure.
Gordon Steadman
05-09-2013, 20:05
After having been told I should try and like Mozart, I am listening to the Piano Concerto No20 with Ivan Klansky on piano. All a bit offputting as he looks like Jasper Carrot on speed doing the Bantam Cock.
If I shut my eyes its a bit better but I'm still having trouble getting anything from the music. I hear the notes but the music is just not getting through somehow. Frankly, its boring.
Except when I watch Klansky. That's a laugh:lol:
walpurgis
05-09-2013, 20:17
After having been told I should try and like Mozart
I like much classical music, but never liked Mozart. His music was just the 'pop music' of the time. A bit frivolous and showy for my liking.
Gordon Steadman
05-09-2013, 20:24
I like much classical music, but never liked Mozart. His music was just the 'pop music' of the time. A bit frivolous and showy for my liking.
Tank de lord - another one:)
walpurgis
05-09-2013, 20:37
Tank de lord - another one:)
I was a pretty decent classical pianist as a kid and whilst learning I was obliged to play Mozart. I grew to dislike his music, I felt it was pretentious and had no emotion or depth. Nothing like Delius, Satie and Debussy for instance.
Right now on original (minty) vinyl, for the princely sum of £1 from my local Oxfam shop:
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/4933/itkg.jpg
Rather uplifting it is, too! :)
Next up, and similarly as expensive:
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/672/s6n0.jpg
Wow... Lovely realistic sounding organ! :wowzer: :)
Marco.
Hey Jerry,
You've been very quietly recently - whatcha been up to? :)
Marco.
I love a good bit of Widor, Marco. I don't know the 10th, though.
The 10th is rather excellent, Martin. The organ bass will certainly 'wake up' your woofers! :eyebrows:
The early Philips recording is also quite superb. I'll bring it with me next time I pop down :)
Marco.
jandl100
30-09-2013, 07:33
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512IMfV3sbL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
Fantastic music, really beautiful - and unbelievably realistic recording. Superbly delineated in holographic 3D. Must be in my Top 10 best ever recording list - if I had one, which I don't.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518u-4oJv9L._SL500_AA280_.jpg
Lovely, lovely music - wonderfully performed. Elly Ameling, Felicity Lott, Ann Murray, Margaret Marshall - some of the greatest female classical vocalists ever - Yum.
Nice one, Jerry. Now ordered from Amazon :)
Looking forward now to playing the goodies on the way to me from you, particularly all that lurvely Shosty! :yay:
Marco.
jandl100
01-10-2013, 06:53
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41N55D4AuhL._SY300_.jpg
DVD - not a bad production at the Sydney Opera House. But the Gondoliers is way down my list of fave G&S. OK to watch it now and again, and the wife likes it more than I do, but ennui definitely sets in fairly rapidly for me.
http://www.musicweb-international.com/film/mar99/colch1.jpg
This CD is from so far out in left field that you would need a powerful telescope to see it! Bought on an eBay whim for under £3. :)
"A celebration of Britain's oldest recorded city", or something like that. Sponsored by Colchester council and local businesses.
:scratch:
Actually, it's bloody good! ;) A 5 movement 1 hour work by John Scott - quite a talented guy - he's worked with George Martin, he's mainly a film and TV music composer and arranger, he was the principal sax player in the Bond film Goldfinger! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scott_(composer)
Anyway ... this symphony is well worth investigating if you can find it - good recording, too.
jandl100
02-10-2013, 06:11
http://www.classical.net/music/recs/images/n/nxs54822.jpg
Brahms 2nd and 3rd symphonies transcribed by Brahms for one piano, four hands.
It's great! - works really well, I've ordered several more from the series. :)
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/011/MI0001011902.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Alf Hurum. Norwegian, early 20thC. Never 'eard of 'im? A long time fave of mine - wonderful music!
I've a CD of his symphony and string quartet, too. :thumbsup:
Traditional sunday morning classical session. Now spinning..
http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/meOIaw9bihOpkNXF2zQCXxw.jpg
Khachaturian - 'Spartacus' and 'Gayaneh' Suites
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415GzOk1SqL.jpg
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Aram Khachaturian.
Decca SXL 6000
Khachaturian - 'Spartacus' and 'Gayaneh' Suites
Both wonderful, Barry.
jandl100
18-10-2013, 23:23
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Ycuo6aMrL._SY300__PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg
http://o.scdn.co/300/331ab7d17c8d4813f8d0755d0cf9d858a7ee1177
A contemporary of Beethoven and a very fine composer. Kind of a cross between Haydn and early Beethoven.
jandl100
28-10-2013, 07:49
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BnczsurJL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
Magnificent late romantic works - big boned and tuneful - good recordings - and cheap as chips (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tyberg-Symphony-Joanne-Falletta-8572822/dp/B00DOQBUOW/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1382946390&sr=1-1&keywords=tyberg) at Naxos' price on Amazon. ;)
jandl100
30-10-2013, 07:03
Quite a discovery - very pleased with this. Lovely music, and interestingly a bit different. :thumbsup:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/July06/Waghalter_dwgmusic101.jpg
Mmm... I like different. Where did you obtain it, Jerry? :)
Marco.
jandl100
30-10-2013, 07:27
Ah, well, I meant "different" if you are fairly seriously into the classical chamber music (and especially string quartet) tradition - this guy Waghalter has an individual and quite distinctive musical voice harking back to the Romantic period of the 19th century.
It's an obscure CD from America, obtained and lent to me by a Californian friend.
Sounds interesting... I never prejudge any music until hearing it, classical included, and always enjoy making new discoveries. Therefore, I like taking a punt on something unusual. I'll have a Google around and see what turns up :)
Marco.
jandl100
30-10-2013, 07:43
Fairy muff.
You can buy it used on Amazon for £292 :D
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ignatz-Waghalter-US/dp/B000JLT96G/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1383118904&sr=1-2&keywords=waghalter
jandl100
30-10-2013, 08:11
You like Big&Bold, Marco - so if you wanted to explore appropriate string quartets I'd recommend this disc (as well as the Shosty quartets of course)
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/560/1471560.jpg
Impassioned and violent music, as well as soul searching and exquisitely beautiful in parts, and emotionally exhausting.
But weirdly, I can't find any mention of it on Amazon! :scratch:
Ah - here it is on US Amazon -- http://www.amazon.com/Death-Maiden-Schubert/dp/B000001G97/ref=sr_1_6?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1383120606&sr=1-6&keywords=emerson+schubert
You can listen to (poorly chosen!) samples there, too.
Shossy's 8th String Quartet is to die for!
jandl100
31-10-2013, 07:59
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2011/Oct11/Pizzetti_String_Quartets_8570876.jpg
Yummy :drool:
julesd68
08-11-2013, 14:34
First time I have had the hi-fi on for many weeks today ...
Anyway, on a recent trip to Manchester managed to pick up a near mint copy of Dvorak 8 with Giulini / Chicago Symphony. It's also the first time I have sat down to listen to this symphony in its entirety and find it just immensely enjoyable from start to finish, such a coherent vision.
Cannot fault the performance, but this disc, being a late 70's DG effort is a little brightly lit for my tastes. Still, not complaining for £1.50!!
Pergolesi - Stabat Mater, Florilegium
Spurred on by a performance just now in the chapel at school, I put this version on. Lovely.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Tum7wR5oL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Lane, Atlanta SO [cd]
Terrific performances and outstanding recording.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nEZYA1gkvQs/SPEIlctheHI/AAAAAAAAB4g/ZC-d8c3qqRY/s400/a+cover.jpg
Poulenc: Stabat Mater, Lagrange, Baudo, CONL [cd]
A simply outstanding performance of one of my favourite choral pieces. This is a desert island disc for me.
http://www.hitrepeat.com/imagehost/2011328174525459GYQH3143GY.jpg
julesd68
09-11-2013, 17:58
Poulenc: Stabat Mater, Lagrange, Baudo, CONL [cd]
A simply outstanding performance of one of my favourite choral pieces. This is a desert island disc for me.
Thanks so much for posting this Martin. I am ashamed to say I don't know this work but having just listened to it on YouTube I will be hunting down a vinyl copy in double quick time ...
Glad you like it, Julian :)
istari_knight
11-11-2013, 21:41
http://boxset.ru/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/anonymous4_the_origin_of_fire.jpg
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/45607669/GIBBONS+Choral+and+Organ+Music+51BE61dIloL_SS500_. jpg
Hildegard of Bingen - 'A Feather on the Breath of God'
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61BapFsZjIL._SY355_.jpg
1984, Hyperion CDA66039
istari_knight
20-11-2013, 23:01
Thats a good CD Barry :thumbsup:
Currently playing:
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/009/MI0001009214.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
I'm quite fond of these Virgin Veritas releases...
Just been for a day out to Shrewsbury, doing some Christmas shopping, and popped into Rabbit Records and picked up the following on minty second-hand vinyl:
Mozart - Piano concertos: No 20 in D Minor/No 23 in A Major, with Annie Fischer (piano) and The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, on Columbia, from 1956.
Mozart - Overtures. The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Rafael Kubelik, on HMV "His Master's Voice", from 1958.
Joaquin Rodrigo/Heitor Villa-Lobos. Grands Interpretes. Concierto de Aranjuez/Concerto for guitar and small orchestra, with John Williams (guitar) and The English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, on CBS, from 1974.
Debussy/Chausson. Printemps/Symphony in B-Flat. Op.20, with The Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Munch, on RCA Victrola, from 1972.
Off to clean them now and have a listen! :)
Marco.
I'm only familiar with the Mozart piano concertos and they're beautiful. Don't know the pianists, though.
Cheers for that, Martin. I have the same concertos performed by other pianists, but not Annie Fischer. Anyway, it seems that it's my lucky day for bargains! Check this out....
Here's what I have (bought today for £5, as listed above - and it's MINT):
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/8769/qbgj.jpg
Look what it's worth: http://www.classicalvinyl.com/vinyl-records/sax-2335-mozart-piano-concertos-nos-20-and-23-annie-fischer-sir-adrian-boult.html
:eyebrows: :eyebrows:
Marco.
The Grand Wazoo
24-11-2013, 00:21
Play the Rodrigo/Villa Lobos - you can't go wrong with the Concerto for Oranges, Marco!!
It's superb.
I'll be doing that later today, Chris. Is it even better than Concerto for Pomegranates?
Marco.
jandl100
24-11-2013, 08:50
Oh dear - I'm being obscure again -->
http://o.scdn.co/300/8d5a348154a71a662ad9f7c0aa1eb4374d9f0eb0
It's bloody good, though! :)
mr sneff
29-11-2013, 22:38
http://ecmreviews.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/the-lamentations-of-jeremiah1.jpg
julesd68
05-12-2013, 14:57
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espanol on DGG Heliodor with Maazel ...
One of my favourite works, beautifully performed ...
http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m0RECdUuCZ9gNf71959jcrg.jpg
julesd68
05-12-2013, 15:05
And another RK work - Scheherazade - Haitink and the LPO
Doesn't get any better than this for me ...
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzYzWDgwMA==/$T2eC16JHJGYE9nooiN!JBQ0v1DklD!~~60_35.JPG
I'll be doing that later today, Chris. Is it even better than Concerto for Pomegranates?
Marco.
Maybe, but not as good as the Concerto for Contreau
One of my favourite works, beautifully performed ...
http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m0RECdUuCZ9gNf71959jcrg.jpg
Have you tried the Charles Dutoit / Montreal recording, Julian? It's simply magnificent.
julesd68
17-12-2013, 22:03
Have you tried the Charles Dutoit / Montreal recording, Julian? It's simply magnificent.
No I don't know that one Martin - I would have to break the habit of a lifetime and buy a 'digital' lp recording though! :eek:
Is the included version of Scheherazade a good 'un too?
Is the included version of Scheherazade a good 'un too?
I don't know - mine is the Roman Trilogy without any Rimsky-Korsakov.
I learned a good while ago that analogue or digital recordings make far less difference than good microphone setup and engineering. Ry Cooder's Bop 'til You Drop and Telarc's Mussorgsky Pictures were both firsts in digital recording and are both superb.
http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/013/816/0001381677_350.jpg
julesd68
18-12-2013, 09:42
Ah, we are at cross-purposes Martin - I was referring to the 'Capriccio Espanol' in my previous post and thought you were referring to this (Decca Digital) Dutoit recording of said work, including a version of Scheherazade!
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/DUTOIT-MONTREAL-SO-Rimsky-Korsakov-Scheherazade-Capriccio-Espagnol-/00/s/MTE0NVgxMjI1/z/cmYAAOxygj5SfmbF/$T2eC16NHJI!FHSU9IfR0BSfmbFjFog~~60_35.JPG
Aha! That's an amusing reveal of our respective interests, I think!
The Respighi is great. I'll try and find the Scheherazade.
mr sneff
18-12-2013, 22:45
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51--tBp2tsL._SX300_.jpg
jandl100
05-01-2014, 11:03
Some Xmas listening ...
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_250/MI0001/074/MI0001074364.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/042/MI0001042080.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Both excellent, in their very different ways. :)
And last night's sesh included ..
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue51/images/arnold2.jpg
Great music, and the 1st symphony is a real system buster of a recording! :eek:
Pergolesi - Stabat Mater, Mainzer Kammerorchester, Kehr, FSM [vinyl]
Gorgeous performance. No photo!
jandl100
05-01-2014, 11:12
this one?
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/GUNTER-KEHR-Pergolesi-Stabat-Mater-1980-CANDIDE-QUAD-LP-RECORD-Marshall-Hodgson-/00/s/OTYwWDEyODA=/z/s9UAAMXQlUNRP~fK/$T2eC16F,!)8E9s4l57YbBRP+fKTMVw~~60_35.JPG
That's the recording! Mine is a German cover.
http://www.deccaclassics.com/imgs/s300x300/4785437.jpg
spotify:album:2gzqmyVeDt2ht2gNT23mZ4
Decca Sound ~ The Analogue Years 1969 - 1980 (Spotify)
Lots of classical pieces today, but this one is notable. I have three recordings of Satie piano music, but this one is the best performed (with wonderful timing), has the best sounding piano and is the best recorded.
Satie - Piano Works, Varsano, Sony [cd]
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/986/MI0000986108.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Sounds right up my street, Martin. Where did you obtain it? :)
Marco.
Years ago, Marco, so I can't remember. Amazon list it, though.
Cheers. I think I'll snaffle that.
Marco.
http://www.classicalvinyl.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/x/sxl6057.jpg
Digital, from The Decca Sound box - would love the LP (if i buy myself a new turntable one day) but the recording is amazing regardless...
I don't know - mine is the Roman Trilogy without any Rimsky-Korsakov.
I learned a good while ago that analogue or digital recordings make far less difference than good microphone setup and engineering. Ry Cooder's Bop 'til You Drop and Telarc's Mussorgsky Pictures were both firsts in digital recording and are both superb.
http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/013/816/0001381677_350.jpg
So much wonderful stuff came out of Montréal back in the day - the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony, The Planets, the gorgeous Fauré Requiem… ooh - the Ravel Piano Concertos with Pascal Rogé.
i'd love to hear that Roman Trilogy -- I have the BIS SACD version from Sao Paolo which is staggering.
So much wonderful stuff came out of Montréal back in the day - the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony, The Planets, the gorgeous Fauré Requiem… ooh - the Ravel Piano Concertos with Pascal Rogé.
i'd love to hear that Roman Trilogy -- I have the BIS SACD version from Sao Paolo which is staggering.
I have the Saint-Saens and the Holst recordings of theirs. I think the venue (St Eustache, from memory) contributes a great deal to the sound, and Dutoit was as-one with the orchestra.
The Roman Trilogy is well worth looking up.
jandl100
24-01-2014, 09:39
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bTFGm-ziYi8/TPBz-yArCnI/AAAAAAAABVU/kioNtCxsXpQ/s1600/ahhfwww%2BClassical%2B_0001.300x296.29.9K.jpg
Karajan's last recording before the very last curtain call of them all :deceased:
It's been criticised over the years for being a bit sloppy - which is fair enough, I guess, but it's still more than a bit special. And good sq, too.
http://fischer.hosting.paran.com/music/Decca-lps/sxl-images/sxl2289s.jpg
Digital, again from The Decca Sound box.. This has been issued as one of those Esoteric SACDs by Teac - anyone have any experience of them?
I have the Saint-Saens and the Holst recordings of theirs. I think the venue (St Eustache, from memory) contributes a great deal to the sound, and Dutoit was as-one with the orchestra.
The Roman Trilogy is well worth looking up.
i think that was one of those times when everything came together - performers, recording team and venue. Great stuff. I have the Elgar Enigma Variations which was given a lukewarm review at the time but I think it's lovely, and the Gershwin disc is a lot of fun, too.
jandl100
24-01-2014, 19:08
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A lot of very lovely music on this.
http://www.cdbiblio.com/eingang/cdimages/img_mahler/mahler0101.jpg
A little Saturday morning Mahler, and a little tribute to Maestro Abbado.
jandl100
25-01-2014, 09:36
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Quite a slow 4th, but beautifully done. Great sq, too.
jandl100
26-01-2014, 08:12
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Amazing music, amazing pianist, fabulous recording - played on a vintage Graf fortepiano. The music as Beethoven would have heard it. :thumbsup: ... if he hadn't been deaf by then.
Probably a bit ‘light weight’ or ‘entry level’ for this august forum, but this afternoon it was:
Bizet & Oscar Hammerstein – ‘Carmen Jones’
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Marilynn Horn (Carmen). (2007)
Prokofiev –‘Peter and the Wolf’ and Saint-Saëns – ‘Carnival of the Animals’
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Itzhak Perlman (narrator) with Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos). Israel Philharmonica Orchestra, cond. Zubin Mehta.
EMI 7 47067 2 (1984)
Not too lowbrow at all, as far as I'm concerned. Didn't a young Marilyn Horne sing on that soundtrack?
My classical from this afternoon:
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Probably a bit ‘light weight’ or ‘entry level’ for this august forum, but this afternoon it was:
Bizet & Oscar Hammerstein – ‘Carmen Jones’
Very Interesting! Harry Belafonte! I have to get this. Was this on CD or Vinyl?
Probably a bit ‘light weight’ or ‘entry level’ for this august forum, but this afternoon it was:
Bizet & Oscar Hammerstein – ‘Carmen Jones’
Very Interesting! Harry Belafonte! I have to get this. Was this on CD or Vinyl?
Very Interesting! Harry Belafonte! I have to get this. Was this on CD or Vinyl?
Readily available from Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carmen-Jones-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B000UZ4CK4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1390910989&sr=1-1&keywords=carmen+jones. I'm not sure if it is still available on vinyl.
I got my CD from a charity shop; I was attracted to it from having heard a 45 EP containing the 'hits' that belonged to my parents.
BTW I mispelt the name of the singer who sings the part of Carmen. It was Marilyn Horne.
Readily available from Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carmen-Jones-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B000UZ4CK4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1390910989&sr=1-1&keywords=carmen+jones. I'm not sure if it is still available on vinyl.
I got my CD from a charity shop; I was attracted to it from having heard a 45 EP containing the 'hits' that belonged to my parents.
BTW I mispelt the name of the singer who sings the part of Carmen. It was Marilyn Horne.
Oooh, sorry. I'd posted not even noticing that you'd name checked Marilyn Horne - I wasn't trying to correct your spelling… That'll teach me to read posts in full. They just had a big 80th birthday concert for her at Carnegie Hall, I believe. Remarkable singer -- I love her in Norma with Joan Sutherland and (back to musicals) she was in the Philips/Hollywood Bowl recording of The King and I, with Julie Andrews and Ben Kingsley. Well worth searching out. The Grandi Voci CD (Decca) is worth seeking out, too.
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Vinyl. On my "new" Technics 1210, that I just got today. I am so giddy with excitement it's embarrassing.
Definitely in a Beethoven mood, so I am listening to the Eroica from the Schmidt-Isserstedt box on Decca -- way superior sound... The Vienna Philharmonic sounds fabulous. I'm going to enjoy re-exploring this box.
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If you like that Malcolm, you might be interested in this:
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Played on period instruments, cond. John Eliot Gardener.
"Exhilarating performances which have bite and imagination and a sense of spontaneity" (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs).
Failing that, listen to the Furtwängler recordings (in mono).
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You can almost never go wrong with John Eliot Gardiner.
You can almost never go wrong with John Eliot Gardiner.
Agreed, and perhaps where you wouldn't expect it such as the lovely Merry Widow he did with Cheryl Studer.
I saw him conduct The Marriage of Figaro at Covent Garden back in October.. It was amazing.
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Vinyl.
The Four Last Songs are a whole subject in their own right, Malcolm. Kiri's version is not bad at all. Not my favourite, though (I must have at least ten recordings).
The Four Last Songs are a whole subject in their own right, Malcolm. Kiri's version is not bad at all. Not my favourite, though (I must have at least ten recordings).
Could you recommend a couple on Vinyl?
Something that is worth a go is Barbara Bonney singing with piano accompaniment. She already has a great voice and not having to compete with an orchestra really emphasizes the vocal line.
The Four Last Songs are a whole subject in their own right, Malcolm. Kiri's version is not bad at all. Not my favourite, though (I must have at least ten recordings).
Indeed they are, I've got the Kiri above and Schwarzkopf/Szell on vinyl (better with the words, but less vocally alluring than Kiri), as well as both of these on CD. On CD, I also have Kiri Te Kanawa / Sir Georg Solti (probably my favourite by a nose), Jessye Norman (resplendent and glowing) and Renée Fleming's first recording on RCA with Eschenbach conducting. I couldn't pick between them, to be quite honest as they all have their charms.
Could you recommend a couple on Vinyl?
Something that is worth a go is Barbara Bonney singing with piano accompaniment. She already has a great voice and not having to compete with an orchestra really emphasizes the vocal line.
A nice copy of the Elisabeth Schwarzkopf stereo versions with Geroge Szell. To say it's a safe recommendation isn't me trying to damn with faint praise - lovely sound, Schwarzkopf is excellent in every respect and a nice selection of songs on the flip side. Columbia label originally but it was redone on HMV later.
If you don't mind digital there a plenty copies of the Jessye Norman around - likely to sound good as it's a great recording anyway.
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This just came today - goosebumps at the Tuba Mirum in surround!
I have never warmed to the Schwarzkopf, despite having it on good vinyl. She sounds cool and mechanical to my ears, not delivering the emotion in the songs. Lucia Popp was better, if a little lightweight. Fleming is also a good one. Some others, like Isokoski, I cannot listen to because of the voice.
For me, Jessye Norman is at the pinnacle of Four Last Songs performances and owes not a little to Kurt Masur's wonderfully understated accompaniment. Powerful and emotional, it delivers on every level.
I had a soprano friend, Eirian Davies, sing Beim Schlafengehen at my wife's funeral. She sang it wonderfully and with some considerable emotion. For obvious reasons, that performance will stay in my memories forever.
I have never warmed to the Schwarzkopf, despite having it on good vinyl. She sounds cool and mechanical to my ears, not delivering the emotion in the songs. Lucia Popp was better, if a little lightweight. Fleming is also a good one. Some others, like Isokoski, I cannot listen to because of the voice.
For me, Jessye Norman is at the pinnacle of Four Last Songs performances and owes not a little to Kurt Masur's wonderfully understated accompaniment. Powerful and emotional, it delivers on every level.
I had a soprano friend, Eirian Davies, sing Beim Schlafengehen at my wife's funeral. She sang it wonderfully and with some considerable emotion. For obvious reasons, that performance will stay in my memories forever.
I have a few digitals, and I agree about Norman. I'm re-entering vinyl so this is a gap that definitely needs to be filled. RE: Funeral - I have always fancied that I would like the Marcia Funebre from LvB's Third at my funeral.
You could probably spend a lifetime with Jessye Norman's version - it is phenomenal (as is the Ariadne auf Naxos).. I know some don't like the idea of digital recordings on vinyl, though. Sonically, the CBS Kiri is a tad disappointing - although the performance is lovely.. I had a look at my favourite classical LP dealer and all they had were Schwarzkopfs - and I do know what you mean about her coolness.. Kiri-Decca has a great blend of attributes for me, but of course that is decidedly digital.
I did see the Leontyne Price RCA LP on eBay the other day… I've never heard it but that is likely to be refulgently gorgeous - the lady herself certainly is on the cover (I may even go back and bid on this myself).
I have a few digitals, and I agree about Norman. I'm re-entering vinyl so this is a gap that definitely needs to be filled. RE: Funeral - I have always fancied that I would like the Marcia Funebre from LvB's Third at my funeral.
How about the second movement of his Seventh? I have always loved that piece.
I've always thought Fauré's Pie Jesu from the Requiem would be nice at a funeral. For my Dad we had Ella Fitzgerald's recording of The Old Rugged Cross.
Right now on vinyl, Chez-Marco, this is rather excellent for relaxing to on a Sunday evening during winter...
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Marco.
http://www.deccaclassics.com/imgs/s300x300/4756666.jpg
On the train...
(Bloomin' Google image search...)
Malcolm, whatever you're trying to show from "buycdnow.ca" isn't working.....
Marco.
Malcolm, whatever you're trying to show from "buycdnow.ca" isn't working.....
Marco.
Thanks, Marco. Edited and hopefully corrected.
Yup, that's better... Rather cultured listening for on the bus! :eyebrows:
Marco.
How about the second movement of his Seventh? I have always loved that piece.
Yes, that too - probably should have started a separate thread! I read that on debut the audience would not permit the Scherzo until the 2nd movement had been repeated.
Beim Schlafengehen is very thoughtful. The human voice can, as you mentioned, carry such feeling.
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A little Sunday Wagner on vinyl - this came from the outdoor market and is in nice shape - wonderful barking brass interjections and Siegfried's rhythmic hammer blows on the anvil are wonderful - toying with the idea of looking for a complete Ring on LP - may be a dear do, mind...
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jandl100
09-02-2014, 13:13
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I didn't used to like Nielsen's music - then a few months ago I heard a radio broadcast of his Helios overture - and something went 'click' at the back of my small brain. :eek:
It sounds abfab to me now!!
I didn't used to like Nielsen's music - then a few months ago I heard a radio broadcast of his Helios overture - and something went 'click' at the back of my small brain. :eek:
It sounds abfab to me now!!
It's funny how that happens sometimes - I remember that I was interested in Nielsen and looking for a set of the symphonies, but I somehow got distracted. Will check some out now you've reminded me.
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This is casting some lovely three dimensional sound stages --- :)
Right now, this, on mint vintage vinyl, from a composer I hadn't heard of before:
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Excellent bombastic stuff (in parts), which rattles ya woofaz, dark and moody in others (and very well recorded). Top notch! :eyebrows:
Marco.
This is casting some lovely three dimensional sound stages --- :)
Great fun, isn't it?
jandl100
10-02-2014, 09:01
It's funny how that happens sometimes - I remember that I was interested in Nielsen and looking for a set of the symphonies, but I somehow got distracted. Will check some out now you've reminded me.
I strongly recommend the set I showed - I had the later set by Blomstedt and it sounds quite lacklustre in comparison - which may be part of the reason for my previous ambivalence to Nielsen.
Yesterday -->
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Fantastic.
I strongly recommend the set I showed - I had the later set by Blomstedt and it sounds quite lacklustre in comparison - which may be part of the reason for my previous ambivalence to Nielsen.
Thanks, I'll check that out (hopefully it's on Spotify)... If it's analogue no doubt I'll be searching for vinyl in my current mood.
This morning it's the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli concertos by Ravel (in G) and Rachmaninov (no. 4) on Spotify while I work. May play the LP tonight.
http://assets.rootsvinylguide.com/pictures/testament-asd-255-rachmaninov-ravel-michelangeli-180-gram-vinyl_1113995
jandl100
11-02-2014, 11:40
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Listening to this now - very good indeed!
99p plus postage from Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chamber-Music-Ned-Gardner/dp/B0000049M4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1392118605&sr=1-1&keywords=hunter+johnson). ;) - have a listen to the samples there.
Rossini Overtures - LSO/Gamba
Ravel L'Enfant et les sortileges - OSR/Ansermet
From The Decca Sound - The Analogue Years vinyl box-set
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The Ravel (1954) has an almost startling sense of space, marvellous perspectives and lots of dynamic swing... nice stuff although the short sides have absurdly large run out grooves... can't complain at the actual sound though.
The Rossini (1960) has some wonderful barking brass in the William Tell and tons of delicacy - again space is the thing (although different to Geneva) with some sit-up-and-take-notice transients.
Nice stuff - looking forward to the Solti / Chicago Rite of Spring (but not tonight)... Interesting booklet talking about the development of Decca's ffss method.
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The Grand Wazoo
11-02-2014, 22:04
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First hearing that album is one of my most vivid and enduring childhood musical memories.
I heard the José Carreras remake first (which I've just bought on CD) which is an astonishing recording sonically and one of Carreras' best albums, but the original is, of course, the real deal. The LP needs to go through an RCM I think (I really should get one of those) but still sounds good and what music!
jandl100
14-02-2014, 08:36
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This is (slowly) growing on me.
A violin concerto over 54 minutes long.
At first hearing it's just meandering drivel -- but there's something that draws me back to it, and on 3rd hearing I'm starting to quite like it!
Following on from our Valentine's Day celebrations yesterday, Del and I are going to see this performance tonight in Wrexham:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/eqcv4f
Looking forward to it. It's a superb venue with excellent acoustics, and so always nice to hear real instruments being played by a talented orchestra :)
Marco.
Following on from our Valentine's Day celebrations yesterday, Del and I are going to see this performance tonight in Wrexham:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/eqcv4f
Looking forward to it. It's a superb venue with excellent acoustics, and so always nice to hear real instruments being played by a talented orchestra :)
Marco.
When I read the blurb I though it was going to be the whole of Roméo et Juliette (May have to dial up the Dutoit/Montrėal recording tonight I think), but what a great programme - Scheherazade should be fun. I'm sure it'll be a great evening.
Hi Malcolm,
Yes we're very much looking forward to it and fortunate to have access to such concerts from a BBC orchestra so near to us - the venue is less than 10 minutes from our house!
There are usually some classical CDs for sale in the foyer, prior to the concert (various performances from different composers by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales), so I'll probably get a few of those, too... I managed to snaffle some Shosty the last time, so might get lucky again! :eyebrows:
Marco.
I should make an effort to go to some classical concerts locally (choosing not to own / run a car kinda puts a hole in your plans though). I tend to try for the Royal Opera when I find myself in London for work. Managed to see Tosca and Le Nozze Di Figaro last year...
Did see Opera North's Peter Grimes in Newcastle as well, which was electrifying (and quite cleverly pulled off from a production / staging point of view.
If you haven't got a car it certainly makes it more difficult to get to performances, unless of course you live around central London, and can hop about on the tube! :)
Marco.
If you haven't got a car it certainly makes it more difficult to get to performances, unless of course you live around central London, and can hop about on the tube! :)
Marco.
It does complicate matters somewhat. Requires an extra dollop of planning - usually a hire car or perhaps a Travelodge.
I suppose I shall have to make do with Brendel's Emperor on vinyl for tonight:
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Well, we're just back from the concert, and it was fab!! :)
The Scheherazade was superb, but the highlight of the evening was a quite incredible 26 year-old female violinist, called Chloe Hanslip, who performed Bruch's First. Her delivery was simply scintilating, and full of passion and emotion whilst performing this strirring piece of music.
If you haven't heard of her before, I'd advise you to check her out: http://www.chloehanslip.com/
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Anyway, as usual there was some music for sale in the foyer of the William Aston Hall, so I purloined the following CDs:
Vaughan Williams - Flos Campi. Suite for viola and small orchestra, with Lawrence Power (viola) and The BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, on Hyperion Records, from 2011.
Rachmaninov - The Piano Concertos, with John Lill (piano) and The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Tadaaki Otaka. Triple CD, on Nimbus Records, from 2011.
Vincent d'Indy - Wallenstein, Saugefleurie, Lied for viola & orchestra, Choral varie for viola & orchestra, with Lawrence Power (viola) and The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Thierry Fischer, on Hyperion Records, from 2009.
I also picked up this debut album from a talented up and coming young violinist, called Callum Smart, which came highly recommended by the lady selling BBC-related merchandise (check out the YouTube clip on his website): http://www.callumsmart.com/debut-album/
Off to spin a few tunes now! :cool:
Marco.
Excellent...
With a few diversions in between I did Beethoven's Ninth (Vienna Philharmonic, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt on vinyl) and now I'm playing this which seems to be lunging between classical and jazz...
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I know of Gary Burton from his work in the Stan Getz quartet toward the end of the bossa nova period. This piqued my interest in HMV so I picked it up on impulse. 1974-ish I think... Quite a lot going on, but in a good way.
On the train to Birmingham this afternoon with Act 1 of Die Walküre (Karl Böhm, Bayreuth Festival). Debating whether to pick up an LP copy of the whole cycle on eBay...
Reminded to play this by Marco:
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Nice, Barry. This is the version I own on heavyweight vinyl (on Lyrique Records):
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Marco.
Well, we're just back from the concert, and it was fab!! :)
The Scheherazade was superb, but the highlight of the evening was a quite incredible 26 year-old female violinist, called Chloe Hanslip, who performed Bruch's First. Her delivery was simply scintilating, and full of passion and emotion whilst performing this strirring piece of music.
If you haven't heard of her before, I'd advise you to check her out: http://www.chloehanslip.com/
She is playing in Auckland in two days time - The Red Violin; then the Sibelius in Christchurch a couple of days later. If I didn't live 10,000 miles from civilization I would definitely be attending.
Nice, Barry. This is the version I own on heavyweight vinyl (on Lyrique Records):
Marco.
I do like an orchestral spectacular! I've got Scheherazade on a Decca "World of" LP with the LSO and Pierre Monteux which I think started life as an RCA Living Stereo (and is very rare in that form). Wonderful, "solid" orchestral sound and properly brassy brass (if you know what I mean) - wondering if I can get it on a Spotify for the train home.
The Mackerras/Telarc on CD is nice as well - much more "see-through" textures than the Monteux.
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Spotify /iPad / Sennheiser Momentum on-ear, sat on the concourse at Birmingham New Street waiting for my train home.
^^ That was Rimsky-Korsakov's Scehehrazade (image seems to be missing)...
Right now:
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti
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Vinyl, from The Decca Sound - The Analogue Years box.
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jandl100
20-02-2014, 23:11
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What a superb performance of the Beethoven concerto! - really surprised by this. Delicacy as well as a wonderfully fluid solo line.
She's not a bad skier, either! :) .....>
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jandl100
20-02-2014, 23:25
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The Stabat Mater is yummy! :)
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Vinyl. One word. Wow.
jandl100
21-02-2014, 22:04
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3 CD boxset.
Absurdly cheap on Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000WM84E0/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new).
"Vintage" recordings from the 40s and 50s but which still sound very listenable.
Astonishingly good pianism.
The later stereo recordings on Decca show Curzon well past his best, clearly concentrating on just getting the notes right, imo - back in the day of this boxset he was in his prime and could let the notes look after themselves whilst his mind was perfecting the interpretations - very exciting, lucid, tempestuous.
One of the great pianists, imo. :)
Included: concertos by Mozart and Brahms and Grieg, and the 2 Mozart piano quartets with members of the Amadeus Qt. :thumbsup:
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3 CD boxset.
Absurdly cheap on Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000WM84E0/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new).
"Vintage" recordings from the 40s and 50s but which still sound very listenable.
Astonishingly good pianism.
The later stereo recordings on Decca show Curzon well past his best, clearly concentrating on just getting the notes right - back in the day of this boxset he was in his prime and could let the notes look after themselves whilst his mind was perfecting the interpretations - very exciting, lucid, tempestuous.
One of the great pianists, imo. :)
Included: concertos by Mozart and Brahms and Grieg. :thumbsup:
Interesting - the only Clifford Curzon I have is the Mozart with Benjamin Britten conducting, which strikes me as a beautiful thing - very special. Although it was of course not issued until both he and Britten were dead as I understand it, so presumably someone wasn't happy. Tend to turn to Brendel myself as a default (love his Beethoven concertos with Haitink and the LPO) and I tend to enjoy Uchida, Ashkenazy, Pires, Andsnes and Richter (his supercharged LP of the Liszt concertos is amazing).
jandl100
21-02-2014, 22:22
Ah - tastes differ! - I have that Mozart / Britten recording - no.s 20 & 27. Great conducting from Britten, but I find Curzon a bit humdrum; over-careful it seems to me. The Mozart 23 and 24 in the boxset are very different - you may not like them, quite fast and flowing.
Personally, I'm not a fan of Brendel except some of his very last work.
tastes differ :)
That box isn't on Spotify, but there's quite a bit of Curzon on Spotify including the Decca box sets of the older monos. Will explore further :)
jandl100
22-02-2014, 06:44
.... Although it was of course not issued until both he and Britten were dead as I understand it, so presumably someone wasn't happy.
Apparently, Curzon was very fussy about which recordings of his were released, many didn't see the light of day during his lifetime. There must have been something about that Mozart recording he didn't like. Obviously I have my own views on that! :)
I've just ordered another Curzon recording - Beethoven 4th and 5h piano concertos, presumably with Clemens Krauss conducting the Vienna Phil - but I'm not sure, it seems to be one of those obscure labels with minimal online info -- http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0009X58YG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 -- the CD cost me £1.30 or so, delivered, so I'm happy just to wait and see what turns up!
Krauss died in 1954, so Curzon may have been in his prime for this - I am much looking forward to hearing the younger Curzon in Beethoven.
Apparently, Curzon was very fussy about which recordings of his were released, many didn't see the light of day during his lifetime. There must have been something about that Mozart recording he didn't like. Obviously I have my own views on that! :)
I've just ordered another Curzon recording - Beethoven 4th and 5h piano concertos, presumably with Clemens Krauss conducting the Vienna Phil - but I'm not sure, it seems to be one of those obscure labels with minimal online info -- http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0009X58YG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 -- the CD cost me £1.30 or so, delivered, so I'm happy just to wait and see what turns up!
Krauss died in 1954, so Curzon may have been in his prime for this - I am much looking forward to hearing the younger Curzon in Beethoven.
I completely see what you mean about the later Curzon, although for me there are compensating virtues and (undignified as it may be to mention such things) the recording itself is luminous. I suppose you might say more than the sum of its parts. I wonder what the Esoteric SACD sounds like...
Switching from Curzon to Beethoven I have just had a lovely 40 minutes with the Emperor (Artur Pizarro, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras) - lighter textures and some lovely period-influenced brass and a very nice surround recording from Linn. Alarmingly, no longer appears on SA on their website and has been replaced by CD and an array of stereo high res downloads.
Soft as... sat here in tears at O soave fanciulla from La Bohème (Tebaldi / Bergonzi / Serafin) - digital.
That bloody climax!
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jandl100
24-02-2014, 08:56
I've been having a Tchaikovsky 5th extravaganza recently, including ...
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http://www.karajan.info/concolor/1957/TchaikovskySymNr5MarcheSlaveDGCDF28G22047GalleriaT opsmall250.jpg
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All different, all good. :thumbsup:
My favourite Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 by far is Mariss Jansons with the Oslo Philharmonic on Chandos. Wonderful performance, brilliant recording and, with a split orchestra, you can really hear what Tchaikovsky was trying to achieve.
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I've been having a Tchaikovsky 5th extravaganza recently, including ...
All different, all good. :thumbsup:
As an aside, Karajan really gets the Marche Slav.
My favourite Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 by far is Mariss Jansons with the Oslo Philharmonic on Chandos. Wonderful performance, brilliant recording and, with a split orchestra, you can really hear what Tchaikovsky was trying to achieve.
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Are you referring to splitting the melody between the 1st and 2nd violins?
Are you referring to splitting the melody between the 1st and 2nd violins?
I thought he meant the practice of sitting the first and second violins on the left and right respectively (is this called antiphonally divided?) rather than all together on the left as often happens. Can lay bare the interplay between the two sections.
Going to spin this after I've folded my laundry (ah, the joys of a week off work!).
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Digital.
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I absolutely love this, and I love the fact that I have it on vinyl. Not the last word in hi-fi, but a lovely sounding recording and a great performance from a Karajan, Schwarzkopf, Grümmer and the rest of the cast.
jandl100
27-02-2014, 07:03
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Very interesting and enjoyable for a late evening listening session.
jandl100
27-02-2014, 07:18
I have this on DVD - a magnificent performance of the very underrated Tchaikovsky 1st Symphony. Svetlanov is one of my fave conductors for Russian music.
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Just give it a listen - I bet any Tchaik fan will be as bowled over by this as I am. :)
Solti's Götterdämmerung on Blu-ray 'pure audio'
I thought he meant the practice of sitting the first and second violins on the left and right respectively (is this called antiphonally divided?) rather than all together on the left as often happens. Can lay bare the interplay between the two sections.
Yes, and the interplay in the 5th is incredibly satisfying. Orchestras typically had 1st and 2nd violins split back then.
Yes, and the interplay in the 5th is incredibly satisfying. Orchestras typically had 1st and 2nd violins split back then.
I'll take a look and see if this is Spotify-able. I've got the Maazel / Vienna Philharmonic box of Tchaikovsky symphonies (on Decca LPs) which I keep promising myself I'll re-explore one of these days. And a quite thrilling Cleveland/Dohnanyi CD of the fourth with the 1812... Seems like I'll be (musically) heading off to Russia soon!
Solti's Götterdämmerung on Blu-ray 'pure audio'
As usual, cold and dark when Wagner finishes... Bit of TV to wind down. You can't put more music on straight after Götterdämmerung. :)
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Slightly crackly (in places) ex-library vinyl.
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Digital (lossless).
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Reference Recordings! I bet that sounds good. Does the tam-tam 'crash' knock you out of your seat?
Mozart - Clarinet, Oboe and Bassoon Concertos
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Vienn Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Karl Böhm. DGG 429 816-2 1974.
One of several versions I have. Picked up today in my local charity shop for £1.
Something suitable to play whilst having dinner.
Reference Recordings! I bet that sounds good. Does the tam-tam 'crash' knock you out of your seat?
It's a fairly physical presence, I think it's fair to say. Quite a stunning sense of space and perspective, too. Luckily (for an audiophile recording) the music and performances are worth it.
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Digital/lossless.
Mozart - 2 Sonatas (KV533/494 and KV545) and Rondo (KV511)
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Mitsuko Uchida
Philips 412 122-2 (1983)
It's a fairly physical presence, I think it's fair to say. Quite a stunning sense of space and perspective, too. Luckily (for an audiophile recording) the music and performances are worth it.
Agreed, it's a fabulous recording.
http://www.classicalvinyl.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/x/sxl2170-71-box.jpg
New 'old' vinyl... Really need to invest in an RCM. A narrowband label so probably a 1970s pressing, but with the triangular 'stereophonic' logo on the box which not all later issues had. Under the pops the music is fair leaping from the vinyl. Nice clean sibilants on the voices and lovely bass. Begs to be turned UP (but I'm trying to show some restraint).
jandl100
06-03-2014, 14:29
My favourite Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 by far is Mariss Jansons with the Oslo Philharmonic on Chandos. Wonderful performance, brilliant recording and, with a split orchestra, you can really hear what Tchaikovsky was trying to achieve.
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Based on your reccie, Martin, I bought this.
Oh deary, deary me.
Not for me!
Good playing but zero Russianness for my money.
It's like an Anglican performance of Russian Orthodox church music - it misses the point entirely for me! :)
Oh dear, never mind. I love that recording!
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From The Decca Sound box - digital (lossless)
Tchaikovsky - 'Symphony No.6 ("Pathetique") and Romeo & Juliet'
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Vienna Philharmonic, cond. Claudio Abbado.
DGG (Privilege) 427 220-2 (1974/1971)
Many think DGG are not the most dynamic of recordings. This by the late and great Claudio Abbado is evidence to the contrary.
Also sprach Zarathustra on vinyl. Berlin Philharmonic / Karajan.
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Vinyl.
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Vinyl
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Revisiting an old favourite.
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-NonVocal-BIG/GV-Schiff-R1-2.jpg
I'm sorry but that cannot possibly be any good. I mean, just look at his hair. Really now!
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-NonVocal-BIG/GV-Schiff-R1-2.jpg
I wonder how that compares with the Gould and Perahia performances?
There's lots of incidental beauties in the Schiff, and it is gorgeous. I find the Gould (1955) more obviously entertaining. This is the limit of my knowledge on the Goldbergs, although I feel I would like a harpsichord version.
Really fancied some 'peace' time for an hour or so very early this morning...
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Followed by...
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All through some Chrome-bumper Naim. Who'd have thought it. :D
Chrome-bumper Naim was REAL Naim! ;)
Marco [ooz not surprised ya loikes it]
jandl100
06-04-2014, 06:50
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--- on CD.
Decca recording from 1959.
Shows the HIP guys a thing or two about joie de vivre and sheer fun-loving musicality.
Audiophile class recording, too.
Amazing stuff. :thumbsup:
jandl100
06-04-2014, 07:00
There's lots of incidental beauties in the Schiff, and it is gorgeous. I find the Gould (1955) more obviously entertaining. This is the limit of my knowledge on the Goldbergs, although I feel I would like a harpsichord version.
Ooo - I've got loads of Goldberg recordings!
For a harpsichord version, Suzuki on BIS is the best I have heard.
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-NonVocal-BIG/Suzuki-K03-2[BIS].jpg
And do try and get hold of the transcription done by Canadian Brass on CBS/Sony - on CD or LP - one of my Desert Island Discs! :)
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And the 1981 Glenn Gould version is very different from the 1955 - worth adding to your collection as well.
A transcription for accordion is a step too far for many folks - but actually it's one of the very best Goldbergs out there, imho!
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Accordion - it's hard even to imagine that!
jandl100
06-04-2014, 10:11
It sounds like a small organ (not that I have one of those, of course :eyebrows:) and is pretty much perfect for the music. Bach would have been pleased, I reckon.
Alisin Krauss...new Favorites
sorry, cock up on the posting front:eek:
jandl100
09-04-2014, 06:55
I've been listening to a fair few Brahms symphonies 2 & 3 recently.
Alsop was a big disappointment despite good reviews - really quite bland. She looks quite miserable on the cover photo and that is kind of how the music sounds. :eyebrows:
http://www.bruceduffie.com/alsopcd.jpg
I used to love Bohm's approach, but haven't played it in a few years and it came across as a bit lazy and left me wanting more this time.
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Walter is astonishingly energetic and lithe, very exciting! But lacking Brahmsian warmth and lushness.
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Karajan however knows his Brahmsian onions ... :thumbsup:
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Right now, this on a double CD, which just arrived this morning from Hyperion:
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Details here: http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67991/2&vw=dc
Utterly stunning (in both content and recording quality) I think is the word!! :eek:
Marco.
jandl100
10-04-2014, 06:52
Gosh and golly - that looks interesting, Marco, and very obscure! - How did you find your way to York Bowen? :)
I have these 2 CDs in a box set, and yep, I agree, great music!
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Bowen's 3 concertos for viola, piano and violin are also well worth hearing.
Yesterday chez-Jerry ....
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Luvverly - I'm not usually a fan of Simon Rattle but this is gorgeous music very well performed, lovely solo vocals, too.
I'm getting into Rattle's Birmingham Sibelius symphony cycle, too. Listened to twice yesterday ---
http://www.cdbiblio.com/eingang/cdimages/img_sibelius/sibelius0003.jpg
The Szymanovsky Stabat Mater is rather gorgeous.
Gosh and golly - that looks interesting, Marco, and very obscure! - How did you find your way to York Bowen? :)
Entirely fortuitously, Jerry... After being blown away by Chloë Hanslip's solo violin playing, when attending a recent live classical performance in Wrexham, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, I searched the Net for some her music and found the aforementioned CD!
I guess that's one of the knock-on benefits of going to hear live music :)
Subsequently, York Bowen is now on my radar for future classical music purchases.
Marco.
jandl100
10-04-2014, 13:41
Entirely fortuitously, Jerry... After being blown away by Chloë Hanslip's solo violin playing, when attending a recent live classical performance in Wrexham ....
So, you were impressed by her "violin playing" were you? :eyebrows:
http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1392927921/358/9748358.jpg
What else could it be? ;)
Marco.
jandl100
12-04-2014, 07:03
Brahms symphony 2 & 3 fest continues chez-Jerry ....
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/Aug02/Brahms34_Marriner.jpg
Marriner and the Acadamy of St Martin in the Fields :scratch: - far too light weight for Brahms!
Actually, it's a rather refreshing change and works well :)
Ah, but this is the real McCoy ....
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Karajan's 1980s digital recording. Cor.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28198906/AoS/Karajan%20Bruckner%208.jpg
The Grand Wazoo
12-04-2014, 18:34
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet - 'Promenade'
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Brahms - Piano Concerto No.1, Nelson Freire with the Gewandhausorchester under Chailly. One of my very favourite concerto recordings of all with some heavenly piano playing and a wonderful sense of the over-arching structure of this huge piece. Beautifully recorded by Decca too.
After Brahms, his friend Schumann. The 1956 Nixa-Westminster recording of his 4th Symphony by the LPO under Sir Adrian Boult, beautifully restored by First Hand Records and released in the second of two 3-CD sets featuring these recordings. Well worth seeking out for anybody interested in Schumann's music, Adrian Boult, or noteworthy recordings.
L'Arpeggiata - All 'Improvviso [cd]
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Using the headphone system while my wife watches 'One Born Every Minute'!
Listening to Alan Rawsthorne's Piano Concerto No.1 played by Peter Donohoe with the Ulster Orchestra on Naxos. Part of their 'British Piano Concerto' series.
#5 from this set:
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Picked up the following today on vinyl at some charity shops in Mold:
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Marco.
Got this coming - for some reason, I hadn't clocked that it became available on SACD.
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jandl100
19-04-2014, 08:30
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/Nov08/Myaskovsky_symphonies_2564696898.jpg
Gradually wending my way through this box set - 27 symphonies.
Some are absolute gems - but most are ho-hum!
istari_knight
20-04-2014, 00:04
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jandl100
20-04-2014, 07:42
Nice one, James - I love Handel's music. :)
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Marriner's Bruckner is decent enough but not great - the choral motets are the best thing on the disc, imo.
istari_knight
20-04-2014, 12:05
Hehe, I'm on a Handel trip at the moment... Cant get enough of it http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c129/istari_knight9/stereo_zps2d70cf1e.gif
Now playing:
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I bought most of these Virgin Veritas CD's because they were very affordable & I'm yet to be unimpressed with any works Emma Kirkby puts her name to - They are really very good, highly recommended :)
jandl100
20-04-2014, 14:48
I've been meaning to ask, James -- what's with the young lad in the shower avatar? Errrr ..... ;)
jandl100
20-04-2014, 14:53
Landed yesterday, and it's a bit of an ear-opener.
Mendelssohn piano trios on original instruments with fortepiano - the old pianos really change the character of these masterpieces.
I wouldn't like to live with them as my only recordings, but excellent to have alongside the grand piano versions.
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2013/July13/Mendelssohn_trios_94490.jpg
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/Nov08/Myaskovsky_symphonies_2564696898.jpg
Gradually wending my way through this box set - 27 symphonies.
Some are absolute gems - but most are ho-hum!
What a wonderful Easter weekend you must be having !!!
Maybe the Living Stereo box set next weekend
https://www.mdt.co.uk/blog/special-offers/pre-order-the-rca-living-stereo-60-cd-box-set/
On special offer and my recollection is that there are a lot of good recordings in there.
There's lots of incidental beauties in the Schiff, and it is gorgeous. I find the Gould (1955) more obviously entertaining. This is the limit of my knowledge on the Goldbergs, although I feel I would like a harpsichord version.
The 1955 Gould are certainly entertaining. The 1982 were a rather ill-conceived, losing sight of the fact that they are meant to be "variations", trying to gel them together. There is a film of the recording sessions with Gould discussing his approach with Bruno Monsaingeon.
My favourite on piano is Murray Perahia, seems to go beyond traditional ideas of how to play Bach, on harpsichord Christophe Rousset is superb (on a huge set of the keyboard works).
I wonder how that compares with the Gould and Perahia performances?
There is an old recording of Schiff playing the Partitas. Wonderful.
jandl100
20-04-2014, 19:32
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lovely music - Schubert is not well known for his religious vocal work but this is very fine.
Gordon Steadman
20-04-2014, 19:51
I was just looking on YouTube for some Paganini and found a live version of the Rachmaninov variations I hadn't heard before.
It just became my favourite - well so far that is, I haven't reached the big tune yet, they could spoil it yet if they don't do the phrasing the way I like!! Great playing from the pianist and great sound from the band.
Abado/Berlin Phil/Pletnev
Pretty good for a (minty) 50p find in a charity shop (and the recording quality is superb):
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Marco.
istari_knight
21-04-2014, 01:19
I've been meaning to ask, James -- what's with the young lad in the shower avatar? Errrr ..... ;)
Deffo not a lad Jerry, its got breasticles ! Probably NSFW: http://lastyearsgirl.pixlet.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sky-ferreira-night-time-my-time.jpg
Just some trashy pop I'm also listening to a lot... And now spurred by your criticism I've changed it ;)
istari_knight
21-04-2014, 15:54
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http://www.classicrecords.co.uk/photos/SAN162.jpg#
Carmina Burana
Popp/Unger/Wolansky/Noble: New Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra
EMI SAN 162 (early stereo version).
One of the better versions I've listened to...very well mastered and an excellent pressing. Great orchestra and Chorus.
Got this coming - for some reason, I hadn't clocked that it became available on SACD.
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I got around to playing this today and the performance and recording are simply stunning. For a 1959 recording it's extraordinary and very well transferred to SACD. The Respighi sound is huge and has hardly any limitations compared with a modern recording (only really in the organ pedals), with wonderful detail and a big soundstage. Reiner certainly knew how to blow the roof open and I would have loved to have heard one of these performances live.
jandl100
22-04-2014, 19:33
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Ahhh ...... :more:
I have the 3rd and 4th in that series, Jerry. Magnificent.
jandl100
23-04-2014, 06:38
I have the 3rd and 4th in that series, Jerry. Magnificent.
I agree - the 3rd is probably one of my Desert Island discs and may well be the finest Bruckner recording I have heard (and I've heard a lot!).
Later the same evening ....
http://store.universal-music.co.uk/content/ebiz/universalmusic/invt/R./b./y./0028944752526d/0028944752526d_medium.jpg
Better than the Jochum 9th?
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Thanks for the tip, Jerry - I shall run through Vol. 1-5 as I work today - enjoying so far!
(Also, from my - admittedly skewed - perspective, the set is worth getting for the covers alone :))
jandl100
23-04-2014, 09:30
Better than the Jochum 9th?
Oooo - close, very close!
But I think the awesome sq on the Karajan Bruckner 3rd would win the day. :) Not that the Jochum sq is at all bad!
Also I suspect the 3rd is, surprisingly, my fave Bruckner symphony so that skews the balance as well.
jandl100
23-04-2014, 20:24
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jandl100
23-04-2014, 20:51
Listening to this now .... transcriptions for accordion :eyebrows: .... making me laugh out loud with enjoyment :lol:
Superb.
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But I think the awesome sq on the Karajan Bruckner 3rd would win the day. :) Not that the Jochum sq is at all bad!
It's a tough one for me, too. Musically, I think I prefer the 9th.
Couldn't believe my luck today in Liverpool when I wandered into the Cancer Research UK charity shop, where there was a vinyl sale on (3 albums for £1), so I proceeded to hoover up this lot, all in minty condition - well it'd have been rude not to! :D
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 5, with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Karajan, on Columbia Records, from 1958.
Brahms - Violin Concerto, with Henryk Szeryng and The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Monteux, on RCA Victrola, from 1959.
Glorious John - Sir John Barbirolli - Various. On EMI 'His Masters Voice' (1950s/1960s).
Schumann - Piano Concerto, with Sergio Fiorentino and The Hamburg Pro Musica, conducted by Erich Riede, on SAGA records, from 1962.
Beethoven - 'Emperor' Piano Concerto No5, with Sergio Fiorentino and The Hamburg Pro Musica, conducted by George Hurst, on SAGA records, from 1965.
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No 2, with Joyce Hatto and The Hamburg Pro Musica, conducted by George Hurst, on SAGA records, from 1965.
Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel, Don Juan, Death and Transfiguration, with The Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Andre Previn, on EMI 'His Masters Voice', from 1980.
Weber - Six Overtures, with The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Theodor Guschlbauer, on RCA Erato records, from 1976.
Schubert - Symphony No 8 "Unfinished" Beethoven - Fidelio. Leonore III. Coriolan (Overtures), with The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Karajan, on DGG, from 1962.
Tschaikovsky - Symphony No 6, with The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Karajan, on DGG, from 1964.
Franck - Le Chasseur maudit. Nocturne. Psyche, with Christa Ludwig and The Orchestre de Paris, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, on DGG, from 1976.
Bruckner - Symphony No 4 "Romantic", with The Halle Orchestra, conducted by Zdenek Macal, on EMI Records, from 1984.
Schubert - Death and the Maiden String Quartet, with the Amadeus Quartett, on DGG, from 1983.
Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky, with Elena Obraztsova and The London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Abbado, on DGG, from 1980.
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto Sarasate, with Hyman Bress (violin) and The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, on The World Record Club Ltd Records, from 1968.
Mozart - String Quartets, with The Tokyo String Quartet, on DGG, from 1974.
Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, with Sergio Fiorentino and The Hamburg Pro Musica, conducted by Erich Riede, on SAGA records, from 1973.
Beethoven - Symphony No 5, with The Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Karl Bohm, on DGG, from 1963.
Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (and others), with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vernon Handley, on EMI Records, from 1979.
Hadyn - Concerto for Trumpet, with Maurice Andre and The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Theodor Guschlbauer, on RCA Erato Records, from 1975.
Telemann - (Viola Concertos). Concerto in G Major. Handel - Concerto in B Minor. Bach - Concerto in C Minor, with Lubomir Maly (viola) and The Prague Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Libor Hlavacek, on Supraphon Records, from 1971.
Mozart - Concerto in C Major for Flute and Harp. Telemann - Suite in A Minor for Flute and Strings, with Elaine Shaffer (flute) and Marilyn Costello (harp), with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Yehudi Menuhin, on WRC Records, from 1964.
Beethoven - 5th Symphony. Overture Egmont, with The Hamburg Pro Musica Orchestra, conducted by Erich Riede, on SAGA Records, from 1965.
Stravinsky - Chamber Music, with The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, on DGG, from 1975.
Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps, with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Igor Markevitch, on EMI Records, from 1960.
Brahms - Violin Concerto, with Isaac Stern (violin) and The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Zubin Mehta, on CBS Masterworks Records, from 1979.
Schubert - "Great C Major" Symphony, with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Pritchard, on EMI Records, from 1976.
Schubert - Symphonies No 4 in C Minor "Tragic", No 5 in B Flat Major, with The London Mozart Players, conducted by Harry Blech, on HMV Records, from 1958.
Dvorak - Symphony No 9 "From the New World", with The Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, conducted by Colin Davis, on Philips Records, from 1978.
Elgar - Violin Concerto, with Pinchas Zukerman (violin) and The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, on CBS Masterworks Records, from 1976.
Debussy - La Mer. Ravel - Ma Mere L'Oye, with The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, on DGG, from 1980.
Franck - Symphony D-Moll in D Minor, with The Orchestre de Paris, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, on DGG, from 1976.
Dvorak - Symphony No 8 Slavonic Dances, with The Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, conducted by Bernard Haitink, on Philips Records, from 1963.
Mozart - Piano Concertos, with Ingrid Haebler (piano) and The Chamber Orchestra of the Vienna Concert Society/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Heinrich Hollreiser, on SAGA Records, from 1976.
Mozart - Piano Concertos No 21 in C Major/No 27 in B Flat Major, with Daniel Barenboim (soloist & conductor) and The English Chamber Orchestra, on EMI 'His Masters Voice', from 1967.
Mozart - Piano Concertos No 13 in C Major/No 17 in G Major, with Daniel Barenboim (soloist & conductor) and The English Chamber Orchestra, on EMI 'His Masters Voice', from 1968.
Tschaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite, with The Nord Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Wilhelm Rohr, on Marble Arch Records, from 1958.
Rachmaninov - Symphony No3 in A Minor, with The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent, on EMI Records, from 1959.
Berlioz - Symphony Fantastique, with The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Zecchi, on Supraphon Records, from 1967.
Elgar - Symphony No 1, with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vernon Handley, on EMI Records, from 1980.
Walton - Belshazzar's Feast, with Michael Rippon and The Halle Orchestra & Choir, conducted by James Loughran, on EMI Records, from 1973.
Strauss - 2nd Wiener Blut Kaiserwalzer. Overture Die Fledermaus. Kurt Weill Kleine Dreigroschenmusik. Merry Waltz, conducted by Otto Klemperer, on HMV Concert Classics, from 1962.
Mozart - Horn Concertos, with Gerd Seifert (horn) and The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karajan, on DGG, from 1969.
Vivaldi/Albinoni/Corelli- Concertos, with The English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Raymond Leppard (harpsichord), on EMI Records, from 1970.
Tchaikovsky - 1812 and Hamlet Overtures, with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, on Decca Ace of Clubs Records, from 1962.
Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro, with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, on Columbia EMI Records, from 1958.
Believe it or not, included in the '3 for a £1' deal were the following box sets (working out at just over 33p each!! :eek:):
Mozart - Complete Wind Music, with The London Wind Soloists, conducted by Jack Brymer, on Decca Ace of Diamonds Records, from 1963.
Offenbach - Tales of Hoffmann, with Joan Sutherland, Placido Domingo and Gabriel Bacquier, with L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Richard Bonynge, on Decca FFSS Records, from 1963.
No idea how long it'll take to clean that lot and listen to them, so see you in about 6 months!! :eyebrows:
Marco.
P.S To the resident 'experts': do any of the titles stand out to you as being particularly desirable or interesting?
Couldn't believe my luck today in Liverpool when I wandered into the Cancer Research UK charity shop, where there was a vinyl sale on (3 albums for £1), so I proceeded to hoover up this lot, all in minty condition - well it'd have been rude not to! :D
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No 2, with Joyce Hatto and The Hamburg Pro Musica, conducted by George Hurst, on SAGA records, from 1965.
Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky, with Elena Obraztsova and The London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Abbado, on DGG, from 1980.
Mozart - Piano Concertos No 21 in C Major/No 27 in B Flat Major, with Daniel Barenboim (soloist & conductor) and The English Chamber Orchestra, on EMI 'His Masters Voice', from 1967.
Mozart - Piano Concertos No 13 in C Major/No 17 in G Major, with Daniel Barenboim (soloist & conductor) and The English Chamber Orchestra, on EMI 'His Masters Voice', from 1968.
P.S To the resident 'experts': do any of the titles stand out to you as being particularly desirable or interesting?
The Nevsky has a particularly good 'In the Field of the Dead'
The others pique my interest as concertos are susceptible to interpretation. I have been finding that vinyl from the 60s is better than from the 70s and 80s for a number of reasons. One is because it is often heavier at about 160g. Later, especially in the 80s the thin vinyl abounded as a cost measure. Also the sound engineers did less interfering. Finally the 60's were more of a time of optimism (according to a Greek audiophile I saw on YouTube). After the recovery from the war there was a lot of energy about that has found its way into those recordings.
jandl100
24-04-2014, 05:36
P.S To the resident 'experts': do any of the titles stand out to you as being particularly desirable or interesting?
Oooo - I'm a self appointed classical 'expert' :eyebrows:
Here's my personal pick of the bunch ....
Extra special ones highlighted in blue. :)
Brahms - Violin Concerto, with Henryk Szeryng and The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Monteux, on RCA Victrola, from 1959.
Schubert - Symphony No 8 "Unfinished" Beethoven - Fidelio. Leonore III. Coriolan (Overtures), with The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Karajan, on DGG, from 1962.
Tschaikovsky - Symphony No 6, with The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Karajan, on DGG, from 1964.
Bruckner - Symphony No 4 "Romantic", with The Halle Orchestra, conducted by Zdenek Macal, on EMI Records, from 1984.
Schubert - Death and the Maiden String Quartet, with the Amadeus Quartett, on DGG, from 1983.
Telemann - (Viola Concertos). Concerto in G Major. Handel - Concerto in B Minor. Bach - Concerto in C Minor, with Lubomir Maly (viola) and The Prague Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Libor Hlavacek, on Supraphon Records, from 1971.
Stravinsky - Chamber Music, with The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, on DGG, from 1975.
Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps, with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Igor Markevitch, on EMI Records, from 1960.
Dvorak - Symphony No 9 "From the New World", with The Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, conducted by Colin Davis, on Philips Records, from 1978.
Elgar - Violin Concerto, with Pinchas Zukerman (violin) and The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, on CBS Masterworks Records, from 1976.
Dvorak - Symphony No 8 Slavonic Dances, with The Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, conducted by Bernard Haitink, on Philips Records, from 1963.
Mozart - Piano Concertos, with Ingrid Haebler (piano) and The Chamber Orchestra of the Vienna Concert Society/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Heinrich Hollreiser, on SAGA Records, from 1976.
Mozart - Piano Concertos No 21 in C Major/No 27 in B Flat Major, with Daniel Barenboim (soloist & conductor) and The English Chamber Orchestra, on EMI 'His Masters Voice', from 1967.
Mozart - Piano Concertos No 13 in C Major/No 17 in G Major, with Daniel Barenboim (soloist & conductor) and The English Chamber Orchestra, on EMI 'His Masters Voice', from 1968.
Rachmaninov - Symphony No3 in A Minor, with The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent, on EMI Records, from 1959.
Elgar - Symphony No 1, with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vernon Handley, on EMI Records, from 1980.
Walton - Belshazzar's Feast, with Michael Rippon and The Halle Orchestra & Choir, conducted by James Loughran, on EMI Records, from 1973.
Mozart - Complete Wind Music, with The London Wind Soloists, conducted by Jack Brymer, on Decca Ace of Diamonds Records, from 1963.
Excellent haul there, Marco. :thumbsup:
Cheers, chaps! I'll target those ones first for cleaning and listening. Yup, I'm delighted with that haul - it was simply a matter of being in the right place at the right time :)
Marco.
jandl100
26-04-2014, 08:31
Of late I have been exploring multiple recordings of Mozart's glorious "Great Mass" in c minor.
Rejects ....
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FvoHEQyiL._SY300__PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg
http://www.americanbach.org/discography/Mass_in_C_Minor.jpg
http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Features/f6/b8/ba/dj.hpktjblx.255x255-75.jpg
http://pixhost.me/avaxhome/48/44/00164448_medium.jpeg
Good'uns ....
http://pixhost.me/avaxhome/88/71/00107188_medium.jpeg
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/145/MI0001145368.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
and this version on DVD which has been used as a basis for a modern ballet. Really quite special actually!
http://i.prs.to/t_200/euroarts2054604.jpg
Take a look --- (the sound and visuals are much better on the actual recording!)
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And probably my favourite (so far, more on the way!) ...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61FJFJWRHBL._SY300_.jpg
jandl100
27-04-2014, 06:19
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/990/MI0000990666.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
I've had this disc for decades and have failed to have much sympathy with the music.
But last night for some reason I had a yearning to give it another try -- yup, definite progress is being made, maybe in another 20 years I'll realise they are masterpieces! :)
jandl100
27-04-2014, 16:07
http://cfile231.uf.daum.net/C200x180/2748ED3A5348D80C1E6E64
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/Nov05/Brahms_Cello_cda67529.jpg
A Brahmsian Sunday afternoon for me. :)
Mozart - Requiem, Butt, Dunedin Consort, Linn [sacd]
Interesting attempt at a reconstruction of the first performance. Small scale but potent and dynamic performance by the ensemble, with the individual voices easily separated. However, the depth perspective is quite flattened and the presentation very in-your-face. Quite different from many of my Requiems, but an education into what Mozart might have heard. I really miss the organ pedals, though.
http://www.etorrent.co.kr/data/file0207/torrent_sinmu/991929014_VbIdCJ4x_morzartrequiem.jpg
jandl100
02-05-2014, 22:42
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/jan04/melartin.jpg
Hey, these are good!
Well worth investigating for Sibelius-lovers. :thumbsup:
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