Spinning Today (Classical version) [Archive] - Page 9

Ronksley

28-01-2015, 22:17

Todays charity shop haul £1 5Cds

Good version of Tchaikovskys Pathetique Very good sound

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/IMAG0067_zpsom73o65f.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/IMAG0067_zpsom73o65f.jpg.html)

and 4CDs of Dowland had a good kip to the first CD earlier
hopefully the second will help me sleep in a bit

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/IMAG0066_zpspzby3dix.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/IMAG0066_zpspzby3dix.jpg.html)

jandl100

29-01-2015, 08:14

LP
http://classicrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SDD179.jpg

I was so pleased to find this Shosty - I had never even heard of the recording.
But sadly I have to agree with the reviewer who has posted ...
"Whatever his prowess in 19th- and 20th-century Romantic music of Eastern European origin, Kertész simply does not connect with Shostakovich’s frenetic, highly strung idiom. He emphasizes the symphony’s classical structure, employing crisp phrasing and rendering the music with a strangely chilly detachment."

And the sq is rather mushy and unfocussed. Ah well, it does have its points of interest.

LP
http://www.classicrecords.co.uk/photos/SXL6414.jpg

Ahhh, that's more like it - lovely music previously unknown to me - I was particularly impressed with the Borodin piano quintet.

LP
http://assets.rootsvinylguide.com/pictures/j-s-mayr-f-ries-maria-littauer-hamburg-symphony-alois-springer-conductor_2465509

Wow - love the Mayr piano concerto - I've never even heard of the guy before! Played it 3 times now - I want to hear the Ries as well, but the Mayr always draws me back.

jandl100

30-01-2015, 07:19

http://www.khrisrecords.com/catalog/Ousset-7312-a_3659_1.jpg

Fantastic! What a pianist. :thumbsup:

[img]http://photos.instantencore.com/164155/164155_1024.jpg

--- absolutely phenomenal playing - probably the very best Liszt sonata I have heard. Jaw dropping.
But in stereo the sound is 'atmospheric' rather than focussed - I listened in Mono. :thumbsup:

Andrei

30-01-2015, 08:03

Fantastic! What a pianist. :thumbsup:

--- absolutely phenomenal playing - probably the very best Liszt sonata I have heard. Jaw dropping.
But in stereo the sound is 'atmospheric' rather than focussed - I listened in Mono. :thumbsup:

Thanks, I will keep a look out.

Not sure what you mean about mono though in the Houston

jandl100

30-01-2015, 08:10

Ronksley

30-01-2015, 10:13

All amps should have a mono switch
not heard the recording but there can be too much stereo sometimes

Andrei

30-01-2015, 23:42

The Houstoun (note the 2nd u) recording stretches the piano all the way from the left to the right speaker and is very unfocussed and 'billowy' in stereo. I guess some folks will like it but I find it very distracting.

In mono you get a nicely focussed and precise central image which works well, for me, with piano.

Does that make any more sense?
OK, I think I get it - you played a stereo record in mono? I guess that was, as David says, via a mono switch on the amp. Another option I suppose it to mute one channel and now you would be listening from the position of the unmuted microphone. Having listed to a piano recital recently I was impressed the way the sound filled the room - so I am rather surprised that listening in mono could be an improvement.

Incidentally although he is a kiwi I have not heard him play live.

jandl100

31-01-2015, 07:00

OK, I think I get it - you played a stereo record in mono? I guess that was, as David says, via a mono switch on the amp. Another option I suppose it to mute one channel and now you would be listening from the position of the unmuted microphone. Having listed to a piano recital recently I was impressed the way the sound filled the room - so I am rather surprised that listening in mono could be an improvement.

Incidentally although he is a kiwi I have not heard him play live.

Ah sorry - yes, mono button on pre-amp. I was still being obscure! :doh:

Yep, Michael Houstoun, he's a Kiwi - Check Him Out ! - superb Beethoven sonata recordings as well. But with the same blown-up wishy washy sound quality - maybe that's what you guys like Down Under?

I hear quite a few recordings - and in my estimation Houstoun is one of the great pianists of our time.
Check out his Shostakovich piano concertos on Naxos as well - that CD was my intro to him and set me investigating other recordings by him. I've been in search of a great recording of the Shosty piano concertos and have tried pretty much all of the 'usual suspects' - some of them very good, but not quite nailing the exquisite slow movements - then for 1p plus postage from Amazon I thought I may as well try the Naxos offering even if the pianist is not a Big Name; Houstoun ... who? :scratch: F**k me, it's near as damn perfect! Forget the rest, Houstoun's the best! :D

jandl100

31-01-2015, 07:05

I picked the next CD up at a charity shop for 50p.
Just one of those naff cheapo labels with pseudonymous orchestra and conductor names, I thought.
But, well -- 50p -- charity -- why not? - who knows what it's like?!

http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/ba06a4cc532b8acc876f98906a70f3db/2629144.jpg

Well, blow me down. It is very, very good indeed.

Different performers for each symphony. And you can hear that from both sq and interpretation.

#40 - a measured tread, but superbly held together rhythmically. Somewhat warm sonics with good clarity and wide stereo spread.

#41 - faster, quite incisive. Slight disappointment in that there is no repeat in the fugue finale, it would have been welcomed! Slightly lean recording, but that suits the interpretation. Narrower stereo spread.

I've played this CD 3 times now - You know, I think these may well be my favoured versions of these symphonies! :eek:

Desmo

31-01-2015, 13:52

I've never worked out how to upload pictures of the cover art, so here's the information on what I'm listening to as I type:

Georg Philipp Telleman: Quadros and Trios
Ensemble Senario (recorded in Utrecht June 1998)
Globe GLO 5154
on CD

Fairly recent charity shop acquisition - well recorded, and you can get a real feel for the acoustic in the church where they recorded.

jandl100

31-01-2015, 18:16

Here you go, Graeme :)

http://direct.rhapsody.com/imageserver/v2/albums/Alb.15293251/images/500x500.jpg

Desmo

31-01-2015, 18:19

Here you go, Graeme :)

http://direct.rhapsody.com/imageserver/v2/albums/Alb.15293251/images/500x500.jpg

Yes - that's the one!

Thanks Jerry.

jandl100

01-02-2015, 07:19

Yum, I do like Telemann.

Last night ....

https://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4011563770213.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81bKkQ6Q2eL._SX355_.jpg

jandl100

02-02-2015, 17:44

Something of a Respighi binge recently ....

CD
http://c2.bibtopia.com/h/458/770/641770458.0.m.jpg
--- suite for organ & strings, and organ solo pieces

CD
http://cdn.classicsonline.com/images/cds/others/CDS39.gif
--- violin sonatas

CD
http://www.sjsq.ca/images/cd-respighi.jpg
--- string quartet & soprano !

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/461/MI0003461337.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

jandl100

04-02-2015, 06:59

Mega LP haul yesterday in a couple of charity shops. :)

Played so far ....

http://cdn.discogs.com/OXNfPT-No9RnXj13uVGe6uJ_fDo=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-6137628-1412007758-4304.jpeg.jpg

Heifetz is technically sizzling, even in his early 70s, especially the Ravel Tzigane :eek:. Astonishing, really. But his playing still sounds robotic to me, emotionless. Others hear it differently, though.

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDcwWDUwMA==/$T2eC16dHJIkE9qU3lQ1iBQMyzcp+Pg~~60_35.JPG

http://store.acousticsounds.com/images/large/UEMI_ASD2764__59567__09202010115055-3005.jpg

Marco

04-02-2015, 08:16

Nice stuff there, Jerry! Have you been back yet to Hay-on-Wye? :)

Marco.

jandl100

04-02-2015, 08:22

Nice stuff there, Jerry! Have you been back yet to Hay-on-Wye? :)

Marco.

No, not done the HoW thing yet, Marco - my wife is recovering from taking the quick way down a short flight of steps :doh: so can't really hack it round town yet and she'll want to look at the book shops.

Anyways. I'm finding more than enough LP bargains elsewhere!

Just played from the same LP stash ...

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzExWDEwMjQ=/z/iggAAOxykMpTH1qB/$_35.JPG

Marco

04-02-2015, 08:37

Ooops... Sorry to hear about Mrs J. Please send her my best wishes for a speedy and full recovery! :)

Marco.

jandl100

04-02-2015, 08:38

:thumbsup:

walpurgis

04-02-2015, 11:14

Sorry to hear that Jerry. Hope the missus is OK quickly.

Barry

05-02-2015, 13:48

No worries, Graeme - I know of lots of interesting pianists!

I find I have the same problem with Clifford Curzon - 'just the notes' doesn't do it for me - can you imagine Beethoven giving an emotionless performance of his own music? ... :nono: :)

Not sure I would agree with you regarding Curzon. He was often criticised for not "just playing the notes". Anyway, just listen to his playing of the Grieg piano concerto on Decca - it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/313OiaI7RUL.jpg

PS Trust your wife is recovering from her accident.

jandl100

05-02-2015, 15:32

Ah, fair enough, Barry - I guess I'm really going on Curzon's later recordings when he seemed to be ultra-careful.
I have since come across some of his earlier efforts and they are indeed very eventful and (to me) much more enjoyable.

Just now ...

LP
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3447/3979939828_4c22442062.jpg

Magnificent!

jandl100

06-02-2015, 09:34

LP
http://store.acousticsounds.com/images/large/UDGR_138961__76527__07192011090947-628.jpg

My top performance of the concerto. :)

LP
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419FkbRqJXL.jpg

-- classical transcriptions for balalaika and the occasional piano on Melodiya. Great fun. :)
Liszt hungarian rhapsody #2,SaintSaens Danse Macabre etc ...

jandl100

10-02-2015, 05:31

LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/llUAAOxygPtSqdlw/$_35.JPG

DVD
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNzk3NDA0MDUxOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTQ0NjYxMTE@._ V1_SY317_CR3,0,214,317_AL_.jpg

DVD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KVEFEXJEL.jpg

jandl100

11-02-2015, 07:38

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xRUxDynaL.jpg

LP
http://eil.com/images/main/William-Boyce-Symphonies-I-VIII-532526.jpg

LP
http://www.karajan.info/concolor/1957/BrucknerSymNr9Karajan60CD39Top500.jpg

jandl100

12-02-2015, 10:56

http://www.selections.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/485x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/A/H/AH274_1.jpg

This bargain price 3 CD set is a major find.
Mono recordings by pianist Clifford Curzon - after hearing his later stereo recordings I wondered what all the fuss about him was ... now I know!

Superb readings, in decent to excellent mono sound, of 2 Mozart piano concertos, the 2 Mozart piano quartets (with members of the Amadeus Quartet) and the 2 Brahms piano concertos.

Fabulous!

Available here http://www.selections.com/clifford-curzon-masterclass-3cds.html
And here http://www.amazon.co.uk/Clifford-Curzon-Masterclass-Various/dp/B000WM84E0/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1423738557&sr=1-1&keywords=curzon+masterclass

jandl100

14-02-2015, 06:43

LP
http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/ee7b179edc0303e6469c37676091d45e/4389070.jpg

LP mono
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l633/anchorrecords6/290312/024.jpg

LP mono
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqMOKooE4t5wUsRlBOV7eF5QBw~~_35.JPG

I am generally averse to orchestral mono recordings but the last 2 of the above were greatly enjoyed, perhaps largely due to the excellent condition of the LPs as well as superb performances.

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ylxDZk8gL._SY300_.jpg

Wowzer! What a recording! :thumbsup:
My BWV582 of choice remains the Stokowski transcription with the Czech Phil, though. Stokie just draws out all the inner voices so lucidly in a triumphant spine tingling peroration! :wowzer:

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTExWDYwMA==/z/d6kAAOxyD9JSBxR0/$(KGrHqNHJDkFHoO32rb(BSB)R0Kveg~~60_35.JPG

My Desert Island disc. :)

Marco

14-02-2015, 10:00

LP mono
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqMOKooE4t5wUsRlBOV7eF5QBw~~_35.JPG

In my experience, some of the mono classical recordings on vinyl can not only sound stunning, but in general the arrangements and performances are of a consistently high level, especially those on the RCA labels, Living Voice being the crème de la crème :)

Oh, and I have the same album on vinyl, and agree it's superb!

Marco.

Desmo

14-02-2015, 18:13

jandl100

14-02-2015, 18:22

Jerry,

Thanks for the links - I've gone and spent lots of money at the first site (www.selections.com) the prices are amazing!!!

Thanks again.

Yep, Selections is a bargain hunter's paradise - I've used them for a decade or two!

They also sell on Amazon under various nom de plumes - sometimes even cheaper than on their main site, especially if you want just a single CD, as the Amazon postage rate is less! It's always worth checking for titles in Amazon Market Place. ;)

jandl100

15-02-2015, 07:29

LP
http://cdn.discogs.com/tWyELQ2ChJA43M8kqzfDYb3gTVU=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-6430316-1419031270-8431.jpeg.jpg

Excellent - I much prefer Igor Oistrakh to his more famous dad, David, on the violin. Igor has soul!

CD
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2013/Feb13/bottesini_naxos8572994.jpg

What a fine piece of music - doesn't raise the rafters like Verdi's Requiem, or explore the nether regions of emotional depth like Mozart's - but still just nice to listen to! :)

jandl100

16-02-2015, 08:04

LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/z/aysAAOxyJX1S~~B-/$_1.JPG?set_id=8800005007

LP
http://www.paxmusic.co.kr/html/images/3204247.jpg

CD
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2013/Feb13/bottesini_naxos8572994.jpg
Again!

jandl100

17-02-2015, 08:56

CD
http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/89408014222_p0_v1_s260x420.JPG

LP
http://store.acousticsounds.com/images/large/UDGR_138805__83873__06212012043356-1975.jpg

LP
http://www.deccaclassics.com/imgs/s300x300/4777486.jpg
... probably my fave version of the Brahms VC

LP
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mKmig4-KsamwzbDgWlg3U1Q.jpg

Andrei

17-02-2015, 09:10

http://www.selections.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/485x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/A/H/AH274_1.jpg

This bargain price 3 CD set is a major find.
Mono recordings by pianist Clifford Curzon - after hearing his later stereo recordings I wondered what all the fuss about him was ... now I know!

Superb readings, in decent to excellent mono sound, of 2 Mozart piano concertos, the 2 Mozart piano quartets (with members of the Amadeus Quartet) and the 2 Brahms piano concertos.
Hear my first Curzon yesterday: Mozart PC K466. I must have 20 versions but I think this is the best. Every single note seems to have significance, tempos perfect, orchestra absolutely spot on too.

jandl100

17-02-2015, 13:02

LP
http://dsch1975.web.fc2.com/lp/turnabout-tvs34280.jpg

Marco

18-02-2015, 23:28

Now on the black stuff.....

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/913/sKXw1o.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/901/NmG3iQ.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/AegWbc.jpg

Sublime! :)

Marco.

Marco

18-02-2015, 23:32

http://www.selections.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/485x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/A/H/AH274_1.jpg

This bargain price 3 CD set is a major find.
Mono recordings by pianist Clifford Curzon - after hearing his later stereo recordings I wondered what all the fuss about him was ... now I know!

Superb readings, in decent to excellent mono sound, of 2 Mozart piano concertos, the 2 Mozart piano quartets (with members of the Amadeus Quartet) and the 2 Brahms piano concertos.

Fabulous!

Have you got his Schubert 'Moments Musicaux'? I've got that on vinyl, on a recording from 1971, and it's superb! :)

Marco.

jandl100

19-02-2015, 07:05

Have you got his Schubert 'Moments Musicaux'? I've got that on vinyl, on a recording from 1971, and it's superb! :)

Marco.

Nope - not yet! :)

That Decca Strauss LP looks a tad interesting, as well, Marco! :drool:

___

Obtained for £3.99 the other day from a local Oxfam charity shop - minty 12 LP set, with 1 missing. Gradually, working my way through it. By gum, old ArturR could play Chopin! :eek:

http://eil.com/images/main/Chopin-Rubinstein-plays-537701.jpg

And another wonderful 8 LP set obtained the same day for £2.99.

http://assets.rootsvinylguide.com/pictures/walcha-bach-organ-works-vol-i-ii-2-ed1-dgg-archiv-stereo-boxes-15lps-nm_4122962

Gradually working my way through that one as well.

Wonderful stuff! :)

GeezerChap

19-02-2015, 17:41

Rachel Podger's recordings of Bach violin concertos and Radu Lupu Schubert piano works

GeezerChap

19-02-2015, 22:03

Currently listening, on vinyl, to Beethoven Piano Concerto No5 "Emperor", Friedrich Gulda, piano, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Hans Swarowsky, conductor. Recorded in 1970 on Synchro Concert Hall Records.

This is rather excellent :)

Marco.

Emperor was the only classical music in the house as I grew up - a tape of of DG recording. I want to say Karajan but really it's so long ago it would be pure guesswork.

Listening now to Tasmin Little's Chandos recording of Britten's Violin Concerto with Ed Gardner. Wonderful piece which remains under-rated and under-exposed in my view,

jandl100

19-02-2015, 22:18

Emperor was the only classical music in the house as I grew up - a tape of of DG recording. I want to say Karajan but really it's so long ago it would be pure guesswork.,

Quite likely to be Kempff / Leitner, I should think.

jandl100

20-02-2015, 06:53

LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Nzg2WDgwMA==/z/qPcAAOxyBLBR-SAN/$(KGrHqVHJDcFHu9E6N-dBR-S!Npv(!~~60_35.JPG

LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/kKwAAMXQhuVRRhR9/$T2eC16F,!)UE9s3wBnrgBRRhR9SH+w~~60_35.JPG
-- hmm, not keen. The youthful Rattle rather pulls it around, little accelerandos leading up to the exciting bits etc ... :rolleyes: and overall a bit fast for me. Too excitable, the music is magnificent enough without yanking it around to highlight the 'good bits'.

CD
https://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0894640001400.jpg

Desmo

20-02-2015, 13:30

Jean-Baptiste Lully: Atys (a 5 act French opera from 1676)
Les Arte Florissant conducted by William Christie (recorded 1987)
Harmonia Mundi (3 CDs)

Marco

22-02-2015, 16:06

Now…..

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/e2vekg.jpg

Next up:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/NRaTsg.jpg

Last up (for today):

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/OVLcLx.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/tsLjeH.jpg

Marco.

jandl100

22-02-2015, 17:00

LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxNTYy/z/19QAAOxyYANTcGpd/$_35.JPG

LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTIwWDEyMjY=/z/z2gAAOxyYYlRn4o9/$T2eC16JHJHcFFkLzB4,9BRn4o9U4z!~~60_35.JPG

LP
http://files1.kyozou.com/Picture.aspx?width=300&height=300&id=19916968

skimminstones

22-02-2015, 19:38

I know nothing about classical music but i got these in a charity shop today

Bachs greatest hits - 50p

http://eil.com/images/main/Walter-Carlos-Bachs-Greatest-Hi-371785.jpg

and this for £2 - seems to be a collection of Beethoven symphonies. Has 7 LPs inside.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/londonguy/15993197144_c1f4af80b3_o.jpg (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/londonguy/media/15993197144_c1f4af80b3_o.jpg.html)

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/londonguy/16614239261_b578c8388d_o.jpg (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/londonguy/media/16614239261_b578c8388d_o.jpg.html)

jandl100

22-02-2015, 20:37

Ronksley

23-02-2015, 10:30

Nice bit of Bach for a sunny winters morning

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150223_095824_zpsfdfytvta.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/20150223_095824_zpsfdfytvta.jpg.html)

Listend to this while in bed last night great stuff
Disc one of a nine disc set

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150223_095942_zpspr6vtd2e.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/20150223_095942_zpspr6vtd2e.jpg.html)

never been much of a paino fan but do like Andras Schiff

jandl100

23-02-2015, 10:45

... never been much of a paino fan but do like Andras Schiff

I am a piano fan and I don't like Andras Schiff! :lol:

Currently spinning ....

LP
http://www.thevicioussquirrel.co.uk/published/publicdata/ECOMMERCE/attachments/SC/products_pictures/beethoven%20sixth_enl.jpg

Sublime

Ronksley

23-02-2015, 10:50

I am a piano fan and I don't like Andras Schiff! :lol:

:lolsign:

Have you heard Moazrt piano concertos from Salzburg conducted by Vegh? wonderfull stuff

Been really geting into Bohm recently might give my Cd of 6 & 8 a spin later

jandl100

23-02-2015, 11:30

I'm sure it's just me, as Schiff is a world famous pianist, but I find his playing very generic -- whether it's Bach or Beethoven or Schubert or Mozart, it all sounds the same to me! I hear Schiff not the composer. :mental:

Yes, I've heard some of the Mozart / Vegh series ..... :whistle: :lol:

skimminstones

23-02-2015, 13:13

Hey, excellent, Keith!

Give them a spin and see what you think.

the Bach disc looks a great introduction to his music. A very varied selection!

The Beethoven set conducted by Kletzki - an old set of recordings but he was a very fine conductor - I just hope they are in decent condition!
Start with the 5th symphony - I think everyone would recognise the beginning of that!

I spun a couple of them last night, the 1st and 3rd I think it was. Had a look at the other lps and they all seem in excellent condition 😄, seems a bargain for 2quid

jandl100

24-02-2015, 07:10

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/093/MI0001093670.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

Kuerti's Schubert sonatas are world class, imo, but while his Beethoven is good it doesn't quite make it up there with the best.

http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/391/1472391.jpg

Ah - now we are cooking with charcoal!
The Op 101 (#28) in Lill's hands is superb.

Oddly, and despite the better known and more illustrious competition from legendary pianists past and present, if I had to pick just one Beethoven piano sonata cycle to take to my desert island I think it would be Lill on ASV.
He has a leonine power and majesty that bowls me over every time - it's how I imagine Beethoven himself would have played them.

jandl100

25-02-2015, 06:58

CD
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTQ0MVgxNDQx/z/SXsAAOxy4c5RoYGC/$T2eC16F,!zoE9s5nc3VqBRoYGCE!u!~~60_35.JPG

LP
http://assets.rootsvinylguide.com/pictures/supraphon-sua-st-50032-haydn-oboe-piano-concertos-with-newstone-pso_4400196

LP
http://eil.com/images/main/Beethoven-Beethoven-Piano-S-535729.jpg
... amazing coincidence. I picked this up yesterday in a charity shop (6 mint LPs for £3 ;)) after listening to a CD from the set the previous day!
Chuffed to say the least. :)

jandl100

27-02-2015, 06:21

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/006/MI0001006404.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
... a rather distracting cover, but it's culture so that's alright ;) - wonderful music!

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/046/MI0001046580.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

LP
http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mUZc25G0zuRpp5Vf49H3NPA.jpg

jandl100

27-02-2015, 10:23

Playing as I type ....

LP
http://assets.rootsvinylguide.com/pictures/asd-358-dvorak-cello-concerto-rostropovitch-boult-1960-stereo-lp_6386865

Mono from the mid-50s ? maybe?
Orchestra sounds a bit scrawny, but the cello is captured superbly, real vibrancy!
Hey, Old Slava (RIP) couldn't half play!

Ronksley

27-02-2015, 21:20

Splashed out on some charity shop Mozart earlier Wind Serenade is great stuff a bit diasapointed by the Naxos
Leaving the Don Giovanni for tomorrow

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150227_211353_zpsxc82t0on.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/20150227_211353_zpsxc82t0on.jpg.html)

Now listening to some damm good old Beethoven

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150227_211323_zpsi8lrpbzq.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/20150227_211323_zpsi8lrpbzq.jpg.html)

Marco

27-02-2015, 22:12

Playing as I type ....

LP
http://assets.rootsvinylguide.com/pictures/asd-358-dvorak-cello-concerto-rostropovitch-boult-1960-stereo-lp_6386865

Lovely stuff, and on one of my favourite vintage record labels, too! :)

Marco.

jandl100

01-03-2015, 07:19

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/149/MI0001149786.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

Lovely pellucid bell-like tone Lill gets from his piano on this recording, almost like a dulcimer at times. Beautiful.

... and it's available (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Haydn-Piano-Sonatas-Joseph/dp/B000O78J0W/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1425194328&sr=1-1&keywords=haydn+lill) for 1p + postage from Amazon. ;)

Ronksley

01-03-2015, 08:23

jandl100

01-03-2015, 19:12

A Telemann vocal afternoon ...

CD
https://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/4011563770213.jpg

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/028/MI0001028309.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

A much underrated composer, imo.

Marco

02-03-2015, 16:51

Just popped into one of the charity shops in Wrexham and obtained the following, all on minty-mint vinyl [50p each]:

Brahms - Symphony No1, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Rudolf Kempe, on EMI records, from 1959.

Handel/Vivaldi/Gluck - Pachelbel Canon, with The Academy of Ancient Music, conducted by Christopher Hogwood, on Decca Records ‘Editions De L’Oiseau-Lyre', from 1981.

Mozart - Symphony No 32/35 and 39, by the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, on ASV Digital Records, from 1985.

Debussy - Nikita Magaloff ‘Piano Works’, on Concert Hall Records, from 1969.

Vaughan Williams - Dona Nobis Pacem 'Toward the Unknown Region’, with Sheila Armstrong (soprano), John Carol Case (baritone) and the London Philharmonic Choir/Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, on EMI ‘His Masters Voice’ Records, from 1973.

Bohuslav Martinů - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra/Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, with Bruno Belcik (violin), Josef Palenicek (piano) and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vaclav Neumann and Karel Ancerl, on Supraphon Records, from 1962.

Martinů - Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra. Strauss - Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, with Frantisek Hantak (oboe) and the BRNO State Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Martin Turnovsky and Jaroskav Vogel, on Supraphon Records, from 1963.

Tchaikovsky - Sextet ‘Souvenir de Florence’, with Mikhail Kopelman (violin), Andrei Arbamenkov (violin), Dmirti Shebalin (viola), Yuri Bashmet (viola), Valentin Berlinsky (cello) and Nalalia Gutman (piano), on Melodya Records, from 1980.

And lastly, ‘An Anthology of Elizabethan Keyboard Musick’, played by Michael Thomas on the claviorganum, positive organ, chamber organ, double manual harpsichord, single manual harpsichord and clavichord, on Saga Records, from 1966.

Off to clean them now, and then have a listen! Any gems in here, Jerry, or are they just a load of old tat? :D

Marco.

P.S oh, and a CD of Bruch’s Violin Concerto No1/Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, with Kyung Wha-Chung (violin), and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Rudolf Kempe, on Decca, from 1999 [original recording from 1972]: an ‘ADD’ analogue-to-digital remaster, for £1.00.

jandl100

02-03-2015, 17:36

:lol:

Good haul - not a piece of old tat in sight, Marco!

Marco

02-03-2015, 17:36

Gosh, I must be learning! :eek: :D

Marco.

Barry

02-03-2015, 17:54

Lovely stuff, and on one of my favourite vintage record labels, too! :)

Marco.

One of the best versions of the Dvorák Cello Concerto! Well done Marco.

Barry

02-03-2015, 17:58

Barry

02-03-2015, 18:04

The London Viola Sound

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21GGJ161RDL._SL150_.jpg

The 48 violas of: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, The London Philharmonic and Orchestra of the English National Opera.

An interesting mix of tracks:

Gershwin - 'It Ain’t Necessarily So' from Porgy and Bess
Weill – Kiddush
Shostakovich – Galop from Cherymushki
Dvořák – Slavonic Dance in E minor
Granger – Arrival Platform Humlet
Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte
Prokofiev - Waltz from War and Peace
Bacharach - 'This Guy’s In Love With You'
Strayhorn – 'Take the “A” Train'

This sort of thing is probably frowned upon by this august forum, but is pleasant nonetheless. Anyway it was a charity shop acquisition so very inexpensive.

BTH K10A

02-03-2015, 18:27

Playing as I type ....

LP
http://assets.rootsvinylguide.com/pictures/asd-358-dvorak-cello-concerto-rostropovitch-boult-1960-stereo-lp_6386865

Mono from the mid-50s ? maybe?

Orchestra sounds a bit scrawny, but the cello is captured superbly, real vibrancy!
Hey, Old Slava (RIP) couldn't half play!

Mono????

Ronksley

02-03-2015, 18:29

Mozart symphoies the way they should be done just over eighty minutes of pleaseure
Disc nine from an eleven CD set

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150302_173105_zpsybnamnqj.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/20150302_173105_zpsybnamnqj.jpg.html)

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150302_173420_zpsk2fvl9vl.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/20150302_173420_zpsk2fvl9vl.jpg.html)

jandl100

02-03-2015, 19:35

CD
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/338/1043338.jpg
-- I do often like Britten's non-vocal music. These quartets are excellent - Shostyesque!

CD
http://media.mdt.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/8/5/8553558-59_1.jpg
-- I tried this (again) - great until the vocals start - the way Britten gets the soloists to sing in a weird declamatory style is a big turn-off for me - makes my skin crawl.
I gave up after less than 10 minutes - it's now up for sale on eBay! Sometimes you just have to say 'enough' !! :D

LP
http://store.acousticsounds.com/images/large/UDEC_JB6__36941__01152009115324-3369.jpg
.... ahhh, that's more like it. My Britten's Requiem-tortured soul is healed by Beethoven. :)

jandl100

02-03-2015, 19:36

Mono????

Yep.

Marco

02-03-2015, 19:51

Nowt wrong with mono… Some of the best ever classical music performances were recorded on that format, on vinyl - and many sound stunning!

Marco.

Barry

02-03-2015, 20:00

Splashed out on some charity shop Mozart earlier Wind Serenade is great stuff a bit diasapointed by the Naxos
Leaving the Don Giovanni for tomorrow

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150227_211353_zpsxc82t0on.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/20150227_211353_zpsxc82t0on.jpg.html)

I love the Mozart Wind Serenade (K361) - I have the very same BBC Music Magazine 'freebie' (and paid the same as you! :lol:)

Marco

02-03-2015, 20:02

I love the Mozart Wind Serenade...

Isn’t that what you do after a vindaloo? :D

Marco.

Andrei

02-03-2015, 20:16

http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/338/1043338.jpg
-- I do often like Britten's non-vocal music. These quartets are excellent - Shostyesque!

Much prefer Britten's SQs over Shosty's

http://media.mdt.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/8/5/8553558-59_1.jpg
-- I tried this (again) - great until the vocals start - the way Britten gets the soloists to sing in a weird declamatory style is a big turn-off for me - makes my skin crawl.
I gave up after less than 10 minutes - it's now up for sale on eBay! Sometimes you just have to say 'enough' !! :D

Normally I don't like spoken words, eg Beethoven's ninth. Also, if I remember correctly, Stravinsky acknowledged the dialogue in Oedipus was a mistake. In my opinion the music should do the talking. But the War Requiem is a different beast. The poems stand up in their own right and Britten's tones and rhythm enhance the tension. So the way I see it is that it is music, then poetry, then music etc. Still I can see why you needed relief :->

BTH K10A

02-03-2015, 20:19

Nowt wrong with mono… Some of the best ever classical music performances were recorded on that format, on vinyl - and many sound stunning!

Marco.

Nowt wrong at all but I thought the gold stereophonic sticker on the cover and stereophonic written in big letters across the label might have been the givaway :confused: unless of course HMV cocked up, put the wrong label on the record and then stuck it into the wrong sleeve

Marco

02-03-2015, 20:23

Jerry probably just posted a Google image (in order to identify what he was listening to), which showed a stereo version. If he says his is mono, however, it’ll be mono :)

Marco.

daytona600

02-03-2015, 20:27

vinyl - Mono
http://snvinyl.co.uk/WebRoot/Daily/Shops/eshop943300/5199/20E4/0A48/4D1A/E1E9/C31A/5AE3/00A5/imxlp6013.jpg

BTH K10A

02-03-2015, 20:29

Just popped into one of the charity shops in Wrexham and obtained the following, all on minty-mint vinyl [50p each]:

Handel/Vivaldi/Gluck - Pachelbel Canon, with The Academy of Ancient Music, conducted by Christopher Hogwood, on Decca Records ‘Editions De L’Oiseau-Lyre', from 1981.

My favorite rendition of Pachabels Canon & Gigue plus have you listened to side 1 track 3 yet? Glucks Dance of the Furies is an immensly powerful piece of baroque music

BTH K10A

02-03-2015, 20:31

Jerry probably just posted a Google image (in order to identify what he was listening to), which showed a stereo version. If he says his is mono, however, it’ll be mono :)

Marco.

Thats cheating in my book :eek: like posting stock pics of hifi ;)

Marco

02-03-2015, 20:39

My favorite rendition of Pachabels Canon & Gigue plus have you listened to side 1 track 3 yet? Glucks Dance of the Furies is an immensly powerful piece of baroque music

Not yet, Andy, but noted! :)

Marco.

Marco

03-03-2015, 19:03

Talking of mono recordings on vinyl, I’ve just been enjoying this rather fine and uplifting piece of music, from 1959:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/ser9Iq.jpg

Next up this (again in mono):

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/IADXCt.jpg

Marco.

BTH K10A

03-03-2015, 19:09

Just about tome to p[lay side one before sitting down to eat.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1608_zpsdzyfitvu.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1608_zpsdzyfitvu.jpg.html)

Marco

03-03-2015, 19:14

Nice, Andy! So what’s one's repast this evening? :)

I’m just about to devour some confit of duck.

Marco.

BTH K10A

03-03-2015, 20:11

Nice, Andy! So what’s one's repast this evening? :)

I’m just about to devour some confit of duck.

Marco.

Argentinian ribeye joint roasted with vegetables

Marco

03-03-2015, 20:53

Lurvely :)

Marco.

awkwardbydesign

03-03-2015, 21:20

awkwardbydesign

03-03-2015, 21:24

CD. Just arrived today.
http://e-records.ro/img/p/1/0/3/103-thickbox_default.jpg

jandl100

04-03-2015, 07:35

Nowt wrong at all but I thought the gold stereophonic sticker on the cover and stereophonic written in big letters across the label might have been the givaway :confused: unless of course HMV cocked up, put the wrong label on the record and then stuck it into the wrong sleeve

Whoops!

Jerry probably just posted a Google image (in order to identify what he was listening to), which showed a stereo version. If he says his is mono, however, it’ll be mono :)

Marco.

Quite correct!

:doh:

I didn't realise it as available in stereo! - I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for it!

jandl100

04-03-2015, 07:40

LP
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51twhe9ofvL._SY300_.jpg
... the Ave Verum Corpus is amazing, very much in the sound world of the Requiem. I've not heard it before.
(AVC - K618, Requiem K626 ;))

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/027/MI0001027980.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
-- my favourite pianist strides magnificently through the 2nd concerto.
What power, what finesse! :eek:

jandl100

04-03-2015, 07:42

Thats cheating in my book :eek: like posting stock pics of hifi ;)

What?! - camera out, sort out lighting, take pic, load onto photobucket, copy into AOS .... fook that! :nono: :lol:

BTH K10A

04-03-2015, 20:10

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1609_zpsh8hapwqh.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1609_zpsh8hapwqh.jpg.html)

Barry

04-03-2015, 21:01

What?! - camera out, sort out lighting, take pic, load onto photobucket, copy into AOS .... fook that! :nono: :lol:

Agreed - if it ain't on Amazon then the posting is sans image.

BTH K10A

04-03-2015, 21:16

Agreed - if it ain't on Amazon then the posting is sans image.

:hmm: :nocomment:

jandl100

05-03-2015, 07:59

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1609_zpsh8hapwqh.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1609_zpsh8hapwqh.jpg.html)

Ah - Deyanova - she recorded a most interesting set of Schubert piano sonatas for Nimbus - clearly (to my ear) emulating the legendary recordings of Sviatoslav Richter - they almost worked! Certainly worth a listen.

_______

CD
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o4bMxq-O7UQ/TjbwbVCzOcI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/ZLe_dwL-_6E/s320/MA.jpg

CD
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/Apr02/shost_sony.jpg

CD
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/July03/Handel_coronation.jpg

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/087/MI0001087602.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

jandl100

05-03-2015, 19:52

LP
http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mwgtaoNmQ-9h3Qosb1JxRpw.jpg
-- Magnificent recording and pianism.

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512gSYpabyL._SX355_.jpg
-- interesting Beethoven-precursor

CD
http://classicrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ASD3426.jpg
-- I do like Barenboim's way with Mozart - sprightly but not too fast, and weighty where required.

BTH K10A

05-03-2015, 20:13

Picked these out for this evening

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/111-1191_IMG_zpshb4dnxyg.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/111-1191_IMG_zpshb4dnxyg.jpg.html)http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1509_zpsoqogbxju.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1509_zpsoqogbxju.jpg.html)
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1585_zpsumyeyk5y.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1585_zpsumyeyk5y.jpg.html)
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/111-1148_IMG_zpsdt3clr5w.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/111-1148_IMG_zpsdt3clr5w.jpg.html)
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_0278_zps0djj2lnu.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_0278_zps0djj2lnu.jpg.html)

I may not get through them all though

Desmo

06-03-2015, 10:54

Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
The English Baroque Soloists conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner
2CD set on Archiv from 1987

Just sublime....

jandl100

07-03-2015, 06:42

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xYtVdCVGL.jpg
-- an obscure but excellent CD!

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/024/MI0001024895.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
-- interesting interpretation of Schubert 9 to hear once, but curiously unminvolving and it's now on my <for sale> pile!

awkwardbydesign

07-03-2015, 18:58

[QUOTE=jandl100;626309]Ah - Deyanova - she recorded a most interesting set of Schubert piano sonatas for Nimbus - clearly (to my ear) emulating the legendary recordings of Sviatoslav Richter - they almost worked! Certainly worth a listen.

_______

CD
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o4bMxq-O7UQ/TjbwbVCzOcI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/ZLe_dwL-_6E/s320/MA.jpg

Lookong for Ma Sicong I found this on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmuxfp1Tk3U but can't find the CDs or how to download a file (flac or WAV, not MP3!). Can anyone help?
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Oi5OOtB9QGs/maxresdefault.jpg

jandl100

08-03-2015, 07:34

CD
--- this one, but on CD not LP!
http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/c8bdb69b33c7b1555b2a6d6686925416/4285870.jpg

--- I must confess to a huge sense of ennui with the Mendelssohn concerto, I just can't be bothered with it anymore! - but the Tchaikovsky is magnificent here!

The 2nd concerto from this CD - wonderful
http://cdn.sinfinimusic.com/assets/20141105121952/productImages/0825646803972/amazon/Shostakovich-Violin-Concertos-Nos.-1-and-2-300x300.jpg

Ronksley

08-03-2015, 20:14

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150308_144648_zpsbmgt59px.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/20150308_144648_zpsbmgt59px.jpg.html)

Been really enjoying this Moazrt

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150308_144537_zps95iid7vu.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/20150308_144537_zps95iid7vu.jpg.html)

A live recording from 1994 wonderfull stuff indeed
Going to sit back in a bit and give it a good listen again

Also been enjoying

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150308_144641_zpslepxm6lx.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/20150308_144641_zpslepxm6lx.jpg.html)

Thanks for the recomendation Jerry I am a big fan of 1p plus postage CDs
Really lovelly sound he gets from the paino

BTH K10A

08-03-2015, 21:39

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/111-1122_IMG_zpst7lxsxaz.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/111-1122_IMG_zpst7lxsxaz.jpg.html)

Barry

08-03-2015, 23:34

Also been enjoying

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150308_144641_zpslepxm6lx.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/20150308_144641_zpslepxm6lx.jpg.html)

Thanks for the recomendation Jerry I am a big fan of 1p plus postage CDs
Really lovelly sound he gets from the paino

Me too - also 1p plus postage!

Thanks Jerry

[PS The artwork proof readers should be shot: on the rear sleeve the artist is (twice) written as OHN LILL (sic)!]

jandl100

09-03-2015, 06:45

Yay - good that you folks enjoy it, too. :)

____

LP
http://img.cdandlp.com/2014/09/imgL/117171016.jpg

CD
http://cdn.sinfinimusic.com/assets/20141105121952/productImages/0825646803972/amazon/Shostakovich-Violin-Concertos-Nos.-1-and-2-300x300.jpg
-- played the 2nd, again.

CD
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTU4OFgxNjAw/z/kjUAAOSwY45USOWR/$_35.JPG
-- played the 2nd concerto

jandl100

09-03-2015, 07:13

Playing this CD on headphones as I type ...

https://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-400/0992-1/6FB/703/66/%7B6FB70366-4192-4CAA-8A69-7C99977082DE%7DImg400.jpg

Seriously impressed!
-- big scale, dynamic, tuneful, romantic -- what's not to like?

jandl100

09-03-2015, 10:21

LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxNTY4/z/VVUAAOxyBvZTRPrI/$_35.JPG

CD
http://cdn.naxos.com/SharedFiles/images/cds/others/8.570109.gif

Desmo

09-03-2015, 11:21

Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme
The Sir Thomas Beecham, Victoria de los Angeles version from the 1950's
2 CDs on EMI Classics.

My wife's choice, but I have to agree that this is a great version. The sleeve notes say that Beecham actually met Puccini and did not really like him. He seems to like the music well enough.

On another note, Puccini's old car still exists, and we saw it finish the London to Brighton run a couple of years back, though it did have to get a push over the finish line. I don't remember seeing it on last years run! Maybe it was there, but the weather was so wet last year that we had to take regular refreshment breaks in a bar to get dry :-)

Ronksley

09-03-2015, 20:01

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150309_154116_zpscjzo29nk.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/20150309_154116_zpscjzo29nk.jpg.html)

Lovely stuff great cello and clarinet

This Tchaikovksy 5 with Rozhdestvensky conductuing the LSO is brilliant
So good I bought a second copy to use demo disc to compare Cd players

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150309_154051_zps2dad9aw2.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Ronksley/media/20150309_154051_zps2dad9aw2.jpg.html)

jandl100

10-03-2015, 09:08

Ah - Les Musiciens - a fabulously talented group - have you heard their Schubert piano trios, David? My favourite versions - sublime!!

___

The 2nd concerto from this CD - again!
http://cdn.sinfinimusic.com/assets/20141105121952/productImages/0825646803972/amazon/Shostakovich-Violin-Concertos-Nos.-1-and-2-300x300.jpg

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/196/MI0001196625.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

BTH K10A

10-03-2015, 21:38

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/111-1125_IMG-1_zpsa4713abf.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/111-1125_IMG-1_zpsa4713abf.jpg.html)

jandl100

11-03-2015, 07:32

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61nAEPsASfL._SL500_SY300_.jpg

LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/$(KGrHqF,!hsFCv6iDKSbBQ7G4+rf)w~~60_35.JPG

LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjYwWDc4Mg==/z/MT4AAOxyRhBS5Wz~/$_35.JPG

jandl100

12-03-2015, 07:24

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PxHPXm7FL._SX300_.jpg

CD
http://img.maniadb.com/images/album_t/150/203/203096_1_f.jpg
Argerich in the D minopr concerto (#20) is astonishing - although it has to be said that she plays it more like Beethoven than Mozart!

jandl100

13-03-2015, 08:16

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/970/MI0002970738.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

Excellent well-crafted music, I also have a CD of Marx's violin sonatas :thumbsup:

Desmo

13-03-2015, 14:35

LP:

George Frederick Handel
Coronation Anthems
Choir of Westminster Abbey, and the English Consort lead by Trevor Pinnock recorded in 1981
on Archiv 2534005

Sounding great on vinyl - I really must play more vinyl!!

jandl100

15-03-2015, 09:52

CD
http://cdn.naxos.com/SharedFiles/images/cds/others/8.572414.gif

Stunning melodic and powerful music, top class recording. :thumbsup:

BTH K10A

15-03-2015, 18:18

Played this morning

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1634_zpscwwssdqv.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1634_zpscwwssdqv.jpg.html)

BTH K10A

15-03-2015, 20:01

Beethoven again for this evenings fare

RTR for Szells 8 & 9 as vinyl has eluded me so far and 9 will probably continue to do so at this sort of price :stalks: http://www.popsike.com/SAX-251213-superb-bluesilver-original-Szell-conducts-Beethoven-9-Wagner/281571275712.html

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1639_zpslcb8fl9n.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1639_zpslcb8fl9n.jpg.html)

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1643_zpsybh3lyqt.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1643_zpsybh3lyqt.jpg.html)

but 5 is one I have found on vinyl :)

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/111-1197_IMG-1_zpse3eb1960.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/111-1197_IMG-1_zpse3eb1960.jpg.html)

jandl100

15-03-2015, 20:22

Some Szell for me, too ...

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PHAEHN5ML._SY355_.jpg

LP
http://www.classitronic.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/KA1.jpg
-- something a little different - Tchaik on the synthesiser :eyebrows:

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GSHAP90DL.jpg

Ronksley

15-03-2015, 20:31

Szell Beethoven is great stuff recently got the CD box set not given the ninth a proper listen yet so may do in a bit

Now listening to RVWs first form another great box set

http://i.prs.to/t_200/melodiyamelcd1002170.jpg

The State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR Ministry of Culture conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky just rolls of the tounge that lot doesnt it
The singing itsnt too accented

BTH K10A

16-03-2015, 06:05

Szells ninth is very enjoyable although I still think that Furtwangler and Schurichts mono recordings are my favorite

jandl100

16-03-2015, 07:38

Now listening to RVWs first form another great box set

http://i.prs.to/t_200/melodiyamelcd1002170.jpg

The State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR Ministry of Culture conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky just rolls of the tounge that lot doesnt it
The singing itsnt too accented

Wow - never even heard of that set! :eek:

So -- what's it like? :scratch: - performance / recording?

(I'm a BIG fan of Gennadi's Bruckner and Sibelius!)

jandl100

16-03-2015, 08:07

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/004/MI0001004753.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

Extremely beautiful Bach transcriptions by Wilhelm Kempff, played by his star pupil Idil Biret. There is a gentle luminosity here, and throughout much of the disc, which is entrancing.
Kempff's own compositions (a suite and a piano sonata) are good - the Italian suite seems very much influenced by the 20thC French manner to me! - think Ravel, Debussy in their gentler moods.
The sonata is a bit more percussive, but still tuneful.
A lovely CD for chilling out to.

http://www.naxos.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/hires/8.559173.jpg
Not songs at all - all instrumental music.
Accessible non-romantic, somewhat atonal 20C American - some interesting sonorities, the music has a definite fascination for me.

BTH K10A

16-03-2015, 20:01

Szells ninth is very enjoyable although I still think that Furtwangler and Schurichts mono recordings are my favorite

So much so that I played the Furtwangler earlier tonight :)

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/111-1174_IMG-2_zps9f1a506c.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/111-1174_IMG-2_zps9f1a506c.jpg.html)

Ronksley

16-03-2015, 21:31

Wow - never even heard of that set! :eek:

So -- what's it like? :scratch: - performance / recording?

(I'm a BIG fan of Gennadi's Bruckner and Sibelius!)

Its unlike any RVW I have heard before unfortunately the sound quality isnt the best I think they sound great all from radio braodcasts recorded 1988-9 ADD
They really are good performances deffienately sound like they must of had a reasonalbe amount of rehearsal or not the first time they have performed them Sometimes the tempos seem a bit odd but that might just be because its just different a real refreshing change from the other RVW CDs I have
I thought I might be taking a bit of a gamble buying this set but I am a big Rozhdestvensky fan and am so glad I did
There is a good review here http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/Jun14/VW_symphonies_MELCD1002170.htm
and a few on amazon

jandl100

17-03-2015, 06:20

Damn - I may have to invest - thanks David - I've the whole series of Bruckner that Rozh recorded for Melodiya - you'd need an industrial strength crowbar to part me from them! - oh, that Russkie brass section :drool: :lol:

Yesterday eve ...

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/843/MI0002843775.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

jandl100

18-03-2015, 07:18

LP
http://www.offtherecord.ie/images/r%203246%20(18).JPG
-- a very fine performance and recording, somewhat spoilt by a rather intrusive bass hum.

CD
http://cdn.naxos.com/SharedFiles/images/cds/8.570551.gif

jandl100

18-03-2015, 14:20

DVD
http://www.abruckner.com/getimage.asp?id=/store/dvdsbruckner/symphonyno8milanho/&filename=Cover_Croatian_Horvat.jpg&mode=5
-- a fine performance of Bruckner 8th symphony plus a documentary about the Croatian conductor Milan Horvat

DVD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gZbV456cL.jpg

BTH K10A

18-03-2015, 20:06

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1109.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1109.jpg.html)http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1110.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1110.jpg.html)

jandl100

18-03-2015, 21:23

Ooo, yum :drool: I'm jealous as hell of that cello sonata LP. :eek:

BTH K10A

19-03-2015, 21:56

Picked these up today

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1644_zpsfj57ibcc.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1644_zpsfj57ibcc.jpg.html)

I already have the Brahms box set as well as having individual copies of the sonatas but couldn't resist a bargain, however this recording of the Brandenburgs is new to me. :)

jandl100

20-03-2015, 17:33

http://cdn.naxos.com/SharedFiles/images/cds/others/8.553202.gif
-- good!

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/426/MI0003426850.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
-- excellent!

BTH K10A

20-03-2015, 19:39

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1592_zpssoeyaj5i.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1592_zpssoeyaj5i.jpg.html)

jandl100

20-03-2015, 21:58

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/954/MI0000954067.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/165/MI0003165963.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

Played the Khach VC twice this eve.
Possibly my favourite violin concerto, although neither here is my 1st choice both are good. :)

BTH K10A

20-03-2015, 22:20

Played the Khach VC twice this eve.
Possibly my favourite violin concerto, although neither here is my 1st choice both are good. :)

My favorite is Kogan on RCA

jandl100

20-03-2015, 22:24

My favorite is Kogan on RCA

+1 for me, too. :)

Joint 1st choice for me is Igor Oistrakh / Eugene Goossens (cond) / Philharmonia on a mono CfP LP!

BTH K10A

21-03-2015, 08:29

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1645_zpszc8zr2xa.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1645_zpszc8zr2xa.jpg.html)

jandl100

21-03-2015, 08:42

Oh wow, yes! - I have that LP.

Backhaus was a stunning Brahms and Beethoven pianist - leonine power, but with poetic finesse! :eek:

BTH K10A

21-03-2015, 19:47

This afternoons fare

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1647_zps9mlsrapi.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1647_zps9mlsrapi.jpg.html)http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1648_zpsryey81bu.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1648_zpsryey81bu.jpg.html)http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1649_zpswfjvxso9.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1649_zpswfjvxso9.jpg.html)http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1646_zps3ldbibev.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1646_zps3ldbibev.jpg.html)

jandl100

21-03-2015, 22:58

I'm jealous of the Mozart - I've never seen those LPs. :drool:

BTH K10A

22-03-2015, 08:03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpdXJm4n1i4

jandl100

22-03-2015, 10:47

Thanks for that - I have LPs of Haebler in JC Bach sonatas and concertos. :thumbsup:

___

Last night, a Rosner eve ...

http://www.arnoldrosnermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/TROY163crop.jpg

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2001/June01/rosner2.jpg

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2001/June01/rosner3.jpg

Followed by a pre-slumber solo lute recital ...

http://cdn.naxos.com/SharedFiles/images/cds/8.570551.gif
--- ahh, exquisite. :)

Ronksley

22-03-2015, 21:57

Been listening to this wonderfull CD of Bach
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61w3ZDLR1mL._SL1200_.jpg

and a few Mahler songs

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61AlFZVU3BL.jpg

Love Fassbaenders voice

and a bit of light relief

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51d-PM6KICL.jpg

BTH K10A

22-03-2015, 22:23

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1591_zpsk3bvyion.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1591_zpsk3bvyion.jpg.html)http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/110-1049_IMG_zpsjlr617dx.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/110-1049_IMG_zpsjlr617dx.jpg.html)

Marco

22-03-2015, 22:33

Quality... If you ever decide to sell your classical vinyl collection, give me first dibs! ;)

Marco.

daytona600

22-03-2015, 22:36

45rpm http://snvinyl.co.uk/WebRoot/Daily/Shops/eshop943300/521B/AC40/1A71/9E43/CA39/0A0C/05E8/20CA/148405.jpgVinyl

Andrei

22-03-2015, 23:08

This afternoons fare

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1649_zpswfjvxso9.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1649_zpswfjvxso9.jpg.html)

I think he is following a spider on the ceiling!

BTH K10A

23-03-2015, 05:38

Quality... If you ever decide to sell your classical vinyl collection, give me first dibs! ;)

Marco.

No problem, but the values of a lot of the early classical records seem to have reached such crazy levels in recent years that you may have to sell all your hifi to afford it. :eek:

Fortunately there are still bargains to be found. Take the two L'Arlesienne suites above. Cluytens conducting the PCO on the full price SAX label now sells for silly money whereas Wallberg conducting the Philharmonia (IMHO the best orchestra of the late 50's to mid sixties) released in the UK of the bargain label series (only full price in Italy AFAIK) can be found for a few pounds. Both are excellent recordings by the way.

The Guardian did a good obit on Wallberg and his MSND they mention can still be found for a few pounds
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/oct/14/guardianobituaries.germany

jandl100

23-03-2015, 07:14

CD
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/Jan08/whettam_csq5847.jpg

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/042/MI0001042309.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

BTH K10A

23-03-2015, 20:18

Two knights tonight

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1651_zps8toxrxmn.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1651_zps8toxrxmn.jpg.html)

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1650_zpsmopk4rpe.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1650_zpsmopk4rpe.jpg.html)

Followed by Mahler's 4th

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1653_zpsx9zubhkz.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1653_zpsx9zubhkz.jpg.html)

And if there's time, some Roussel although that may have to wait until tomorrow

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1654_zps28depwok.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1654_zps28depwok.jpg.html)

jandl100

24-03-2015, 07:06

CD
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTI4OVgxNjAw/$(KGrHqJHJFcFIMr7)M6-BSF1ORgDHQ~~60_35.JPG

LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqMOKm4E5BWNNhcZBOUnRFe(2g~~_35.JPG

-- the same recordings, on CD and LP. The LP sounds better.
All are wonderful performances!

And then #23 and #22 from ...

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/993/MI0000993267.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

Kempff is a great Mozart pianist, but so is Barenboim.

BTH K10A

24-03-2015, 19:38

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1656_zpsa6bsadm8.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1656_zpsa6bsadm8.jpg.html)http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1655_zpsituuzidb.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1655_zpsituuzidb.jpg.html)

jandl100

24-03-2015, 22:51

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81MbMAUMweL._SY355_.jpg

CD
http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may2013/thompsonsym23.jpg

Tuneful and occasionally very powerful and emotive works.

.. and just look at the concert hall where the symphonic disc recording was made! ... :drool:

http://marshallday.com/sites/marshallday.com/files/imagecache/project-page-large/Michael%20Fowler%20interior_7.jpg

Desmo

26-03-2015, 12:39

On CD
J.S. Bach: Magnificat (BWV243)and Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, Cantata (BWV51)
John Eliot Gardner and the English Baroque Soloists (1982)
Decca B000051YD4

on period instruments - magnificent!

Desmo

26-03-2015, 15:36

Sorry for stealing your photo, I still can't work out how to upload pictures...

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1655_zpsituuzidb.jpg[/URL]

Anyway, having seen your post earlier in the week, I spotted a CD copy of this today in a local charity shop at 50p - would have been rude not to have bought it!! It's on the player now and sounding great.

Thanks.

jandl100

27-03-2015, 07:45

LP
http://cdn.discogs.com/EZ0BnHS5Iot6Yiv7GtOZZQ7XPmU=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-2042217-1264505571.jpeg.jpg
--- I'm well on the way to collecting the whole set on LP :)

CD
http://images.gibertjoseph.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/417/0825646870417_1_75.jpg
-- disc 2 & 3 from this superb 4 CD set.

Desmo

27-03-2015, 09:19

On CD

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in c minor Op. 67
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler
EMI CDC 7 47120 2

Classic mono recording from the 1950's

Furtwangler and Beethoven what's not to like?

Desmo

27-03-2015, 16:50

Not spinning but streaming!

More Furtwangler with the Vienna Philharmonic - this time the Schubert Symphony No. 8 the "Unfinished" so only two movements. Sounding pretty good via FLAC files, not bad for an old mono recording from January 1950...

Files are loaded on a Synology NAS drive, and streaming over wifi to my Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6, if anyone is interested.

jandl100

28-03-2015, 06:11

LP
http://www.classical-and-c.com/BoultVaughanWilliamsSym6.jpg
-- happily, after cleaning the LP is in good enough condition even for the quiet and eerie final mvt of the 6th. Excellent performance of the 6th and the Lark

I can't be having with the operas, but these early symphonies are interesting. Quite Beethovenesque.
CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51scBquIFdL._SY300_.jpg

Ronksley

28-03-2015, 21:39

Listening to some wonderful Bach Cantatas
Karl Richter & Münchener Bach-Chor & Bach-Orchester

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150328_212848_zpsevmb8zeb.jpg

jandl100

31-03-2015, 05:55

I love Karl Richter's Bach :thumbsup:

____

LP
http://store.acousticsounds.com/images/large/XXXX__80328__02022012021749-8639.jpg

CD
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2007/Jan07/Andriessen_ktc1307.jpg
-- 2 symphonies and a flute concerto type of piece. Very nice.

jandl100

01-04-2015, 19:42

CD
http://www.classical.net/~music/recs/images/n/nxs57590.jpg

LP
http://cdn.discogs.com/P_A2-7IRNRZSGnkObU3bWlWEDyw=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-6382041-1417869472-1877.jpeg.jpg
-- a fine performance (and recording) overall, but I do find Carol-Case a bit whiney for a bold sea captain. :scratch:

jandl100

01-04-2015, 20:38

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/080/MI0001080168.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
-- transcriptions for baroque harp of major Bach works - violin sonata BWV1004 (with the chaconne), BWV 903
I've had this for a few years since hearing some of it at one of Tom's classical bake-offs.
I feel I should like it - but every time I play it I just get bored. :scratch:
Be strong, jandl100! - it's now on the Sell pile. :)

Ah, this is more like it .... :exactly:
CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/966/MI0000966230.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

BTH K10A

01-04-2015, 21:25

My last post on this thread so here's one of my favorites

http://www.discogs.com/Rodzinski-Royal-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Russian-Overtures/release/3314834

Marco

01-04-2015, 21:38

My last post on this thread...

Why? :scratch:

Marco.

Marco

02-04-2015, 20:53

:popcorn: :popcorn:

Marco.

jandl100

03-04-2015, 06:29

He did say it was his last post here. ;)
_____

LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MzgxWDUwMg==/z/BzgAAOxyk99R3r4R/$T2eC16Z,!ykE9s7t)2pUBR3r4R(KwQ~~60_35.JPG
-- cool, calm & collected.

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/610wDu5LKzL._SY300_.jpg
-- really very fine chamber music from a composer much better known for his film scores. Tuneful but with a definite 20thC "edge". :thumbsup:

Marco

03-04-2015, 09:09

He did say it was his last post here. ;)

Indeed, but I'm intrigued as to why.......? :confused:

Have you run out of records, Andy? :D

Marco.

BTH K10A

03-04-2015, 18:45

For reasons stated previously I've just lost interest in posting on this thread :exactly:

jandl100

04-04-2015, 05:45

CDs
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2013/July13/Mendelssohn_trios_94490.jpg
-- on original instruments, including pianoforte -- interesting!

CDs
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/964/MI0000964085.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
-- I'm not usually a big fan of Tippett, but I like these.

Marco

04-04-2015, 13:26

For reasons stated previously...

I've scrolled back and have been unable to find the "reasons stated previously", hence the question. However, if you've lost interest in the thread, dude, you've lost interest. No worries :)

Marco.

BTH K10A

04-04-2015, 16:15

I've scrolled back and have been unable to find the "reasons stated previously", hence the question. However, if you've lost interest in the thread, dude, you've lost interest. No worries :)

Marco.

Marco I was referring to the bee in my bonnet regarding using stock photos pulled of the web

Whilst it's nice to know, and sometimes enlightening as to what others are listening to, I'm really more interested in seeing the classical vinyl others are finding or records in their collection and their views on the recordings etc so I've decided this thread is not for me.

Marco

04-04-2015, 16:20

Ah, gotcha! Plus it must've been a bit of a ball-ache photographing and uploading pics of every album you've been listening to... The rest of us just do it the easy way! ;)

Marco.

BTH K10A

04-04-2015, 16:42

Ah, gotcha! Plus it must've been a bit of a ball-ache photographing and uploading pics of every album you've been listening to... The rest of us just do it the easy way! ;)

Marco.

Actually it's not, takes less than a minute but I can think of an even easier way, don't post any pics :D saves all that time uploading to a hosting service :thumbsup:

Desmo

04-04-2015, 17:09

Actually it's not, takes less than a minute but I can think of an even easier way, don't post any pics :D saves all that time uploading to a hosting service :thumbsup:

Despite several attempts, I've never managed to upload any pictures to this site - frankly I can't see why anyone would bother - it's about the music not photography...

BTH K10A

04-04-2015, 18:43

Despite several attempts, I've never managed to upload any pictures to this site - frankly I can't see why anyone would bother - it's about the music not photography...

If you "can't see why anyone would bother" then why did you make several attempts to upload pictures :scratch:

Anyway some use has come of your post as I shan't bother any more. :wave:

jandl100

05-04-2015, 05:43

Marco I was referring to the bee in my bonnet regarding using stock photos pulled of the web

Whilst it's nice to know, and sometimes enlightening as to what others are listening to, I'm really more interested in seeing the classical vinyl others are finding or records in their collection and their views on the recordings etc so I've decided this thread is not for me.

Totally baffling!
I'm very careful to use the stock images of the actual LP I have, and I suspect that others here are, too - for the life of me I cannot see a problem with that. It will look almost identical!
And I often am playing recent purchases and all records are from my own collection, and I often provide brief comments on them, thus seemingly fulfilling your other requirements. You only have to express an interest (as some have done) and I am sure I would be happy to expand my prose. ;)

Or am I missing something? :scratch:
There seems to be a total disconnect here.
Can some kind soul enlighten me?

'tis marvellous and strange how differently we perceive things - still, vive la difference and all that. :cool:

jandl100

05-04-2015, 06:00

Marco

05-04-2015, 06:41

Totally baffling!
I'm very careful to use the stock images of the actual LP I have, and I suspect that others here are, too - for the life of me I cannot see a problem with that. It will look almost identical!
And I often am playing recent purchases and all records are from my own collection, and I often provide brief comments on them, thus seemingly fulfilling your other requirements. You only have to express an interest (as some have done) and I am sure I would be happy to expand my prose. ;)

Or am I missing something? :scratch:
There seems to be a total disconnect here.
Can some kind soul enlighten me?

'tis marvellous and strange how differently we perceive things - still, vive la difference and all that. :cool:

+1. I also find Andy's behaviour somewhat 'unfathomable', but like you say, we're all different! :cool:

Marco.

Andrei

05-04-2015, 08:05

CD
http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may2013/thompsonsym23.jpg
-- playing again!
This continues to grow on me and I liked it to start with. Tuneful 'big orcehstral' with nicely raucous brass and percussion interjections. Great fun, sad and happy, good sq, too.

That misplaced insert appears to be the Wellington Town Hall. Built in the early eighties it includes a wonderful auditorium for symphony concerts. Not only that, but you can feel safe at it is built on 'seismic plates'. At an underground level the steel base rests on steel foundations. The idea is that in an earthquake it will rock a lot but there is nothing to snap.

BTH K10A

05-04-2015, 08:50

+1. I also find Andy's behaviour somewhat 'unfathomable', but like you say, we're all different! :cool:

Marco.

My interest is more in the recordings than someone declaring that they are playing them today and I much prefer to see a pic of the actual record someone has because, particuarly with classical music, there are often quite a number of versions of the same recording and also differences in sleeves. So I decided to stop posting on the spinning today thread. Quite why do you have a problem with that I don't know but in future I'll post on classical recordings elsewhere.

Marco

05-04-2015, 10:08

I don't have a problem with it at all, Andy. You do whatever you like. However, up until your last post I couldn't quite understand why you no longer wished to post on this thread.

Now that you've provided a proper explanation, I do. It makes perfect sense now. Essentially, it's about being clear, rather than somewhat vague (as you were when you first announced your intentions)... ;)

Anyway, not to worry! :cool:

Marco.

daytona600

06-04-2015, 07:24

http://snvinyl.co.uk/WebRoot/Daily/Shops/eshop943300/51EA/F672/BFB4/3493/6913/C31A/5AE3/6044/aplpr2603.jpg

jandl100

06-04-2015, 07:57

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/129/MI0001129001.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
-- part of a multi-CD box set, but I picked this up as an individual item on eBay.
Harpsichordist Pieter-Jan Belder. quite probably my favourite player on the instrument - such life and vivacity, amazing sound he produces. And the sq is top notch. :thumbsup:

LP
http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mlHFfbi0YPt3NEh2bntnV-g.jpg
-- sorry about the small pic!
Stravinsky early symphony Op. 1 - pure Russian romanticism, nothing like his later work! He composed it as a student in his early 20s.
I like it! :)

jandl100

07-04-2015, 11:45

Just got back home after a rather nice charity shop haul :yay: ....

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/DSCF6254_zpsiivfe35w.jpg (http://s262.photobucket.com/user/jandl100/media/DSCF6254_zpsiivfe35w.jpg.html)

Playing the St John Pash at the moment. :)

jandl100

08-04-2015, 06:20

CD
http://www.classical.net/~music/recs/images/c/cpo99392.jpg

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51l5ytNTS8L._SX300_.jpg

and in memory and celebration of Wigwammer John the Mad Latvian, crazed organist and lovely guy ...

LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzExWDEwMjQ=/z/iggAAOxykMpTH1qB/$_35.JPG

jandl100

09-04-2015, 21:28

LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxNTMy/z/BgMAAMXQS6pRpNya/$(KGrHqN,!rcFG,78i1PVBRpNy,,htQ~~60_35.JPG
-- not bad, for Bartok ;-)

LP
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxNTUz/z/7kUAAOxypNtSljzG/$_35.JPG
-- surprised how good this is - transcriptions for harp including the solo violin partita BWV1004 with the mighty chaconne!

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/178/MI0001178787.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
-- stunning.

struth

09-04-2015, 22:02

Got 3 nice classical records the other day Jerry. hoping to have a listen and will post them up...finished cleaning them today.

struth

10-04-2015, 15:16

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/10/8dbacd09dd94920a8155f65868a7bf19.jpg

Fab album...violin is astounding

jandl100

13-04-2015, 05:50

Not usually a late-Heifetz fan, but these concertos work well for his later rather impersonal style ....

CD
http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mkJXlx5lHu_N94vnHo9wqzQ.jpg

and

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/026/MI0001026252.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

jandl100

15-04-2015, 07:07

CD
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTAwWDEyMDI=/$(KGrHqZ,!hwE5czEvW6OBOcGJQq3Cw~~60_35.JPG

CD
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/imgs/s200x200/4395222.jpg

DVD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41hRkPE4lhL._SY300_.jpg

jandl100

16-04-2015, 05:49

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51naybM0TFL.jpg

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/479/MI0003479216.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/111/MI0001111326.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

AlfaGTV

16-04-2015, 20:37

https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000103420461-ikb0qs-t500x500.jpg
Henrik Schwartz - Instruments (WiMP HiFi 16/44.1 FLAC)

jandl100

17-04-2015, 05:45

CD
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/Feb03/Martucci_Quintet_Claves.jpg

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/958/MI0000958124.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/021/MI0001021464.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

All good. :)

Ronksley

17-04-2015, 19:29

Wonderfull bit of Mozart

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/616JY15NkuL.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2B8js1p3aL.jpg

jandl100

18-04-2015, 05:55

LP
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LNaUats3L._SX300_.jpg

LP
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61n9FZKJlgL._SY355_.jpg

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dur35kRAL._SX300_.jpg

CD
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2002/July02/Atterberg_25.jpg

jandl100

19-04-2015, 06:46

LP
http://images.45cat.com/barbara-courtneyking-pastourelle-rca.jpg
-- a folkier take on the Auvergne songs orchestrated by Canteloube. Really quite lovely, after the rather too soppy 1st track!

Followed by the rather more challenging 2 Bate symphonies ...
CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512h2Tpp0FL._SY300_.jpg
http://i.prs.to/t_200/duttoncdlx7255.jpg

Desmo

20-04-2015, 20:21

CD:

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Grand Symphony Orchestra of Radio and Television conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvesky
on Russian Revolution RV10001
recorded on the 23rd of December 1983

jandl100

20-04-2015, 20:56

:thumbsup: - I love Rozdestvensky's Bruckner!

----

CD1 of
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/853/MI0002853083.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

jandl100

22-04-2015, 06:02

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/719n5rfJD6L._SX355_.jpg

CD
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/aug00/turina.jpg

Little known music but excellent!

jandl100

24-04-2015, 07:04

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/132/MI0001132712.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

LP
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jHhYMacdL._SX300_.jpg

jandl100

25-04-2015, 06:20

Opp 130 & 131 from this CD set --
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Fdq56ucnL._SY300_.jpg
-- recorded in the early 1960s, but still the best of them all imo.

Had to be something completely different after that --
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/99/c5/51/99c551007618a28f6dd3936628ec32d3.jpg

Then a few Mozart Requiems ...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61W9ih4k-EL._SY300_.jpg
-- Bohm, a long-time fave of mine, but I'd forgotten how slow it is!

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/980/MI0000980426.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
-- much more pep & vim, but less spirituality. Makes the Bohm sound like the love child of the Mozart Requiem and a Bruckner symphony!

CD
http://www.cdbiblio.com/eingang/cdimages/img_mozart/mozart0290.jpg
-- mmm, nah - gave up on this as a bit boring.

Ronksley

25-04-2015, 18:14

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150425_100534_zpseditpnq0.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150425_185924_zpsyterbcgm.jpg

jandl100

26-04-2015, 07:25

Yesterday evening seems to have been obscure string quartet time :) ...

CD
http://www.selections.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/485x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/m/am278.jpg

Try some for yourself ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7q7x98gLf4
Available very cheaply on CD here http://www.amazon.co.uk/String-Quartets-Oxford-Quartet/dp/B000007SE0/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1430033193&sr=1-1&keywords=harvey+stokes

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/002/MI0001002539.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

And finally some excellent quartets from Bonny Scotland! ...
CD
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2001/Aug01/EarlofKelly.jpg

JohnMcC

28-04-2015, 20:36

Mahler's 3rd in the Solti, CSO etc recording. Stunning sound.14609

jandl100

30-04-2015, 05:52

LP
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IICoXf7IL._SX300_.jpg
-- one of the very first major classical Decca Phase 4 recordings. Stokie is a bit too excitable, and doesn't really relax into the sentimental bits, which is a shame. Interesting, though.

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CRcmTWshL._SY300_.jpg
-- one of the better recordings I have heard. I do like Goodman's conducting.

CD
http://www.theviolinproject.de/rvw%20london.jpg
-- coo, quite bowled over by the symphony - despite a load of negative reviews on Norrington's efforts, I enjoyed it immensely! probably goes to my Numero Uno for the RVW 2nd.

jandl100

04-05-2015, 06:37

http://jackgallaghermusic.com/recordings/NaxosCD.jpg
- impressive.

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/042/MI0001042675.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
:thumbsup:

Barry

04-05-2015, 17:42

Philip Glass - 'Koyaanisqatsi'

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vHP3B1WpL._SY355_.jpg

jandl100

05-05-2015, 06:44

Mahler symphonies 3 & 7 from this fine set ...

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517BdKwf85L.jpg

Desmo

05-05-2015, 14:58

Not spinning, but streaming 24 bit FLAC files beautifully restored version from Pristine Classical

14652

Barry

05-05-2015, 23:34

Jacques Loussier Trio – ‘Satie’

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515-6gR5kSL._SY355_.jpg

Jacques Loussier – piano, Benoit Dunoyer de Segonzac – bass, André Arpino – drums

Telarc Jazz CD-83431 (1998)

Gymnopédie No. 1 (4 variations) and Gnossienne Nos. 1 – 5.

No doubt the purists will turn their noses up at this – well that’s their problem!

Stamitz – ‘Flute Concerto in G major’ and Benda – ‘Flute Concerto in E minor’

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41h5ZBk45QL._.jpg

Mikael Helasvuo – flute. The Helsinki Chamber Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Sareste

BIS CD-268 (1984 and 1986)

Barry

07-05-2015, 17:50

Stamitz – 'Flute Concerto in G major' and Benda – ‘Flute Concerto in E minor’

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41h5ZBk45QL.jpg

Mikael Helasvuo - flute, with the Helsinki Chamber Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

BIS CD 268 (1984 and 1986)

These two 18th-century composers are new to me, but I’m always interested in something new and I’m a bit of a sucker for flute concertos. Very enjoyable.

Vivaldi – ‘6 Bassoon Concertos’

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91mlJaMRLEL._SX355_.jpg

Klaus Thunemann - bassoon, with I Musici

Concertos for bassoon, strings and continuo:

Concerto in F, RY 485
Concerto in B flat, RY 503
Concerto in E flat, RY 483
Concerto in A minor, RY 497
Concerto in C, RY 473
Concerto in G, RV 492

Philips 416 355-2 (1985)

Again new to me; some of concertos remind me of the works of Michael Nyman that would accompany the films of Peter Greenway. Again very enjoyable.

Scarlatti - ‘6 Sinfonie di Concerto Grosso’

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/A10T4vuH9FL._SY355_.jpg

William Bennett, flute; Lenore Smith, flute; Bernard Soustrot, trumpet; Hans Elhorst, oboe with I Musici.

No. 1 in F for two flutes
No. 2 in D for trumpet and flute
No. 3 in D minor for flute
No. 4 in E minor for flute and oboe
No. 5 in D minor for two flutes
No. 6 in A minor for flute

Philips 400 017-2 (1980)

Haydn – ‘Symphony. No. 94 in G major’ and ‘Symphony No. 96 in D major’

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/217WjiPPwNL.jpg

The Academy of Ancient Music directed by Christopher Hogwood, piano.

L’Oiseau-Lyre 414 330-2 (1985)

I am always interested in and enjoy performances that use authentic instruments - and this is no exception. Excellent.

jandl100

08-05-2015, 06:21

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M4xYxqaaL._SX300_.jpg
-- strong, powerful; chamber music.
I played the disc as I fancied hearing the Bax, but found I enjoyed the Bridge even more.

Which led me on to ...

CD
http://www.cdvpodarok.ru/cdimg_250/00/01/11/39_big.jpg
-- yet more powerful chamber music.

Which led me on to this ...
CD
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/Sept03/Bridge_Sea_5668552.jpg
-- which was a bit of a disappointment after the powerfully argued chamber works, kind of soppy and insipid.

jandl100

09-05-2015, 06:05

LP
http://img.cdandlp.com/2014/08/imgL/117072417.jpg
--- glorious performances of Sibelius 6th & 7th symphonies by Rozhdestvensky

Ronksley

09-05-2015, 10:24

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150509_110307_zpseb2dxtex.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/Ronksley/20150509_110315_zpswmhrggv3.jpg

From a wonderful box set of BeethovenThink I shall have to have a sit back and put it back to the begining

jandl100

12-05-2015, 05:12

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/989/MI0000989767.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Several from this set -- great performances recorded in a very reverberant acoustic space!

LP
http://cdn.discogs.com/3sB_Y6kXT73fNTM1FfmUJ2NB6FA=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-5818301-1403535376-1491.jpeg.jpg
Fantastic performance of the Appassionata - I can imagine Beethoven playing it just like this - full of leonine power.

jandl100

13-05-2015, 05:46

CD
http://ep.yimg.com/ay/ohscatalog/guilmant-organ-works-vol-1-symphonies-1-2-for-organ-orchestra-3.gif
-- I play this disc every couple of years or so, and enjoy it a lot.

CD
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/429/1170429.jpg
The Glazunov VC is a bore from beginning to end as far as I am concerned, the music not the interpretation.
According to the CD booklet notes, Stokowski was quite taken with the young Rumanian violinist, Silvia Marcovici ....
http://www.aloiseopera.org/images/Participants/PaginBXW.jpg ;)
The Tchaik 5 is good, Stokie does fool around with it a bit, but a bold and exciting performance is to be heard, in Decca's explicit sounding Phase 4 recording.it a bit, but a bold and exciting performance is to be heard, in Decca's explicit sounding Phase 4 recording.

jandl100

14-05-2015, 06:45

CD
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/056/MI0001056853.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
-- gorgeous music. Beautiful recording.
No, not comparable with the Bach solo violin works, but what is? Great to just wallow in the soaring lines!

CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51naybM0TFL.jpg
-- the Req continues to grow on me - a very fine piece.

jandl100

15-05-2015, 07:07

CDs
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FzvY%2BFBgL._SY300_.jpg
http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mOdzT1_PaRYUR4hYwGvvuVQ.jpg
--- try as I might, I just can't get on with these well thought of symphonies.
Now on eBay ! :)

Ahh, this is more congenial ....
CD
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MAN3r7-WL._SY355_.jpg

jandl100

17-05-2015, 06:34

LP
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41mIqU-kjSL.jpg
-- bold and strong, nice recording. Especially good in the Jupiter, shame George didn't give us repeats in the finale, though.

LP
http://cdn.discogs.com/tpNLA8txyZWReSXzKbazuo-cW-A=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-1225642-1424091895-3937.jpeg.jpg
-- wonderful. One of the best discs Marriner ever gave us, I think.

CD
http://www.seenandheard-international.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Clipboard01-1.jpg
-- pah, Rattle rattling along in his usual unidiomatic manner. There's zero feeling of Brucknerian mystery, the phrasing is four-square and unimaginative. The completed finale is interesting, but would be so much better with a conductor who did have a clue.

CD
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/imgs/s200x200/4299042.jpg
-- ah, now we are cooking with charcoal! A little rushed on occasion, HvK accelerates overmuch into a climax sometimes, but glorious nonetheless. You only have to listen to the haunting pianissimo opening of the piece to instantly know that Herbie did have a clue!

jandl100

18-05-2015, 06:03

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/027/MI0001027980.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
-- great performances by Lill. He even inspires Loughran to some decent conducting!

http://www.contraltocorner.com/uploads/3/6/0/3/3603475/4214557_orig.jpg
-- lovely stuff!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m3jb6dg0ANU/UZkcw9gqnxI/AAAAAAAAV_8/DQDVhR5zTnI/s200/front.jpg
-- superdooper music! But so little known - what a shame!

jandl100

19-05-2015, 08:57

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Naxos8552001.jpg
-- great music and a serious workout for your hifi system! :)

http://cdn.naxos.com/SharedFiles/images/cds/others/8.572640.gif

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/100/MI0001100717.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

jandl100

20-05-2015, 06:17

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/10166719/BRIDGE+Piano+Sonatas+Vol+2.jpg
-- new music to me, but I suspect the piano sonata is a masterwork. More listening is def looked forward to!

http://classicrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SB6678.jpg
Wow - I don't think they make pianists like Gilels any more. :(

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/GADDl8A3j0xZbIx1K7LwIMy0bD1812Vmp4fVdlSIZLCiACf6Z1 rt4FBw02ZlICV9a2GJFnEL=w300
- ah, sublime.

jandl100

22-05-2015, 06:52

A fantastic world of discovery has opened up for me - now streaming hi-rez on TIDAL :yay: ....

http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/701/6861701.jpg
-- at last, real competition for the classic Sveshnikov recording from the 1960s, and in great sound!! -- OK so they can't match the low B flat of the older Russian basses, still fabulous.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41%2BDfTu%2B%2BhL.jpg
-- Schubert's Arpeggione sonata.
-- kinda cute, isn't she. :)

http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-NonVocal-BIG/Petrushansky-B-T01-1a[Dynamic-3CD].jpg
--- superb!!

And a selection from ...
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/116/MI0001116819.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

jandl100

23-05-2015, 05:02

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KWxNaG5qL.jpg
-- got a bit over half way thru the 1st mvt - about as much passion and excitement as a shopping trip to Tescos.

http://www.musicalcriticism.com/recordings/cd-gergiev-mahler2.jpg
-- WOWZER !! - that's more like it. :) Stupendous sq, too.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517wOSteG3L._SY355_.jpg
-- exotically oriental and at times very moving indeed. Not as good as Sokolov, but he is astonishingly inward in this music.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IA9eYYEcL._SY300_.jpg
-- marvellous playing by Pollini - listened to opp 101, 7 and 53.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515Y56a9KaL._SY355_.jpg
-- Reger is not usually my cuppa char, but I do like some of the smaller scale chamber music

Barry

23-05-2015, 08:33

LP
http://cdn.discogs.com/tpNLA8txyZWReSXzKbazuo-cW-A=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-1225642-1424091895-3937.jpeg.jpg
-- wonderful. One of the best discs Marriner ever gave us, I think.

That and Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons'. :)

Barry

23-05-2015, 08:37

Bach - 'The Trio Sonatas BWV 525 -530'

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/714PxsUsFGL._SX355_.jpg

Heinz Holliger: oboe, Tabea Zimmermann: vila, Christiane Jaccottet: harpsichord and Thomas Demenga: cello.

Philips 422 328-2 (1987)

jandl100

25-05-2015, 06:33

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev//2000/Oct00/bachpartitas.jpg

http://s58.radikal.ru/i160/1103/40/5f9b2cc4d7c9.jpg

m10

25-05-2015, 19:17

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/610rXSpbjTL._SY300_.jpg

Great disc...well worth checking out. Quite realistic perspectives for Maira Joao Pires's piano in the Schumann with a nice sense of 'distance' instead of the spotlighting that's all too common.

Ronksley

25-05-2015, 22:53

Listening to disc two from this wonderfull set Most of Purcells King Arthur

http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/imgs/s300x300/4746722.jpg

http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/cat/4746722

its a CDr i did from the actual boxset and some cd players don't like it :doh:

This is on my short list of Cds to take round the shops for listening to kit

Could listen to this set for ever
often put one on a night on repeat:)

Have had http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/imgs/s300x300/4276632.jpg
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/cat/result?COMP_ID=PURHE

for years which is part of the above boxset

jandl100

26-05-2015, 06:58

Symphonies 4 then 5 from this set ...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41fOHphELwL._SY300_.jpg

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2011/Jan11/pizzetti_chmbr_8570875.jpg

AlfaGTV

27-05-2015, 19:47

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/27/5b990940f7c64a705f8fe42c100648ee.jpg
Franz Schubert - Symphonien 8, 9 conducted by Karl Böhm

jandl100

28-05-2015, 05:45

https://acloserlisten.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/del-sol-quartet.jpg?w=300&h=300
-- err, yup, Sculthorpe's complete string quartets with didgeridoo accompaniment.
Very good, actually! :)

http://pmcdn.priceminister.com/photo/Suter-Hermann-Laudi-Di-San-Francesco-D-assisi-Cantico-Del-Sole-Op-25-CD-Album-906006740_ML.jpg
-- a magnificently large scale choral / soloists / orchestral type thing. :thumbsup:

jandl100

28-05-2015, 07:04

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/005/MI0001005405.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
-- the Khatchaturian. It's probably my fave violin concerto, the melodies are just outathisworld. :eek:
And this is as good a recording as any, I think, and better than most.

Marco

28-05-2015, 19:45

Was in Anglesey today and picked up a minto vinyl box set of the Bach Brandenburg Concertos, with Lorin Maazel and the RSO Berlin, in a charity shop for a ridiculous £2.50:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/qAKjoh.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/UPapZf.jpg

Also got on vinyl: Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No2/Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No1, with Malcolm Binns (piano) and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Gibson, on World Record Club Records, from 1968.

And 'Requiem', by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with Placido Domingo, Sarah Brightman, Lorin Maazel and the Winchester Cathedral Choir/English Chamber Orchestra, on EMI Records, from 1985.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/FSgbZ1.jpg

:cool:

Marco.

jandl100

29-05-2015, 06:45

Ah, Maazel - a fine conductor. Nice one.

______

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/021/MI0001021184.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
-- still the best Kullervo for me.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xTFSdd6LL._SX355_.jpg
-- a lot faster than my preferred Nikolayeva and Petruschenko. But most pianists are. :)

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/144/MI0001144151.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
-- laid back late evening fare

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YdW4DAC4L._SY355_.jpg
-- there's something about Silvestrov's music that hits the spot.

jandl100

30-05-2015, 05:58

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/gLSIfGgKhDo/0.jpg
-- the symphony is excellent, and superbly recorded. The other pieces not quite so well done.

And a fun time with Tidal streaming last night - listened to a mix'n'match Bach B minor mass - different movements from different performances.

My faves turned out to be ....

http://thesixteen.com/uploads/COR16044_0.jpg

and

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519lzXlraBL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Chalk and cheese you might think - 'authentic' and 'traditional' - but both very moving.

struth

30-05-2015, 07:53

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/30/578ed1ed193697ba1b496c181cccb56e.jpg

jandl100

30-05-2015, 07:57

'Light listening', eh, Grant? :eek:

What's it like?

struth

30-05-2015, 08:09

lol!

..its a very nice album Jerry. quite uplifting and perhaps not what many would think.Anne von Otter s voice is sweet as a nut. obviously I know of Theresienstadt. the so called show camp or to be precise A Show Getto. youd like it for its honest simplicity. just piano and occasional squeezebox etc, as thats whatcwas available mostly at time of writing. think theres an oboe and sime violin occasionally too.

it is surprising how upbeat people in such a horrible situation can be..rising above the horror and terror to produce such music..a true legacy ime

jandl100

01-06-2015, 08:45

I tried that concentration camp recording thru Tidal streaming, and it is very upbeat! But couldn't listen to too much as classical song is not really my thing.
I can hear why you like it, though, Grant.

Playing at the moment ...

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/858/MI0002858697.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

Absolutely magnificent performance. Beautifully paced - magisterially powerful!

struth

01-06-2015, 09:22

not a big classical listener but i like what i like...only got about 20 recordings at a guess...maybe 25. my bro is more into it especially choral as he is a or was a bit of a classical singer...played places like the Usher Hall and some stuff abroad. he was a good baratone.

jandl100

02-06-2015, 07:58

Ah, then again, maybe this is my favourite violin concerto ...

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/b8V8Ax1im_I/hqdefault.jpg

Sigh - wonderful playing, exquisite.

jandl100

02-06-2015, 12:20

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/128/MI0001128292.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
-- the Amazon buyer review sums it up quite nicely --
"Bottom line: Every pianophile needs to hear Niederle's First Piano Sonata. If you like Liszt, Alkan, or Rachmaninov, you will be stunned and deeply moved by this powerhouse of Romantic turbulence and ecstatic passion. Niederle proves himself to be a mighty virtuoso and his playing is truly magisterial and earth-shattering on a Bosendorfer"

JohnMcC

02-06-2015, 18:56

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/19/tsqx.jpg

jandl100

03-06-2015, 06:24

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xBxmYcqdL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
- the magnificent op 34 quartet. Just as good, or better, imo than the later more famous quartets. And the Vlach are superb, and include a 1st mvt repeat that extends the enjoyment by 50%!

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/956/MI0000956157.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
- great stuff. Large scale and magnificent -- the symphony's opening peroration will grab you in this Jarvi recording.
No, not a match for 7-9, in their varied ways, but well worth a listen.