Well spotted! Duly ordered from the marketplace . .Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
And Canadian Brass's Art of Fugue turned up this morning - sounds great, thanks for the tip off, Jerry. :thumbsup:
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Well spotted! Duly ordered from the marketplace . .Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
And Canadian Brass's Art of Fugue turned up this morning - sounds great, thanks for the tip off, Jerry. :thumbsup:
I will Jerry, thanks . . :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
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Yummy! - great sq, too. :thumbsup:
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... always a pleasure. :)
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Interesting and rewarding works for piano and/or solo cello.
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... all :thumbsup:
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O M G ! -- :doh: - unlike the other excellent recordings in Wit's Mahler series that I have heard (2, 5, 6, 8), this recording is muffled and blurred. :scratch: I didn't get beyond the first 3 minutes!
The Shostakovich choral disc arrived this morning - dead pleased with it. As you said Jerry, great sq and I really like the choral tone. Only on the first playing at the moment . . .
What I have played a lot more is a recent (rare) SACD purchase. "This England" with the Oregon Symphony and Carlos Kalmar on Pentatone.
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A good programme consisting of Elgar's Cockaigne Overture, RVW Symphony 5 and Britten Sea Interludes. Taken from live performances these are splendid performances superbly played. The Portland audience must be very fit and disciplined (or else editing is very good) as there is minimal noise.
The recording is also top notch - other than, for me, being a trifle close (maybe a constraint of the live recording?). This was a bit disconcerting in the RVW, where the sublime music shouldn't have a forensic microscope on it (I exaggerate greatly of course!). In reality the woodwind and brass are a little more forward than you'd find in, say, Boult's EMI recording. The Britten has a slightly more distant perspective, but overall I'm nitpicking.
The CD layer is very good, and the surround (4.1) superbly natural.
The RVW is the star of the show for me, with the ebb and flow of the music presented with great sensitivity and a feeling for the structure conveyed really convincingly. Highly recommended . . .
The Mrs. told me things were half off today at the thrifts. Yup, for 49p, I'll take a punt.
In collaborazione con l'ente autonomo del
Teatro alla Scala
Vincenzo Bellini
Norma
Maria Meneghini Callas (Norma)
Tullio Serafin
Vitore Veneziani
(3 LPs)
Mega charity CD haul yesterday.
200+ CDs, mainly Naxos, all classical.
Actually, I'll be trying to shift them on behalf of the Blue Cross (pet welfare) charity. :)
I'll list them - well, take a few photos! - in the next day or so.
Some really good stuff! - including some excellent Shosty on Naxos and others. ;)
Some, of course, will be purchased and staying at Jerry Towers. :eyebrows:
Some played last night .....
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-- wow, fab sq - fab music. The only 1 from this series, and I'm buying it!
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-- Wow!! - superb. A 2-CD set. I'll be selling this one. I can't seem to find what it's worth - maybe it's rare? Offers? ;)
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-- interesting, and very good sq, but not really my thing.
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-- legendary! These go for a £fiver - anyone?
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-- hmm. Interesting. This may well be staying.
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-- I'm not a big fan of Rattle - but these seem to go for circa £20.
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-- lovely collection of classical guitar music, good sq, too.
Looks a great haul, Jerry!
The Mercury 1812 is a classic - but the guy doing the commentary bit about the recording must be a candidate for having the world's most boring voice ...
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Yep, lots of good stuff!
I've started a FS thread here http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...607#post431607 :)
Listening to this now on CD, which is rather fabulous, picked up in a charity shop in Scotland for £1....
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Beautifully captivating and emotive performance, and a stunning recording, to boot... Highly recommended! :)
Marco.