Thanks Andy. Sadly seems to be long deleted? I'll keep a lookout for any that come onto the market.Quote:
Originally Posted by BTH K10A
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Thanks Andy. Sadly seems to be long deleted? I'll keep a lookout for any that come onto the market.Quote:
Originally Posted by BTH K10A
Currently playing (and recording to FLAC):
Shostakovich - Symphony No.1 & Age of Gold Ballet: Jean Martinon/LSO (Decca Eclipse LP).
I don't know about other folk who digitise their LPs, but I always like to hunt out the original cover art for the album to display (in players, iPad controller etc).
My Eclipse issue (which I bought new back in the day :wheniwasaboy: - early 70s) has a Cumbrian landscape (Lingmell) on the cover. Very Russian! :lol:
On it's first issue by RCA a rather surreal image of a reclining lady holding a football with some swords adorns the sleeve. The Ballet is a cynical look at Capitalism, but I'm not sure of the exact "plot" as it were, so can't really comment on how appropriate this is. :eyebrows:
A later Victrola issue has a drawing of someone wrestling a horse. :scratch:
I wonder what goes through the heads of label marketing types when deciding on cover images? You can see why there are loads of websites devoted to covers that suck. :lol:
http://www.revalia.co.uk/s/rb16170.jpg
http://www.revalia.co.uk/s/vics1184.jpg
http://www.revalia.co.uk/s/ecs-580.jpg
Bastid - all that lurvely Shossie on vinyl! :stalks: :rolleyes:
Jealous, moi? :eyebrows:
Marco.
Did you spot the Kondrashin Shostakovich 8 on Melodiya on the floor in my office pics queuing up for spinning? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Ok, some Shostakovich vinyl from my collection going on now:
Chamber Symphony & Symphony for Strings, Bigg, Phoenix CO, Phoenix (1983)
Suite from the Gadfly, Kondrashin, Symphony Orchestra Cinematographia, Melodiya (1961) as best as I can translate from Cyrillic
Violin Concerto No. 1, Oistrakh, M Shostakovich, New Philharmonia, EMI (1970)
The Chamber Symphony is particularly melancholy and beautiful, orchestrated from the 8th String Quartet.
I have the Mravinsky 8 on Melodiya!Quote:
Originally Posted by morris_minor
. . . probably better than I could :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
While we're on Shostakovitch, another Kondrashin recording I have is Symphony 4. (ASD2741)
http://www.justclassical.org/db/dbpi...3419-org0.jpeg
On Melodiya vinyl I have the 3rd (Roshdestvensky), 6th (Svetlanov), 2 x 7th (Mravinsky & Svetlanov), 8th (Mravinsky), 11th (Kondrashin), 15th (Mravinsky).
I also have the absolutely superb 15th (Roshdestvensky)* and 12th (Roshdestvensky) on JVC Melodiya CDs.
*this is worth hunting down as the recording, for Melodiya, is superb and it is extremely well performed.
I have a number of gaps in my Shostakovich symphonies, so will look out for some of these. Mind you, I see Marco's on the hunt now so I might not get a look in :lol: .
Schubert - String Trio D 581.Gaede Trio.Nicely played and as usual very well recorded on a Tacet cd.
Spotted a funny miss print in the booklet Franz Schubert (1707-1828):)