That box isn't on Spotify, but there's quite a bit of Curzon on Spotify including the Decca box sets of the older monos. Will explore further :)
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That box isn't on Spotify, but there's quite a bit of Curzon on Spotify including the Decca box sets of the older monos. Will explore further :)
Apparently, Curzon was very fussy about which recordings of his were released, many didn't see the light of day during his lifetime. There must have been something about that Mozart recording he didn't like. Obviously I have my own views on that! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by m10
I've just ordered another Curzon recording - Beethoven 4th and 5h piano concertos, presumably with Clemens Krauss conducting the Vienna Phil - but I'm not sure, it seems to be one of those obscure labels with minimal online info -- http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 -- the CD cost me £1.30 or so, delivered, so I'm happy just to wait and see what turns up!
Krauss died in 1954, so Curzon may have been in his prime for this - I am much looking forward to hearing the younger Curzon in Beethoven.
I completely see what you mean about the later Curzon, although for me there are compensating virtues and (undignified as it may be to mention such things) the recording itself is luminous. I suppose you might say more than the sum of its parts. I wonder what the Esoteric SACD sounds like...Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
Switching from Curzon to Beethoven I have just had a lovely 40 minutes with the Emperor (Artur Pizarro, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras) - lighter textures and some lovely period-influenced brass and a very nice surround recording from Linn. Alarmingly, no longer appears on SA on their website and has been replaced by CD and an array of stereo high res downloads.
Soft as... sat here in tears at O soave fanciulla from La Bohème (Tebaldi / Bergonzi / Serafin) - digital.
That bloody climax!
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I've been having a Tchaikovsky 5th extravaganza recently, including ...
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image....L._SY300_.jpg
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com
http://www.karajan.info/concolor/195...opsmall250.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...vL._SX355_.jpg
All different, all good. :thumbsup:
My favourite Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 by far is Mariss Jansons with the Oslo Philharmonic on Chandos. Wonderful performance, brilliant recording and, with a split orchestra, you can really hear what Tchaikovsky was trying to achieve.
http://soon.cocoplastic.com/image.ax...2f5%2fg-84.jpg
As an aside, Karajan really gets the Marche Slav.Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
Are you referring to splitting the melody between the 1st and 2nd violins?Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
I thought he meant the practice of sitting the first and second violins on the left and right respectively (is this called antiphonally divided?) rather than all together on the left as often happens. Can lay bare the interplay between the two sections.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrei
Going to spin this after I've folded my laundry (ah, the joys of a week off work!).
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http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/9b78645c332...68/4651834.jpg
I absolutely love this, and I love the fact that I have it on vinyl. Not the last word in hi-fi, but a lovely sounding recording and a great performance from a Karajan, Schwarzkopf, Grümmer and the rest of the cast.
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com
Very interesting and enjoyable for a late evening listening session.
I have this on DVD - a magnificent performance of the very underrated Tchaikovsky 1st Symphony. Svetlanov is one of my fave conductors for Russian music.
Just give it a listen - I bet any Tchaik fan will be as bowled over by this as I am. :)
Solti's Götterdämmerung on Blu-ray 'pure audio'
Yes, and the interplay in the 5th is incredibly satisfying. Orchestras typically had 1st and 2nd violins split back then.Quote:
Originally Posted by m10
I'll take a look and see if this is Spotify-able. I've got the Maazel / Vienna Philharmonic box of Tchaikovsky symphonies (on Decca LPs) which I keep promising myself I'll re-explore one of these days. And a quite thrilling Cleveland/Dohnanyi CD of the fourth with the 1812... Seems like I'll be (musically) heading off to Russia soon!Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
As usual, cold and dark when Wagner finishes... Bit of TV to wind down. You can't put more music on straight after Götterdämmerung. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by m10
http://991.com/NewGallery/Wagner-Tannhauser-538677.jpg
Slightly crackly (in places) ex-library vinyl.
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Digital (lossless).
Reference Recordings! I bet that sounds good. Does the tam-tam 'crash' knock you out of your seat?Quote:
Originally Posted by m10
Mozart - Clarinet, Oboe and Bassoon Concertos
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Vienn Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Karl Böhm. DGG 429 816-2 1974.
One of several versions I have. Picked up today in my local charity shop for £1.
Something suitable to play whilst having dinner.
It's a fairly physical presence, I think it's fair to say. Quite a stunning sense of space and perspective, too. Luckily (for an audiophile recording) the music and performances are worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
http://deccasound.com/media/albums/0...ts_cd%2015.jpg
Digital/lossless.
Mozart - 2 Sonatas (KV533/494 and KV545) and Rondo (KV511)
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Mitsuko Uchida
Philips 412 122-2 (1983)
Agreed, it's a fabulous recording.Quote:
Originally Posted by m10
http://www.classicalvinyl.com/media/...170-71-box.jpg
New 'old' vinyl... Really need to invest in an RCM. A narrowband label so probably a 1970s pressing, but with the triangular 'stereophonic' logo on the box which not all later issues had. Under the pops the music is fair leaping from the vinyl. Nice clean sibilants on the voices and lovely bass. Begs to be turned UP (but I'm trying to show some restraint).
Based on your reccie, Martin, I bought this.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
Oh deary, deary me.
Not for me!
Good playing but zero Russianness for my money.
It's like an Anglican performance of Russian Orthodox church music - it misses the point entirely for me! :)
Oh dear, never mind. I love that recording!
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From The Decca Sound box - digital (lossless)
Tchaikovsky - 'Symphony No.6 ("Pathetique") and Romeo & Juliet'
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Vienna Philharmonic, cond. Claudio Abbado.
DGG (Privilege) 427 220-2 (1974/1971)
Many think DGG are not the most dynamic of recordings. This by the late and great Claudio Abbado is evidence to the contrary.
Also sprach Zarathustra on vinyl. Berlin Philharmonic / Karajan.
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Revisiting an old favourite.
I'm sorry but that cannot possibly be any good. I mean, just look at his hair. Really now!
I wonder how that compares with the Gould and Perahia performances?Quote:
Originally Posted by m10
There's lots of incidental beauties in the Schiff, and it is gorgeous. I find the Gould (1955) more obviously entertaining. This is the limit of my knowledge on the Goldbergs, although I feel I would like a harpsichord version.
Really fancied some 'peace' time for an hour or so very early this morning...
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Followed by...
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All through some Chrome-bumper Naim. Who'd have thought it. :D
Chrome-bumper Naim was REAL Naim! ;)
Marco [ooz not surprised ya loikes it]
http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sl...235673_500.jpg
--- on CD.
Decca recording from 1959.
Shows the HIP guys a thing or two about joie de vivre and sheer fun-loving musicality.
Audiophile class recording, too.
Amazing stuff. :thumbsup:
Ooo - I've got loads of Goldberg recordings!Quote:
Originally Posted by m10
For a harpsichord version, Suzuki on BIS is the best I have heard.
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-Non...2[BIS].jpg
And do try and get hold of the transcription done by Canadian Brass on CBS/Sony - on CD or LP - one of my Desert Island Discs! :)
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com
And the 1981 Glenn Gould version is very different from the 1955 - worth adding to your collection as well.
A transcription for accordion is a step too far for many folks - but actually it's one of the very best Goldbergs out there, imho!
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Accordion - it's hard even to imagine that!
It sounds like a small organ (not that I have one of those, of course :eyebrows:) and is pretty much perfect for the music. Bach would have been pleased, I reckon.
Alisin Krauss...new Favorites
sorry, cock up on the posting front:eek:
I've been listening to a fair few Brahms symphonies 2 & 3 recently.
Alsop was a big disappointment despite good reviews - really quite bland. She looks quite miserable on the cover photo and that is kind of how the music sounds. :eyebrows:
http://www.bruceduffie.com/alsopcd.jpg
I used to love Bohm's approach, but haven't played it in a few years and it came across as a bit lazy and left me wanting more this time.
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Walter is astonishingly energetic and lithe, very exciting! But lacking Brahmsian warmth and lushness.
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Karajan however knows his Brahmsian onions ... :thumbsup:
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Right now, this on a double CD, which just arrived this morning from Hyperion:
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Details here: http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc...A67991/2&vw=dc
Utterly stunning (in both content and recording quality) I think is the word!! :eek:
Marco.