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the violin concerto in particular is great!
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the violin concerto in particular is great!
This evenings listening
Brahms Third from this amazing box set :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::c ool::cool::cool::cool:
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I don't know why but I always expect these old NYP recordings to sound awfull
Recoreded in 1976 and sounds amazing:wow:
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Great set
Has no-one been playing any classical music for the last 4 days? I think not... So, come on chaps, let’s hear about what you’ve been spinning!
Jerry, this is your ‘den’, mate, so please make sure it stays alive ;)
Marco.
Britten Nocturne Peter Pears : London Symphony Orchestra - ORG 45rpm http://snvinyl.co.uk/WebRoot/Daily/S...glp0152-45.jpg
LIked that so much I almost peed my pants :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
Really?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazjam
if so, try this ...
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Almost? Better check the wetness indicator on the waistband of your inco-pants! :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazjam
Marco.
Mozart – ‘Wind Serenade in B flat, K361 (Gran Partita)’
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Philip Glass – ‘Violin Concerto’, ‘Prelude and Dance from Akhenaten’and ‘Company’
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Adele Anthony (violin), Ulster Orchestra, cond. Takuo Yuasa
Naxos 8.554568, (2000)
and
Antinio Vivaldi - 'Concerti a titolo'
(Sorry can't find an image of the cover)
Interpreti Veneziani
Rivo Alto CRR 9613 (1996)
J S Bach - 'Cello Suites Nos. 2, 3 & 6'
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Live recording of a performance made at St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh as part of the 1975 Edinburgh Festival.
'Freebie' attached to this month's BBC Music magazine. Well worth the £5.50 cover price!
Wow - that's a BIG CD, Grant ;)
Waddya think of it? - it's one of my faves, the only reason I sold it to you was that I've bought the whole set of Beethoven string quartets by the Amadeus quartet! :thumbsup:
:lol: Just seen it as I posted it via the phone. It did come out larger than life....I quite enjoyed it actually; so much so that I dug out some more I could find (ps, the 4 arrived today. alas one case smashed but had a spare so alls well) Hope to get a listen soon.
Oops - sorry about the smashed case :( I thought I'd packaged them well.
--- listen some more to those quartets, they grow on you as you get familiar with them. :thumbsup:
Yesterday ....
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A bit bland - disappointing. Two great musicians having an off day.
Ahhh .... this is more like it :) ...
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Palestrina: Missa Ave Maria and Missa Beata Virgine
by the Choir of Westminster Cathedral, directed by James O'Donnell
Hyperion CDA 66364
A recent charity shop find. I paid all of £1 for it!
I also got a few others at the same price including a great 2 CD Verdi Requiem, featuring Renata Scotto with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti
HMV 5867802
Te Deum & Psalm 150 by Anton Bruckner. te deum finished in 1884 and dedicated to God while psalm 150 for once uses the lutharian bible
great recording this.
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
The 1962 Saltzburg Festival live recording with von Karajan and the Vienna Philharmonic and a great line up of singers (Corelli, Price, Bastianini, Simionato, Dutiot, etc.)
2CDs, Europa Musica 051 001
Classic recording, and another charity shop find. This time £2.99 for a full length opera! can't be bad.
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It's not often that I listen to 'historical' recordings but this 1932 effort has been remastered by Mark Obert-Thorn and sounds quite acceptable - and the performance of the Elgar violin concerto by a teenage Menuhin is justifiably famous.
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Really liking this
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Impressive, very impressive!
LPs ...
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LPs
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I do like DMM LPs - so clean sounding .... and CD-like. :lol:
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Stravinsky - Firebird Suite & Bartok - Concerto for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
conducted by Boulez with the BBC Symphony orchestra (LP, CBS Usa MS7206)
More baroque marvelousness:
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pieces de clavecin en concerts
Played by: Christophe Rousset, Ryo Terakado, and Kaori Uemura.
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901418 (1992)
Beethoven –‘Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’ in D minor, Op. 125’
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(The album cover of my copy is not available; this is just for example.)
2010 Pristine Audio PASC 250.
Wilhelm Furtwängler (cond.) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra , with Tilla Briem, Elisabeth Höngen, Peter Anders, Tudolf Watzke and the Bruno Kittel Choir.
This is a remastering of the original 1942 recording. Naturally it is a monophonic recording, which in places seems a little worse for ware (probably understandable given the tape technology of the time). In fact I found the sound was distorted on many of the orchestral tuttis, but I also appreciated the very large dynamics captured: the low-level opening is especially good, but when the orchestra comes in fully, the sound is definitely distorted.
Also being monophonic and played over a pair of speakers, all the instruments appear on top of one another spatially, an effect I dislike. However this is ameliorated if played over a single speaker: as it would have been if listening to the concert (performed in Berlin 22-24 March 1942) on the radio. For me, listening to monophonic recordings always ‘sounds’ better when played via a single channel system. The capture of the venue’s acoustic (the Berlin Opera House?) is especially pleasing.
As to the performance itself, well I have numerous versions of the 9th and have always been fascinated with Furtwängler’s reading of Beethoven works. This is no exception: not my favourite version but an interesting capture of a live and superb performance made at the time when Furtwängler was probably at his peak. At 73.02 this is a fairly leisurely version; typical of Furtwängler.
Performance 8/10
Recording 5/10
In the mood for Mahler
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:cool:
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it's tiny !! - but wonderful. Christopher Kite playing Handel harpsichord suites.
The Passacaglia is an astonishing coruscating river of sound, amazing performance!
and on CD ...
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You must have a massive collection Jerry. My Schubert symphonies extends to: 5, Unfinished, and Great C Major (several copies of the latter two). How few hours do you sleep a day?
Oooh, I get about 6 or 7 hours sleep.
-- but I'm retired, so I can play music any time of day. :)
Respighi: Pines of Rome, Feste Romane & Fountains of Rome,
Orchestre symphonique de Montreal conducted by Charles Dutoit
Decca 1983 SXDL 7591 (on vinyl)
One of Jerry's Charity Shop Classical LP's - and great fun! The vinyl looks rarely played, and sounds silent (well you know what I mean, there is none of the usual old vinyl background noise).
:thumbsup: -- yep, they were all pretty much Minty. A real treasure trove. Some still available if you want to re-look at the thread. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Desmo
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...ical-this-time!)
£138 made for Cancer Research UK so far from that thread. :)
Not sure why, but I was in the mood for harp music yesterday eve ...
LP
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LP
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and then a little less harpy ...
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Following a highly successful raid on a charity shop where an armful of Minty LPs were purchased ....
The original Philips release of this (Can't find a stock image of the actual thing) ...
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1955 Mono - but it sounds good - excellent performance - I'm baffled how an LP this old can still be mint. :scratch:
And another ...
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And a couple of late Beethoven piano sonatas from a real keyboard legend ...
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I must admit I was disappointed, selfless and self-effacing to a fault. Just a bit boring, really.
I know just what you mean, have you heard Christophe Rousset's harpsichord playing? - he can never be accused of being "selfless and self-effacing to a fault. Just a bit boring"Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
If you have not heard him, then try his Goldberg Variations on the L'Oiseau-Lyre label. That's a pretty good starting point. :-)
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: :)
LPs
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Wonderful!
LP
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Awesome early (1973) Denon PCM digital recording ...
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LP
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Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra, Berliner Philharmoniker unter Herbert Von Karajan mit Michel Schwalbé, solo violin
(LP, DG Germany 1974)
I used to have this - VG and I recall liking the solo violin.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlfaGTV
I also like it, it's a very powerful performance! :)
Right now on vinyl, some Shosty:
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Sounding mesmerisingly spectacular on the SPU-G/T! :eek:
Next up, some Tchaikovsky, with the Gabrieli Quartet (on Decca Ace of Diamonds, from 1977):
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Marco.
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Also sounded pretty good at Justin's (User211) yesterday.
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.... yay! Post #2000 :yay: