I am a piano fan and I don't like Andras Schiff! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronksley
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I am a piano fan and I don't like Andras Schiff! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronksley
Currently spinning ....
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Originally Posted by jandl100
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
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:
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 2quidQuote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
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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.
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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.
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... 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. :)
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... a rather distracting cover, but it's culture so that's alright ;) - wonderful music!
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Playing as I type ....
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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!
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
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Now listening to some damm good old Beethoven
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Lovely stuff, and on one of my favourite vintage record labels, too! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
Marco.
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Lovely pellucid bell-like tone Lill gets from his piano on this recording, almost like a dulcimer at times. Beautiful.
... and it's available for 1p + postage from Amazon. ;)
Just ordered myself a copy will try and remember to let you know what I think of itQuote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
A Telemann vocal afternoon ...
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A much underrated composer, imo.
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.
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Good haul - not a piece of old tat in sight, Marco!
Gosh, I must be learning! :eek: :D
Marco.
One of the best versions of the Dvorák Cello Concerto! Well done Marco.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Ordered! Thanks JerryQuote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
The London Viola Sound
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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.
Mono????Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
Mozart symphoies the way they should be done just over eighty minutes of pleaseure
Disc nine from an eleven CD set
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-- I do often like Britten's non-vocal music. These quartets are excellent - Shostyesque!
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-- 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
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.... ahhh, that's more like it. My Britten's Requiem-tortured soul is healed by Beethoven. :)
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by BTH K10A
Nowt wrong with mono… Some of the best ever classical music performances were recorded on that format, on vinyl - and many sound stunning!
Marco.
I love the Mozart Wind Serenade (K361) - I have the very same BBC Music Magazine 'freebie' (and paid the same as you! :lol:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronksley
Isn’t that what you do after a vindaloo? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Marco.
Much prefer Britten's SQs over Shosty'sQuote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
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 :->Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
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 sleeveQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
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.
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 musicQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Thats cheating in my book :eek: like posting stock pics of hifi ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Not yet, Andy, but noted! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BTH K10A
Marco.
Talking of mono recordings on vinyl, I’ve just been enjoying this rather fine and uplifting piece of music, from 1959:
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Next up this (again in mono):
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Marco.
Just about tome to p[lay side one before sitting down to eat.
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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 vegetablesQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Lurvely :)
Marco.
Ordered. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
CD. Just arrived today.
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Whoops!Quote:
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Quite correct!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
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I didn't realise it as available in stereo! - I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for it!
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... 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 ;))
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-- my favourite pianist strides magnificently through the 2nd concerto.
What power, what finesse! :eek:
What?! - camera out, sort out lighting, take pic, load onto photobucket, copy into AOS .... fook that! :nono: :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by BTH K10A
Agreed - if it ain't on Amazon then the posting is sans image.Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
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Originally Posted by Barry
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.Quote:
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-- Magnificent recording and pianism.
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-- interesting Beethoven-precursor
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-- I do like Barenboim's way with Mozart - sprightly but not too fast, and weighty where required.
Picked these out for this evening
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I may not get through them all though
Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
The English Baroque Soloists conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner
2CD set on Archiv from 1987
Just sublime....