Spinning Today (Classical version)

Just looking for a Mahler 2 1st movement to settle down with, I skimmed through Fischer, Gergiev, Solti, Abbado, Somone Young, Tennstedt and (to my surprise) settled down with this one ...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...VL._SY355_.jpg

:thumbsup: Yoiks - Haitink on top form.

Then a craving for Vitali's violin chaconne. Surprisingly few recordings around for this amazing work. I can't abide Heifetz, but came across this.

http://iscale.iheart.com/catalog/alb...fit(240%2C240)
-- Stunning.

Which led me on to try a few other albums of Vitali's music. Lots of good stuff around, but this was a major discovery.

http://www.concertzender.nl/wp-conte...naClematis.jpg
-- this has made it to my Desert Island|Disc pile in one giant leap! :eek:
The Chaconne is here, but not as good as the previous mentioned - the rest of the music is pure delight in its variety and invention.

Another excellent Mahler 2 :thumbsup:

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com

http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x...27/8837127.jpg
- perfect Brahms playing? Could be, I thought this was wonderful.

I thought I'd just sample this out of curiosity, liking the cover image! -->

http://www.vvmusicshop.cz/fotky7028/...cl-Bach-CD.jpg
-- but ended up playing the first Partita and Sonata right through. It's very good.

http://a1.mzstatic.com/eu/r30/Music/...er170x170.jpeg
- Anthony Newman playing the 6 Bach keyboard partitas on a harpsichord, sorry about the small image.
Wow - amazing clackety harpsichord sound ! - different, but I enjoyed it. Very fine performances, too.

http://www.musicweb-international.co...s_CDLX7299.jpg
- strangely, I prefer these more obscure works to Arnell's numbered symphonies.
They are all more than worth a listen, though.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...HL._SY355_.jpg
The Bruch. OK. Lovely end to the slow movement, but a bit faceless otherwise.

I tried these ...
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com
... but found them a bit characterless.

Moved on to this ...

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com

Aaaahhhhh! - That's more like it - some (lots!) of interpretive personality. :) Real passion for the music from both players.

Playing at the moment ...

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com

Cor lummy, this is yummy. :D

https://open.spotify.com/album/1aQHeNK2s5W6OJrvSFO96Y

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...L._SL1395_.jpg
For all those albums Cecilia has made down the years, exploring all that (mostly unjustly) forgotten music, there's great pleasure to be had in hearing her in a Rossini opera.

^^ Coo, opera. Maybe in my next life?
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http://arnoldbax.com/wp-content/uplo...BaxHandley.jpg
- Symphonies 1 & 3 - I'm slowly beginning to appreciate Bax. Hard work, but I suspect it will be worth it.

http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/...er170x170.jpeg
- a beautifully lucid recording.
That was good, so I moved on to ...

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Then the Art of Fugue took my fancy, a string quartet transcription seemed to be required. Tried the Juilliard SQ, ...

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-- oh dear no, way too slow and turgid
... settled on the Emersons who are not usually my 1st choice, but they hit the mot juste here ... yum ...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...-35_OU11__.jpg
:thumbsup: Lovely.

Playing the Op 59/3 quartet from this set

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...PL._SY300_.jpg

Glorious playing - exquisitely accurate but overflowing with excitement and vivacity. :)
--- and it's heart-meltingly beautiful as well.
Best recorded version I've heard, I reckon.

Fook me, I'm exhausted!

Just now played the 1st mvt of the 2nd symphony from this remastered set ...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...qL._SX355_.jpg

Oh My God - air conducting away like a deranged gibbon, this is just mag-fooking-nificent.
The re-master of these old New York Phil recordings has brought them up brand spanking new.
OK, it's a bit left-right-ish, with the cello section neatly tucked into the right hand speaker. But what the hell, this is truly awesome music making.
:thumbsup:

Are you still happy with Tidal Jerry . I'm thinking of going down this road .

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Originally Posted by brian2957

Are you still happy with Tidal Jerry . I'm thinking of going down this road .

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NO !!!!

Damn thing has got glitchy and pauses at random. :steam:
Went round to Justin's (user211 aka AccuTart :D) the other day and his TIDAL was doing the same. So it's not just my setup.

I've moved on to Spotify Premium - and despite the lower bitrate than TIDAL hirez, it sounds just fine in my humble system. :thumbsup:

Ta Jerry . I'm listening to Spotify at the mo . Think I may go premium with this then .:)

Double post :rolleyes:

Direct to disc.


http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/...4/image_2.jpeg

Personally signed too!

Wow :eek: - signed by Vivaldi. I'm impressed! ;)

these ghosts nowadays :doh:

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Originally Posted by jandl100

Wow :eek: - signed by Vivaldi. I'm impressed! ;)

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Not quite, Mike Valentine the producer. :eyebrows:

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Originally Posted by jandl100

^^ Coo, opera. Maybe in my next life

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Hehe. It can be a consuming passion. It's not very often now that I sit down with a complete opera, libretto in hand.

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Wow :eek: - signed by Vivaldi. I'm impressed! ;)

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I've got Vivaldi's email address if you want it.

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Ta Jerry . I'm listening to Spotify at the mo . Think I may go premium with this then .:)

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Actually, the situation is a bit more complicated than that for me.

Spotify's music catalogue is a lot bigger than Tidal's, but I am coming across music I want that is on Tidal but not on Spotify! :doh:

So I may well keep a lower rez (same as Spot Premium's) subscription to Tidal and see if they can sort themselves out.

... I have also learned that Tidal is now owned by JayZ :rolleyes: ... which does not endear them to me. Silly of me, but there you go.

Hope you get it sorted Jerry . I'm not a big classical music fan so Spotify will probably suit me better and I can explore some new classical stuff too :)

Well, I have no idea if the same applies to non-classical, I should imagine that it does.

But, anyway, the Spot catalogue certainly is huge! ... there's just some music I want that isn't on it but is on Tidal. Bah!

Back to the music ...

this is fab playing and fab music ...

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/K1QjOjGMhns/sddefault.jpg

I'll be investigating more albums by this guy. :)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...-40_OU11__.jpg
-- Sainsbury's (not Tesco's :nono:) cello concerto - where have you been all my life? It's a good'un! :)

Tried a few Bruckner 3 symphs, but this is still THE one ...

http://img.hmv.co.jp/image/jacket/400/53/0/1/164.jpg
-- magnificent.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61YaJeSdt3L.jpg
I'm not sure what made me dial this one up this morning. Years since I've heard it.

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Originally Posted by m10

I'm not sure what made me dial this one up this morning. Years since I've heard it.

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Maybe cos I mentioned it a few days ago?
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...166#post696166

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Maybe cos I mentioned it a few days ago?
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...166#post696166

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That'll be it :D

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/760/2...d5c63e_z_d.jpg

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Giulini Figaro with Anna Moffo and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - not vinyl sadly (have you seen how much they change hands for?) but this is the pic I'll use when the CDs are ripped into my library.

http://assets.rootsvinylguide.com/pi...p-list_6976378

Probably my favourite version of SS3. I am an admirer of Fremaux's conducting; straight forward and disciplined, but lets the emotional strength of the music through as well.
Played on LP, then repeated the finale on Spotify Premium.
Spotify sounded better. :o

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...yL._SY355_.jpg

A fine performance. A little austere in the 1st mvt, but overwhelming in the slow mvt's more emotional moments. A goodun.

Concerto #1 from this.
A perfect cello concerto from 1st note to last. :) Totally yummy.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...-40_OU11__.jpg


Listening to this now ...

http://www.geocities.co.jp/MusicHall/2027/cd/0306.jpg

I have to confess that I usually find Giulini's interpretations to be slow and ponderous to the point of tedium, if not lacking in grandeur when appropriate.
But his approach certainly pays dividends here. And he is almost frisky in the scherzo!
But overall, monumental might be my 1-word-review.

I am a fan of the Montreal Symphony / Charles Dutoit recording of the Organ Symphony - the sound is one of Decca's best and it is a compelling performance. The organ is a physical as you could wish. I bet that Fremaux is pretty tasty though so I shall give it a whirl on Spotify. :D

I've been a fan of the following 2 albums for a while and played them both yesterday as my only substantive musical fodder in a rather busy day ...

http://www.msrcd.com/cdcovers/cd365.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/65ae5F9zN1xg4nBZakGlsF

and

http://www.msrcd.com/cdcovers/cd139.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/1u7cG2vx3iAS0NuwMWBrtC

Harbach is a superb harpsichord player and searching for more of her performances on Amazon a couple of years ago I came across some of her own compositions.
Really nice - OK, so they aren't Mahler 3 or Bruckner 8, or even Shostakovich 10. But for middle-to-light weight, well crafted music with some nice melodies and always interesting textures they are a very pleasant listen. Excellent sq, too. :thumbsup:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...-40_OU11__.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6XF4Chiti1FMFzKGAExCdl
Enjoyed the Dunhill symphony, not so keen on the Arnell suite.


http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...wL._SX300_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/31nDB9CQIHMwGtxN3H3yl4
Good / interesting in parts, but then he'd go all weird and yukky (technical term ;) ).
Tried his violin sonatas and that was the same,
Not for me.

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/72Mq1PL1J1vAESFbJmAqNC
Listened to the Combat El Somni songs and then Cantar Del Alma (tracks 17 - 22).
Cor lummy - absolutely gorgeous :eek:
I'm not a lover of much of the song/lieder repertoire by any means, but this is scrumptious!


http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...NL._SY300_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3ZjBruG0d09CelmXTUaEhy
Nice and invigorating end to the evening.

http://snvinyl.co.uk/WebRoot/Daily/S...EB/0915DUO.jpg

Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring & Petrushka : Silver - Garburg, Piano Duo
Vinyl

New Discovery... pretty amazing Cellist.
Double feature of this and Agnes Obel with a glass of red tonight. https://theartofsound.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

http://www.fretwork.co.uk/wp-content...t-of-Fugue.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0P5tFIBL8VDtQoP65dNLr7
Yum, not for the purist, perhaps, but I do like this.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...0L._SX355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6dA8H7J4bJK7g1WqC3QOm2
- very nice, I'm getting more and more into Bax.

Talking about Fretwork on another thread started me listening to this again:

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com

Some contemporary stuff, some 17th century stuff. All great playing.

Mahler 3
Zubin Mehta / Los Angeles Philharmonic
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...NL._SY355_.jpg

http://www3.sympatico.ca/alan.teder/architect.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7deK6qsSCUayuCDIrtEuwv
-- classical meets rock.
Good fun and decidedly different!

http://i.prs.to/t_200/889845282754.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1C9gGjXxfcw7EZlTnt9n0l
Supadupa wonderful. I love this album. :)

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/57yOSceg3YfSuYrebcd4ne
I played the lot, all in one go! Excellent.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...tL._SY355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4eXs0SWGO7zvE7kCusPziI
For orchestral Bax newbies, Tintagel is a good place to start. I'm one of 'em - it's difficult music to get into, ime!

http://cdn.discogs.com/fV8FXp7iSkQqt...24858.jpeg.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5XtthvlTd5QqBdOmiAYiYI
A delight - one of my Desert Island Discs :)

Finally gave the Fremaux Organ Symphony a whirl, I don't know whether I like it as much as the Montreal-Dutoit but I like it very well indeed and will return to it.

Now playing this (Apple Lossless):
http://cdn.discogs.com/5H07AwdeWm3DB...-1690.jpeg.jpg

Jessye Norman's Wesendonck Lieder with Colin Davis and the LSO.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....10GB5GENRL.jpg

http://www.musicweb-international.co...8697158372.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/147eWZRLLiuLMkxusEuwOA
A lovely album. The opening quintet is quite magical.
The concluding sextet is just too busy-busy for me, but then most sextets strike me that way.

And then the 8th from this set ..

http://www.musicweb-international.co...6557082_JQ.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1WpZJ1iLB8KTtzCNvY3duo
What have they done? :scratch:
Gone is the rather scrawny, lightweight 1970's RCA sound. Delivered is scrumptiously dynamic and clear and full-toned magnificence! :thumbsup:

http://www.musicweb-international.co..._biscd1860.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0VnqUxtDyXwHGrpgJuv8I5
I'm not sure I like this music, but I enjoy listening to it - there's a fascination, somehow.

Arrgghhh -- :help:

I seem to be hooked ...

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/40jJTsrbdmQB40mrcRqzLU

It's a lovely crisp morning, and I'm enjoying this...

http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-Non...91;Nimbus].jpg

I think I'm beyond help ...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...FL._SY300_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4NbSh9QM6TJ5zUIOJnXTrq

Quartet #4 from this set ...

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Pah. I've been wasting my time with this set for the last few months. :doh: Well reviewed but emotionally vacuous for me. I don't know why I stuck with it. :scratch:

Finally decided to give up on them and move on ...

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/16bS6yPj3HR2aCtDqZqtwc

YES !! :yay:
Inspired, emotionally committed playing. Great sq, too. :thumbsup:

http://snvinyl.co.uk/WebRoot/Daily/S...euros39016.jpg

Vinyl

Frohlich. Who the hell is Friedrich Theodor Frohlich?
I just happened to stumble across his string quartets in a Spotify search for something else ...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dJKq7ziIjN...ets%2Bback.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0ilD433wwWQsP6ZRR1Ueqq
Very nice indeed!

Which naturally led me on to ....

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ft...3J8IMNq1Q=w300
https://open.spotify.com/album/5TDlv7SlPL8PCekA2pUkR1
An amazingly diverse album - orchestral overture to top & tail the album. Mass with choir and vocal soloists. A couple of short pieces for violin and piano. All of it good! :)

Then some Vanhal. Much better known than Frohlich, but I've not really heard much by him before. It's excellent!

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/36LpWi9dYWT1c24V86MtsE

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...-40_OU11__.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7BZtiEMFlRqtAuGz6iJ8Jw

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG...er=allrovi.com
-- a rather fine performance of the 2nd.

Then, on DVD ...

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and now ....

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