Spinning Today (Classical version)

Hi Martin,

It's definitely the seventh... Album description is exactly as was listed earlier :)

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Hey Marco - I know this isn't your usual musical fare, you being a Big Music kind of guy, but give this a fair chance and a few plays to start to familiarise yourself with it. IMHO the D.960 sonata is one of the truly great pieces of classical music!

I've been away for Easter, so haven't had a chance to listen to it. When I do (soon), I'll let you know. When I was up in Scotland, over Easter, I bought a whole load of classical music on vinyl, so I'll be listing it all here later! :cool:

Marco.

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I don't remember there being a 7th Symphony - is this incomplete?

http://www.tchaikovsky-research.org/...forum0227.html

My BBC Music Guide to Tchaikovsky makes no mention of a 7th symphony - the 6th is stated as his last. It doesn't seem to be the Manfred Symphony either. A further trawl of the web yields this from Wikipedia:

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For the LP sleeve-note of the HMV/Melodya recording of Tchaikovsky's so-called "7th Symphony", which used all the material from the Piano Concerto No. 3 but with the solo part allocated to orchestral instruments, and on which the USSR Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Leo Ginzburg, John Warrack wrote that the Russian musicologist and composer Semyon Bogatyrev (1890–1960) "worked on the sketches contained in the composer's notebooks at the House-Museum at Klin, and out of these constructed a four-movement symphony on what seems to have been Tchaikovsky's original plan."

So what you have there, Marco, appears to be a potentially unique recording of not so much a completion as an adaptation.

Interesting... Presumably the copy that I have is fairly uncommon?

Marco.

I've never seen it listed, so it could be quite rare :)

Okies, I picked this lot up in Glasgow, in either very good or mint condition:

Debussy - Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien. Florence Kopleff, Catherine Akes, Phyllis Curtin, New England Conservatory Chorus and Lorna Cooke de Varon, with The Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Munch, on RCA Victrola, from 1968.

Wagner - The World of Wagner, with The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Soloists, conducted by Sir Georg Solti, from 1973, on Decca.

Brahms - Concerto No2 in B Flat Major, for Piano, Op.83, with Vladmir Horowitz (pianist) and The NBC Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Arturo Toscanini. On RCA Victrola, from 1972.

Max Bruch - Concerto No1, with The New Symphony of London, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent. Glazounov - Concerto in A Minor, with The RCA Orchestra, conducted by Walter Hendl, on RCA Red Seal, from 1972. HEIFETZ.

Schubert - Wanderer-Fantasie. Klaviersonate A-Moli D.845 Piano Sonata in A Minor. Maurizio Pollini, Piano, on Deutsche Grammophon, from 1974.

Shostakovich - Symphony No1 in F, Festive Overture, with The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karel Ancerl, on Supraphon, from 1964.

Sibelius - Symphony No3 in C Major, Op.52. Symphony No7 in C Major, OP.105, with The Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Gibson, on SAGA, from 1965.

Dvorak - Symphony No4, with The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, conducted by George Szell, on Decca Ace of Clubs, from 1959.

Mozart - Die Zauberflote Highlights, with The Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Otto Klemperer, on EMI His Master's Voice, from 1966.

Mozart & Weber - Various Overtures, with The Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio, conducted by Rafael Kubelik, on Deutsche Grammophon Privilege Series, from 1964.

Bach - The Brandenburg Concertos: Nos 1,2 and 3, with The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Szymon Goldberg, on Phillips, from 1962.

Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E Minor, with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Eduard Van Beinum. Bruch - Violin Concerto No1 Campoli in G Minor, with The New Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Royalton Kisch. On Decca Eclipse, from 1969.

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No3, with Daniel Barenboim and The New Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Otto Klemperer, on EMI His Master's Voice, from 1969.

Beethoven - Septet for Strings and Wind in E Flat, opus 20, by Members of The Fine Arts Quartet and The New York Woodwind Quintet, on SAGA, from 1962.

Bach - Brandenburg Concert, with The Wurttremberg Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jorg Faerber, on Turnabout Records, from 1966.

Hadyn - Quartets, Op 55 (complete), with The Allegri Quartet, on EMI His Master's Voice, from 1964.

Shostakovich - Symphonie No10, with The Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan, on Deutsche Grammophon, from 1962.

Mascagni - Teatro alla Scala, Cavalleria Rusticana. Leoncavallo - I Pagliacci. Excerpts From The Complete Recordings, with Maria Callas, Ebe Ticozzi, Giuseppe di Stefano and Nicola Monti, conducted by Tullio Serafin, on Columbia Microgroove, from 1958.

Vivaldi - 4 Concerti, with Gli Accademici di Milano. Alberto Caroldi (oboe) and Virginio Bianchi (Bassoon), on Turnabout Records, from 1966.

Albinoni - Adagio in G minor for Organ and Strings, with Douglas Haas (organ) and The Wuttemberg Chamber Orchestra, Heilbronn, conducted by Jorg Faerber. Mozart - Sonata No4 in D for Organ and Strings. Helmuth Rilling (organ), with string ensemble. Corrette - Concerto in D Minor for Organ, Flute and Strings. Helmuth Rilling (organ), with The Wuttemberg Orchestra, Heilbronn, conducted by Jorg Faerber. Handel - Organ Concerto No13 in F "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale". Helmuth Rilling (organ), with The Wuttemberg Orchestra, conducted by Jorg Faerber, on Turnabout Records, from 1967.

Debussy - La Mer. Moussorgsky - Ravel Pictures from an Exhibition, with The Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky, on RCA Victrola, from 1970.

Ponchielli - Dance of the Hours Nicolai - Overture "The Merry Wives of Windsor" Sibelius - Finlandia Mendelssohn - Overture "The Hebrides" Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre Saint-Saens - Bacchanale from "Samson & Delilah", with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by George Weldon, on Columbia, from 1958.

Delius - Florida Suite. Dance Rhapsody No2 Over the Hills and Far Away, with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, on EMI His Master's Voice, from 1959.

Bartok - Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, with Edith Farnadi 9piano), Andre Gertler (violin), and J and O Schwartz (percussion), on EMI His Master's Voice, from 1964.

Elgar - Violin Concerto, with The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Nigel Kennedy (violin), conducted by Vernon Handley, on EMI Eminence, from 1984.

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No3 in C Minor 'Les Adieux' Sonata, with The New Philharmonia Orchestra and Bruno-Leonardo Gelber (piano), conducted by Ferdinand Leitner, on EMI His Master's Voice, from 1967.

Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No2 in F, with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and John Ogdon (piano), conducted by Lawrence Foster Bartok - Piano Concerto No3 in E, with The New Philharmonia Orchestra and John Ogdon (piano), conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent, on EMI His Master's Voice, from 1971.

Brahms - Double Concerto in A Minor "Tragic Overture", with The Philharmonia Orchestra and David Oistraka (violin), Pierre Fournier (cello), conducted by Alceo Galliera, on Columbia, from 1958.

Mozart - Piano Concertos: No20 in D Minor. No23 in A Major. with The English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, on EMI His Master's Voice, from 1967.

Poulenc - Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani in G Minor. Concert Champetre for Harpsichord & Orchestra, with The French National Radio Orchestra and Marie-Claire Alain, Robert Veyron-La Croix, on RCA Erato, from 1971.

Franck - Sonata for Violin & Piano in A Major Brahms - Trio for Violin, Horn & Piano in E Flat Major. Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano). Itzhak Perlman (violin). Barry Tuckwell (horn), on Decca, from 1969.

Various - Russian Festival, with L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Ernest Ansermet, on Decca Ace of Diamonds, from 1971.

Rossini - Respighi La Boutique Fantasque, with The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ernest Ansermet. on Decca Ace of Clubs, from 1968.

Rossini - Great Overtures, with The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierino Gamba, on Decca Eclipse, from 1969.

Weber - Overtures, with L'Orchestre de la Suisse Normande, conducted by Ernest Ansermet, on Decca Eclipse, from 1972.

William Walton - Cello Concerto Ernest Bloch - Schelomo, with Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), conducted by Charles Munch, on RCA Victor, from 1966.

Prokofiev - Symphonies Nos.1&7, with The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Walter Weller, on Decca, from 1975.

Handel - Choruses from Messiah, with The Philharmonia Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Otto Klemperer. On EMI His Master's Voice, from 1965.

Rossini - Respighi - La Boutique Fantasque. Dukas: L'Apprenti Sorcier, with The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Georg Solti, on Decca, from 1958.

Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major. Horn Concerto in No2 in D Major. Oboe Concerto in C Major, with The Pro Musica Orchestra, Stuttgart, conducted by Rolf Reinhardt. On Turnabout Records, from 1966.

Beethoven - String Quartets Opus 18. No1 in F. No2 in G, with The Budapest String Quartet. Joseph Roisman and Alexander Schneider, violins. Boris Kroyt (viola) and Mischa Schneider (cello). On CBS, from 1971.

Wagner - Tristan und Isolde Love Duet, with The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, with Birgit Nilsson and Fritz Uhl, conducted by Georg Solti, on Decca, from 1959.

Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A Major K.622. Symphony No39 in E Flat Major K.543, with The Philharmonia Orchestra and Bernard Walton (clarinet), conducted by Herbert von Karajan, on Columbia, from 1958.

80% of these were bought for 50p!! :eyebrows:

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Marco

Poulenc - Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani in G Minor. Concert Champetre for Harpsichord & Orchestra, with The French National Radio Orchestra and Marie-Claire Alain, Robert Veyron-La Croix, on RCA Erato, from 1971.

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Rossini - Respighi La Boutique Fantasque, with The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ernest Ansermet, on Decca Ace of Clubs, from 1968.

Yum :)

I'll look those out first then, for spinning, once they've all been cleaned on the VPI! :cool:

Considering that I got most of those records for 50p each, I think that I've probably landed a few bargains....

Marco.

No thoughts on my recent acquisitions then, Jerry? :)

Marco.

Whoa, yeah, some treasures there, Marco!
... including several Shosty, too. You must be well pleased. :)

That Shosty 10 with Karajan from 1962 is pretty damn amazing - one of the best performances I've heard of the work. Good sound, too - at least on CD. I've not heard it on LP.

It took me years of occasional trying to even begin to suss out what the Elgar violin concerto was about. It just seemed a randomly meandering stream of sound to me, and to a certain extent it still does! But it is much loved by many folks, and I think at last I am starting to find out why! I'd be interested in how you get on with it.

Ah, and you have my fave Bartok work - his 3rd piano concerto - paired with the Shosty 2nd piano concerto (lovely work, too!).

Oh, and the Budapest string quartet playing early Beethoven. :drool:
... it's defo worth looking out for Beethoven string quartets with higher opus numbers, too. Very different works to the op 18 set - some (perhaps overly pretentious) folks consider the string quartets with opus numbers over 100 to be among the greatest art works of western civilisation.

Oh my gosh - and one of my fave LPs. The one with the Albinoni adagio. It also has a concerto by Corrette - that is just amazingly tunefully wonderful!

Lots of other great stuff, as well.

Treasure, indeed. A really nice haul. :thumbsup: