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Courtesy of Qobuz, I've got this Wilson Audiophile CD on:
https://www.wilsonaudio.com/wilson-a...race-cathedral
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There are quite a few of them in the Qobuz library. They're relatively short but that's OK, I find a CD rarely holds my attention beyond 40 mins or so. An excellent workout for your subwoofer!
By the way, the label is owned by Wilson Audio, the high-end speaker people.
^ Wilson Audio recordings.
Thanks for the tip, Tim.
They are on Spotify as well.
Have gone to the Wilson site to see the catalogue and saved 9 in my Spot playlist.
http://www.wilsonaudio.com/wilson-audiophile-recordings
Listening to that organ recording now. :thumbsup:
^ I hope she got her money back for that dress!
I think it's rather fetching. :)
Some 20thC solo cello atm ...
https://open.spotify.com/album/4xsAU...QSW5rGC52DdXwg
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2 & 7 (so far) from this Sibelius symphony set by Storgards on Chandos.
Quite possibly my favourite Sibelius cycle. Superbly recorded as well.
Sadly, it lacks the Kullervo symphony.
https://open.spotify.com/album/6Fwkb...RJSatQ1K3yjmFg
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Verdi’s Requiem, Carlo Maria Giulini & Berliner Philharmoniker.
Sharon Sweet, Florence Quivar, Vinson Cole, Simon Estes
A grand performance and recording!
I've been enjoying Barenboim's first set of Beethoven piano sonatas on EMI recently.
Impetuous and fun. His later DG set sounds just a bit staid in comparison.
Nicely clear and percussive sq suits the interpretations.
https://open.spotify.com/album/3IizT...T7W3HBq0f9o8Xw
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Slowly working my way through some recent charity shop vinyl finds:
Beethoven – ‘Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”, Choral Fantasy and Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage’
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Vienna Philharmoniker, cond. Claudio Abbado.
DGG 419 779-1 (1988)
Mahler – ‘Symphony No. 4’
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Weiner Philharmoniker, cond. Lorin Maazel
RCA IM 39072 (1984)
Mahler – ‘Symphony No. 5’
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Chicargo Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sir Georg Solti
Decca 4140321-1 (1985)
Brahms – ‘Symphony No.4’
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Berlin Philharmoniker, cond. Herbert von Karajan
DGG 427 497-1 (1989)
Brahms – ‘Symphony No.2’
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Berlin Philharmoniker, cond. Herbert von Karajan
DGG 2531 132 (1978)
[B]Bruckner – ‘Symphony No.4 “Romantic”’
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Weiner Philharmoniker, cond. Bernard Haitink
Philips 412 735-1 (1986)
Dvořák – ‘Symphony No.7’
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Cleveland Orchestra, cond. Christoph von Dohnányi
Decca 417 564-1 (1987)
Dvořák – ‘Symphony No.8’
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Cleveland Orchestra, cond. Christoph van Dohnányi
Decca 414 422-1 (1986)
Sibelius – ‘Symphonies 3 & 6’
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Philharmonia Orchestra, cond. Vladimir Ashkenazy
Decca 141 267-1 (1985)
Schumann – ‘Symphonies 3 & 4’
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The Cleveland Orchestra, cond. Christoph von Dohnányi
Decca 421 643-1 (1989)
Bach – ‘Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, Violin Concertos in A minor & E major’
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English Chamber Orchestra, Anne Sophie Mutter and Salvatore Accardo
EMI ASD 1435201 (1983)
Mozart – ‘Piano Concertos No.15 (KV450) and No.16 (KV451)’
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Mitsuko Uchida, piano. English Chamber Orchestra, cond. Jeffrey Tate
Philips 426 305-1 (1990)
Mozart – Piano Concertos No.22 (KV4820 and No.23 (KV488)’
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Mitsuko Uchida, piano. English Chamber Orchestra, cond. Jeffrey Tate
Philips 420 187-1 (1987)
Mozart – ‘Piano Concertos No.23 (K488) and No.27 (K595)’
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Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano. Philharmonia Orchestra
Decca SXDL 7530 9 (1982)
Elgar – ‘Cello Concerto’
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Jacqueline Du Pre (cello). London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sir John Barbirolli
EMI ASD 655 (1965)
Rodrigo – ‘Concerto de Aranjuez’
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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, cond. Göran Söllscher
DGG 429 232-1 (1988)
Sibelius – ‘Finlandia, Karelia, Valse Triste’
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Hallé Orchestra, cond. Sir John Barberolli
EMI 055 EM 29 02731 (1966)
Listz – ‘Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2’
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Krystian Zimerman (piano) Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. Seiji Ozawa.
DGG 423 571-1 (1988)
Woo, nice collection there, Barry.
Top marks (almost) all round) from me (apart from the Schumann, I can't abide Schumann symphonies).
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Really enjoying this set of Beethoven piano sonatas - Louis Lortie on Chandos.
Only the earlier sonatas so, far. Lovely combination of impetuosity, poetic touch with a ring of steel when required.
https://open.spotify.com/album/3exqr...SXqRvr5JFfCmVA
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Thanks Jerry.Quote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
I'm always prepared to take a punt on something I haven't heard before, especially if it is an inexpensive charity shop purchase. If I don't like it, then it hasn't cost me too much.
Similarly, I like to hear different conductor's/orchestra's intepretation of composers' works.
Some more charity shop vinyl finds:
Gershwin – ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, ‘An American in Paris’ and ‘Porgy and Bess – A Symphonic Portrait’
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Louis Lorte (piano) Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, cond. Charles Dutoit.
Decca 425 111-1 (1989)
Rachmaninov – ‘Symphony No.2’
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Concertgebouw Orchestra, cond. Vladimir Ashkenazy
Decca SXDL 7563 (1982)
Debussy – ‘Images’, ‘Nocturnes’
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Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, cond. Charles Dutoit
Decca 425 502-1 (1990)
Ravel – ‘Bolero’, ‘La Valse’, Pavane pour une Infante défunte’ and ‘Daphnis et Chloé’
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Orchestre de Paris, cond. Daniel Barenboim
DGG 2532 041 (1982)
Vivaldi – ‘Le Quattro Staglioni’, ‘Concerto for Three Violins’ and ‘Concerto for Four Violins’
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Salvatore Accardo, I Solisti Delle Settimane Internaziionali Di Napoli
Philips 422 065-1 (1988)
Sibelius – ‘Symphony No.2’, ‘The Swan of Tuonela’
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Hallé Orchestra, cond. Sir John Barbirolli
EMI EMX 2006 (1967)
Delius – The Walk to the Paradise Garden’, ‘On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring’ and ‘Summer Nignt on the River’
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Academy of St. Martin-in-the Fields, cond. Neville Marriner
(Decca) Argo ZRG 875 (1979)
Another great selection, Barry!
Almost makes me wish I was still on the charity shop vinyl hunt! That was great fun - but the stuff only pissed me off once I'd get it home. :doh:
1 in 3 at best was in decent enough condition - too much time wasted on the other two thirds. Grrrr :steam:
Ah, the good old days. :lol:
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Really enjoyed the start of this set last night - kind of weirdo Baroque guy, he called one of his compositions Hypochondria. :) Jan Dismas Zelenka.
A unique soundworld imo.
https://open.spotify.com/album/0dQF6...RGWo0ZupEnhbpg
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Listening at the moment to the beautifully laidback Concerto Gregoriano for violin & orchestra by Respighi.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/3bx7d...TFGLCEM1xWuq6A
I played my choice for the Best Ever recording of the Schubert 9th symphony yesterday.
My little chubby arms were waving around like mad, excitedly conducting the virtual orchestra in front of me. :)
Superb sq, too.
Karajan.
Of all people.
No, not the adequate DG, but the stereo EMI.
Wow.:wowzer:
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https://open.qobuz.com/album/5099991873552
There's an absolutely amazing sounding fortepiano on this album, it's quite dulcimer-like, beautiful - nice music, too!
The concertos are mainly by JC Bach.
https://open.spotify.com/album/4Ahu4...TP-bPNhEPG9Mtg
https://open.qobuz.com/album/0822252001426
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Will give this a listen but never been able to get pas Haebler on Phillips for JC Bach fortepiano concerti. (I have the scores aQuote:
Originally Posted by jandl100
lot of them work as solo pieces especially the slow movements. )
It's a different soundworld altogether than Haebler's recordings.
Enjoy both! :)
These violin concertos by Frantisek Benda are very good.
In the latter part of his longer life, a contemporary of Mozart.
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https://open.qobuz.com/album/0099925406424
No, not as great as Bach's solo violin sonatas & partitas, but bloody good just the same!
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https://open.qobuz.com/album/0099925140724
Having sampled a few sets, I've been delving quite extensively into the Stamitz's recording of the Dvorak string quartets.
Dvorak was a master tunesmith, if ever there was one. Lovely stuff.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/14fOs...Sjaag-__gzsWhg
A few more charity shop vinyl finds:
Haydn – ‘String Quartets Op. 33 Nos. 1 – 3’
https://i1.wp.com/revolutions33.co.u...0%2C1920&ssl=1
The Weller Quartet
Decca SXL 6182 (1965)
Vivaldi – ‘Concertos: Two Trumpets, Madrigalesco, Two Cellos, Two Flutes, Alla Rustica, Two Violins & Two Cellos
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The Academy of Ancient Music, dir. Christopher Hogwood
(Decca) L’Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 544 (1978)
Mozart –‘Piano Sonatas Nos. 16 (KV545), 11(KV111), 18(KV576) and 8(KV310)’
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Gabriel Tacchino, piano
EMI5N039-10572 (1978)
Beethoven – ‘Eroica’
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Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, cond. Pierre Monteux
Philips 839 601 LY (Stereo)
(Marked “Sample Record – Not for Sale”)
This record has the thickest ‘gatefold’ sleeve I have ever encountered!
Mahler – Symphony No. 1 in D “Titan”
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Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, cond. Leonard Slatkin
Telarc DG-10066 (1981)
I’m not a big fan of Mahler by any means, and have to confess I only bought this copy because of the recording label.
On a random trip to Amsterdam in the early 80s I heard Haitink conduct the Mahler No1 at the Concertgebow.
It was awesome.
The Mahler No1 is Mahler for non Mahler fans. Should be fun.
Another great selection of music and recordimgs, Barry.
Your local charity shops are doing you well!
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The musical main course last night for me was Malcolm Arnold's 1st symphony.
My gosh, what a magnificent piece!
Blaring brass and pounding tympani - glorious! With many a softer interlude, too. And some great tunes.
Imo it's a great symphony.
I marginally prefer the Chandos (Hickox) over the Naxos (Penny). Both are good, the Chandos has the fuller sound.
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Was at a concert on Saturday night in Farnham where the Farnham Sinfonia - rather accomplished if fairly recently forned chamber orchestra - played Malcolm Arnold’s two flute concerti and some orchestrated late piano pieces.
I was kind of dragged there by the wife under false pretences - it was bookended by Haydn and Mozart symphonies, and she neglected to tell me about the 20th century bit in the middle. But actually once there I enjoyed it.
I have to admit that I had never even heard of Cesar Franck's Trios Concertants Nos. 1-4 before, but I came across them in a search of the Dynamic catalogue on Qobuz streaming service (which, unlike Tidal or Spotify, handily lets you search by record company catalogue).
Boldly romantic, with strong melodies.
This really is quite excellent music!
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https://open.spotify.com/album/3JAck...SseyzbFnbCmRag
The perfect recording of Mozart Requiem?
There's no such thing of course.
So many to choose from, across a whole range of styles. Who can manage to listen to them all?
But this one with William Christie might just get my vote.
It gets mixed reviews on Amazon, but I think that's a good sign and indicates an individual approach to the music.
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=...llrovi.com&f=1
https://open.spotify.com/album/5xAa0...SoCaHNakBFvgbQ
Songs of the Auvergne
Netania Davrath
1959 recording absolutely lovely. On vinyl.
^ Yep, superb recording of the Songs of the Auvergne. What a voice!
Thanks for the prompt, Chris, I'll have a listen later.
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Excellent late night light listening
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Quite a Mozarty day yesterday.
Probably my favourite Mozart pianist - Jeno Jando
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... and Elgar's 1st symphony with Slatkin.
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Always on the lookout for organ music that's a bit out of the ordinary, I found this on Spotify...
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The organ voices suit these works very well, I think.
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I remember having a crack at these transcriptions many years ago. They were published in Debussy's lifetime and are very idiomatic for those wonderful French organs of the era - they sound like Debussy had actually written them for the instrument. Marvellous. I didn't realise they had been recorded.
80 minutes of nothing much at all.
But strangely fascinating.
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=...llrovi.com&f=1
https://open.spotify.com/album/6sGfs...RiewJM_AWM-sgA
Whooshhh.
Chopin playing like this takes my breath away. Beautiful.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/1qvsC...Qq-fCfiyIfUFcQ
Giving Robert Ashley a listen and liking this one:
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Going to try Private Lives next (Matmos seem to like it).
Contemporary Spanish composer Lorenzo Palomo.
3 concertos, in effect; violin, clarinet and double bass.
And very pleasant and interesting listening they make. :)
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https://open.spotify.com/album/4t8eO...RoOrRENsZl8G8w
If you enjoy Rachmaninov's lush romanticism, then wrap your lug-holes around Andre Mathieu's 4th piano concerto.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/4abn3...SeKEcYEAaOUPXg
The Brahms symphony cycle by Janowski and the Royal Liverpool Phil has come in for a bit of a critical pasting, but I think that he nails the tempi and after that everything just falls into place.
And the sound is extraordinarily good, imo.
I loves it. :)
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https://open.spotify.com/album/2RIRD...Sdq7uu-_By2RGw
Quite exceptional (and individualistic) playing from Deyanova in this selection of Schubert piano sonatas.
Daringly slow (Richter-like speed) in the 1st mvt of D.894.
I guess this will be a Marmite-thing; I don't like Marmite but I do like this!
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https://open.spotify.com/album/3WiND...QY2r25QuYkZcrg
Jacques Loussier - 'Toccata Play Bach'
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Is this classical or is it Jazz? Probably both and neither. And probably looked down upon by aficionados in both camps. So just to annoy both parties, I'll post this in the Jazz section as well. :D
Don’t know about annoying people ... I’m a fan but it’s more jazz than classical to me. I have pretty much all the stuff that Louissier and his band released in the 60s. I think the above repackaging though I know he did get back years later and re-record the old stuff with younger musicians. I also have a Debussy CD of his, I think from the 90s, that unfortunately isn’t nearly as successful as his Bach arrangements cQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
It's jazz to my humble ears.
:spew:
Urgh, that left a nasty taste.
Here's how Bach on the piano can be played without ruining it imo.
https://open.spotify.com/album/43DBY...S5SGUAEIT84Sjw
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Some more charity shop vinyl finds:
Beethoven – ‘The Early String Quartets, Op. 18, 1 – 6’
Végh Quartet
(3 LPs) Telefunken (TELDEC) 6.35042 (1974)
Prokofiev – ‘Concerto in D flat Major for Piano and Orchestra. Op.10’ and ‘Symphony No.7’
Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Prague Symphony Orchestra, cond. Karel Ancěrl
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. N. P Ansernov (Symphony No.7)
Supraphon SUA 10264
Dvorak – ‘String Quartet F-dur Op.96 (“American”)’ and ’String Quartet As-dur Op.,105’
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Prague String Quartet
Supraphon (DGG, Austria) 104 815
“Music of Great Bygone Ages” Volume 1: La Provence
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Music from some composers of the 17th and 18th century: André Campa; Guillaume Poitevin; Pierre Gaultier de Marseille and Étienne-Joseph Floquet.
Ensemble Instrumental de Provence, dir. Clément Zaffini
Musique Royale (DGG, Austria) 199 015
Beethoven – ‘Piano Sonata No.29 in B-flat major, Op.106 “Hammerklavier”’
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Alfred Brendel
Decca Turnabout TV 34112DS (Vol.2) (1970)
Beethoven – ‘Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31, No2 “Tempest”’ and ’Piano Sonata No.21 in C major, Op.53 “Waldstein”’
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Alfred Brendel, piano
Decca Turnabout TV 34115DS (Vol.5) (1970)
Mozart – ‘Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K467’ and [B]’Piano Concerto No.27 in B-flat major, K595
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English Chamber Orchestra, dir Daniel Barenboim (piano)
EMI ASD 2465 (1969)
Mozart – ‘Symphonies No.39 in E-flat, K543 and No.40 in G minor, K550
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The English Chamber Orchestra, cond. Daniel Barenboim
EMI ASD 2424 (1968)
Sibelius – ‘Symphony No.2 in D, Op.43’
Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. Serge Koussevitzky
RCA GL85232 (DMM remastering of a 1950 recording) (1985)
Telemann –‘Four Concertos for trumpet and Strings’
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Orchestre de Chambre pro Arte de Munich, dir. Kurt Redel.
RCA Erato STU 70067
Those Vegh recordings are my favourite of the Beethoven quartets though I have them on French pressings (Valois) - the Op18s are great but the middle set of the three is my favourite esp Op 74 and 95.
Recorded in London in the early 70s I believe, listen in the slow passages for buses going past the studio!
If you got the Vegh for cheap you might be surprised at what they go for on Discogs.
The Provence recording is totally my kind of thing as well - great score :)