Spinning Today (Classical version)

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Mint double LP of excellent performances ---- 50p :D

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Bruckner - Symphony No 9, Jochum, BPO, DG [cd]

Last night, at Tim's request. So rather than the best recording, I gave him the best performance. Jochum was a master, and this 1966 performance is urgent and fiery.

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Yup, Jochum / DG would probably be my top choice for Bruckner 9 as well. :)

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CD - triple concerto & cello concerto.
Paul Juon - I bet you've never heard of him!
Born in Moscow - 1872-1940. Russian father, German mother.
Very fine, late romantic composer. :thumbsup:

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I've just been to a local record shop and picked up some mint (looks like they've either never, or hardly, been played) Russian recordings on vinyl, from 1960, of Haydn's 'Sonata in C minor', Tchaikovsky's 'Suite No1' and 'Quartet No3', performed by the USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Unfortunately, I can't get any more information than that, as the rest is written in Russian... However, the vinyl is all heavy 200g stuff, and looks like quality.

Along with it, I also got some Polish Chopin 'Etudes', on the 'Muza' label, and these are equally as minty and on heavy-duty vinyl, but aren't dated. I think that the conductor is Janusz Urbanski, and the pianist is Boleslaw Woytowicz. The rest is in Polish!

I've no idea what these will be like, but once I've ran them through the RCM, I'll find out... They could be crap or they could be great! I just took a punt on them, as they only cost me £1 each.

In the meantinme, does anyone know anything about them? :)

Marco.

They are likely to be on the Melodiya label. Watch out for surface noise!

Could be, Martin, but IME, Melodiya albums, which I'm familiar with, are normally clearly marked as such.

These, on the other hand, have a red label with 'MK, Made in Russia' marked on the label. There is no mention anywhere of Melodiya :)

Marco.

From Wikipedia: "In other countries, Melodiya recordings imported from the USSR were often sold under the label MK, which stood for Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga."

Ah ha... Okies - that's interesting! I'll see if I can distinguish any music then, amongst the surface noise, and report back! ;)

Marco.

No, I bet they'll be interesting, Marco! :)

Surface noise, maybe -- but those old Soviet recordings often had mids with great presence and fruitiness. Oooo, luverly!

As for the particular recordings and players - nope, I've no idea!