Rachmaninov - 'Sonata for cello and piano, Op.19' and Chopin - 'Sonata for cello and piano, Op.65'
Alisa Weilerstein: cello and Inov Barnatan: piano
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Rachmaninov - 'Sonata for cello and piano, Op.19' and Chopin - 'Sonata for cello and piano, Op.65'
Alisa Weilerstein: cello and Inov Barnatan: piano
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Khachaturian - 'Highlights from Spartacus and Gayaneh ballets'
London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Aram Khachaturian
EMI ASD 3347 (1977)
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Jocelyn Pook – Deluge
Label: Virgin – CDVE 933, Virgin – 7243 8 42963 2 2
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1997
Style: Modern Classical, Ambient
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Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) Penthesilea, Op.39 [1927]. A one act opera, libretto based on a story by Von Kleist. The opera presents the affair between Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons, and Achilles. In the end she stands by her warrior's code and he, for love, abandons his with tragic consequences.
This version is the Pan Classics release with the Czech Philharmonic under Mario Venzago. Yvonne Naef as Penthesilea. A great performance with a less than stellar capture.
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From earlier...
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Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Those Mercury 'Living Presence' recordings are very good.
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Yeah, great music, plus sonically the recording is stunning! Pretty rare album that one, too
Picked up a bargain at our local antiques emporium today: an absolute mint (cover and vinyl), looks like it's never been played, 10" LP of WAGNER THE RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES - FLYING DUTCHMAN. 1950s DECCA, which is superb:
Yours for the princely sum of £1!
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Nice find Marco, but you should have paid £2 and got a stereo version.
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