Spinning Today (Classical version)

[jandl100]

Re; Glorious John's London symphony LP ...

At the risk of seeming cheeky could I "pre-order" this, please, Jerry? Unless you change your mind of course.

No problem. It needs a more caring home than it has got at the moment.

Last night's listening (& viewing) ....

Bach - Well tempered clavier (excerpts) - Wilhelm Kempff, DG LP. Sigh ... what glorious, glorious music.

Liszt piano sonata - Yundi Li - DVD of 2004 concert in Baden-Baden. Golly gosh (& by gum) he goes for it. Mesmerising playing.

[morris_minor]

Re; Glorious John's London symphony LP ...

No problem. It needs a more caring home than it has got at the moment.

Thanks Jerry.

Last nights listening included some, er, Debussy, kind of . . .

Art of Noise - The Seduction of Debussy.

(Is this the wrong thread )

I've had some "borrowed" mp3s of this for a while and only just got round to listening - mesmeric stuff, with the gravelly tones of John Hurt too . . .

[Chops]

Last night, I heard some voices....

Hildegard of Bingen


Allegri's Miserere - Tallis Scholars - 96/24

[jandl100]

Last night, I heard some voices....

Hildegard of Bingen

One of the all-time classics, imo! Did you enjoy it?

[Chops]

One of the all-time classics, imo! Did you enjoy it?

Bought it a few years ago and it keeps getting played Just love it.

I have a variety of choral, generally earlier rather later. Any suggestions?

Chris

[Barry]

Nah - not imo - Klemps only got turgid as he got into old age, the mono Eroica I was listening to was recorded 1955 or earlier, and is quite a different proposition to his later stereo recordings.
... mind you, I've got a bit of a soft spot for those, too! - the best of them have a kind of granitic strength that doesn't sweep you off your feet but does enthrall with its purposeful inevitability. But yes, quite a bit of late Klemperer is way too stodgy for me as well.

Whoa! - Jerry with expressions like that, you should be writing for The Gramophone!

I guess my comments were based on late Klemperer. The only conductor to take an even slower reading was Furtwangler, but dispite that there is something about his recordings I do like.

Why is it that conductors when they are well into their career, often tend to offer the lifeless of interpretations? It happened with Karajan and clearly it happened with Klemperer. Are they sitting on their laurels, or is it only young conductors who are just starting out who are capable of providing new and refreshing insight?

Can't say John Elliot Gardiner is becoming stolid. Perhaps he is not old enough!

Regards

[Barry]

Last night, I heard some voices....

Hildegard of Bingen


Allegri's Miserere - Tallis Scholars - 96/24

These two recording should be part of everybody's collection. Utterly sublime!

[Chops]

These two recording should be part of everybody's collection. Utterly sublime!

Could I also suggest some John Dunstable, and good value at that


And maybe even The Powers of Heaven (Paul Hillier, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)


Any other personal recommendations would be very welcome

Chris

[MartinT]

Vivaldi - Gloria, Preston, AAM, Decca [cd]

One of the most sublime recordings I have ever bought. The singing in the Gloria is simply magical. I have loved it for years and it gets regular play - everyone who has ever heard it on my system agrees with me.

[Chops]

Vivaldi Gloria lovely. I bought the Chandos Hickox/Kirkby version. I have a soft spot for Emma's work.