Spinning Today (Classical version)

[jandl100]

Zoopah!
-- my first SACD success ... on the Linn label ...



Performances; gorgeous. Sound quality; excellent.

Not sure about this one - I'm trying to find a recording of Dvorak's 1st symphony that is as impressive as I suspect the music is ....


I've tried a few so far, I suspect that the quest continues ....
I've not heard Jarvi or Kertesz yet ....

[Eremite]

I'm auditioning new speakers at the moment, so quite a few discs are being dug out of the deeper archeological strata of my collection. This one emerged into the light yestreday evening:



Wonderfully uplifting stuff!

[Marco]

Picked up a pile of (minty) second-hand vinyl in Swordfish Records in Brum:

Ravel - L'Heure Espagnole with L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and Suzanne Danco (Soprano), Paul Derenne (Tenor), Michel Hamel (Tenor), Heinz Rehfuss (Baritone), Andre Vessieres (Bass), conducted by Ernest Ansermet, on Decca Eclipse, from 1963.

Shostakovich - Symphony No5 with The Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York, conducted by Leopold Stokowski, on World Record Club Records, from 1963.

Shostakovich - Symphony No4, with The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy, on CBS, from 1963.

Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No1 (Op.35)/Piano Concerto No2 (Op.102), with Andre Previn and Leonard Bernstein, on CBS, from 1974.

Shostakovich - Symphony No13, with The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and Male Chorus, with Vitaly Gromadsky (Bass), conducted by Kiril Kondrashin, on Everest Records, from 1967.

Scarlatti - 6 Sinfonias, with The Paris Instrumental Ensemble, conducted by Charles Ravier, on EMI, from 1972.

Scarlatti - Sinfonias Nos 6-11 Cantilena, conducted by Adrian Shepherd, on RCA, from 1979.

Brahms - Piano Quintet in F Minor, with The Virtuoso Ensemble. Piano: Wilfrid Parry. Violins: David Martin, Patrick Halling. Viola - Gwynne Edwards. Cello: Willem de Mont, on RMC Records, from 1968.

Bruch - Concerto in G Minor. Mendelssohn - Concerto in E Minor, with Josef Suk (violin), with The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karel Ancerl, on Supraphon Records, from 1964.

Smetana - Piano Trio in G Minor, with the Suk Trio. Josef Suk: violin. Josef Chuchro: cello. Jan Panenka: piano, on Supraphon Records, from 1968.

Joachim Raff - Fifth Symphony 'Lenore', with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Herrmann, on Unicorn Records, from 1970.

Not a bad wee haul for £25

Marco.

[jandl100]

Oooo - lots of Shosty - well done, Marco!

Spinning yesterday --



Telemann sonatas for 2 violins - very reverberant recording, but once acclimatised to, this is a great CD. Both violin parts recorded by the same violinist and overdubbed. Works well!

And some more Telemann



An interesting concept - 4 short cantatas, with a different vocal soloist in each (soprano, contralto, tenor & bass), but forming a unifying whole, with a fine and quite long orchestral intro.

[MartinT]

Marco cleaned up the Shossy before the rest of us could get a look-in

[Marco]

Hehehe... Del spied the Shossy, pulled it out of the rack, and alerted me to it. So as it was just sitting there winking at me....

TBH, if I'd had more time, I'd have hoovered up a lot more of the classical stuff, as it was well priced and minty mint!

Let me know what you think of that box set you got, when you give it a spin

Marco.

[MartinT]

I will do, probably tonight. It was Brahms - A German Requiem conducted by Haitink.

Meanwhile, the Santana The Third Album I spied cleaned up beautifully and sounds great, like another Abraxas.

[Marco]

Oooo - lots of Shosty - well done, Marco!

Btw, I'm currently listening to this:

Shostakovich - Symphony No13, with The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and Male Chorus, with Vitaly Gromadsky (Bass), conducted by Kiril Kondrashin, on Everest Records, from 1967.

Apart from it sounding stunning, I also noticed this little snippet of information on the back of the album cover:

The performance of the Shostakovich 13th symphony is the actual live performance recorded in Moscow on November 20, 1965, therefore please allow for audience noises. Since that time the Russian government has banned the performance and you will surely be captivated with the sincerity and poignancy of the music.

It's a big YES to that last bit, but I'm also wondering if the former (in blue) is of any significance, in terms of rarity?

Marco.

[snapper]

Shostakovich - Symphony No13, with The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and Male Chorus, with Vitaly Gromadsky (Bass), conducted by Kiril Kondrashin, on Everest Records, from 1967.

[MartinT]

I'm fairly sure they (the Russian government) have relented now but I'll check. Certainly Stalin, whom Shostakovich greatly feared, had died by the time of the 10th performance, but he didn't write all the symphonies in order. The controversy with this is that the Babi Yar poem suggests that only jews suffered whereas of course there was suffering across all ethnic groups. I believe that Shotakovich changed some of the wording to make it more acceptable to the powers that be.