Spinning Today (Classical version)

[Marco]

I found some more bargain (minty) vintage classical vinyl today, in charity shops, while I was doing some Christmas shopping in Shrewsbury (all £1 each):

Haydn - Symphony No.83 in G Minor "The Hen" and Symphony No.101 in D "The Clock", with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gaetano Delogu, on EMI W.D & HO. Wills Master Series, from 1975.

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1, Litolff Scherzo, with Peter Katin (piano) and The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Pritchard, on EMI W.D & HO. Wills Master Series, from 1970.

Beethoven - Klavierkonzert ES-Dur/Piano Concerto No.5, with Christoph Eschenbach (piano) and The Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa, on Deutsche Grammophon, from 1974.

Puccini - 'Greatest Hits': favourite melodies from La Bohème, Tosca and Madame Butterfly. Gianni Schicchi and Manon Lescaut, with The Columbia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andre Kostelanetz, on Columbia Harmony, from 1970.

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2 "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini", with Martino Tirimo (piano) and The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Yoel Levi, on EMI, from 1982.

Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto. Bruch - Violin Concerto No.1, with Nathan Milstein (violin) and The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Leon Barzin, on EMI, from 1961.

Chopin - Ballade No.1. Nocturnes. Polonaises, with Maurizio Pollini (piano), on HMV Master Series DMM Mastering, EMI 'His Master's Voice', from 1970.

Dvořák - Symphony No.9 "From the New World", with The Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, conducted by Sir Colin Davis, on Philips Classics, from 1978.

I also picked up a couple of CDs: Shostakovich - Piano Concertos No.1 & No.3, with Dmitri Alexeev (piano), Philip Jones (trumpet) and The English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk, on EMI, from 1983. Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.6 "Pathetique" Romeo and Juliet, with The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan, on Deutsche Grammophon, digitally remastered from an original 1964 analogue recording.

Marco.

[jandl100]

Well, this is very interesting ...



A double CD - two performances of the Diabelli Variations for solo piano.

One played on a modern Steinway concert grand, the other on a copy of a Graf fortepiano of Beethoven's own time.

I have to confess I've never warmed to the Diabelli Variations, finding them bellicose and unsubtle. But that was always hearing them on a modern piano.

Played on a fortepiano of a type that Beethoven himself would have known - a very different sound - then suddenly this bumptious and overbearing music becomes subtle and nuanced and very enjoyable indeed.

A real revelation for me.

[jandl100]

[jandl100]

and clarinet and piano quintets by Franz Schmidt.



@Gromit: Do you know the Schmidt clarinet quintet? The clarinet is more part of the ensemble that a solo instrumenty a lot of the time. Interesting and very listenable!

and, oh dear, ----



Some short stretches of lovely music, but mostly just weird noises in the 20thC avantgarde manner.

[Barry]

I found some more bargain (minty) vintage classical vinyl today, in charity shops, while I was doing some Christmas shopping in Shrewsbury (all £1 each):

Haydn - Symphony No.83 in G Minor "The Hen" and Symphony No.101 in D "The Clock", with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gaetano Delogu, on EMI W.D & HO. Wills Master Series, from 1975.

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1, Litolff Scherzo, with Peter Katin (piano) and The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Pritchard, on EMI W.D & HO. Wills Master Series, from 1970.

Beethoven - Klavierkonzert ES-Dur/Piano Concerto No.5, with Christoph Eschenbach (piano) and The Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa, on Deutsche Grammophon, from 1974.

Puccini - 'Greatest Hits': favourite melodies from La Bohème, Tosca and Madame Butterfly. Gianni Schicchi and Manon Lescaut, with The Columbia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andre Kostelanetz, on Columbia Harmony, from 1970.

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2 "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini", with Martino Tirimo (piano) and The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Yoel Levi, on EMI, from 1982.

Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto. Bruch - Violin Concerto No.1, with Nathan Milstein (violin) and The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Leon Barzin, on EMI, from 1961.

Chopin - Ballade No.1. Nocturnes. Polonaises, with Maurizio Pollini (piano), on HMV Master Series DMM Mastering, EMI 'His Master's Voice', from 1970.

Dvořák - Symphony No.9 "From the New World", with The Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, conducted by Sir Colin Davis, on Philips Classics, from 1978.

I also picked up a couple of CDs: Shostakovich - Piano Concertos No.1 & No.3, with Dmitri Alexeev (piano), Philip Jones (trumpet) and The English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk, on EMI, from 1983. Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.6 "Pathetique" Romeo and Juliet, with The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan, on Deutsche Grammophon, digitally remastered from an original 1964 analogue recording.

Marco.

The Litolff and Tchikovsky piano pieces played by Peter Katin sounds interesting Marco.

So too the recording of the Dvořák 9 by the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra.

[jandl100]

[Marco]

Nice, Jerry... I'm currently listening to the best of Shossy, on Naxos.

Xerxes? One presumes that's where Roksan got the name from?

Marco.

[The Grand Wazoo]

One presumes wrong Marco - all of those names were from ancient Persian.
Xerxes was a Persian king
Artaxerxes was his son
Darius was his dad, another king
Roksana was a princess
Shiraz is a Persian city (now in Iran)

Artemis was Greek though!

[Barry]

Roksana was one of the wives of Alexander the Great, wasn't she?

[The Grand Wazoo]

I thought that was Roxanna, but I think it's the same person - she was Persian apparently