Spinning Today (Classical version)

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Digital.

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I absolutely love this, and I love the fact that I have it on vinyl. Not the last word in hi-fi, but a lovely sounding recording and a great performance from a Karajan, Schwarzkopf, Grümmer and the rest of the cast.

[jandl100]

Very interesting and enjoyable for a late evening listening session.

[jandl100]

I have this on DVD - a magnificent performance of the very underrated Tchaikovsky 1st Symphony. Svetlanov is one of my fave conductors for Russian music.



Just give it a listen - I bet any Tchaik fan will be as bowled over by this as I am.

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Solti's Götterdämmerung on Blu-ray 'pure audio'

[MartinT]

I thought he meant the practice of sitting the first and second violins on the left and right respectively (is this called antiphonally divided?) rather than all together on the left as often happens. Can lay bare the interplay between the two sections.

Yes, and the interplay in the 5th is incredibly satisfying. Orchestras typically had 1st and 2nd violins split back then.

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Yes, and the interplay in the 5th is incredibly satisfying. Orchestras typically had 1st and 2nd violins split back then.

I'll take a look and see if this is Spotify-able. I've got the Maazel / Vienna Philharmonic box of Tchaikovsky symphonies (on Decca LPs) which I keep promising myself I'll re-explore one of these days. And a quite thrilling Cleveland/Dohnanyi CD of the fourth with the 1812... Seems like I'll be (musically) heading off to Russia soon!

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Solti's Götterdämmerung on Blu-ray 'pure audio'

As usual, cold and dark when Wagner finishes... Bit of TV to wind down. You can't put more music on straight after Götterdämmerung.

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Slightly crackly (in places) ex-library vinyl.

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