Spinning Today (Classical version)

[MartinT]

But I think the awesome sq on the Karajan Bruckner 3rd would win the day. Not that the Jochum sq is at all bad!

It's a tough one for me, too. Musically, I think I prefer the 9th.

[Marco]

Couldn't believe my luck today in Liverpool when I wandered into the Cancer Research UK charity shop, where there was a vinyl sale on (3 albums for £1), so I proceeded to hoover up this lot, all in minty condition - well it'd have been rude not to!

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 5, with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Karajan, on Columbia Records, from 1958.

Brahms - Violin Concerto, with Henryk Szeryng and The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Monteux, on RCA Victrola, from 1959.

Glorious John - Sir John Barbirolli - Various. On EMI 'His Masters Voice' (1950s/1960s).

Schumann - Piano Concerto, with Sergio Fiorentino and The Hamburg Pro Musica, conducted by Erich Riede, on SAGA records, from 1962.

Beethoven - 'Emperor' Piano Concerto No5, with Sergio Fiorentino and The Hamburg Pro Musica, conducted by George Hurst, on SAGA records, from 1965.

Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No 2, with Joyce Hatto and The Hamburg Pro Musica, conducted by George Hurst, on SAGA records, from 1965.

Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel, Don Juan, Death and Transfiguration, with The Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Andre Previn, on EMI 'His Masters Voice', from 1980.

Weber - Six Overtures, with The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Theodor Guschlbauer, on RCA Erato records, from 1976.

Schubert - Symphony No 8 "Unfinished" Beethoven - Fidelio. Leonore III. Coriolan (Overtures), with The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Karajan, on DGG, from 1962.

Tschaikovsky - Symphony No 6, with The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Karajan, on DGG, from 1964.

Franck - Le Chasseur maudit. Nocturne. Psyche, with Christa Ludwig and The Orchestre de Paris, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, on DGG, from 1976.

Bruckner - Symphony No 4 "Romantic", with The Halle Orchestra, conducted by Zdenek Macal, on EMI Records, from 1984.

Schubert - Death and the Maiden String Quartet, with the Amadeus Quartett, on DGG, from 1983.

Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky, with Elena Obraztsova and The London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Abbado, on DGG, from 1980.

Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto Sarasate, with Hyman Bress (violin) and The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, on The World Record Club Ltd Records, from 1968.

Mozart - String Quartets, with The Tokyo String Quartet, on DGG, from 1974.

Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, with Sergio Fiorentino and The Hamburg Pro Musica, conducted by Erich Riede, on SAGA records, from 1973.

Beethoven - Symphony No 5, with The Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Karl Bohm, on DGG, from 1963.

Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (and others), with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vernon Handley, on EMI Records, from 1979.

Hadyn - Concerto for Trumpet, with Maurice Andre and The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Theodor Guschlbauer, on RCA Erato Records, from 1975.

Telemann - (Viola Concertos). Concerto in G Major. Handel - Concerto in B Minor. Bach - Concerto in C Minor, with Lubomir Maly (viola) and The Prague Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Libor Hlavacek, on Supraphon Records, from 1971.

Mozart - Concerto in C Major for Flute and Harp. Telemann - Suite in A Minor for Flute and Strings, with Elaine Shaffer (flute) and Marilyn Costello (harp), with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Yehudi Menuhin, on WRC Records, from 1964.

Beethoven - 5th Symphony. Overture Egmont, with The Hamburg Pro Musica Orchestra, conducted by Erich Riede, on SAGA Records, from 1965.

Stravinsky - Chamber Music, with The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, on DGG, from 1975.

Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps, with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Igor Markevitch, on EMI Records, from 1960.

Brahms - Violin Concerto, with Isaac Stern (violin) and The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Zubin Mehta, on CBS Masterworks Records, from 1979.

Schubert - "Great C Major" Symphony, with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Pritchard, on EMI Records, from 1976.

Schubert - Symphonies No 4 in C Minor "Tragic", No 5 in B Flat Major, with The London Mozart Players, conducted by Harry Blech, on HMV Records, from 1958.

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

Elgar - Violin Concerto, with Pinchas Zukerman (violin) and The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, on CBS Masterworks Records, from 1976.

Debussy - La Mer. Ravel - Ma Mere L'Oye, with The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, on DGG, from 1980.

Franck - Symphony D-Moll in D Minor, with The Orchestre de Paris, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, on DGG, from 1976.

Dvorak - Symphony No 8 Slavonic Dances, with The Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, conducted by Bernard Haitink, on Philips Records, from 1963.

Mozart - Piano Concertos, with Ingrid Haebler (piano) and The Chamber Orchestra of the Vienna Concert Society/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Heinrich Hollreiser, on SAGA Records, from 1976.

Mozart - Piano Concertos No 21 in C Major/No 27 in B Flat Major, with Daniel Barenboim (soloist & conductor) and The English Chamber Orchestra, on EMI 'His Masters Voice', from 1967.

Mozart - Piano Concertos No 13 in C Major/No 17 in G Major, with Daniel Barenboim (soloist & conductor) and The English Chamber Orchestra, on EMI 'His Masters Voice', from 1968.

Tschaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite, with The Nord Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Wilhelm Rohr, on Marble Arch Records, from 1958.

Rachmaninov - Symphony No3 in A Minor, with The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent, on EMI Records, from 1959.

Berlioz - Symphony Fantastique, with The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Zecchi, on Supraphon Records, from 1967.

Elgar - Symphony No 1, with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vernon Handley, on EMI Records, from 1980.

Walton - Belshazzar's Feast, with Michael Rippon and The Halle Orchestra & Choir, conducted by James Loughran, on EMI Records, from 1973.

Strauss - 2nd Wiener Blut Kaiserwalzer. Overture Die Fledermaus. Kurt Weill Kleine Dreigroschenmusik. Merry Waltz, conducted by Otto Klemperer, on HMV Concert Classics, from 1962.

Mozart - Horn Concertos, with Gerd Seifert (horn) and The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karajan, on DGG, from 1969.

Vivaldi/Albinoni/Corelli- Concertos, with The English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Raymond Leppard (harpsichord), on EMI Records, from 1970.

Tchaikovsky - 1812 and Hamlet Overtures, with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, on Decca Ace of Clubs Records, from 1962.

Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro, with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, on Columbia EMI Records, from 1958.

Believe it or not, included in the '3 for a £1' deal were the following box sets (working out at just over 33p each!! ):

Mozart - Complete Wind Music, with The London Wind Soloists, conducted by Jack Brymer, on Decca Ace of Diamonds Records, from 1963.

Offenbach - Tales of Hoffmann, with Joan Sutherland, Placido Domingo and Gabriel Bacquier, with L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Richard Bonynge, on Decca FFSS Records, from 1963.

No idea how long it'll take to clean that lot and listen to them, so see you in about 6 months!!

Marco.

P.S To the resident 'experts': do any of the titles stand out to you as being particularly desirable or interesting?

[Andrei]

Couldn't believe my luck today in Liverpool when I wandered into the Cancer Research UK charity shop, where there was a vinyl sale on (3 albums for £1), so I proceeded to hoover up this lot, all in minty condition - well it'd have been rude not to!

Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No 2, with Joyce Hatto and The Hamburg Pro Musica, conducted by George Hurst, on SAGA records, from 1965.
Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky, with Elena Obraztsova and The London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Abbado, on DGG, from 1980.
Mozart - Piano Concertos No 21 in C Major/No 27 in B Flat Major, with Daniel Barenboim (soloist & conductor) and The English Chamber Orchestra, on EMI 'His Masters Voice', from 1967.
Mozart - Piano Concertos No 13 in C Major/No 17 in G Major, with Daniel Barenboim (soloist & conductor) and The English Chamber Orchestra, on EMI 'His Masters Voice', from 1968.

P.S To the resident 'experts': do any of the titles stand out to you as being particularly desirable or interesting?

The Nevsky has a particularly good 'In the Field of the Dead'
The others pique my interest as concertos are susceptible to interpretation. I have been finding that vinyl from the 60s is better than from the 70s and 80s for a number of reasons. One is because it is often heavier at about 160g. Later, especially in the 80s the thin vinyl abounded as a cost measure. Also the sound engineers did less interfering. Finally the 60's were more of a time of optimism (according to a Greek audiophile I saw on YouTube). After the recovery from the war there was a lot of energy about that has found its way into those recordings.

[jandl100]

P.S To the resident 'experts': do any of the titles stand out to you as being particularly desirable or interesting?

Oooo - I'm a self appointed classical 'expert'

Here's my personal pick of the bunch ....
Extra special ones highlighted in blue.

Brahms - Violin Concerto, with Henryk Szeryng and The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Monteux, on RCA Victrola, from 1959.

Schubert - Symphony No 8 "Unfinished" Beethoven - Fidelio. Leonore III. Coriolan (Overtures), with The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Karajan, on DGG, from 1962.

Tschaikovsky - Symphony No 6, with The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Karajan, on DGG, from 1964.

Bruckner - Symphony No 4 "Romantic", with The Halle Orchestra, conducted by Zdenek Macal, on EMI Records, from 1984.

Schubert - Death and the Maiden String Quartet, with the Amadeus Quartett, on DGG, from 1983.

Telemann - (Viola Concertos). Concerto in G Major. Handel - Concerto in B Minor. Bach - Concerto in C Minor, with Lubomir Maly (viola) and The Prague Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Libor Hlavacek, on Supraphon Records, from 1971.

Stravinsky - Chamber Music, with The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, on DGG, from 1975.

Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps, with The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Igor Markevitch, on EMI Records, from 1960.

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

Elgar - Violin Concerto, with Pinchas Zukerman (violin) and The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, on CBS Masterworks Records, from 1976.

Dvorak - Symphony No 8 Slavonic Dances, with The Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, conducted by Bernard Haitink, on Philips Records, from 1963.

Mozart - Piano Concertos, with Ingrid Haebler (piano) and The Chamber Orchestra of the Vienna Concert Society/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Heinrich Hollreiser, on SAGA Records, from 1976.

Mozart - Piano Concertos No 21 in C Major/No 27 in B Flat Major, with Daniel Barenboim (soloist & conductor) and The English Chamber Orchestra, on EMI 'His Masters Voice', from 1967.

Mozart - Piano Concertos No 13 in C Major/No 17 in G Major, with Daniel Barenboim (soloist & conductor) and The English Chamber Orchestra, on EMI 'His Masters Voice', from 1968.

Rachmaninov - Symphony No3 in A Minor, with The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent, on EMI Records, from 1959.

Elgar - Symphony No 1, with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vernon Handley, on EMI Records, from 1980.

Walton - Belshazzar's Feast, with Michael Rippon and The Halle Orchestra & Choir, conducted by James Loughran, on EMI Records, from 1973.


Mozart - Complete Wind Music, with The London Wind Soloists, conducted by Jack Brymer, on Decca Ace of Diamonds Records, from 1963.

Excellent haul there, Marco.

[Marco]

Cheers, chaps! I'll target those ones first for cleaning and listening. Yup, I'm delighted with that haul - it was simply a matter of being in the right place at the right time

Marco.

[jandl100]

Of late I have been exploring multiple recordings of Mozart's glorious "Great Mass" in c minor.

Rejects ....









Good'uns ....





and this version on DVD which has been used as a basis for a modern ballet. Really quite special actually!



Take a look --- (the sound and visuals are much better on the actual recording!)



And probably my favourite (so far, more on the way!) ...

[jandl100]

I've had this disc for decades and have failed to have much sympathy with the music.
But last night for some reason I had a yearning to give it another try -- yup, definite progress is being made, maybe in another 20 years I'll realise they are masterpieces!

[jandl100]

A Brahmsian Sunday afternoon for me.

[MartinT]

Mozart - Requiem, Butt, Dunedin Consort, Linn [sacd]

Interesting attempt at a reconstruction of the first performance. Small scale but potent and dynamic performance by the ensemble, with the individual voices easily separated. However, the depth perspective is quite flattened and the presentation very in-your-face. Quite different from many of my Requiems, but an education into what Mozart might have heard. I really miss the organ pedals, though.

[jandl100]

Hey, these are good!

Well worth investigating for Sibelius-lovers.