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Post by Pinch on Jan 14, 2015 13:06:43 GMT
^Lovely cover! Currently on disc 5 of this:  Will probably work through it today in rough chronological order. |
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 14, 2015 16:19:24 GMT
Lovely cover? ... errr .... 
This is more to my taste - listened yesterday to this
Just now ...
#1 from ...
Both on LP.  |
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Post by Slinger on Jan 14, 2015 17:03:12 GMT
Maurice André - Trumpet Concertos
Alison Balsom -Italian Concertos
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Post by MartinT on Jan 14, 2015 20:54:47 GMT
I was immensely impressed by Alison Balsom when we saw her a couple of years ago, and then again at a recent Prom. She can do no wrong!
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 17, 2015 8:04:03 GMT
 LP it's tiny !! - but wonderful. Christopher Kite playing Handel harpsichord suites. The Passacaglia is an astonishing coruscating river of music, amazing performance! and on CD ...  |
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 19, 2015 7:22:19 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 20, 2015 6:24:59 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 21, 2015 8:07:20 GMT
Not sure why, but I was in the mood for harp music yesterday eve ... LP  LP  and then a little less harpy ... LP  |
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 22, 2015 7:46:53 GMT
Following a highly successful raid on a charity shop where an armful of Minty LPs were purchased .... The original Philips release of this (Can't find a stock image of the actual thing) ...  1955 Mono - but it sounds good - excellent performance - I'm baffled (but grateful) how an LP this old can still be mint.  And another ...  And a couple of late Beethoven piano sonatas from a real keyboard legend ...  I must admit I was disappointed, selfless and self-effacing to a fault. Just a bit boring, really. |
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Post by MartinT on Jan 22, 2015 7:57:56 GMT
I'd expect the Previn VW to be good.
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 23, 2015 8:24:44 GMT
Damn right! I have the complete set on CD, but they sound thin and scrawny whereas the LPs sound magnificent - well, the two I have do! - no. 2 and 6&8. I'm keeping my eye out in charity shops for the rest of the symphonies by Previn / RCA on LP. Yesterday ... LPs  Wonderful! |
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 23, 2015 15:39:55 GMT
LP
Awesome early (1973) Denon PCM digital recording ...
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 26, 2015 6:59:40 GMT
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Post by Pinch on Jan 27, 2015 9:32:43 GMT
I notice you've been listening to a lot of vinyl, Jerry. I seem to recall you mentioning a while ago that it was not your preferred medium for classical; a change or heart, or did you just fancy these recordings? On now:  |
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 27, 2015 11:13:15 GMT
Some of my favourite Debussy there, Pinch - enjoy!
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Post by istari_knight on Jan 27, 2015 11:37:47 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 28, 2015 7:40:26 GMT
I notice you've been listening to a lot of vinyl, Jerry. I seem to recall you mentioning a while ago that it was not your preferred medium for classical; a change or heart, or did you just fancy these recordings? A bit (well, quite a lot!) of a change of heart, initiated by a mega charity shop haul of a 100 or so genuinely Mint LPs. I sold a lot more of them off on the forums on behalf of the charity (where I do volunteer work) and had first choice for those I wanted to buy myself. 
I am just so glad my turntable system didn't sell before those LPs turned up! 
From a new charity shop haul (14 minty LPs) yesterday ....
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Post by Pinch on Jan 28, 2015 9:02:50 GMT
 I wish my local charity shops had stuff like this.
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Post by MartinT on Jan 28, 2015 9:24:55 GMT
Although I'm fairly format agnostic, I do marginally prefer CD for classical.
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 29, 2015 8:18:32 GMT
Sorry Pinch - here's some more from yesterday's listening 
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I was so pleased to find this Shosty - I had never even heard of the recording.
But sadly I have to agree with the reviewer who has posted ...
"Whatever his prowess in 19th- and 20th-century Romantic music of Eastern European origin, Kertész simply does not connect with Shostakovich’s frenetic, highly strung idiom. He emphasizes the symphony’s classical structure, employing crisp phrasing and rendering the music with a strangely chilly detachment."
And the sq is rather mushy and unfocussed. Ah well, it does have its points of interest.
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Ahhh, that's more like it - lovely music previously unknown to me - I was particularly impressed with the Borodin piano quintet.
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Wow - love the Mayr piano concerto - I've never even heard of the guy before! Played it 3 times now - I want to hear the Ries as well, but the Mayr always draws me back.
Enjoyable early Saint-Saens. A fine composer.
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Not my fave Schubert by any means, but maybe this excellent LP is winning me over?
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