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Post by jandl100 on Feb 12, 2015 17:07:39 GMT
Hi Jules, yes I enjoyed Campoli's rendition - he kind of goes for it, the opening violin 'ascent' passage is quite surprising! - and Pritchard's conducting is taut and exciting, too.
I shall have to look out for Campoli's Tchaik.
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Post by julesd68 on Feb 13, 2015 10:53:51 GMT
The Campoli / Tchai to go for Jerry is the re-release on Decca SPA183. It still has the reference sound quality of the original but you won't need a second mortgage to buy it!
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 14, 2015 6:50:14 GMT
Ah well -- I'll just see what comes along in charity shops! 
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I am generally averse to orchestral mono recordings but the last 2 of the above were greatly enjoyed, perhaps largely due to the excellent condition of the LPs as well as superb performances.
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Wowzer! What a recording! :thumbsup: My BWV582 of choice remains the Stokowski transcription with the Czech Phil, though. Stokie just draws out all the inner voices so lucidly in a triumphant spine tingling peroration! 
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 15, 2015 7:30:54 GMT
LP :format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-6430316-1419031270-8431.jpeg.jpg) Excellent - I much prefer Igor Oistrakh to his more famous dad, David, on the violin. Igor has soul! CD  What a fine piece of music - doesn't raise the rafters like Verdi's Requiem, or explore the nether regions of emotional depth like Mozart's - but still just nice to listen to!  |
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 16, 2015 8:04:39 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 17, 2015 8:57:02 GMT
CD  LP  LP  ... probably my fave version of the Brahms VC, the jewel-like precision and clarity of Ferras' playing bowls me over every time. LP  |
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Post by MartinT on Feb 17, 2015 9:55:04 GMT
Wowzer! What a recording! :thumbsup:
I love all the Michael Murray Telarc recordings. The Davies Symphony Hall recording of various pieces is superb. |
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 17, 2015 13:08:21 GMT
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Post by istari_knight on Feb 18, 2015 11:16:13 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 20, 2015 6:55:20 GMT
LP  LP UE9s3wBnrgBRRhR9SH+w~~60_35.JPG) -- hmm, not keen. The youthful Rattle rather pulls it around, little accelerandos leading up to the exciting bits etc ...  and overall a bit fast for me. Too excitable, the music is magnificent enough without yanking it around to highlight the 'good bits'. CD  |
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 22, 2015 17:00:45 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 24, 2015 7:11:19 GMT
 Kuerti's Schubert sonatas are world class, imo, but while his Beethoven is good it doesn't quite make it up there with the best.  Ah - now we are cooking with charcoal! The Op 101 (#28) in Lill's hands is superb. Oddly, and despite the better known and more illustrious competition from legendary pianists past and present, if I had to pick just one Beethoven piano sonata cycle to take to my desert island I think it would be Lill on ASV. He has a leonine power and majesty that bowls me over every time - it's how I imagine Beethoven himself would have played them. |
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 25, 2015 7:00:07 GMT
CD  LP  LP  ... amazing coincidence. I picked this up yesterday in a charity shop (6 mint LPs for £3  ) after listening to a CD from the set the previous day! Chuffed to say the least. |
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Post by Pinch on Feb 26, 2015 11:11:05 GMT
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Post by Pinch on Feb 26, 2015 18:18:57 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 27, 2015 6:23:30 GMT
Interesting music, pinch! I have several discs of Ciurlionis - really good! What's the Ma Sicong like? .edit: wow, good review on Amazon, so I've invested some of my hard earned gold. ____ CD  ... a rather distracting cover, but it's culture so that's alright - wonderful music! CD  LP  |
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 27, 2015 10:19:04 GMT
Playing as I type .... LP  Mono from the mid-50s ? maybe? Orchestra sounds a bit scrawny, but the cello is captured superbly, real vibrancy! Hey, Old Slava (RIP) couldn't half play! |
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Post by Pinch on Feb 27, 2015 10:38:24 GMT
Interesting music, pinch! I have several discs of Ciurlionis - really good! What's the Ma Sicong like? It's lovely, I think - I've not been so keen on the symphonic work I've heard, but his chamber music is certainly my cup of tea |
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 1, 2015 7:20:58 GMT
CD  Lovely pellucid bell-like tone Lill gets from his piano on this recording, almost like a dulcimer at times. Beautiful. ... and it's available for 1p + postage from Amazon. |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 1, 2015 11:25:41 GMT
Thanks, Jerry. Ordered!
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and overall a bit fast for me. Too excitable, the music is magnificent enough without yanking it around to highlight the 'good bits'.
) after listening to a CD from the set the previous day!
