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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 26, 2014 13:07:37 GMT
I've come on a long way from my youth
"Don't like classical"
-even after listening to some pieces with 'good bits' I found the good bits were good but then it meandered on and on as if lost in the wilderness
I'll get there
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Post by pinkie on Jul 1, 2014 20:34:17 GMT
Tchaikovsky symphony 6. Pathetic I know. Followed by the only &Dvorak I have - the hovis ad symphony (45rpm nimbus). We are off to see sues mates on 19th our anniversary. Quintet - features Dvorak string Quintet no2in g. Will Google later but does anyone know it? Loving the Tchaikovsky - great lush lovely romantic...  |
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Post by Pinch on Jul 2, 2014 10:43:11 GMT
Settling down to work with a little JSB.  |
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Post by Andrei on Jul 2, 2014 21:17:31 GMT
Hi there. This is really great - the orchestration is fab and I love the conductor's tempos. Curiously this is also available as a reissue at 45 RPM over two LPs but it is not really am improvement IMHO.
(PS) Richard (oldpinkman from AOS) has put me on to this forum.
Cheers, Andrei
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Post by MartinT on Jul 2, 2014 21:23:08 GMT
Hi Andrei, you weren't supposed to be able to post as a guest! My error, but please would you register before trying again as I have now closed that loophole  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2014 21:46:06 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jul 3, 2014 22:10:31 GMT
Vivaldi - Four Seasons, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, BIS
My favourite Four Seasons without a doubt.
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Post by Pinch on Jul 4, 2014 15:19:18 GMT
 @ Martin: You might find this interesting. |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 4, 2014 16:35:27 GMT
@ Martin: You might find this interesting. Well now, that's very 'numeric'! A bit like how it might have sounded if it had been originally composed in the 20th century. By a computer, possibly.
I might have to have it, just for completion 
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2014 19:26:50 GMT
Handel Water Music. Its amazing how many great recordings were available on Classics for Pleasure. CFP, Contour and Turnabout was how I gathered half my classical music collection together. At £1 each they were very affordable.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2014 19:29:10 GMT
Settling down to work with a little JSB. Could there be anything finer? |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 4, 2014 19:47:30 GMT
Its amazing how many great recordings were available on Classics for Pleasure Agreed, they helped to build an inexpensive collection and some of them are all-time greats, such as the Mozart Requiem, Fruhbeck de Burgos, New Philharmonia recording. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2014 19:57:37 GMT
Its amazing how many great recordings were available on Classics for Pleasure Agreed, they helped to build an inexpensive collection and some of them are all-time greats, such as the Mozart Requiem, Fruhbeck de Burgos, New Philharmonia recording. Not heard that. Mozart, I have to say, is not my favourite composer but then the 'classical' period doesn't produce that much that floats my boat. When I say to people that I can happily leave Mozart and Beethoven, I get some funny looks, but there you go. I prefer before and after. |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 4, 2014 20:21:56 GMT
All I can say is that Mozart's Requiem is not like his other compositions; it's full of anger and, despite the reports of it having been completed by Sussmayr, is an outstanding classical work. Give it a try if you have Spotify or similar.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2014 20:40:15 GMT
All I can say is that Mozart's Requiem is not like his other compositions; it's full of anger and, despite the reports of it having been completed by Sussmayr, is an outstanding classical work. Give it a try if you have Spotify or similar. I'll give it a go tomorrow. There are a dozen or so versions on YouTube which will do to get a flavour. Solti? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2014 20:59:45 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jul 4, 2014 20:59:52 GMT
See if you can find John Eliot Gardiner or the Fruhbeck de Burgos.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2014 7:07:46 GMT
See if you can find John Eliot Gardiner or the Fruhbeck de Burgos. I've downloaded John Elliot Gardiner with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists playing live in Barcelona. Quick listen to the first ten minutes as I have to go out soon. Looks promising so will give it my full attention later on I'm getting Karajan too just to compare. I still find it surprising just how different interpretations can be. Makes you wonder why the composer bothered writing anything but the notes. "there you go, see what you make of that then" !! Amazing the different times for the various performances. I'm used to various conductors choosing their own speed of course but how do you lose 15 minutes from an hour long piece? |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 5, 2014 7:55:35 GMT
Karajan will be syrupy, Gardiner will delineate the different strands of the choir much better. The best performances have anger and fury in the Dies Irae.
Poor quality, but Bernstein achieves the pace I like...
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Post by Pinch on Jul 5, 2014 8:38:39 GMT
Its amazing how many great recordings were available on Classics for Pleasure. CFP, Contour and Turnabout was how I gathered half my classical music collection together. At £1 each they were very affordable. This is interesting. I've acquired quite a few from this series, the bulk from my mother's and father's respective teenage record collections. Their preponderance now makes sense, if they were so affordable at the time. |
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