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Moonfish

#11400
March 10, 2014, 03:11:01 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 10, 2014, 07:49:47 AM
Aaagh. That SMP. That turned me off the SMP for years. Literally. I think it was 5 years before I would listen to any SMP after that trauma.  I got that set for FREE, and regretted having it!

Aha! So your Clockwork Orange "treatment" would be Klemperer's Bach!!!!    >:D >:D >:D
"Every time you spend money you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want...."
Anna Lappé

Karl Henning

#11401
March 10, 2014, 03:12:48 PM
Horrorshow!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Bogey

#11402
March 10, 2014, 03:15:54 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 10, 2014, 03:11:01 PM
Aha! So your Clockwork Orange "treatment" would be Klemperer's Bach!!!!    >:D >:D >:D

No, no, no.  In order for the true Clockwork Orange effect, we need him to now despise this:



Moo-ha-ha!

I wonder if there is a Klemperer version?
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Moonfish

#11403
March 10, 2014, 03:21:59 PM
What are your thoughts around this large size monster Vivaldi opera box from Naive?  I am leaning towards separate releases, but would love to read your opinions..... 

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"Every time you spend money you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want...."
Anna Lappé

Bogey

#11404
March 10, 2014, 03:24:53 PM
For $245, I would think that you want 90% of what is in that box.  Still probably cheaper, but that is a hefty tag, IMO.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Ken B

#11405
March 10, 2014, 03:26:09 PM
Quote from: Bogey on March 10, 2014, 03:15:54 PM
No, no, no.  In order for the true Clockwork Orange effect, we need him to now despise this:



Moo-ha-ha!

I wonder if there is a Klemperer version?
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Ken B

#11406
March 10, 2014, 03:28:04 PM
Quote from: Bogey on March 10, 2014, 03:05:31 PM
Klemperer, Böhm, Davis, Szell and the likes brought down the hammer on this stuff.  Especially for Haydn.  No them, no Hogwood.....let alone all 'dem splinter light weights*. >:D

*of who I also greatly enjoy, but will take away from me getting the drama going here
For most stuff Klemperer is a favorite of mine actually. So I thought that was the SMP was supposed to be!

Bogey

#11407
March 10, 2014, 03:30:02 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 10, 2014, 03:28:04 PM
For most stuff Klemperer is a favorite of mine actually. So I thought that was the SMP was supposed to be!

Top few?
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Moonfish

#11408
March 10, 2014, 03:34:22 PM Last Edit: March 10, 2014, 03:36:10 PM by Moonfish
Quote from: Bogey on March 10, 2014, 03:24:53 PM
For $245, I would think that you want 90% of what is in that box.  Still probably cheaper, but that is a hefty tag, IMO.

True, but it is "only" about $150 in the UK and a bit less than that in Germany.
"Every time you spend money you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want...."
Anna Lappé

Bogey

#11409
March 10, 2014, 03:35:49 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 10, 2014, 03:34:22 PM
True, but it is "only" about $150 in the UK.

Much better.

Especially for high quality stuff....for example, Mundi stuff. Worth the extra, IMO.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Ken B

#11410
March 10, 2014, 03:37:43 PM
Quote from: Bogey on March 10, 2014, 03:30:02 PM
Top few?
Yes. Omitting HIPers my vinyl collection was dominated by Szell, Klemperer, Karajan, Jochum, Cluytens. Plus Louis de Froment because Vox was cheap  :)
Of those I think I'd place Szell first overall.

Bogey

#11411
March 10, 2014, 03:39:54 PM
Clarification: Favorite Klemps.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Ken B

#11412
March 10, 2014, 03:41:25 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on March 10, 2014, 03:21:59 PM
What are your thoughts around this large size monster Vivaldi opera box from Naive?  I am leaning towards separate releases, but would love to read your opinions..... 

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I would consider this

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which is top notch

Bogey

#11413
March 10, 2014, 03:43:03 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 10, 2014, 03:41:25 PM
I would consider this

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which is top notch

Yup.  Mundi stuff. :)
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#11414
March 10, 2014, 03:44:16 PM
See Sarge's name at the top...his Szell alarm must have been tripped.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Ken B

#11415
March 10, 2014, 03:46:23 PM
Quote from: Bogey on March 10, 2014, 03:44:16 PM
See Sarge's name at the top...his Szell alarm must have been tripped.
Sarge is a Szell guy? I have noticed his taste in performances fits mine well. But, and don't tell anyone, never seen much in Barbirolli.

Moonfish

#11416
March 10, 2014, 03:46:33 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 10, 2014, 03:41:25 PM
I would consider this

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which is top notch

Part of last year's CDCDCD...  Exquisite!   0:)   But I need the Vivaldi opera recording that is the "one".....
"Every time you spend money you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want...."
Anna Lappé

Sergeant Rock

#11417
March 10, 2014, 03:56:26 PM
Quote from: Bogey on March 10, 2014, 03:39:54 PM
Clarification: Favorite Klemps.

How about a Top 10:

Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Beethoven Symphony No.6
Gluck Iphigénie en Aulide Overture
Mozart Symphony No.25
Mozart Magic Flute
Mahler Symphony No.7 (not a recommendation...it's just too weird, but I love it)
Bruckner Symphony No.6
Wagner Flying Dutchman
Handel Messiah
Haydn Symphony No.102


Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Sergeant Rock

#11418
March 10, 2014, 03:59:31 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 10, 2014, 03:46:23 PM
Sarge is a Szell guy?

Yeah...I grew up in northeastern Ohio. Saw Szell conducting often in his final years (including his penultimate concert, Seoul Korea May 1970).


Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Ken B

#11419
March 10, 2014, 04:10:20 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 10, 2014, 03:56:26 PM
How about a Top 10:

Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Beethoven Symphony No.6
Gluck Iphigénie en Aulide Overture
Mozart Symphony No.25
Mozart Magic Flute
Mahler Symphony No.7 (not a recommendation...it's just too weird, but I love it)
Bruckner Symphony No.6
Wagner Flying Dutchman
Handel Messiah
Haydn Symphony No.102


Sarge
Oh, I see. Can't remember well now but at a guess Schubert 9, various Brahms symphonies, Wagner overtures, Beethoven 6. Big romantics.
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