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Ghost of Baron Scarpia

#135440
May 13, 2019, 09:17:29 AM
Update. Cello Sonata (with piano) #4. Quite enjoyable. Talley so far, three cello suites, greatly enjoyed, Cello Sonata No 1, not enjoyed much (overheated romanticism) but Cello Sonata #4 much more refreshing, a touch of classical effervescence lightens the romantic syrup.

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vandermolen

#135441
May 13, 2019, 10:06:58 AM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on May 13, 2019, 09:14:28 AM
This is turning into a site for vinyl nuts!  :laugh:

Maybe I'll get an old 8-track player off ebay and start posting pictures of cartridges!  8)

Greatest performance of No.6 IMO and another nostalgia trip.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#135442
May 13, 2019, 10:08:18 AM
Quote from: "Harry" on May 13, 2019, 05:53:23 AM
TD. Second listen, CD1.
George Lloyd, Symphony No. 4 in B, (1945-46)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Edward Downes.

I totally forgot how brilliant a composer Lloyd is, but I am now reminded by hearing the Fourth Symphony. What a gorgeous work this is, and the orchestration....sublime! I have the Fifth and the eight still to go, but I now know that I have to collect his other works too. Recommendations are welcome.
Superb sound, it is well engineered.
(I ordered the sixth and seventh symphonies from the same forces as above.) So how are the works on Albany, apart from being very expensive!

No.7 is the other one which comes to mind. The Albany is excellent Harry.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Ghost of Baron Scarpia

#135443
May 13, 2019, 10:10:28 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on May 13, 2019, 10:06:58 AM
Greatest performance of No.6 IMO and another nostalgia trip.

I have it on 8-track CD. :)

Karajan is my preference in this work.

vandermolen

#135444
May 13, 2019, 10:11:30 AM
Can't stop playing Scherbachov's moving, epic, war-time 5th Symphony. Oddly at one brief point it reminded me of John Kinsella:


"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

SonicMan46

#135445
May 13, 2019, 10:15:33 AM
More Elgar for the afternoon - Dave :)

   

aligreto

#135446
May 13, 2019, 10:38:07 AM
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 [Chung/Kempe]





A strong performance in the first movement that is perhaps somewhat pensive or meditative, but the performance has a quiet beauty about it. The slow movement is ravishing and heart rending and the Finale is a robust performance.

Mirror Image

#135447
May 13, 2019, 10:40:06 AM
First-Listen Mondays!

Reger
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 5
Ulf Wallin (violin), Roland Pöntinen (piano)

aligreto

#135448
May 13, 2019, 10:41:21 AM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on May 13, 2019, 09:14:28 AM
This is turning into a site for vinyl nuts!  :laugh:

Maybe I'll get an old 8-track player off ebay and start posting pictures of cartridges!  8)

Please do and enlighten me. I never did own an 8-track player. Did I miss out on something? I do recall that they made something of a small comeback some years ago. Probably a nostalgia thing.

aligreto

#135449
May 13, 2019, 10:42:57 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on May 13, 2019, 10:06:58 AM



Greatest performance of No.6 IMO and another nostalgia trip.

I do quite like it myself I must admit.

Ghost of Baron Scarpia

#135450
May 13, 2019, 10:45:47 AM
Quote from: aligreto on May 13, 2019, 10:41:21 AM
Please do and enlighten me. I never did own an 8-track player. Did I miss out on something? I do recall that they made something of a small comeback some years ago. Probably a nostalgia thing.

Just pulling your leg, they were awful. But I remember when I was in 7th grade another kid has this one and I was very jealous.



It was modeled on the detonators you would see villains employ in cartoons. You press the plunger to increment the track.

aligreto

#135451
May 13, 2019, 10:50:30 AM
Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on May 13, 2019, 10:45:47 AM
Just pulling your leg, they were awful. But I remember when I was in 7th grade another kid has this one and I was very jealous.



It was modeled on the detonators you would see villains employ in cartoons. You press the plunger to increment the track.

Yes, I get the leg pulling and that is allowed but I genuinely never did own one. I took a deliberate decision not to invest just like years later I never invested in the Mini-Disc technology.
I can see why someone in the 7th grade would be envious of the above  ;D

André

#135452
May 13, 2019, 11:27:54 AM

SymphonicAddict

#135453
May 13, 2019, 11:35:57 AM


The work that attracted my attention on this disc was the Suite from Le Mille e Una Notte by the conductor/composer Victor de Sabata. I'm glad I discovered this ultra wonderful piece! Think of something like Gershwin meets Respighi. Simply delightful, fun, spirituous, uplifting, with a superb orchestration, featuring the environment of that time (the 1930s). I didn't know that this conductor was also a composer. There is a disc on Hyperion label with some tone poems by him which I'll be investigating later.

SonicMan46

#135454
May 13, 2019, 12:57:28 PM
Babell, William (c. 1690-1723) - Concertos Op. 3 w/ Anna Stegmann on recorder and the Ensemble Odyssee, a period instrument group based in Amsterdam - my second listen to this new acquisition - just delightful music (if you're a recorder fan) - well performed and recorded - review attached.  A keeper for me - Dave :)

 

cilgwyn

#135455
May 13, 2019, 02:14:34 PM
Playing,now! Cd 1,at the moment! A wonderful cast. And,a favourite of mine! Anneliese Rothenberger! :)

listener

#135456
May 13, 2019, 02:54:22 PM
Some BOCCHERINI  (including La casa del diavolo and a Cello Concerto)
Aner Bylsma with Tafelmusik
and an assortment of short pieces for piano by MOSZKOWSKI including his transcription of Isoldes Tod
Seta Tanyel, piano               originally issued on the Collins label
"Keep your hand on the throttle and your eye on the rail as you walk through life's pathway."

Mirror Image

#135457
May 13, 2019, 03:13:45 PM
Enescu
Quintet in A minor, Op. 29
Gidon Kremer (violin), Ula Ulijona (viola), Marta Sudraba (cello), Andrius Zlabys (piano), Dzeraldas Bidva (violin)



Absolutely incredible work and after hearing a good bit of Reger, I realize how much Reger's music does nothing for me. Enescu's music speaks to my very soul the way only a few composers can.

Daverz

#135458
May 13, 2019, 03:43:35 PM
Quote from: aligreto on May 13, 2019, 08:19:54 AM
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 [Klemperer]





This work contains some very lyrical music and there is drama there too. I find that it is not unlike Mahler's music, but Mahler at peace.

Is that actually the pressing you have?  If so, congrats!

Karl Henning

#135459
May 13, 2019, 03:52:03 PM
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
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