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ritter

#33480
February 14, 2023, 10:46:06 AM
Quote from: Florestan on February 14, 2023, 09:53:14 AM

Ernest Bour conducting SWF Baden-Baden
Looks good. Ernest Bour was a very fine conductor (although I do not know his Mozart IIRC).

Now, the guy who designed the back cover was a genius. Was it really necessary to repeat the names of the orchestra and conductor ten times? They're the same for each and every one of the works on the set! ;D

Good evening, Andrei!

Florestan

#33481
February 14, 2023, 10:53:52 AM
Quote from: ritter on February 14, 2023, 10:46:06 AMthe guy who designed the back cover was a genius. Was it really necessary to repeat the names of the orchestra and conductor ten times? They're the same for each and every one of the works on the set! ;D

A genius of tediousness, for sure.  ;D

And gotta love this: "recorded between 1964 and 1978". Surgery-like precision.  :D

Good evening, Rafael.
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

JBS

#33482
February 14, 2023, 04:13:10 PM

Hollywood Beach Broadwalk

Harry

#33484
February 15, 2023, 02:33:13 AM
A few orders for JPC.
I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and a eccentric bear He is a great British institution and emits great wisdom with every growl. Of course I have Paddington at home, he is a member of the family, sure he is from the moment he was born. We have adopted him.

Florestan

#33485
February 16, 2023, 04:27:59 AM
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

ritter

#33486
February 16, 2023, 04:31:02 AM
That Barber is a classic set. Cesare Valletti as the count makes it very appealing, but then having a soprano Rosina (and particularly, Roberta Peters) really puts me off... ::)

Florestan

#33487
February 16, 2023, 04:37:29 AM
Quote from: ritter on February 16, 2023, 04:31:02 AMThat Barber is a classic set. Cesare Valletti as the count makes it very appealing, but then having a soprano Rosina (and particularly, Roberta Peters) really puts me off... ::)

Listening right now to Una voce poco fa. The voice fits in the role perfectly. She's just the scheming, cunning, hundred-trick lass she pretends to be. Love it.

And Merrill's Largo al factotum is one of the most humorous I've ever heard.

This is a recording I'll greatly enjoy, I'm sure.
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

Spotted Horses

#33488
February 16, 2023, 09:43:57 AM
An arrival:


(Harnoncourt, Sinfonia and Concerto movements from Cantatas)
A sealed LP untouched 45 years after it was manufactured.

and a shipment


(van Beinum, complete Decca and Philips, was on backorder from importcds.com, which had the lowest price I've seen, $99).

Florestan

#33489
February 16, 2023, 09:49:07 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on February 16, 2023, 09:43:57 AMA sealed LP untouched 45 years after it was manufactured.

Guinness Book stuff.  :D
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

Florestan

#33490
February 16, 2023, 12:16:31 PM


Hat tip to @ritter.
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

vandermolen

#33491
February 16, 2023, 12:20:18 PM
Wagner/Orff and Trevor Jones - a fine soundtrack to one of my favourite films.
"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).

ritter

#33492
February 16, 2023, 12:29:22 PM
Quote from: Florestan on February 16, 2023, 12:16:31 PM

Hat tip to @ritter.

Hope you enjoy them, Andrei! Classic performances, beautifully led by Rosbaud, and with some great singers.

A bit of trivia: the title rôle in Don Giovanni is sung by Spanish bass-baritone Antonio Campó (stage name of Antonio Sánchez Camporro). According to a tribute in the newspaper ABC, Pablo Picasso sprung to his feet to applaud him  enthusiastically at the end of a 1956 performance of the opera in Aix-en-Provence. His career was cut short in 1966 due to an ailment in the ears. He was the father of well-known pop singer Marta Sánchez.

Florestan

#33493
February 16, 2023, 12:35:38 PM
Quote from: ritter on February 16, 2023, 12:29:22 PMHope you enjoy them, Andrei! Classic performances, beautifully led by Rosbaud, and with some great singers.

A bit of trivia: the title rôle in Don Giovanni is sung by Spanish bass-baritone Antonio Campó (stage name of Antonio Sánchez Camporro). According to a tribute in the newspaper ABC, Pablo Picasso sprung to his feet to applaud him  enthusiastically at the end of a 1956 performance of the opera in Aix-en-Provence. His career was cut short in 1966 due to an ailment in the ears. He was the father of well-known pop singer Marta Sánchez.

Given the impeccable Mozartian credentials Rosbaud displayed in the SWF box and the great line-ups (I never heard of Antonio Campó, though --- on the face of it I thought he was Catalunya-born, judging by the last name) I have high expectations. Will report.
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

Que

#33494
February 16, 2023, 12:50:38 PM
This shipment arrived from jpc yesterday:







 

Florestan

#33495
February 16, 2023, 12:56:43 PM
Quote from: Que on February 16, 2023, 12:50:38 PMThis shipment arrived from jpc yesterday:







 


Nice haul, Que. Those Profil boxes look particularly interesting.
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

Harry

#33496
February 16, 2023, 12:57:42 PM Last Edit: February 16, 2023, 01:03:08 PM by Harry
Quote from: Que on February 16, 2023, 12:50:38 PMThis shipment arrived from jpc yesterday:







 


That is quite a haul for you Que, and a huge pile of CD'S, you probably need to move to your own castle, like you advised me once, aeons ago ;D  ;D
The Telemann discs are fabulous by the way!
I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and a eccentric bear He is a great British institution and emits great wisdom with every growl. Of course I have Paddington at home, he is a member of the family, sure he is from the moment he was born. We have adopted him.

j winter

#33497
February 16, 2023, 01:03:53 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on February 16, 2023, 12:20:18 PMWagner/Orff and Trevor Jones - a fine soundtrack to one of my favourite films.

Can I ask where you found that?  I've literally wanted that soundtrack since I was 12...  :o
The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such man be trusted.

-- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

Florestan

#33498
February 16, 2023, 01:05:29 PM
TD

While I'm at Mozart operas, why not going all the way?

"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

Que

#33499
February 16, 2023, 01:07:45 PM
Quote from: Florestan on February 16, 2023, 01:05:29 PMTD

While I'm at Mozart operas, why not going all the way?



Nice! :D  Jacobs is self recommending IMO.
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