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Moonfish

#1340
October 14, 2019, 11:11:09 PM
Beethoven
Cello Sonatas
Du Pré/Barenboim

A good way to finish up the night...

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

Irons

#1341
October 14, 2019, 11:12:55 PM
Martinu: Three Czech Dances for Two Pianos.



As they do Hindemith the Labéque sisters play the Dances with great vim and dexterity.
You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

Irons

#1342
October 14, 2019, 11:17:18 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 14, 2019, 11:11:09 PM
Beethoven
Cello Sonatas
Du Pré/Barenboim

A good way to finish up the night...



The one drawback is the last thing Jackie does is make you sleepy.
You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

Traverso

#1343
October 14, 2019, 11:36:59 PM
Bach

CD 23

To start this morning with these beautiful cantatas



San Antone

#1344
October 15, 2019, 12:11:48 AM Last Edit: October 15, 2019, 12:13:37 AM by San Antone
Quote from: Que link=topic=29166.msg1238489 :-\#msg1238489 date=1571120509
Awesome recording!  :)

Yeah; activity in the thread devoted to this composer sent me in his direction.   8) 

TD

Biffo

#1345
October 15, 2019, 12:19:07 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 14, 2019, 08:47:04 PM
Listened to Astrid Varnay singing in Wagner's Die Walküre.  It was a cheap Membran compilation originating from the Knappertsbusch 1957 Bayreuth performance. Excellent! I haven't listened much to Varnay so it appears as if there is a goldmine of historical recordings. Yay!  >:D

Disc 1 from
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Likely originating from
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Astrid Varnay is the Brunnhilde in the 1955 Keilberth Bayreuth Ring Cycle (Testament). It is in stereo and well worth a listen.

Que

#1346
October 15, 2019, 12:29:24 AM
Morning listening via Spotify:

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Q

Tsaraslondon

#1347
October 15, 2019, 12:43:37 AM


These are actually rather good performances, taped at concerts given just about ten years before Vänskä embarked on his complete cycle with the Minnesota Orchestra.
\"A beautiful voice is not enough.\" Maria Callas

Tsaraslondon

#1348
October 15, 2019, 12:48:59 AM
Quote from: Florestan on October 14, 2019, 05:28:31 AM
I visited Venice thrice: the last visit was on my honeymoon, 10 years ago. I swear to you that each time I felt like coming home; if it were true that we live more than one life, then at least one of the previous ones must have been lived in Venice.  :D

Maybe it was. You might have been a Doge!
\"A beautiful voice is not enough.\" Maria Callas

Traverso

#1349
October 15, 2019, 01:28:14 AM
Music from the time of Elizabeth I

Judith Nelson soprano
Mary Beverley soprano
David James countertenor
Paul Elliott tenor
David Thomas bass

Que

#1350
October 15, 2019, 01:43:19 AM
Quote from: Traverso on October 15, 2019, 01:28:14 AM
Music from the time of Elizabeth I

Judith Nelson soprano
Mary Beverley soprano
David James countertenor
Paul Elliott tenor
David Thomas bass



Oh, nice!  :)

Do you know if it is included in one of the box sets?

Q

Tsaraslondon

#1351
October 15, 2019, 01:49:28 AM


Once you get past all the pop style tricksy packaging, this is actually a really good version of Vivaldi's perennially popular work. On modern instruments, but Mutter doesn't over-romanticise the music and the Trondheim Soloists are an excellent accompanying band.
\"A beautiful voice is not enough.\" Maria Callas

Traverso

#1352
October 15, 2019, 02:47:01 AM
Quote from: Que on October 15, 2019, 01:43:19 AM
Oh, nice!  :)

Do you know if it is included in one of the box sets?

Q

You can find it in this box. :)



https://www.youtube.com/v/FOTrMiH85iw

j winter

#1353
October 15, 2019, 02:59:19 AM
Quote from: Moonfish on October 14, 2019, 08:19:45 PM
It is very enjoyable. The sound is a bit metallic, but it is easy to tune out. Do you like these performances, J Winter?

Yes, I've listened to about 1/4 of the box at this point, and I like it a great deal.  Marzendorfer in general has a bit more "pep" than Dorati; it's a shame these weren't more widely known at the time.  And the sound, for having been mastered from LP's, is frankly better than I expected, not bad at all.

Along a similar vein, the recordings in this 99 cent download from Amazon are well worth your time, if you haven't explored them... not a complete set but a generous sampling, mostly from the 60's with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and a lot of fun for a buck :)

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

Que

#1354
October 15, 2019, 03:07:53 AM
Quote from: Traverso on October 15, 2019, 02:47:01 AM
You can find it in this box. :)

Thank you very much!  :)

Q

Traverso

#1355
October 15, 2019, 03:34:43 AM
Monteverdi

Not immediately my favorite recording but I have a soft spot for this performance. It is sparkling and lively with the great King's College Choir and Munrow and his companions.
My first was the one below with Jürgen Jürgens & Konrad Ruhland and his Choralschola Capelle Antiqua München (Telefunken)
This one was with Ledger was my second .







Harry

#1356
October 15, 2019, 03:45:41 AM
Quote from: Traverso on October 15, 2019, 02:47:01 AM
You can find it in this box. :)





Currently unavailable alas. I wanted to order that some time ago, but it seems gone for an indefinite time.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Traverso

#1357
October 15, 2019, 03:52:33 AM Last Edit: October 15, 2019, 03:58:33 AM by Traverso
Quote from: "Harry" on October 15, 2019, 03:45:41 AM
Currently unavailable alas. I wanted to order that some time ago, but it seems gone for an indefinite time.

Just kidding... ;)

https://www.ebay.com/p/225591303

Amazon new 1200 dollar,are there really people who would pay this much?  :o

Que

#1358
October 15, 2019, 04:09:47 AM
Quote from: "Harry" on October 15, 2019, 03:45:41 AM
Currently unavailable alas. I wanted to order that some time ago, but it seems gone for an indefinite time.

Same here.....  :(

Q

Madiel

#1359
October 15, 2019, 04:19:31 AM Last Edit: October 15, 2019, 04:22:59 AM by Madiel
Faure, various bits of religious music from the late 1880s and early 1890s, which seems to be when Faure did a lot of his religious music including the Requiem.



2 sacred songs, op.47
En prière
Noël, op.43/1
Tantum ergo, op.55 (the first of 3 versions on the disc)
Ecce fidelis servus, op.54
Arrangement of the carol "Il est né, le divin enfant"
Arrangement of the carol "Les Anges dans nos campagnes"
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