What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Coopmv]

These two were quite pleasant, the mono pressings may have helped contain the upper partials of the harpsichord sounds.   Not all their (Nonesuch) pressings were acceptable, Four Saints in Three Acts was noticeably off-centre.  The Nonesuch was licensed Cycnus.     The most awful pressings of anything were done by Sparton in Canada that sounded like the vinyl must have been something recycled.
Thread duty:  CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO  Guitar Concerto op. 99     DODGSON: Guitar Concerto no. 2
ARNOLD: Serenade for Guitar and String Orch.
John Williams, guitar     English Chamber Orchestra     Charles Groves. cond.

I do give Nonesuch the credit for being first in making certain recordings.  I remember a harp concerto by Handel released by Nonesuch in the late 70's.  At the time, that work was only available on Nonesuch LP.  It was not until early to mid 80's did Trevor Pinnock record that work with the English Concert with Ursula Holliger (wife of Heinz Holliger) on the harp.  Unfortunately, in those LP days, Nonesuch pressings were nothing to write home about.  Actually, I only have a small handful of Nonesuch LP's ...

[Que]

Now playing the following CD, which just arrived from Presto two days ago for a first listen ...

   

Hi Stuart - you are going to LIKE! - I've had all 3 volumes for a while (added the other two above) - will be interested if you add to your collection - these are enjoyable works & excellent recordings - Dave

I should check these out. I believe they come recommended by you, Harry and now Stuart.



Anyway, up this morning is a new acquisition - a volume from the wonderful Italian organ series on DIVOX. A have some reservations about Andrea Marcon in Bach, but not so in his home territory, though the style is the same: he comes on strong, quite strong. But is seems that the combination of his style with lighter musical textures and organs in Italian Baroque is more successful.

Marcon plays a wonderful period organ of the Chiesa di San Giacomo di Polcenigo, built by Giancinto Pescetti in 1732/33. On this disc is also uncluded the big (23'50") Toccata per cembalo d'ottavo stesa, played on a harpsichord copied after an instrument built by Carlo Grimaldi da Messina in 1697, kept in the Museum of Musical Instruments in Nürnberg. Hurray for the revival of harpsichord building!

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Q

[The new erato]

Looks like Spotify is getting quite popular.  But I am a Luddite and will not deal with any download.  Given what I have in my collection, I have little use for Spotify ...

Me too. I'm loading up my collection (and succeeding pretty well) for the time when everything will be streamed and downloaded.

Absolutely outstanding disc here:

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People here generally don't listen enough to song ......

[The new erato]

SCARLATTI    16 Sonatas   - Luciano Sgrizzi

You're posting LPs all the time, and quite a few of your posts remind me of stuff on the shelves I havn't looked at for ages. That particular LP was my introduction to Scarlatti at a time when recordings were few and funds were scarce and I bought quite a lot of stuff on Nonesuch (I have Krenek, Schoeck, English medieval songs to mention a few.....) and Supraphon (for mainstream as well as Czech repertoire).

Through Supraphon I discovered Shostakovich, his cello concerto no 1 was on the A-side of a disc of Honegger's lyrical and jazzy concerto which was my main interest at the time (i was coming from prog rock, Hendrix and the like at the time). Had never heard of Shostakovich, and the gruff opening chords took quite some to work my way through. 

[listener]

You're posting LPs all the time, and quite a few of your posts remind me of stuff on the shelves I havn't looked at for ages. That particular LP was my introduction to Scarlatti at a time when recordings were few and funds were scarce and I bought quite a lot of stuff on Nonesuch (I have Krenek, Schoeck, English medieval songs to mention a few.....) and Supraphon (for mainstream as well as Czech repertoire).
   

I kept my vinyl because like our current board partners I hadn't listened to a lot of the collection more than once.   Now in retirement I have time to catch up.  While a lot is mainstream, there's a good number of Vox Boxes, and Supraphon also, with some avant-garde (for the time) as well.    It will all show up here as I work my way through the shelves (with digressions for new CD purchases)
---  Sweet memories of this will bite me forever    (subtitle in Prapanch - a Hindi(?) film that got its subtitles in Egypt)

thread duty: BBC Proms via the internet
Messiaen:  Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (31 mins)
Mahler:    Symphony No. 6 in A minor (85 mins)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra   Chailly conducting

[Lisztianwagner]

Maurice Ravel
Miroirs

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[North Star]

Alexander Tcherepnin
Piano Concerto no. 1
Noriko Ogawa; Lan Shui; Singapore Symphony Orchestra
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[madaboutmahler]

Now:

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Piano Concerto no.1

Such beautiful, atmospheric music.

[Sergeant Rock]

I'm going to replicate an interesting Proms program with the Berlin Philharmonic that MAD attended. I'll be listening to Ligeti Atmosphères conducted by Jonathan Nott, followed by Wagner Prelude to Act I Lohengrin and Sibelius Fourth Symphony, both conducted by Karajan.






Sarge

[Brahmsian]

Schubert

Piano Sonata in A minor, D537
Piano Sonata in A major, D959

Andras Schiff, piano
Decca

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*I know there are mixed reviews on Schiff's Schubert piano music, but I'm thoroughly enjoying this set! 

[Sergeant Rock]

Schubert

Piano Sonata in A minor, D537
Piano Sonata in A major, D959

Andras Schiff, piano
*I know there are mixed reviews on Schiff's Schubert piano music, but I'm thoroughly enjoying this set! 

I don't have the set but do enjoy the single disc I own.



Have you heard Schiff's D.571 yet? One of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. Schiff doesn't give us a completion but simply stops at exactly the point Schubert did. Haunting.

Sarge

[Brahmsian]

I don't have the set but do enjoy the single disc I own.



Have you heard Schiff's D.571 yet? One of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. Schiff doesn't give us a completion but simply stops at exactly the point Schubert did. Haunting.

Sarge

I have listened to it once so far, Sarge.  But, did not know the history behind that piece.  I'll spin it right now! 

[Ataraxia]

Happy Sunday.
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[Opus106]

Well, who know new I had Delius and Debussy (La Mer anyway) in CeeDees.

Auber: Overture to Fra Diavolo
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Debussy: La Mer*
Delius: Prelude to Irmelin

Cleveland Orchestra
*WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
George Szell

[Lisztianwagner]

I'm going to replicate an interesting Proms program with the Berlin Philharmonic that MAD attended. I'll be listening to Ligeti Atmosphères conducted by Jonathan Nott, followed by Wagner Prelude to Act I Lohengrin and Sibelius Fourth Symphony, both conducted by Karajan.

Pounds the table! Karajan's Lohengrin is absolutely beautiful!

[Opus106]

Happy Sunday.

I'm already so not looking forward to what's coming up.

[Ataraxia]

I'm already so not looking forward to what's coming up.

Labor Day here. No work.

[Opus106]

Labor Day here. No work.

Grr...

[Sergeant Rock]

Pounds the table! Karajan's Lohengrin is absolutely beautiful!

I wish I had time to listen to more than the Prelude now, but I don't. Dinner with the in-laws is imminent 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Labor Day here. No work.

Retired here. No work...ever 

Sarge