What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Bogey]

What the heck, we'll just make it a Mozart Philips' Day at our house.  5 in the tray:

[Philoctetes]

Dentist Music:

Franck and Chausson String Quartets

[listener]

re BIZET's piano music:
He made several transcriptions of Gounod, wrote Carmen and The Pearl Fishers, so that will give you a general reminder of his style.  The Chants du Rhin are pleasant, Massenet-like, d'Arco plays solo piano versions of 4 of the 12 Jeux d'Enfants.  The Variations Chromatiques are the most interesting, the theme is a simple ascending and descending scale which the variations develop and combine, with many similarities to Beethoven's 32 Variations in c minor.  Felix Weingartner transcribed the Variations for orchestra and they were recorded by the Louisville Orchestra.

today:
ARENSKY  Suites 1 & 3    no. 3 originally for 2 pianos
Introduction to the opera Nal and Danajanti
USSR Symphony Orchestra      Svetlanov, cond.

ARNOLD: Vol. 1 of the 3-disc Chamber Music collection (still available) on Helios with the Nash Ensemble
Violin Sonatas 1 & 2; 5 Pieces for Violin and Piano op. 84, Viola Sonata, Duo for 2 Cellos, Piano Trio

ALFVÉN  Symphony 1, Festival Overture, Uppsala Rhapsody, Suite from "The Mountain King"
Scottish National O.    Niklas Wllén, cond.
I was a bit startled to hear towards the end of the Uppsala Rhapsody a tune that Charles Ives seems to have known, a Swedish drinking song Helan Går (Down in One).  Good notes.

[Brahmsian]

Bill, George, Nav,

This is the one I have (11 disc set with ASMF) for the Serenades for Strings and Wind 

[Opus106]

Only an ensemble of 7 for the blue cover, while their full troupe might be around 50?  Not sure on the last number.

The latter. The rear art lists 7 members to the ASMF Ensemble.

EDIT - Bill had faster fingers. 

Irrespective of finger speed, I thank you both.

Up Next: Shostakovich's quartet No. 14. The Emerson played it live, somewhere.

[Bogey]

Did Philips do two different complete sets at the same time?

[Brahmsian]

Did Philips do two different complete sets at the same time?

One is for the orchestral serenades, the other set is for chamber ensembles.  My understanding anyway.  I think Eine Kleine...is performed both ways.  I have it in the strings and wind set (strings only)

[Opus106]

Did Philips do two different complete sets at the same time?

I know they brought out a whole complete set -- likely old recordings with new covers -- for the 250th death birth anniversary, in 2006. And it's from that series that my copy of the K. 525-etc. disc comes from, and you'll find recordings from all of the labels from Universal Classics in that. While the Philips Complete Edition was from an earlier time. There may be some overlap between the two.

[Brahmsian]

I know they brought out a whole complete set -- likely old recordings with new covers -- for the 250th death anniversary, in 2006. And it's from that series that my copy of the K. 525-etc. disc comes from, and you'll find recordings from all of the labels from Universal Classics in that. While the Philips Complete Edition was from an earlier time. There may be some overlap between the two.

Wow, so Mozart's music really was ahead of its time, and groundbreaking! 

[Opus106]

Wow, so Mozart's music really was ahead of its time, and groundbreaking! 

Oops! Thanks.

[Bogey]

But I mean the ENTIRE set.  Here is the reissue that looks like your box art work, Ray:



Mine differes and wonder if they made some changes in the reissue?

I have a few boxes from this set with this artwork:

[Gurn Blanston]

But I mean the ENTIRE set.  Here is the reissue that looks like your box art work, Ray:



Mine differes and wonder if they made some changes in the reissue?

I have a few boxes from this set with this artwork:

AFAIK, the reissue is precisely that; the same music with different boxes. I have conversed with several people who have some or all of both, and never a breath of anything different (except a better price on the reissue). IIRC, the original was remastered when they issued it (in 1991?) and there was little need to do it again. The original recordings were mainly from the 70's and 80's, with a very few being older than that. There is no PI whatsoever, so I never felt compelled to track it down, although I do have a couple boxes from the original (Organ Works and Rarities).

[jlaurson]

A. Bruckner
Symphony No.6
Roger Norrington / SWRSO
Haenssler


Ha ha... this is great, weird, funny, beautiful.

[Bogey]

AFAIK, the reissue is precisely that; the same music with different boxes. I have conversed with several people who have some or all of both, and never a breath of anything different (except a better price on the reissue). IIRC, the original was remastered when they issued it (in 1991?) and there was little need to do it again. The original recordings were mainly from the 70's and 80's, with a very few being older than that. There is no PI whatsoever, so I never felt compelled to track it down, although I do have a couple boxes from the original (Organ Works and Rarities).

Thank you Gurn of Baker Street!  Appreciate the effort.  This has always been a question at this end.  How is that rarities cd set?

[Gurn Blanston]

Thank you Gurn of Baker Street!  Appreciate the effort.  This has always been a question at this end.  How is that rarities cd set?

There are a couple of things on it that made it worth having. Mainly fragmentary works (if they don't drive you crazy by their nature). The orchestral arrangements of the London Sketchbooks are an interesting concept. Probably not anything more than a pipe dream, but nicely executed anyway.



Thread Duty: Tafelmusik/Weil - Haydn Symphony #90 in C. Nicely executed version of this symphony.

[Harry]

But I mean the ENTIRE set.  Here is the reissue that looks like your box art work, Ray:



Mine differes and wonder if they made some changes in the reissue?

I have a few boxes from this set with this artwork:

I have this set minus the opera's.

[Antoine Marchand]

The Isaac Stern Collection
The Trio Recordings, Vol. 1
Brahms - Mendelssohn - Schubert
Eugene Istomin, piano - Isaac Stern, violin - Leonard Rose, cello
3-CD set
Sony Classical

CD1 [TT - 66:42]
Brahms: Trio No. 1 for Piano, Violin & Cello, Op. 8 (1966)
Brahms: Trio No. 2 for Piano, Violin & Cello, Op. 87 (1964)

(Great price on the Amazon Marketplace, just in case)

[Coopmv]

Are there any perceptible differences from these issues of the same recordings?

I only own the Glenn Gould's Bach recordings via that 80-CD Original Jacket set, which I have not listened to since it first arrived over 2 years ago.  The tracks on this CD were recorded in NYC over a few days in April, July and August of 1957 and I do not see any acknowledgement to Sony/Columbia.

The performance was truly virtuosic and the piano tone was excellent.  The sound may actually be in early stereo ...

[Coopmv]

Now playing this Naxos Historical CD, which arrived yesterday from Presto Classics - another CD remastered/reconstructed by MOT ...

[Franco]

Dvorak Piano Trios
Suk Trio