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Solitary Wanderer

#47520
May 25, 2009, 01:03:46 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on May 25, 2009, 12:37:54 PM
 

I have this CD in the "original" jacket ...

Yeah, that's the one I have as well. Couldn't find an image... :)
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

Coopmv

#47521
May 25, 2009, 02:08:36 PM
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on May 25, 2009, 01:03:46 PM
Yeah, that's the one I have as well. Couldn't find an image... :)

I scanned mine in when I ripped the CD onto my hard-drive ...   ;D

owlice

#47522
May 25, 2009, 02:09:54 PM
I find it positively bizarre that someone would buy a recording based on where the conductor was born.  Slatkin and Zinman are both excellent conductors -- I've performed with both of them, in addition to hearing other concerts they've conducted -- and ignoring them because they are Americans?? Wow! But to each his own, sayeth she who doesn't like the (*cough*) artistry of Pollini. :D

Listened to Gould playing Bach earlier; I put the CD in for the Italian Concerto, but also listened to the other works on it (Partita #4 and Toccata in E minor, BWV 914) and the groaning that accompanied all.

SonicMan46

#47523
May 25, 2009, 02:17:04 PM
Quote from: SonicMan on May 25, 2009, 06:15:41 AM
Sammartini, Giovanni (c. 1770-1775) - Complete Early Symphonies for String Orchestra w/ Daniele Ferrari conducting 'I Giovani di Nuova Cameristica' - 3 CD offering on Nuova Era; just on the first disc - these works are claimed in the liner notes to be 'the birth of the classical symphony' - an exaggeration?  Not sure, but these compositions came out of Milan in the first half of the 18th century and evolved from opera overtures into more purely orchestral works - regardless, quite enjoyable!


 

Well, in the afternoon, finished up the 3-CD box of the GB Sammartini early String Symphonies; these are re-released recordings originally from 1994; excellent review by Jerry Dubins in Fanfare (which prompted my purchase) reprinted on the Arkiv Music Website HERE; these were performed on modern instruments.  For those who may want a HIP approach, the Naxos disc (inserted above) w/ Kevin Mallon & Aradia Ensemble is a more recent option - 4/6 works on the latter single CD do overlap.  :D

Coopmv

#47524
May 25, 2009, 02:17:54 PM
Now playing CD1, another set that arrived from MDT a few weeks ago.  Sir Colin and the BSO are awesome combo ...



Bulldog

#47525
May 25, 2009, 02:19:30 PM
Quote from: owlice on May 25, 2009, 02:09:54 PM
I find it positively bizarre that someone would buy a recording based on where the conductor was born.  Slatkin and Zinman are both excellent conductors -- I've performed with both of them, in addition to hearing other concerts they've conducted -- and ignoring them because they are Americans?? Wow!

Just the opposite of "Buy American" - downright unpatriotic. :D

Dundonnell

#47526
May 25, 2009, 02:25:56 PM
A delightful romantic concerto, about which I have written in the Swiss Composers thread.

Bogey

#47527
May 25, 2009, 02:28:14 PM
Beethoven
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, and 4
Wilhelm Kempff
DG-Stereo from the Complete Beethoven Edition

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

George

#47528
May 25, 2009, 02:29:27 PM
Quote from: Bogey on May 25, 2009, 02:28:14 PM
Beethoven
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, and 4
Wilhelm Kempff
DG-Stereo from the Complete Beethoven Edition

Do you own the Complete Beethoven Edition, Bill?  :o

I just ordered Kempff's earlier LvB (mono) set on DG.

Solitary Wanderer

#47529
May 25, 2009, 02:30:18 PM
Delius ~ Orchestral Works RPO/Christopher Seaman
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

karlhenning

#47530
May 25, 2009, 02:30:50 PM
Quote from: opus67 on May 25, 2009, 07:00:14 AM
The guy changed one of his middle names to reflect his enthusiasm for the music of a certain fraudulent composer. ;)

(* chortle *)

Dundonnell

#47531
May 25, 2009, 02:35:49 PM
A quite remarkable work!

Very early Respighi-in fact his first composition-'Christus' dates from 1898 and was begun when the composer was only 18 years old. It is a huge Cantata lasting 66 minutes. Respighi himself appears himself to have completely forgotten about its existence(it was never performed until this recording from 1991). 'Christus' is very far, however, from juvenalia. Although it is in many ways untypical of the composer's later idiom-it was composed before his time as an orchestral violinist in Russia where he absorbed a lot of muscal influences-'Christus' is a confident, ambitious work exhibiting influences from Verdi and from Wagner. No...it is not a masterpiece but it is an astonishing effort from a teenager!

George

#47532
May 25, 2009, 02:36:24 PM


I had read that this recording of the Preludes was better than his other one on Supraphon. After listening once, I wholeheartedly agree. More coherent, darker and more poetic. Well worth the extra money, IMO.  

Solitary Wanderer

#47533
May 25, 2009, 02:41:30 PM
Quote from: Coopmv on May 25, 2009, 02:08:36 PM
 

I scanned mine in when I ripped the CD onto my hard-drive ...   ;D

Yes, it's certainly preferable to the new series with the African portraits. I don't get the connection  ???
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

Bogey

#47534
May 25, 2009, 02:43:19 PM
Quote from: George on May 25, 2009, 02:29:27 PM
Do you own the Complete Beethoven Edition, Bill?  :o

I just ordered Kempff's earlier LvB (mono) set on DG.

No.  Just a handful of "box sets" from it.  Kempff's complete cycle being one.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

George

#47535
May 25, 2009, 02:44:44 PM
Quote from: Bogey on May 25, 2009, 02:43:19 PM
No.  Just a handful of "box sets" from it.  Kempff's complete cycle being one.

I figured that, but was pulling for you to have the whole shebang.  8)

Coopmv

#47536
May 25, 2009, 02:47:17 PM
Quote from: Bulldog on May 25, 2009, 02:19:30 PM
Just the opposite of "Buy American" - downright unpatriotic. :D

One needs to buy the best, period.  When it comes to computer or peripherals, I always buy American.  When it comes to cars, I always buy Japanese.  When it comes to classical music, I always buy the best ensemble/conductor for a given work.  For works by Eliott Carter, Samuel Barber or Aaron Copland, I will no doubt buy American.  For works by non-American composers, I usually tend to buy European.  Patriotism needs not apply for classical music and cars.

Bogey

#47537
May 25, 2009, 02:49:47 PM
Quote from: George on May 25, 2009, 02:44:44 PM
I figured that, but was pulling for you to have the whole shebang.  8)

It would be nice.  Maybe they have a few hiding behind Sony CD demo players at the closing Virgin stores and are using them as door blocks. ;D
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Coopmv

#47538
May 25, 2009, 02:55:38 PM
Quote from: George on May 25, 2009, 02:44:44 PM
I figured that, but was pulling for you to have the whole shebang.  8)

George,

How many of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas did Richter record?

George

#47539
May 25, 2009, 02:57:27 PM
Quote from: Bogey on May 25, 2009, 02:49:47 PM
It would be nice.  Maybe they have a few hiding behind Sony CD demo players at the closing Virgin stores and are using them as door blocks. ;D

;D
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