I'll revive this thread because I enjoyed the one from the old forum.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002OVQCK.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SS500_.jpg)
Another one.......
and of course.......
My favourites
Few more.
O, dear there are even more that took my fancy! ;D
Harry! We expected better of you! ;D
This is not my favorite CD cover, but the man is very ... interesting:
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007ORDPO.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SS500_.jpg)
He looks like a member of the Digestive Disorder Dance Company.
My favorite CD cover and coincidentally, my favorite CD. Each of the three works is represented by a graphic element.
Mosolov: Iron Foundry - A chunk of metal.
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 - A wing, referencing his use of material from his opera, The Fiery Angel.
Varèse: Arcana - "One star exists, higher than the rest" is the Paracelsus quote that the composer references in the score.
--Bruce
Quote from: Harry on April 06, 2007, 07:27:13 AM
Oops,Que, is that really your favourite ehhhh cd cover? :o
;D I do not only like pretty girls,
Harry! ;D
(Though obviously not for the same reasons... ;D)
I'm rather fond of the various CSO Teldec releases that depict a classic Chicago building that was constructed the year the CSO premiered the recorded piece.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000HYVZ.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000059QW2.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000DHJ1.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000000S9B.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000059TL6.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
~
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000064X2.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
~
I actually own this recording, "Tristan und Isolde-An Orchestral Passion". A sixty-five minute orchestral transcription of music from the opera. This cover is strange.
This is a fair representation of what is far and away my favorite CD cover. The digital medium leaves it somewhat dull in what is in real life a rich, vibrant palette of colors (think stained glass window with sculpted garnishments).
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/22/57/fb9f92c008a01e4dbd23c010.L.jpg)
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000051ZPV.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000005HEX.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003E4FN.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
I used the image from the later for an avatar at one point....
Don't own these but they are on my wishlist and their covers add to their temptation:
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000CQNVSK.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000068Q0U.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
i assume this is only for classical albums? ;) i love this cover so much. it fits the music perfectly also. if there were a big poster of it i would snap it up in an instant, & there definitely aren't very many classical album covers i'd want a big poster of.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/d2/34/4907828fd7a05d8cad38f010.L.jpg)
other good ones:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000087HXG.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg) (http://www.larastjohn.com/photo/420/bachcover.jpg)
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000025YNV.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_V23161397_SS500_.jpg) (http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002APL.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SS500_.jpg)
the painting on that last one is erastus salisbury field's "historical monument of the american republic".
http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa157.htm
what it has to do with renaissance music i have no idea lol. ??? i think ecm generally has good covers. i also like the cover for rostropovich's recording of bach's cello suites, but i don't think it started out as a cover; it's really a drawing by salvador dali. the cover of my copy of il giardino armonico's album of the brandenburg concertos looks like a wall with grafitti all over it; the boring new cover just has a photo of the group instead. i like the old one much better. 8)
Quote from: bhodges on April 06, 2007, 07:15:47 AM
My favorite CD cover and coincidentally, my favorite CD. Each of the three works is represented by a graphic element.
Mosolov: Iron Foundry - A chunk of metal.
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 - A wing, referencing his use of material from his opera, The Fiery Angel.
Varèse: Arcana - "One star exists, higher than the rest" is the Paracelsus quote that the composer references in the score.
--Bruce
LOVE the new quote, Bruce!
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000JFZ9FC.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
Great music, great cover!
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000001GQT.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
This music is well suited for those images, kind of space, etc.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000LE0TEC.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_V24534226_AA240_.jpg)
I want to buy all albums in this series!!!!! :)
Quote from: Poetdante on April 11, 2007, 07:31:04 AM
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I want to buy all albums in this series!!!!! :)
YES. ;D
Quote from: Symphonien on April 06, 2007, 07:59:31 PM
Don't own these but they are on my wishlist and their covers add to their temptation:
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000CQNVSK.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
This is an excellent recording (and I agree, the cover is great). In a few weeks, I'm hearing an entire evening of Hakola's music -- fascinating composer that I just discovered last year.
--Bruce
(//)
Quote from: Que on April 06, 2007, 05:21:44 AM
I like the covers of Naïve's Vivaldi Edition too, very "chic". A bit different from the usual classical cd covers (with ugly old folks or famous paintings :P). The photographer is Denis Rouvre, I found his website: http://www.rouvre.com/
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000LE0TEC.01._SCTZZZZZZZ_V24534226_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GH2WXA.01._SCTZZZZZZZ_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BU99XS.01._SCTZZZZZZZ_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009ZDJKY.01._SCTZZZZZZZ_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004ZBLD.01._SCTZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007TF0U4.01._SCTZZZZZZZ_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002KP4PE.01._SCTZZZZZZZ_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000VCSWW.01._SCTZZZZZZZ_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006BHDB.01._SCTZZZZZZZ_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E6G7BQ.01._SCTZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
Yes, but some of them are a bit, well, you know... weird...
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000065SXI.08._SCLZZZZZZZ_V46071155_AA240_.jpg)
???
(the music is great though, as I have this one)
:D
I like it, rather funny cover, but then again I like weirdness. :o
Quote from: Egebedieff on April 11, 2007, 03:49:25 PM
Reminds me of the Westminster Gold lps
(http://www.kimbawlion.com/westminstergold/WGS-8126a.jpg)
Can't tell from this, but the airbrushing job left a little, uh, hair.
(http://www.kimbawlion.com/westminstergold/WGS-8112a.jpg)
Oh, man! Thanks so much for those! They made me cry! Nothing on the old "worst CD covers" thread ever did - and some of those
were hilarious! But this just beats everything (along with your comment, of course)! LOL!
:D ;D :D ;D :)
Sorry for double post. Have to add this: I just absolutely have to get that Holst!!! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
Egebedieff, ok those are just awful. ;D
Quote from: Egebedieff on April 11, 2007, 03:49:25 PM
(http://www.kimbawlion.com/westminstergold/WGS-8126a.jpg)
Is that David Hasselhoff's dad?
Quote from: Egebedieff on April 11, 2007, 03:58:33 PM
(http://www.kimbawlion.com/westminstergold/WGM-8314b.jpg)
OK. WTF? Motel?
This one is the best: ;D
(http://www.kimbawlion.com/westminstergold/WGS-8115a.jpg)
My how Jean-Pierre (and his instrument) has changed.
(http://www.filomusica.com/filo23/39&40.jpg)
Quote from: O Mensch on April 11, 2007, 04:04:08 PM
This one is the best: ;D
(http://www.kimbawlion.com/westminstergold/WGS-8115a.jpg)
My how Jean-Pierre (and his instrument) has changed.
What, you mean you can actually see his
instrument there (it's very dark on
my computer)? ;)
(http://www.kimbawlion.com/westminstergold/WGS-8218c.jpg)
Oh dear. ;D
Obviously it's time I started getting interested in musicals... ;D
Quote from: bhodges on April 11, 2007, 07:35:26 AM
This is an excellent recording (and I agree, the cover is great). In a few weeks, I'm hearing an entire evening of Hakola's music -- fascinating composer that I just discovered last year.
--Bruce
Thanks for the recommendation on the recording! It's now very tempting... ;D
And do report back on the Hakola concert, what's the program?
Quote from: O Mensch on April 11, 2007, 04:04:08 PM
(http://www.kimbawlion.com/westminstergold/WGS-8115a.jpg)
Just realized the harpsichord on this one is rather strange-looking too. Is that what they call an "upright"?
Close enough! I mean, flute and bassoon are both woodwinds, cello and harpsichord both have strings don't they? I can see how one could easily get confused...
I like Pettersson's covers on CPO.
Quote from: Symphonien on April 12, 2007, 02:18:47 AM
Thanks for the recommendation on the recording! It's now very tempting... ;D
And do report back on the Hakola concert, what's the program?
I'm starting a new thread on him, and will post it there!
--Bruce
Great! Love them!
Still love my LP covers the best. Maybe because they are bigger.
Quote from: springrite on April 13, 2007, 03:55:07 AM
Still love my LP covers the best. Maybe because they are bigger.
Nowdays you can get one of those LP Frames and display it on your wall.
It's lovely!
Jarring? No, I think the butterfly is really cool!
And yes, that photo with Dali is great! ;)
Quote from: MrOsa on April 11, 2007, 03:51:30 PM
Oh, man! Thanks so much for those! They made me cry! Nothing on the old "worst CD covers" thread ever did - and some of those were hilarious! But this just beats everything (along with your comment, of course)! LOL!
:D ;D :D ;D :)
These are so awful they are beyond parody.
However, if it promotes the works in that people will listen to the music because they liked the covers (WHO?), then who am I to criticise?
(http://www.erwinolaf.com/Images/Chess2.jpg)
I've noticed that the photographs on the Netherlands' Radio Philharmonic/Wagner series have been mentioned a couple of times;
they are made by Dutch star photographer Erwin Olaf. Check his website at : http://www.erwinolaf.com/
His most recent work is ...different! :D
(http://www.erwinolaf.com/Images/nov04/TheBoardroom.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000059LFA.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
I just came across this album while going through my old vinyl records. The same artwork was used for the CD, but it looks much better in the larger format. It was created by Salvador Dali, who is shown shaking hands with Gleason on the back cover. Apparently Dali and Gleason were good friends. The recording was released in 1955 (a very good year).
Not a classical recording, but interesting nonetheless (I hope).
In the outside of the Classic World,
I love this CD cover. :)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005NEUF.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_V47040735_AA240_.jpg)
The Storkes - Is this it?
I rather like this CD cover - very calming:
(http://lso.co.uk/images/recordings/upload/166_large.jpg)
I love this one, very stimulating
(http://www.clapia.com/sub/prodimg/Sv503194.gif)
(http://i22.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/a1/98/df2a_1_b.JPG)
Quote from: D Minor on June 03, 2007, 09:34:05 AM
(http://www.clapia.com/sub/prodimg/Sv503194.gif)
That's a CD ???
(http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2088/498775im6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
La belle homicide! :o
Quote from: James on June 03, 2007, 09:27:28 AM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/510RH7SEB8L._AA240_.jpg)
A vast improvement on the stern Pierre of the original issue
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CAC465T0L._SS500_.jpg)
Quote from: pjme on April 15, 2007, 02:35:30 PM
I've noticed that the photographs on the Netherlands' Radio Philharmonic/Wagner series have been mentioned a couple of times;
they are made by Dutch star photographer Erwin Olaf. Check his website at : http://www.erwinolaf.com/
His most recent work is ...different! :D
For NY'ers interested his Grief series are still on display in Chelsea for another 10 days or so. I like his style in that series a lot
Quote from: edward on June 03, 2007, 10:06:05 AM
A vast improvement on the stern Pierre of the original issue
I believe those are two different recordings, the one with the lightnings being a newer recording.
Quote from: O Mensch on June 03, 2007, 11:40:44 AM
I believe those are two different recordings, the one with the lightnings being a newer recording.
Nope, the lightnings is a reissue of the old recording on a different DG sublabel.
Quote from: 12tone. on June 03, 2007, 01:09:47 PM
;D ;D ;D ;D
(http://www.booksamillion.com/bam/covers/0/76/455/009/0764550098.jpg)
Someone on the old forum photoshop'd that picture...and immortalized Pink Harp (Eric) ;D
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/berlin/guidewr3.png)
Sarge
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61FH1Y8BE0L._SS500_.jpg)
Don't laugh, this is what the graphic designer sees every day.
For good covers...
(http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue27/images/Saariaho.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iBiDDU54L._SS500_.jpg)
I thought this one was pretty descriptive of the music.
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/PICT0082.jpg)
actually, most of the cpo releases have great cover art.
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/Grimaud-4.jpg)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/Grimaud%20Schumann.jpg)
The English version of Electric Ladyland is nice (http://www.amazon.com/Jimi-Hendrix-Electric-Ladyland-Cover/dp/B000PJDUQ2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-9956728-6712958?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1180967131&sr=1-2), but I'll just link to it.
For classical, I guess this isn't too bad:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/515-37TRqnL._AA240_.jpg)
Some Naxos titles have interesting artwork by Tim Smith and Olexander Borodai, but there are too many to search for.
Quote from: Kullervo on June 04, 2007, 06:03:15 AM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61FH1Y8BE0L._SS500_.jpg)
That one should go here (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,239.0.html), I think. (The thread could use a revival.)
8)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/Vingt%20Regards.jpg)
This one ought to be saved for a stemcell research thread.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iBiDDU54L._SS500_.jpg)
(http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/d/dolphy_eric_outtolunc_101b.jpg)
Eric Dolphy "Out to Lunch"
Not classical, but still a classic. I could have picked any of dozens of Reid Miles' designs for Blue Note.
Quote from: Poetdante on April 16, 2007, 08:09:48 AM
In the outside of the Classic World,
I love this CD cover. :)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005NEUF.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_V47040735_AA240_.jpg)
The Storkes - Is this it?
A cd cover inspired by Hugh Hefner I see. I'll bet classical cds would sell like hot cakes if they adopted covers like this one!!!!
marvin
non-classical:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/4171Z97Q8TL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XGQVDKB7L._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SH7EKTZJL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51m3nFJsUmL._AA240_.jpg)
i can't think of many album covers of classical that I like excessively
I like those EMI budget/mid-range box set covers
http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Orchestral-Concertos-Archie-Camden/sim/B00005MIZP/1/ref=pd_sexpl_s_m/102-3015269-3508938?ie=UTF8&pf=music
Quote from: orbital on June 19, 2007, 07:19:28 AM
I like those EMI budget/mid-range box set covers
http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Orchestral-Concertos-Archie-Camden/sim/B00005MIZP/1/ref=pd_sexpl_s_m/102-3015269-3508938?ie=UTF8&pf=music
serious?
Quote from: George on June 19, 2007, 07:24:07 AM
serious?
Yes :-[ you don't?
I like the color combinations and those swirling designs :-[
Quote from: orbital on June 19, 2007, 07:28:21 AM
Yes :-[ you don't?
I like the color combinations and those swirling designs :-[
They aren't that bad, honestly. They look good on your shelf, too. :)
Quote from: orbital on June 19, 2007, 07:28:21 AM
Yes :-[ you don't?
I don't hate them, but they aren't among my favorites.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61DAueT0CfL._SS500_.jpg)
--Bruce
Pretty girl!
Beautiful music too...
(http://images.bol.de/images-adb/27/bc/27bc4596-0d07-4a25-9186-b419f9db5073.jpg)
(http://www.jecklin.ch/40_cd_dvd/00_art_images/130/sk24_58.jpg)
She sure put on some weight between the two recordings (or lost depending on her discography)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61OF-Eqo9SL._SS500_.jpg)
I guess they are the "Related Rocks"? ;D
I always liked the Chailly Mahler covers too, this one with the pentagram is kinda spooky:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61V8EX4R5SL._SS500_.jpg)
Still very powerful:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/514FYZWZ7QL._SS500_.jpg)
Quote from: orbital on June 19, 2007, 01:38:35 PM
She sure put on some weight between the two recordings (or lost depending on her discography)
I think it depends on your
point of view.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QG5CZ027L._SS500_.jpg)
Seeexxyyy
(http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/B00005FI1P.09.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
Best CD evar
also stunning ones:
(http://www.gutsofdarkness.com/_images/pochettes/570_1589.jpg)
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Nov04/Mahler9_Chailly_4756191.jpg)
Quote from: MISHUGINA on June 20, 2007, 06:41:16 AM
(http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/B00005FI1P.09.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
Best CD evar
also stunning ones:
(http://www.gutsofdarkness.com/_images/pochettes/570_1589.jpg)
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Nov04/Mahler9_Chailly_4756191.jpg)
Haven't heard from YOU in a while, Welcome back !
He is still on his high, or lag from the a few certain drugs called 'Boulezdol' and 'Mahlerdol'. ::)
Another one I love: Berio's Sinfonia with Chailly.
--Bruce
Quote from: Shrunk on June 15, 2007, 09:01:26 AM
(http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/d/dolphy_eric_outtolunc_101b.jpg)
Eric Dolphy "Out to Lunch"
Not classical, but still a classic. I could have picked any of dozens of Reid Miles' designs for Blue Note.
Ditto. The Miles/Wolff partnership (with a few other photographers from time to time) created dozens of beautiful covers:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KVZTWK1FL._AA240_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DHQC61ZWL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/4184HZYP3FL._AA240_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RXZYPZTJL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AYVE2F9HL._AA240_.jpg)
Quote from: bhodges on June 20, 2007, 09:49:06 AM
Another one I love: Berio's Sinfonia with Chailly.
--Bruce
It's a good cover--but the music inside is even better!
Quote from: edward on June 21, 2007, 02:11:55 PM
It's a good cover--but the music inside is even better!
Absolutely! I think it's one of the best recordings, period, from Chailly's years with the orchestra.
--Bruce
The French label Disques K617 (http://www.cd-baroque.com/index.php/cdbaroque/accueil/disques_k617/catalogue) has some beautiful cover art! :)
Some striking examples of the many.
(http://www.cd-baroque.com/var/cdbaroque/storage/images/modules/catalogue/monteverdi_musique_italienne/aminta_il_re_pastore/2827-1-fre-FR/aminta_il_re_pastore_full.jpg)
(http://www.cd-baroque.com/var/cdbaroque/storage/images/modules/catalogue/les_raretes_de_k617/grands_motets__1/3538-1-fre-FR/grands_motets_full.jpg)
(http://www.cd-baroque.com/var/cdbaroque/storage/images/modules/catalogue/les_raretes_de_k617/the_theater_of_musick/2773-1-fre-FR/the_theater_of_musick_full.jpg)
(http://www.cd-baroque.com/var/cdbaroque/storage/images/modules/catalogue/les_raretes_de_k617/sonatae_unarum_fidium_aeuvres_pour_orgue/4204-1-fre-FR/sonatae_unarum_fidium_aeuvres_pour_orgue_full.jpg)
Such a rich air about these K617 covers!
Nice job.
Thanks for the peek and link, Q! :)
(http://www.cd-baroque.com/var/cdbaroque/storage/images/modules/meilleures_ventes/requiem_k_626/2917-1-fre-FR/requiem_k_626_disque_thumb_full.jpg)
Let's give this thread a bump.
Personally find it nicer than its brother, the "Worst looking CD/LP artwork"...
Another label with gorgeous covers is Alpha.
Some examples:
(http://discplus.ch/login/1547894/shop/upload/26434.jpg)
(http://discplus.ch/login/1547894/shop/upload/23948.jpg)
(http://discplus.ch/login/1547894/shop/upload/20796.jpg)
(http://discplus.ch/login/1547894/shop/upload/30428.jpg)
(http://discplus.ch/128/ALPHA/login/1547894/shop/upload/27038.jpg)
Q
The Arte Nova label has some great covers.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61PFSDYY08L._SS500_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51z5yTMc02L._SS500_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HNDZD9N9L._SS500_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PZO7%2BUlDL._SS500_.jpg)
Quote from: Corey on November 17, 2007, 09:09:52 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PZO7%2BUlDL._SS500_.jpg)
Bamert...URGH.....
Howard
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qL8brpCJL._SS400_.jpg)(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/0034571175720.jpg)
(http://www.musicologie.org/Biographies/k/koechlin_01.jpg)
(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/4777361.jpg)
Say what you will about the Moody Blues (yeah, I still like their old stuff), I love the cover of To Our Children's Children's Children:
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/da/3d/4f0b793509a0f856cbc54110.L.jpg)
Takemitsu's Quotation of Dream:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513EGQ9RGQL._SS500_.jpg)
This Boards of Canada EP cover has always cracked me up:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Z39Z2VN5L._SS500_.jpg)
Not the outside cover artwork, but some of the inside cover artwork to Godspeed You Black Emperor!'s Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven double album:
One of :D (click for larger resolution)
:D
:D
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61vWf6yBI7L._SS500_.jpg)
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Thomas
What are your favourite CD cover art designs? Which are most appropriate for the music?
Vaughan Williams's 6th and 9th symphonies (both in E Minor) are dark, troubled and stormy.
The title and the photograph compliment each other:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/Grimaud%20Schumann.jpg)
Sarge
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zsV-CEpUL._SS500_.jpg)
This is one of my favourites. Here's the front cover:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/m1.jpg)
It opens up with the CD on the left, and a booklet (built into the structure) on the right:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/m2.jpg)
So then we start leafing through the booklet. Here's the title page:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/m3.jpg)
The booklet is illustrated with reproductions of original posters for Massenet's operas:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/m5.jpg)
The whole thing is designed as a self-contained unity. I almost wouldn't have minded if there hadn't been a CD in it.
(Just kidding.)
And another favourite is this. It started life as a collection of individually published CDs, and was then reissued in the form of this box set, preserving all the original art work:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/Bantockset.jpg)
Now the weird thing is that somehow the art mimics both the strengths and the weaknesses of Bantock's music. I always feel I ought to really enjoy his music, because its subject matter - the source of its inspiration - is 'my kind of thing'. And yet ... I always feel that he attempted too much; that his aspirations were greater than his capabilities, so that much of his music (and there are exceptions like the satisfyingly concise Celtic Symphony) delivers less than it promises. And although it's not intentional, the artworks - those High Victorian, somewhat overbearing, verging on kitsch myth-driven images - mimic the music in that respect. They aim unrealistically high. Or at least, I tend to read them that way. Sometimes spectacular in their impact, but falling short of greatness. Like Bantock. A perfect pairing of visual and musical parallels.
Some fantastic choices. That Nørgård cover is gorgeous, and the Massenet package is quite a production. I appreciate companies that take graphics and packaging seriously, even as I recognize that the Naxos model (i.e., a simple template) is probably the route of many these days.
I've put up my favorite before: Chailly's early 20th-century recording (below) from 1994, with cover art from a time when Decca was on a roll, graphically speaking. Each of the three images represents one of the works: an angel wing acknowledging the origin of Prokofiev's Third Symphony (from The Fiery Angel), a piece of metal for Mosolov's Iron Foundry and a star for the climax of Varèse's Arcana. That these disparate elements come together so beautifully is a real tribute to the designer.
--Bruce
Quote from: bhodges on July 01, 2009, 07:01:38 AM
That these disparate elements come together so beautifully is a real tribute to the designer.
That's a really interesting design, isn't it? The star made fuzzy, appearing 'deeper in' behind the picture plane; the importance of the gap between the angel wing and the metal (is it closing, we wonder?); and the intense focal point at that dark tip at the top of the metal structure. There's a lot going on, there: stresses perfectly and dynamically poised.
Quote from: Elgarian on July 01, 2009, 07:16:55 AM
That's a really interesting design, isn't it? The star made fuzzy, appearing 'deeper in' behind the picture plane; the importance of the gap between the angel wing and the metal (is it closing, we wonder?); and the intense focal point at that dark tip at the top of the metal structure. There's a lot going on, there: stresses perfectly and dynamically poised.
You are right: a lot going on, with the three objects in intense dialogue with the red background. It is also a bit of an "edgy" design for classical music (IMHO), but I think the medium would be well-served by more of this kind of creativity.
Just recalled another one that I like: this collection of the Brandenburg Concertos by Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano. Similarly, it uses an unorthodox approach, albeit with completely different results. (Someone should really help that deer find its way out. ;D)
--Bruce
Quote from: bhodges on July 01, 2009, 07:28:26 AM
Just recalled another one that I like: this collection of the Brandenburg Concertos by Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano. Similarly, it uses an unorthodox approach, albeit with completely different results. (Someone should really help that deer find its way out.
Yes, a very clever image, hovering somewhere between bright hope and grey desolation; though in this case I wonder how it relates to the Brandenburgs. Is there a link that I don't get?
Quote from: bhodges on July 01, 2009, 07:01:38 AM
Some fantastic choices. That Nørgård cover is gorgeous, and the Massenet package is quite a production. I appreciate companies that take graphics and packaging seriously, even as I recognize that the Naxos model (i.e., a simple template) is probably the route of many these days.
Dacapo switched to a single template format a couple of years back, it it is still coming out with some lovely designs. Check out the disc with Per Norgard's Third and Seventh Symphonies which was released in February, lovely embossing and colours.
ECM New Series has also been doing more with less for three decades.
I remember the Ashkenazy DSCH No.5 on Decca, with DSCH sitting at his desk, looking over his shoulder, and his shadow became the shadow of Stalin. Cool.
As far as "most appropriate to the composer" here are two I like, both Zemlinsky:
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/22/57/fb9f92c008a01e4dbd23c010.L.jpg)
Unfortunately the above image doesn't accurately reflect the true richness of this cover - in reality there's more of a stained glass/gold leafing effect with finely etched detail.
And this one - maybe not as exciting but still reminds me of Zemlinsky:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415763WKY0L.jpg)
This has always been my favorite Vivaldi cover, as well as one of my favorite Vivaldi disks. The history of masks and Venice goes back for centuries, thus is very evocative of place and time. :)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51l5zDA0kdL._SS500_.jpg)
8)
These:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MYVQCW2XL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
(http://www.discogs.com/image/R-1058270-1188810508.jpeg)
(http://www.iclassics.com/images/local/300/1439E.jpg)(http://addons.books.com.tw/G/002/7/0020001437.jpg)(http://addons.books.com.tw/G/002/0/0020002020.jpg)
Great posts - thank you :)
The Norgard Symphony No 6 cover picture has always impressed me but I don't have the CD
Lest we forget...
(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/9391/12989258.jpg)
Shame I can't find a big scan :(
The Planets: my favourite so far.
While in futuristic mode, let's also not forget what Dark Angel calls 'The Baroque Diva Robots'.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31fkJXCC-KL._SL500_AA181_.jpg)
I've never heard artificial life forms sing Handel so well as this before.
Appropriate is soo yesterday's concept 8) (I actually like the cow one, that photo is pretty much the exact opposite of the music on that CD)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WP2pujjhL._SS500_.jpg)(http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/Large/82/460882.jpg)(http://cover6.cduniverse.com/CDUCoverArt/Music/Large/superd_1900081.jpg)
The covers I really like is K617 reissue series of Latin-American Baroque (some of their regular covers are also fine) and I also like Glossa's Monteverdi series, the design, they again aren't too evocative of the music itself:
(http://www.cd-baroque.com/var/cdbaroque/storage/images/modules/catalogue/baroque_latino_americain/musique_a_la_cathedrale_santa_fe_de_bogota/4006-1-fre-FR/musique_a_la_cathedrale_santa_fe_de_bogota_full.jpg) (http://www.cd-baroque.com/var/cdbaroque/storage/images/accueil/disques_k617/catalogue/baroque_latino_americain/musiques_des_missions_et_des_cathedrales_andines/4078-1-fre-FR/musiques_des_missions_et_des_cathedrales_andines_full.jpg) (http://www.cd-baroque.com/var/cdbaroque/storage/images/modules/catalogue/baroque_latino_americain/missa_de_lima_venid_venid_deidades/4024-1-fre-FR/missa_de_lima_venid_venid_deidades_full.jpg)
(http://www.cd-baroque.com/var/cdbaroque/storage/images/accueil/disques_k617/catalogue/autour_de_l_oeuvre_de_mozart/requiem_k_626/2917-1-fre-FR/requiem_k_626_full.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nERGeRrVL._SL500_AA240_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SJ8AQBVKL._SL500_AA240_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61SLFfz8zeL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Quote from: Elgarian on July 01, 2009, 06:36:48 AM
And another favourite is this. It started life as a collection of individually published CDs, and was then reissued in the form of this box set, preserving all the original art work:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/Bantockset.jpg)
Now the weird thing is that somehow the art mimics both the strengths and the weaknesses of Bantock's music. I always feel I ought to really enjoy his music, because its subject matter - the source of its inspiration - is 'my kind of thing'. And yet ... I always feel that he attempted too much; that his aspirations were greater than his capabilities, so that much of his music (and there are exceptions like the satisfyingly concise Celtic Symphony) delivers less than it promises. And although it's not intentional, the artworks - those High Victorian, somewhat overbearing, verging on kitsch myth-driven images - mimic the music in that respect. They aim unrealistically high. Or at least, I tend to read them that way. Sometimes spectacular in their impact, but falling short of greatness. Like Bantock. A perfect pairing of visual and musical parallels.
A very astute observation I think. I would add the Hebridean and Pagan Symphonies as works which achieve their high aims - possibly Symphony No 3 too.
Quote from: bhodges on July 01, 2009, 07:01:38 AM
Some fantastic choices. That Nørgård cover is gorgeous, and the Massenet package is quite a production. I appreciate companies that take graphics and packaging seriously, even as I recognize that the Naxos model (i.e., a simple template) is probably the route of many these days.
I've put up my favorite before: Chailly's early 20th-century recording (below) from 1994, with cover art from a time when Decca was on a roll, graphically speaking. Each of the three images represents one of the works: an angel wing acknowledging the origin of Prokofiev's Third Symphony (from The Fiery Angel), a piece of metal for Mosolov's Iron Foundry and a star for the climax of Varèse's Arcana. That these disparate elements come together so beautifully is a real tribute to the designer.
--Bruce
An excellent choice Bruce - also a great programme of music. This CD does stand out in my collection.
Quote from: Lethe on July 02, 2009, 01:51:03 AM
Lest we forget...
(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/9391/12989258.jpg)
Shame I can't find a big scan :(
Sir Adrian will be turning in his grave.
(http://www.invinylveritas.com/pictures/SoltiRheingoldWB.jpg)
So what is this piece about, you say?
The Moeran Cello Concerto CD features a photo of the dedicatee and soloist (Moeran's wife), as well as the composer himself. The marriage was unsuccessful and Moeran had a troubled life - especially towards the end. I find the photo very poignant. I love the Cello Concerto ( together with the Symphony it is his greatest work, I think) and although the playing is not as polished as the alternative version on Chandos - this is a much more moving performance, with wonderful accompaniment from Boult.
Quote from: vandermolen on July 02, 2009, 07:38:40 AM
Sir Adrian will be turning in his grave.
... or reaching for his costume and toy ray gun.
Quote from: Elgarian on July 02, 2009, 09:02:02 AM
... or reaching for his costume and toy ray gun.
hehe :)
By cover alone Morean and wife would be my choice.
Its quite interesting how much uninspired cover art one can find in classical music.
I like this one here:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_La1atbsbLbo/R6tN0jUuKVI/AAAAAAAABNM/85nd5r7H214/s320/cover.jpg)
It's even better when you get the whole jewel case. Which you should. With a disc in it. Superb musicianship all round.
Quote from: Valentino on July 03, 2009, 03:24:14 AM
By cover alone Morean and wife would be my choice.
Here they are again:
(I liked your Shostakovich choice too)
Quote from: vandermolen on July 03, 2009, 06:04:37 AM
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=13312.0;attach=18998;image)
Dammit, that's the Worcester Beacon, at the top of the Malverns! Elgar has a monopoly on that! Call in the solicitors!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/WorcesterBeacon.jpg)
(At the time I took this, the girl in the picture had just reached the top
on her bicycle.)
Quote from: Elgarian on July 03, 2009, 07:38:01 AM
Dammit, that's the Worcester Beacon, at the top of the Malverns! Elgar has a monopoly on that! Call in the solicitors!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/WorcesterBeacon.jpg)
(At the time I took this, the girl in the picture had just reached the top on her bicycle.)
Great photo - thanks for locating the spot - v interesting.
I especially like the Chandos Norgard Symphony No 6 and the DGG Mozart symphonies 36/38 (Bernstein).
Hyperion and CPO have high standards of cover art:
Quote from: Elgarian on July 01, 2009, 06:36:48 AM
And another favourite is this. It started life as a collection of individually published CDs, and was then reissued in the form of this box set, preserving all the original art work:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/Bantockset.jpg)
Okay, this is getting wonderfully weird. The image below is the one I scooped up in preparing to respond to this thread!
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61bNAoMbV%2BL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
That Bloch is nice.
One of my favorites:
(http://www.prokofiev.org/images/covers/prag250015.jpg)
Here's another good one:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61tsUSXIbsL._SS400_.jpg)
Quote from: Wanderer on July 04, 2009, 05:49:20 AM
Here's another good one:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61tsUSXIbsL._SS400_.jpg)
Great photo - but I don't know the music.
I like this one:
Quote from: Wanderer on July 04, 2009, 05:49:20 AM
Here's another good one:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61tsUSXIbsL._SS400_.jpg)
That reminds me, there is another striking cover on the same label:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510GQ4M2GHL._SS400_.jpg)
Its association with the piece is non-existent, but I find that it fits very well - unstoppable force and all that.
The Bruckner cover is closely related to the Végh Beethoven:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lIpnPl-A51I/RdR6bAy6S8I/AAAAAAAAAA8/p5y_0zHYQJA/s320/Vegh.jpg)
A nostalgic fascination by (for? We have a heatwave.) technology. Or Vorsprung durch Technik.
Does anyone have this?...
bear with me, please... it is Rameau? (something like that) I believe, or, at least, a French baroque-classical opera composer, and the opera is two names, Orfeo & Eurodice?, I believe... it may only be one name (Pamplone?), but...
The cover had a picture of one of the characters in alien getup singing. Is there an opera with funny creatures? Can ANYONE help here??? It IS the freakiest cover ever (next to that Holst!).
Please, it's a hoot.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BQa%2BTVzrL._SS400_.jpg)?
These images do not, however, seem to go very well with the music (very good performances though).
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NGexZfG2fZk/S6WSe1iUyII/AAAAAAAABPc/gFMoI5PD4So/s1600/bach%2Bcafe.JPG)
AM, Surely this one has been posted on the wrong thread.
Mike
Quote from: knight on April 25, 2010, 09:40:51 AM
AM, Surely this one has been posted on the wrong thread.
Mike
I just love Dame Emma Kirkby. You know: love is blind. ;)
Haha....especially as Emma is not on the cover. But perhaps her very name is enough. You have the heart of a poet, a romantic one...shame about the eye! >:D
Mike
Quote from: knight on April 25, 2010, 10:23:51 AM
Emma is not on the cover.
Who is it then? Looks like her.
With those apple cheeks! I think that is a little Popsy brought in who fitted the dress.
Mike
Quote from: knight on April 25, 2010, 10:23:51 AM
Haha....especially as Emma is not on the cover. But perhaps her very name is enough. You have the heart of a poet, a romantic one...shame about the eye! >:D
Mike
Surely you jest. It's definitely Emma on the cover. Not only does it look just like her, the back of the cd states that it's her and Thomas in the photograph.
Quote from: knight on April 25, 2010, 10:23:51 AM
Haha....especially as Emma is not on the cover. But perhaps her very name is enough. You have the heart of a poet, a romantic one...shame about the eye! >:D
Mike
(http://www.techdigest.tv/big-glasses.jpg)
Well, my apologies. I have no defense. It still deserves an honored place in the 'other' cover thread.
Mike
Quote from: knight on April 25, 2010, 11:23:31 AM
Well, my apologies. I have no defense.
Right or wrong, at least you are a good loser. :)
Quote from: knight on April 25, 2010, 11:23:31 AM
... It still deserves an honored place in the 'other' cover thread.
Hey, hey, wait a second. You are an awful loser. >:(
;D ;)
Quote from: knight on April 25, 2010, 11:23:31 AM
It still deserves an honored place in the 'other' cover thread.
It is an unusual and very charming cover IMO. Its very point is that it displays the singers.
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on April 25, 2010, 11:37:33 AM
Hey, hey, wait a second. You are an awful loser. >:(
;D ;)
OK, I retreat in as good order as I can muster...which is not too good, one boot lost and clearly my glasses need replaced. 8)
Mike
My favorites...
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(http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/279/116/340/11634080/600x600.jpg)
(http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/279/111/668/11166854/600x600.jpg)
A couple that spring to mind :
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RK3V8MX1L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QPS65R19L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(ok it's a DVD 0:))
and
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517dOVY0LOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
One of my favorite covers is from the cd that introduced to me the awesome Mozart's 35th :)
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/06/d2/4913b340dca08f9e0d3aa010.L.jpg)
Quote from: papy on April 26, 2010, 11:20:43 AM
A couple that spring to mind :
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RK3V8MX1L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QPS65R19L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(ok it's a DVD 0:))
and
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517dOVY0LOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Wow! I think these are three of the ugliest covers around. Guess there's no accounting for visual taste.
Quote from: Bulldog on April 26, 2010, 11:55:52 AM
Wow! I think these are three of the ugliest covers around. Guess there's no accounting for visual taste.
I guess so.... ;D
This non-classical one in da house since beginning of the eighties (Joy Division):
(http://i43.tinypic.com/2vbwsop.jpg)
And hopefully this one will arrive in da house in due time (compositions for violin & organ, mid 20th century):
(http://i44.tinypic.com/5yz4n6.jpg)
Quote from: papy on April 26, 2010, 12:06:51 PM
I guess so.... ;D
I'd also be more inclined to put those in the ugly pile. Maybe I'm biased against the Pommier since I've actually heard it.
Quote from: Bulldog on April 26, 2010, 11:55:52 AM
Wow! I think these are three of the ugliest covers around. Guess there's no accounting for visual taste.
Quote from: Scarpia on April 26, 2010, 01:10:35 PM
I'd also be more inclined to put those in the ugly pile. Maybe I'm biased against the Pommier since I've actually heard it.
I kinda like them. The last one is very Rothko-esk, much to my liking. And I've always been a fan of that "swishy" effect in photos, so the Bernstein cover is cool, too.
The first one (Beethoven) is just average, maybe lose the teal and it would be better. :)
I love the music and covers of the Ricercar Consort:
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/3760127220572.jpg)(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ecDwC2raT4w/SD5Lh8j50jI/AAAAAAAAAGM/uc5EX8FwnUY/s400/cd-stabat+mater-mena.jpg)(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ecDwC2raT4w/Sd27ql3OBcI/AAAAAAAACEg/AWvoNN2Txp0/s400/cd-de+profundis-pierlot+copia.jpg)(http://www.preludeklassiekemuziek.nl/actueel_1109/bach_mirare102.jpg)(http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-Rec-BIG/Ricercar-C09a%5BMirare-CD%5D.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QHWqeAQXL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)(http://www.tradebit.com/usr/mp3-album/pub/9002/538/538142/53814247.jpg)
This is probably something that would only interest a collector with OCD (like me), but I was wondering if anyone else had a favorite CD label when it comes to art design?
I've got a few, but the first one that comes to mind is CPO:
(http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v6811/1030/114/01AwcamwAEYoQAu1IBAAAALXBft4E:.jpg)
(http://classicalarchives.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/folder18.jpg)
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2001/Feb01/Brahms_Lieder_CH.jpg)
Great topic!
Not that every London/Decca CD cover art is great, but most of the Blomstedt/SFS discs from Decca have great cover art, specifically the Hindemith discs.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bPtpNJZzL.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ldLFCSX-L.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61oaM3VmPiL._SS500_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51utEFnWJBL.jpg)
Quote from: Vesteralen on August 15, 2011, 10:52:31 AM
I've got a few, but the first one that comes to mind is CPO
I agree with you that cpo is the best, but I also like Hyperion. I like the more abstract art found on some but not all of the Naxos.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51APRiGHO3L._SS500_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QfKhrAvML._SS400_.jpg)
I also really like the cover art on the Lydian label cds, which was my goto source for bargain cds when I first started listening to classical. :)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ptkogHhEL._SL500_.jpg)
That above (Mozart 35/36) is one of my favorite cd covers. :)
Quote from: DavidW on August 15, 2011, 11:48:25 AM
I also really like the cover art on the Lydian label cds, which was my goto source for bargain cds when I first started listening to classical. :)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ptkogHhEL._SL500_.jpg)
That above (Mozart 35/36) is one of my favorite cd covers. :)
But who squashed the cochroach on that cover?
(most can be expanded by clicking)
Timpani (my favorite)
(http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/279/125/780/12578047/600x600.jpg) (http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/279/125/926/12592668/600x600.jpg)
(http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/279/116/104/11610441/600x600.jpg)
harmonia mundi
(http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/279/119/275/11927586/600x600.jpg) (http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/279/122/668/12266870/600x600.jpg)
Deutsche Grammophon
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51O7Kb7X-oL._SS500_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61gVpsGAG2L._SS500_.jpg)
And variously
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MEZKxdWlL._SS400_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516P3jq2YqL._SS400_.jpg)
(http://www.naxosdirect.com/templates/shared/images/titles/largest/747313227471__lang-en-uk.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518cfdqywJL._SS500_.jpg)
Not really a fan of cpo's covers. For me they have a wishy washy look. Hyperion is good, as already said. I quite like ECM's moody modernist covers.
Whenever I see the Dutton logo, it reminds me of the logo for quite a different music label:
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/lk/f/b/e77e4774f81a53e7c696fd6d91dbf607/873464.jpg) (http://partyflock.nl/images/upload/69919_original.jpg)
Quote from: eyeresist on August 15, 2011, 05:26:44 PM
Not really a fan of cpo's covers. For me they have a wishy washy look.
One man's "wishy-washy" is another man's "tasteful". ;)
This whole thing is pretty embarrassing. You know, I actually tried a search on this topic before I posted a new thread (that now got combined into this old one).
Though in all fairness, it isn't 100% the same topic. My topic was the design look of an entire label, not the individual art or design of a single CD. But, I can see the responses do have a lot of overlap.
Anyway, what I like is not so much the individual artwork on each of the CPO cases. but the overall design for the entire label. For me, it's a lot classier looking than the Naxos label, and it's a lot more standard-looking than Hyperion. As I said, that appeals to me as a collector. (Even though I'd go broke if I really tried to collect them.)
Quote from: eyeresist on August 15, 2011, 05:26:44 PM
Not really a fan of cpo's covers. For me they have a wishy washy look. Hyperion is good, as already said. I quite like ECM's moody modernist covers.
Whenever I see the Dutton logo, it reminds me of the logo for quite a different music label:
ECM's my favorite - very relaxing. Dutton's also a winner with its vivid and colorful art cover.
Quote from: Vesteralen on August 15, 2011, 06:15:53 PM
This whole thing is pretty embarrassing. You know, I actually tried a search on this topic before I posted a new thread (that now got combined into this old one).
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Well you should know that you should be on the main forum page to use the search, else it will only search in whatever thread or room you're looking at. On most forums you would have a global search by either forum db or google, along with specific thread and room search engines. Not this forum! :D
It's alright, just start your own threads. If it bothers CD mods they can do the work of merging the threads. >:D
A few of my favorite classical covers:
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000HXDRZA.01.L.jpg)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000632A.01.L.jpg)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000AQ2.01.L.jpg)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004R9F0.01.L.jpg)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B002EP8U6K.01.L.jpg)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000042H5.01.L.jpg)
(http://www.torroid.ru/images/posters/148666.jpg)
Arte Nova features some gorgeous B&W photography...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515gLKMSFAL._SS500_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VY4JAFZ1L._SS500_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51881MZ2DDL._SS500_.jpg) http://www.amazon.com/Ravel-Bolero-Rhapsodie-Espagnole-Daphnis/dp/B000AMPZPI/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_3
Yikes - NSFW!
My eyes are now free of boobies :-\
Quote from: eyeresist on August 15, 2011, 09:26:04 PM
My eyes are now free of boobies :-\
So, not better. ;)
Quote from: eyeresist on August 15, 2011, 05:26:44 PM
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/lk/f/b/e77e4774f81a53e7c696fd6d91dbf607/873464.jpg)
Off topic: Dutton reminds me of the insignia of my last unit: the 13th Signal Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division:
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may11/13thsigbn1cav.jpg)
Sarge
Quote from: Brian on August 15, 2011, 11:56:57 PM
So, not better. ;)
The link is still there, it's a nice photo, but maybe not appropriate for the forum. In fact, Arte Nova has several artsy-nude photos as covers. Tastily done.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 16, 2011, 05:13:35 AM
The link is still there, it's a nice photo, but maybe not appropriate for the forum. In fact, Arte Nova has several artsy-nude photos as covers. Tastily done.
Like this one (http://www.amazon.com/Kalinnikov-Symphony-No-Glinka-overtures/dp/B0014118D2/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1313500470&sr=1-3) (no boobies) or this one (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scriabin-Piano-Concerto-Sonata-No/dp/B000QFCG7E/ref=sr_1_49?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1313500563&sr=1-49) (yes boobies).
Quote from: Brian on August 16, 2011, 05:16:22 AM
Like this one (http://www.amazon.com/Kalinnikov-Symphony-No-Glinka-overtures/dp/B0014118D2/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1313500470&sr=1-3) (no boobies) or this one (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scriabin-Piano-Concerto-Sonata-No/dp/B000QFCG7E/ref=sr_1_49?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1313500563&sr=1-49) (yes boobies).
That's a nice rack.
Quote from: Brian on August 16, 2011, 05:16:22 AM
Like this one (http://www.amazon.com/Kalinnikov-Symphony-No-Glinka-overtures/dp/B0014118D2/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1313500470&sr=1-3) (no boobies) or this one (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scriabin-Piano-Concerto-Sonata-No/dp/B000QFCG7E/ref=sr_1_49?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1313500563&sr=1-49) (yes boobies).
Yes! and Yes! :)
Another Dutton fan here - it's not the style I'd like on my wall, but more than any other label they have an expertly-executed and well-grounded distinctive visual style.
I also like CPO's basic look - no more complex than Naxos, but looking much less cheap and nasty than the latter's standard template.
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on August 16, 2011, 09:19:07 AM
I also like CPO's basic look - no more complex than Naxos, but looking much less cheap and nasty than the latter's standard template.
Thanks for the vote of support! ;D
Ramée is my current favorite...
(http://www.ramee.org/images/cdrosenmueller.jpg) (http://www.ramee.org/images/cdosmosis.jpg) (http://www.ramee.org/images/cdtoccatas.jpg)
(http://www.ramee.org/images/cdhandel.jpg) (http://www.ramee.org/images/cdbach4.jpg) (http://www.ramee.org/images/cdbononcini2.jpg)
(http://www.ramee.org/images/cdfilago.jpg) (http://www.ramee.org/images/cdtouchemoulin.jpg) (http://www.ramee.org/images/cdledesma.jpg)
Quote from: PaulSC on August 16, 2011, 10:06:39 AM
^ I would like to modify the preceding post and substitute smaller images, but I'm unable to activate the "modify" or "delete" links.
No objections if a moderator wants to delete this pair of posts.
Paul
You can resize an image by doing this [ image height=380 ] [ image ]
So now this:
(http://www.ramee.org/images/cdbach4.jpg)
Should look like this:
(http://www.ramee.org/images/cdbach4.jpg)
Great pics Paul! :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on August 16, 2011, 10:41:03 AM
You can resize an image by doing this [ image height=380 ] [ image ]
Indeed; but for whatever reason, the "Modify" button on the problem post wasn't responding earlier. Luckily, I've now managed to go back and clean up the mess. Cheers!
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TmpqLigyL._SS500_.jpg)
Can anyone identify this painting? I don't own the disc and not sure how to find out.
Lovely piece though, or at least what is shown.
The new Anemos label features hardcover booklets with a dust cover that has art stickers,... endless fun!
One of the perfect marriages of form and content:
[asin]B00005KBJS[/asin]
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415763WKY0L._SS500_.jpg)
Quote from: Rinaldo on August 20, 2011, 03:56:03 AM
One of the perfect marriages of form and content:
[asin]B00005KBJS[/asin]
I like that cover. It suits the music perfectly. :)
Started discussing this series in the "Purchased Today" thread, thought I would continue it here...
Thank you, Jens, for the link...
http://www.weta.org/oldfmblog/?p=623
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T0oUTWFeL._SS400_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yC67ugVcL.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ray6yyozL.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41aTtao00gL._SS400_.jpg)
Just spent a very pleasant few minutes going through this thread right from the beginning. At the end, I was surprised that the Jacobs Mozart opera recordings haven't had any supporters yet:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Hiid%2BR1%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BdUCXRJeL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SPCC8K15L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
OK, I know it's a cheat. Anyone, you'd think, could take a detail from a Watteau and slap it on a box top. But even so, there's something extremely alluring about these boxes when I take them from the shelf: the boxes look a lot more special as boxes than these little images look, as little images, and seem to rule out any notion that the contents could be anything other than objects of great veneration. I guess Watteau is one of those 'unanswerable' painters: he presents you with the image and leaves you gaping in silence and there's an end on't.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 19, 2011, 07:49:02 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TmpqLigyL._SS500_.jpg)
Can anyone identify this painting? I don't own the disc and not sure how to find out.
Lovely piece though, or at least what is shown.
I'm bumping only because I'm still in search of this painting. Any clues?
...and I'll throw in a thread duty while I'm at it.
ALways been fond of this photo for Handel's Ariodante
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kfSxSdvex0k/S9lxtW5IVVI/AAAAAAAACIs/ensTiw7oDYw/s400/front.jpg)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 10, 2011, 08:12:28 PM
I'm bumping only because I'm still in search of this painting. Any clues?
Pre-Raphaelite?
Quote from: The new erato on October 10, 2011, 09:56:38 PM
Pre-Raphaelite?
Near miss.
(http://i56.tinypic.com/1z2gim9.jpg)
Liebe by Gustav Klimt (http://www.klimt.com/museum/klimt003.html)
(replaced the image link with full version)
Quote from: Rinaldo on October 11, 2011, 03:54:27 AM
Near miss.
(http://i56.tinypic.com/2whmnba.jpg)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fine-Arts-Reproduction-Gustav-Klimt/dp/B004DZBDW2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fine-Arts-Reproduction-Gustav-Klimt/dp/B004DZBDW2)
Bravo, Rinaldo! Thanks! ;D
Quote from: Elgarian on October 10, 2011, 11:37:13 AM
Just spent a very pleasant few minutes going through this thread right from the beginning. At the end, I was surprised that the Jacobs Mozart opera recordings haven't had any supporters yet:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Hiid%2BR1%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BdUCXRJeL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SPCC8K15L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
OK, I know it's a cheat. Anyone, you'd think, could take a detail from a Watteau and slap it on a box top. But even so, there's something extremely alluring about these boxes when I take them from the shelf: the boxes look a lot more special as boxes than these little images look, as little images, and seem to rule out any notion that the contents could be anything other than objects of great veneration. I guess Watteau is one of those 'unanswerable' painters: he presents you with the image and leaves you gaping in silence and there's an end on't.
I'm sure we already discussed these, maybe on some other thread, and agreed on the utter awesomeness of the covers. Particularly think choice of Les Deux Cousines and Le Faux Pas is brilliant.
Les Deux Cousines (http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_actualite_oeuvres_aredecouvrir.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198674106684&CURRENT_LLV_EVENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198674106684&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=9852723696500767) leave me speechless every time.
Quote from: Drasko on October 11, 2011, 04:29:42 AM
I'm sure we already discussed these, maybe on some other thread, and agreed on the utter awesomeness of the covers. Particularly think choice of Les Deux Cousines and Le Faux Pas is brilliant.
Les Deux Cousines (http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_actualite_oeuvres_aredecouvrir.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198674106684&CURRENT_LLV_EVENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198674106684&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=9852723696500767) leave me speechless every time.
Yes, I had a vague memory that we had, but had no notion of where it might be. No matter - worth talking about twice!
I have an original etching by Watteau: a miraculous bargain acquisition some years ago. It's a tiny thing, just a few centimetres high, displayed in a dark mount with a small gold frame. And it has an entire wall to itself. Not because I wouldn't like to hang other things there - I would. But they can't live alongside it. It requires, and is sufficient in itself for, the whole wall. In fact, we recently decorated the wall in a plain Venetian red wallpaper, purely for the sake of the Watteau.
Quote from: Elgarian on October 11, 2011, 09:25:55 AM
I have an original etching by Watteau: a miraculous bargain acquisition some years ago. It's a tiny thing, just a few centimetres high, displayed in a dark mount with a small gold frame. And it has an entire wall to itself. Not because I wouldn't like to hang other things there - I would. But they can't live alongside it. It requires, and is sufficient in itself for, the whole wall. In fact, we recently decorated the wall in a plain Venetian red wallpaper, purely for the sake of the Watteau.
I remember your mentioning of that etching, and my resulting greenness that would go well with your venetian red wallpaper.
And its demand for complete wall to itself is completely understandable. I have this quiet longing for one French print, much less well known artist than Watteau, but still outside my current price range. I will get my paws on it sooner or later though, no question about it, and I have certain feeling it would demand a wall of its own.
Off topic - What are your three favorite Handel operas, and in which recordings (preferably audio).
Quote from: Drasko on October 11, 2011, 10:28:04 AM
I have this quiet longing for one French print, much less well known artist than Watteau, but still outside my current price range. I will get my paws on it sooner or later though, no question about it, and I have certain feeling it would demand a wall of its own.
Oh I hope you do!
QuoteOff topic - What are your three favorite Handel operas, and in which recordings (preferably audio).
In no particular order (presented as images to keep us on topic):
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516GB0rrQ8L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Z2LQKxFNL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(I know you asked for preferably audio, but I never listen to my
Giulio Cesare CDs if I can watch this instead.)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51n6WGIiJFL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
And yes, I know the last one isn't an opera, but these are the three Handel sets I'd rescue first from the flames, (assuming that first I'd secured all the 7 Glossa recordings - and Maria Zadori's recordings - of the cantatas).
Do please provide a similar set of images of your preferences!
Quote from: Elgarian on October 11, 2011, 11:00:16 AM
Do please provide a similar set of images of your preferences!
I have none. All I have of Handel are few discs of arias, one volume of Italian cantatas on Glossa and unwatched DVD of Alcina. I've yet to hear a Handel opera complete, that's why I asked. Don't think I even heard complete Messiah.
Those three look very fine, thank you. I'll probably pick up Ariodante first, presto has it currently on offer.
Quote from: Drasko on October 11, 2011, 11:24:16 AM
All I have of Handel are few discs of arias, one volume of Italian cantatas on Glossa and unwatched DVD of Alcina. I've yet to hear a Handel opera complete, that's why I asked. Don't think I even heard complete Messiah.
Those three look very fine, thank you. I'll probably pick up Ariodante first, presto has it currently on offer.
Oh I see! Sorry, I misunderstood the aim of the game.
I should say that I haven't heard the version with Joyce DiDonato and Alan Curtis (which you'll have seen is also available, slightly cheaper, at Presto), but it's had some good things said about it, and I just might go for that sometime myself. But with the other, well, you get Lorraine Hunt Lieberson as Ariodante, and that's going to take some beating. The opera has two
tremendous dramatic and musical highlights in 'Scherza Infida' and 'Dopo Notte', which you probably have already on your arias discs.
Draso, your two CD selections are in my top 3 as well, but couldn't decide on a third. Perhaps Curtis' Rodelinda or Petrou's Tamerlano.
Quote from: The new erato on October 11, 2011, 01:31:54 PM
Draso, your two CD selections are in my top 3 as well, but couldn't decide on a third. Perhaps Curtis' Rodelinda or Petrou's Tamerlano.
Those are Elgarian's selections not mine, but it's nice to know that Norwegian health care isn't stingy on the drugs ;D Best wishes and speedy recovery!
Tamerlano on mDG and Curtis Rodelinda noted, thanks.
Quote from: Elgarian on October 11, 2011, 12:40:52 PM
I should say that I haven't heard the version with Joyce DiDonato and Alan Curtis (which you'll have seen is also available, slightly cheaper, at Presto), but it's had some good things said about it, and I just might go for that sometime myself. But with the other, well, you get Lorraine Hunt Lieberson as Ariodante, and that's going to take some beating. The opera has two tremendous dramatic and musical highlights in 'Scherza Infida' and 'Dopo Notte', which you probably have already on your arias discs.
I was already eyeing three Ariodantes: Hunt Lieberson, DiDonato and von Otter, and was leaning towards Hunt Lieberson, I have a disc of her singing Handel arias live and it's wonderful.
Sorry to Elgarian there. But rather than blame it on the drugs, I'll blame it on my HTC phones small screen......
Quote from: Drasko on October 11, 2011, 02:09:58 PM
Those are Elgarian's selections not mine, but it's nice to know that Norwegian health care isn't stingy on the drugs ;D Best wishes and speedy recovery!
Tamerlano on mDG and Curtis Rodelinda noted, thanks.
I was already eyeing three Ariodantes: Hunt Lieberson, DiDonato and von Otter, and was leaning towards Hunt Lieberson, I have a disc of her singing Handel arias live and it's wonderful.
Hunt Lieberson is awesomely awesome. The DiDonato/Curtis recording is actually a little better in some respects, and DiDonato is superb, but LHL simply is so much better. Plus the booklet is nicely illustrated with photos of the production which spawned the recording.
However, you can still give Joyce her due by getting her recording (also with Curtis/Complesso) of Alcina.
Returning to the original point of this thread--while Watteau is Watteau, the covers of Jacob's other Mozart opera recordings (Clemenza di Tito, Idomeneo and Zauberflote) appeal more to me. They're taken of early productions of the operas--from the actual premiere of Idomeneo, and from productions of 1799 (Tito) and 1818 (Zauberflote); and in the case of the first two most of the artwork and illustrations to the liner booklet came from the same source).
I've always liked this one...
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000AQ2.01.L.jpg)
Anything Victorian/Edwardian is good, such as:
Poynter:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51t2xPZva5L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Grimshaw:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nuCq9s6YL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
I love the French label Aeon's jacket designs for contemporary music:
(http://www.outhere-music.com/data/cds/2602/BIG.JPG) (http://www.outhere-music.com/data/cds/2697/BIG.JPG) (http://www.outhere-music.com/data/cds/1985/BIG.JPG) (http://www.outhere-music.com/data/cds/2069/BIG.JPG)
Quote from: Coco on October 20, 2011, 05:17:56 AM
I love the French label Aeon's jacket designs for contemporary music:
(http://www.outhere-music.com/data/cds/2602/BIG.JPG) (http://www.outhere-music.com/data/cds/2697/BIG.JPG) (http://www.outhere-music.com/data/cds/1985/BIG.JPG) (http://www.outhere-music.com/data/cds/2069/BIG.JPG)
Thanks for sharing, Coco, those are nice.
At DavidRoss' request:
(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/hires/BIS-1947.jpg)
That Dvořák is gorgeous!
Some of my current faves:
[asin]B002ZVM4V0[/asin] [asin]B000025BQN[/asin] [asin]B0013ND37K[/asin] [asin]B00000DTFW[/asin] [asin]B0000269VM[/asin]
And I generally love the 'look' of Kairos' records:
[asin]B0019IT68Y[/asin]
(http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/jpegs/150dpi/4fa0b95dbd6b0399/034571163024.png)
(http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/jpegs/150dpi/4fa0b95dbd6b0399/034571164298.png)
Here's a few that I like so far from this year:
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005V8YY.01.L.jpg) (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B007KOLIWI.01.L.jpg)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0058RN804.01.L.jpg) (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B001ACVNDU.01.L.jpg)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B006OW816S.01.L.jpg) (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B002MR1NFU.01.L.jpg)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005QHS1.01.L.jpg) (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000DNUA.01.L.jpg)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B006OGSS3U.01.L.jpg) (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000003FOF.01.L.jpg)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B004QI1556.01.L.jpg)
Special note: I own these recordings and the artwork is definitely much better in person. :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 18, 2012, 09:54:16 PM(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005V8YY.01.L.jpg) (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B004QI1556.01.L.jpg)
We might share some taste buds in the eyes, I've wishlisted these two records some time ago
almost on the basis of the artwork alone! Can't wait to get 'em myself. I might even listen to the CDs! :D
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 18, 2012, 09:54:16 PM
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B004QI1556.01.L.jpg)
Munch had various versions of this. You should see the full size mural at Oslo's University, around 10 meters across.....
I like this cover:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Y2KpyLWlL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Don't know the painting, seems like something Matisse/Gauguin could have done.
Quote from: Rinaldo on October 18, 2012, 10:28:38 PM
We might share some taste buds in the eyes, I've wishlisted these two records some time ago almost on the basis of the artwork alone! Can't wait to get 'em myself. I might even listen to the CDs! :D
I haven't heard the Stravinsky Litton recordings (I also own his
Firebird from the same forces), but the Debussy/Abbado recording has become one of my favorite Debussy recordings. I've already listened to it five times. I wrote a short little review of it on Amazon:
Title: Mesmerizingly Beautiful Debussy From Abbado And The Berliners -
Now, here is a recording that, in my opinion, has slipped through the cracks. Abbado is known for his Ravel performances with the London Symphony Orchestra, but he's not as well-known as a conductor of Debussy's music. In my estimate, I think he understands both composers' music extremely well. I would say, and this is just a guess based on good reviews, is that Abbado's most acclaimed Debussy recording is his performance of the opera "Pelleas et Melisande" with the Vienna Philharmonic (also on Deutsche Grammophon). Truly a gorgeous recording in my opinion and worth picking up as is this 2001 release of the "Pelleas et Melisande Suite."
In addition to "Pelleas et Melisande Suite," we get "Nocturnes" and the ever-popular "Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune." All of these performances are top-notch and received exemplary readings from Abbado and the Berliners. Abbado brings such a remarkable clarity to the shape of the music. He simply doesn't wallow in its orchestral lushness like so many other conductors tend to do. He gives some of the rhythms, especially in "Nocturnes," sharp, articulated accents that give the music some electricity.
A reviewer mentioned this wasn't a necessary Debussy recording and, while, it may, in hindsight, be terribly unimportant, that shouldn't discourage listeners. Truth be told, this is turning out to be one of my favorite Debussy orchestral recordings and, yes, I'm familiar with the classic performances: Haitink, Martinon, Ansermet, etc. As for the audio quality, it's warm, clear, and has a great atmospheric sound to it. For the Debussy fan, don't miss this one.
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 19, 2012, 06:25:40 AMFor the Debussy fan, don't miss this one.
After reading your review, I definitely won't!
Quote from: The new erato on October 19, 2012, 02:54:04 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Y2KpyLWlL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Don't know the painting, seems like something Matisse/Gauguin could have done.
Franz Marc - Waterfall
http://www.franzmarc.org/franz-marc-paintings.jsp#
Quote from: Drasko on October 19, 2012, 07:42:10 AM
Franz Marc - Waterfall
http://www.franzmarc.org/franz-marc-paintings.jsp#
Ha! Even though it didn't fit with the surroundings, I thought it was a sinister Man on the Moon. ;D But I must say, it's certainly
much better as a waterfall. It fits! Love the arc and the swirls.
Quote from: Rinaldo on October 19, 2012, 07:11:22 AM
After reading your review, I definitely won't!
;) ;D
Quote from: Vesteralen on August 15, 2011, 06:15:53 PM
My topic was the design look of an entire label, not the individual art or design of a single CD.
I came upon this thread while reading the "Worst Looking CD/LP Artwork," and decided I'd rather look at some un-uglies. I always liked the design of the DG-Philips-Decca Trio series.
[asin]B0009A4200[/asin] [asin]B0000942LO[/asin] [asin]B0001ZWGI8[/asin]
Quote from: Jay F on January 26, 2014, 03:00:43 PM
I came upon this thread while reading the "Worst Looking CD/LP Artwork," and decided I'd rather look at some un-uglies. I always liked the design of the DG-Philips-Decca Trio series.
I agree, always found the minimalistic touch for Pinnock's Bach album to be perfect...
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That Schubert/Emerson cover (with the flowers on a gray background) doesn't work for me at all.
I do, however, like this:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pQ-PhwVzL.jpg)
Quote from: Pat B on January 26, 2014, 08:42:33 PM
I do, however, like this:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pQ-PhwVzL.jpg)
Yes! It upstages the cover art for Suzuki's Bk. 1 drastically:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mcvRMPVmL.jpg)
Quote from: Pat B on January 26, 2014, 08:42:33 PM
That Schubert/Emerson cover (with the flowers on a gray background) doesn't work for me at all.
I like the photo of your dog.
Quote from: Jay F on January 27, 2014, 07:01:42 AM
I like the photo of your dog.
Thank you! I like your avatar too. I googled Diebenkorn (hadn't heard of him before) -- looks like he did a lot of good stuff.
Quote from: PaulSC on January 26, 2014, 09:05:05 PM
Yes! It upstages the cover art for Suzuki's Bk. 1 drastically:
Wow. Yes it does. It seems like BIS's graphic design has gotten a lot better over the years.
Quote from: Pat B on January 27, 2014, 08:14:04 AM
Thank you! I like your avatar too. I googled Diebenkorn (hadn't heard of him before) -- looks like he did a lot of good stuff.
And I thank you. I love Abstract Expressionism, Diebenkorn and Rothko in particular.
What is your dog's name?
Quote from: Jay F on January 27, 2014, 08:15:48 AM
What is your dog's name?
Murphy.
Thread duty: Don't know if this has already been posted but here's a Naxos cover I like (which is a rarity):
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512MyewNMOL.jpg)
I wonder if the color is natural.
I always liked the old L'Oiseau Lyre design.
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Quote from: Jay F on January 27, 2014, 11:33:14 AM
I always liked the old L'Oiseau Lyre design.
This is really interesting to me. If you said: "imagine a white background, a tightly-tracked serif typeface, mostly in caps, add an old painting or an artist headshot, then tack on an ornate border" I would never expect that to work. But it does. And more than most, it usually seems very appropriate for their recordings.
At some point they refreshed their style without completely scrapping it:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71HzoJYNQrL.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513gE7soRgL.jpg)
The latter version is cleaner but both are distinctively L'Oiseau Lyre. I can't think of any other label that does that.
The resurrection of this imprint was a victory for graphic design.
Quote from: Pat B on January 27, 2014, 12:10:17 PM
At some point they refreshed their style without completely scrapping it:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513gE7soRgL.jpg)
The latter version is cleaner but both are distinctively L'Oiseau Lyre. I can't think of any other label that does that.
The resurrection of this imprint was a victory for graphic design.
I hate the nouveau design. The oldeau one was fine. And it's a label that's about the oldeau, seau...
I like these
(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0003/399/MI0003399262.jpg)
(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/118/MI0001118680.jpg)
(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0002/925/MI0002925836.jpg)
(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/062/MI0001062805.jpg)
(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0002/969/MI0002969386.jpg)
(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/097/MI0001097113.jpg)
(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/hires/Motus302004.jpg)
I always liked the basic DG label design. Before I knew much about classical music, I thought Deutsche Grammophon was a cut above. A lot of times, that held true.
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I liked Philips' and DG's original mid-priced covers, too. And the white and red trays. Didn't like the London/Decca version as much.
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Quote from: sanantonio on January 27, 2014, 12:49:30 PM
Worst ones for me are photographs of the artist, especially some artists.
True. But not
all artists.
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(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UQTTY_HobEM/UgR-7jIWLZI/AAAAAAAAAsM/GmA7GwK1DcM/s1600/String+Quartet+Describing+the+Motions+of+Large+Real+Bodies.jpg)
(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/876/MI0001876893.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lzprXSkSqNU/UF5cHaqpnKI/AAAAAAAAAT4/p-sxMRmfCN0/s1600/L'%C5%93uvre+%C3%A9lectronique.jpg)
Quote from: sanantonio on January 27, 2014, 12:49:30 PM
Just give me an abstract painting with nicely done font work and I'm happy.
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I like abstract art, too. I wonder if it's enough to get me to like Brahms.
Quote from: amw on January 27, 2014, 12:30:43 PM
I like these
(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0003/399/MI0003399262.jpg)
Disastrous cover, IMO--no fault of the image itself, but it's near impossible to read the composer's name and the titles of the works included without having to make a close inspection of the cover. The grey type simply makes no contrast with the picture on which it is imposed.
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The resurrection of this imprint was a victory for graphic design.
+1
I love L'Oiseau Lyre, both the old and the new, but I prefer this leaner design. It makes me want to buy the disc regardless of its contents. Very dangerous.
Quote from: Jay F on January 26, 2014, 03:00:43 PM
I came upon this thread while reading the "Worst Looking CD/LP Artwork," and decided I'd rather look at some un-uglies. I always liked the design of the DG-Philips-Decca Trio series.
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Quote from: TheGSMoeller on January 26, 2014, 03:53:21 PM
I agree, always found the minimalistic touch for Pinnock's Bach album to be perfect...
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Sarge just posted some buckeyes from this series on the WAYLT thread. What have buckeyes got to do with Beethoven String Quartets? Or cherries with Bach harpsichord concertos!? The only explanation for your posts is that you accidentally posted in this thread when you meant to post in the worst cd covers thread. Yeah, that must be it. Phew, I thought I was gonna have to knock heads for a minute there... :-* :)
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Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 29, 2014, 08:00:29 AM
Sarge just posted some buckeyes from this series on the WAYLT thread. What have buckeyes got to do with Beethoven String Quartets? Or cherries with Bach harpsichord concertos!? The only explanation for your posts is that you accidentally posted in this thread when you meant to post in the worst cd covers thread. Yeah, that must be it. Phew, I thought I was gonna have to knock heads for a minute there... :-* :)
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It's three things:
1. Three is my favorite number.
2. It's an interesting way of symbolizing the "three-ness" of the Trio series.
3. I have a predilection for seeing identical, or nearly identical, objects rendered in different colors.
Why don't you point out some of your favorite covers, mc?
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 29, 2014, 08:00:29 AMWhat have buckeyes got to do with Beethoven String Quartets? Or cherries with Bach harpsichord concertos!?
So only composer/performer portraits are cool to you?
I like these, for example:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61J3DRQJ1KL._SY450__PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516Jtd5-asL._SY450__PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mV%2B9D9xSL._SY450_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GzWCyFlxL._SY450_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51risjnEiNL._SX450_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4137F5H28EL.__PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kGS5lFtdL._SY450__PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MOuwsWUnL._SX450__PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg)
And just about all Hyperion discs.
Quote from: Jay F on January 29, 2014, 08:29:36 AM
Why don't you point out some of your favorite covers, mc?
Sure. Classical art is usually good. Sometimes nature scenes. Though, I like odd angles and such in a classical way. I also like architecture. Humor related to the music is nice. I generally dislike portraits/pictures of people (some paintings can be interesting though). Here are a few I could think of...(by the way, love the Gluck that North Star just posted)...
(http://www.audite.de/media/file/00/11/89/gallery_image_size-big.92567-600.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GQgBFMCKL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ZacLShkNL._SX300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oyJSZX%2BAL._SY300_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PtFfrRmTL._SX300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519a9xzswEL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61sRJww%2ByQL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61bXd7lddQL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61kHV05ZCsL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61gab8B-zGL._SX300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Hi3dRXyKL._SY300_.jpg)(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/de/f6/8eec228348a02d2d804a4110.L._SX300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61BTkUWbmbL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/618xU1Yv7cL._SY300_.jpg)(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/ca/71/6ae7c0a398a0ddd029c8f110.L._SY300_.jpg)
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 29, 2014, 09:51:30 AM
Sure. Classical art is usually good. Sometimes nature scenes. Though, I like odd angles and such in a classical way. I also like architecture. Humor related to the music is nice. I generally dislike portraits/pictures of people (some paintings can be interesting though). Here are a few I could think of...(by the way, love the Gluck that North Star just posted)...
(http://www.audite.de/media/file/00/11/89/gallery_image_size-big.92567-600.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GQgBFMCKL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ZacLShkNL._SX300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oyJSZX%2BAL._SY300_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PtFfrRmTL._SX300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519a9xzswEL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61sRJww%2ByQL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61bXd7lddQL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61kHV05ZCsL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61gab8B-zGL._SX300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Hi3dRXyKL._SY300_.jpg)(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/de/f6/8eec228348a02d2d804a4110.L._SX300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61BTkUWbmbL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/618xU1Yv7cL._SY300_.jpg)(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/ca/71/6ae7c0a398a0ddd029c8f110.L._SY300_.jpg)
Yes, we have very different tastes, mc. The only ones of those I would probably look at twice under normal circumstances are the Handel, the Mozart ASMF, and the Brahms, probably because I could immediately identify each label. A lot of my favorite CDs are from those labels.
In general, I have no interest in representative art, neither on CD booklet covers or in paintings.
Anyway, thanks for responding.
That Mozart/ASMF cover looks like what happens when the Time Bandits form a chamber ensemble.
CPO in my opinion has the best choice of art for its covers. Naive also tends to come with artistically interesting covers. Harmonia Mundi France and Hyperion usually are also excellent, but they have their share of "what were they thinking of" images. For instance, the image used for the cover of the Jerusalem Quartet's newest CD (Janacek and Smetana) is--well, disturbing.
Most interesting series of covers for me is Gardiner's Bach Cantata series on SDG.
Quote from: Pat B on January 29, 2014, 01:27:27 PM
That Mozart/ASMF cover looks like what happens when the Time Bandits form a chamber ensemble.
Ahahaha, spot on!
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 29, 2014, 05:28:15 PM
CPO in my opinion has the best choice of art for its covers. Naive also tends to come with artistically interesting covers. Harmonia Mundi France and Hyperion usually are also excellent, but they have their share of "what were they thinking of" images. For instance, the image used for the cover of the Jerusalem Quartet's newest CD (Janacek and Smetana) is--well, disturbing.
Most interesting series of covers for me is Gardiner's Bach Cantata series on SDG.
It is interesting how we can have some of the same favorites (Hyperion and CPO), but so utterly disagree on the Bach Cantata series and Naive. But those two use pictures of people (something I don't like), which is part of it. At least Naive is a bit cheeky, as oppposed to the Gardiner Bach, which I find depressing.
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 29, 2014, 05:28:15 PMFor instance, the image used for the cover of the Jerusalem Quartet's newest CD (Janacek and Smetana) is--well, disturbing.
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Thank you, Jeffrey. I like the Jerusalem's new cover so much, I'm going to order the CD. Plus I really like their Shostakovich and Brahms.
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 29, 2014, 09:51:30 AM
Sure. Classical art is usually good. Sometimes nature scenes. Though, I like odd angles and such in a classical way. I also like architecture. Humor related to the music is nice. I generally dislike portraits/pictures of people (some paintings can be interesting though). Here are a few I could think of...(by the way, love the Gluck that North Star just posted)...
(http://www.audite.de/media/file/00/11/89/gallery_image_size-big.92567-600.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GQgBFMCKL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ZacLShkNL._SX300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oyJSZX%2BAL._SY300_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PtFfrRmTL._SX300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519a9xzswEL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61sRJww%2ByQL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61bXd7lddQL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61kHV05ZCsL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61gab8B-zGL._SX300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Hi3dRXyKL._SY300_.jpg)(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/de/f6/8eec228348a02d2d804a4110.L._SX300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61BTkUWbmbL._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/618xU1Yv7cL._SY300_.jpg)(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/ca/71/6ae7c0a398a0ddd029c8f110.L._SY300_.jpg)
Wow, I don't like any of these covers. It's always amazing how
different all of our tastes are. I think I'm similar to sanantonio in that I like slightly abstract cover art and despise cover art that uses the conductor, or whomever the musician may be, on front.
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 30, 2014, 07:46:57 AM
Wow, I don't like any of these covers. It's always amazing how different all of our tastes are. I think I'm similar to sanantonio in that I like slightly abstract cover art and despise cover art that uses the conductor, or whomever the musician may be, on front.
You have just very succinctly described EXACTLY what I dislike (both what you like and dislike). How cool is that! :) Though, I have to add, I find it hard to dislike Renoir for any reason. He's one of my favorite artists.
Quote from: Jay F on January 30, 2014, 07:40:09 AM
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Thank you, Jeffrey. I like the Jerusalem's new cover so much, I'm going to order the CD. Plus I really like their Shostakovich and Brahms.
Beat you to it: Prestoclassical shipped my copy today. At worst, I'll turn the case over and have the backside facing me while I play it. (I think I have everything the Jerusalem Q. has released, including a couple from before their days with HM.)
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 29, 2014, 11:01:27 PM
It is interesting how we can have some of the same favorites (Hyperion and CPO), but so utterly disagree on the Bach Cantata series and Naive. But those two use pictures of people (something I don't like), which is part of it. At least Naive is a bit cheeky, as opposed to the Gardiner Bach, which I find depressing.
The Gardiner covers are a sort of anthropological tour: no musicians appear on the covers.
Regarding Naive, remember that 1) I said "artistically interesting". This is not the same as "aesthetically pleasing". There are some rather ugly covers from Naive. But they're artistically ugly. 2)Naive does sometimes use photos of the musicians on its covers, but often the images have no apparent link to the music--paintings or prints contemporary to the music. or rather enigmatic photos like the one which appears on the Vegh Quartet Beethoven cycle. The only Naive series that uses exclusively humans is the Vivaldi Edition, and my point 1 definitely applies there.
I like these two Shostakovich Harmonia Mundi covers a good bit:
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(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EXNNTDE4L._SY300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MX73WQPDL._SY300_.jpg)
Quote from: Jay F on January 30, 2014, 07:40:09 AM
Thank you, Jeffrey. I like the Jerusalem's new cover so much, I'm going to order the CD. Plus I really like their Shostakovich and Brahms.
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The dumb thing is that the Prazak Quartet have recently used the exact same painting for one of their Schönberg recordings.
Very favorable for music
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 29, 2014, 08:00:29 AM
Sarge just posted some buckeyes from this series on the WAYLT thread. What have buckeyes got to do with Beethoven String Quartets? Or cherries with Bach harpsichord concertos!? The only explanation for your posts is that you accidentally posted in this thread when you meant to post in the worst cd covers thread. Yeah, that must be it. Phew, I thought I was gonna have to knock heads for a minute there... :-* :)
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The one from that series that baffles me is the Reger String Quartets:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/415-ss%2BKUoL._SS500.jpg)
The Sibelius ice cubes are nice, though:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41KnojPoknL._SS500.jpg)
Quote from: Jay F on January 26, 2014, 03:00:43 PM
I came upon this thread while reading the "Worst Looking CD/LP Artwork," and decided I'd rather look at some un-uglies. I always liked the design of the DG-Philips-Decca Trio series.
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I also like those covers. It is even a bit fun to guess what about the three objects pictured is supposed to evoke the music contained.
Quote from: Mahlerian on January 04, 2017, 05:42:48 AM
The one from that series that baffles me is the Reger String Quartets:
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The Sibelius ice cubes are nice, though:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41KnojPoknL._SS500.jpg)
For some reason the Reger one made me laugh. Thanks for that MI! The first time I've laughed all day!! :( ;D Maybe the fact that I just had a bowl of mushroom soup had something to do with it?!!
Quote from: cilgwyn on January 04, 2017, 09:14:59 AM
For some reason the Reger one made me laugh. Thanks for that MI! The first time I've laughed all day!! :( ;D Maybe the fact that I just had a bowl of mushroom soup had something to do with it?!!
Happy to spread mirth, but I'm Mahlerian, not Mirror Image.
Quote from: cilgwyn on January 04, 2017, 09:14:59 AM
For some reason the Reger one made me laugh. Thanks for that MI! The first time I've laughed all day!! :( ;D Maybe the fact that I just had a bowl of mushroom soup had something to do with it?!!
I can't explain why in detail, but mushrooms for Reger seems particularly apt. Probably was a non-negligible in my decision to purchase.
I always liked the paintings used for the Handley RVW series on Classics For Pleasure (EMI).
I really like that one:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81EdOK5O5CL._SX522_.jpg)
It also happens to be the same as this:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q-T%2BhHG%2BL.jpg)
Appropriately for the music at hand, it is a representation of Death. The title is La Mort et le fossoyeur, or Death and the Grave Digger.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Mort_du_fossoyeur.jpg)
The painter is Carlos Schwabe.
https://www.youtube.com/v/yb_xHa45PL4
(https://www.museumkijker.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Jawlensky-Sakharoff-1909-foto-Wikimedia-287x300.jpg)
Portrait of the Dancer Aleksandr Sakharov
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexej_von_Jawlensky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Sakharoff
(https://www.omnibusgallery.com/lx/lx-2094.jpg)
This is one I find cool and fresh. I like the shadows of the leaves on her face:
(https://i.imgur.com/HcQeP5g.jpg)
I love the silvery metallic, futuristic look of the Philips late 60s Prospective 21e Siecle series of musique concrete and electronic albums. The perfect collection for anyone living in the city of the Mysterons.
There's a gallery of them here - http://www.hardformat.org/collections/prospective-21e-siecle/
I like the general style of the examples in #252 with roughly contemporary or otherwise appropriate paintings, except for the Telarc Sheherazade and the Balakirev. Although several are not good with the contrast of the writing or simply too "busy", like the British light music. And I wouldn't call any of them great or especially memorable.
Not properly a CD cover art, but an LP one. Thinking of Langgaard's 10th Symphony I found this on the internet:
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Quite cool! It fits very well the music.
Quote from: SymphonicAddict on November 06, 2019, 10:04:08 AM
Not properly a CD cover art, but an LP one. Thinking of Langgaard's 10th Symphony I found this on the internet:
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Quite cool! It fits very well the music.
It's on cd, I have it ! Cover illustration by Corinne Gosset.
Quote from: André on September 26, 2019, 11:33:10 AM
I really like that one:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81EdOK5O5CL._SX522_.jpg)
It also happens to be the same as this:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q-T%2BhHG%2BL.jpg)
Appropriately for the music at hand, it is a representation of Death. The title is La Mort et le fossoyeur, or Death and the Grave Digger.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Mort_du_fossoyeur.jpg)
And here she is again:
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This:
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61VGe-u5NwL._SY580_.jpg)
It suits quite good to the music.
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on January 15, 2022, 08:14:22 PM
This:
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61VGe-u5NwL._SY580_.jpg)
It suits quite good to the music.
Great cover Cesar.
I like this one as well:
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Quote from: vandermolen on January 16, 2022, 01:02:32 AM
Great cover Cesar.
I like this one as well:
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Great, indeed! It resembled to me like a locomotive!
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on January 16, 2022, 04:55:14 PM
Great, indeed! It resembled to me like a locomotive!
It depicts the forging of the Sampo, a central item in the Kalevala, and which is one of those things that truly needs a Wikipedia article to describe.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampo
That artist was Joseph Alanen. His painting and several others depicting incidents in the story of the Sampo are included in the Wikipedia entry.
Not much bothers me...except the Sound & Fury covers.
Old cover:
(https://www.dibpic.com/uploads/posts/2020-05/1590463807_folder.jpg)
New cover:
(https://www.dibpic.com/uploads/posts/2022-01/1641534414_the-sound-and-the-fury-ockeghem-masses-2-2022.jpg)
The old cover is marginally better: at least it looks like she's singing.
Quote from: JBS on January 16, 2022, 06:02:03 PM
It depicts the forging of the Sampo, a central item in the Kalevala, and which is one of those things that truly needs a Wikipedia article to describe.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampo
That artist was Joseph Alanen. His painting and several others depicting incidents in the story of the Sampo are included in the Wikipedia entry.
That's precisely the last movement of Klami's
Kalevala Suite on the CD: the Forging of the Sampo. Very interesting to read. Thank you!
A few favorites:
(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiNzk2OTEwNi4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE0MDM4MTExMDF9)(https://www.musiwall.uliege.be/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MEW1161_franck_cover_box_WEB.jpg)(https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music125/v4/68/da/f0/68daf008-c698-526e-5db2-265584d1ea97/source/600x600bb.jpg)(https://is5-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music114/v4/29/f2/e6/29f2e61b-dd8b-8e78-a198-e5fcb61c58fd/source/600x600bb.jpg)(https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music114/v4/21/ef/b4/21efb421-921c-438b-00b5-cbadc9c70d32/source/600x600bb.jpg)(https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music114/v4/42/f5/8b/42f58b41-1b9b-ab58-669a-ee9fa3da6f95/source/600x600bb.jpg)(https://albumart.primephonic.com/s900/886446597928.jpg)(https://albumart.primephonic.com/s900/3149028131420.jpg)
Quote from: JBS on January 16, 2022, 06:02:03 PM
It depicts the forging of the Sampo, a central item in the Kalevala, and which is one of those things that truly needs a Wikipedia article to describe.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampo
That artist was Joseph Alanen. His painting and several others depicting incidents in the stoPDry of the Sampo are included in the Wikipedia entry.
I've considered naming my next cat
Sampo. :D
And yes, I love both the Ondine and Jeffrey's one too...is that also Ondine?
PD
Quote from: André on September 26, 2019, 11:33:10 AM
I really like that one:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81EdOK5O5CL._SX522_.jpg)
It also happens to be the same as this:
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q-T%2BhHG%2BL.jpg)
Appropriately for the music at hand, it is a representation of Death. The title is La Mort et le fossoyeur, or Death and the Grave Digger.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Mort_du_fossoyeur.jpg)
Those are powerful and gorgeous Andrei!