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Bogey

#56640
October 31, 2009, 09:10:30 PM
Quote from: Conor71 on October 31, 2009, 06:46:35 PM
Barber: Violin Concerto - Shaham/Previn/LSO



Great cd!  I bought it for the Korngold, but the Barber will work in a pinch! ;)
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

George

#56641
October 31, 2009, 09:14:38 PM
Bill!! (got my PM?)

Conor71

#56642
October 31, 2009, 09:15:52 PM
Quote from: Bogey on October 31, 2009, 09:10:30 PM
Great cd!  I bought it for the Korngold, but the Barber will work in a pinch! ;)
Yes its a fine disc and I enjoy it a lot, it has been a while since Ive listened to this one  :).

Brahms: Piano Trio No. 2 - Beaux Arts Trio

Bogey

#56643
October 31, 2009, 09:27:09 PM
Only half an hour of Halloween left in Colorado, so:

Beethoven
Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost"
Beaux Arts Trio
Philips
Recorded in 1982
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Conor71

#56644
October 31, 2009, 09:32:18 PM
Quote from: Bogey on October 31, 2009, 09:27:09 PM
Only half an hour of Halloween left in Colorado, so:

Beethoven
Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost"
Beaux Arts Trio
Philips
Recorded in 1982
An excellent recording (have that one too) and very apt for the occasion!   ;D

Bogey

#56645
October 31, 2009, 09:35:50 PM
Quote from: Conor71 on October 31, 2009, 09:32:18 PM
An excellent recording (have that one too) and very apt for the occasion!   ;D

;D

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

Lethevich

#56646
October 31, 2009, 11:10:27 PM
'Morning.



Deliciously un-HIP, with highly refined and silken balances. Click the image and sample the first track if you have a spare moment - the full motet has the most wonderful arc to it - almost like a mini Spem in Alium.
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

haydnguy

#56647
October 31, 2009, 11:24:37 PM
Quote from: Conor71 on October 31, 2009, 06:46:35 PM
Barber: Violin Concerto - Shaham/Previn/LSO



That's on my "buy list". Hope it's available.  ???

Papy Oli

#56648
November 01, 2009, 12:28:41 AM
Quote from: offbeat on October 31, 2009, 01:25:53 PM
Im a great Part fan but dont think ive heard the works for choir album - is it up to his usual magic ?

I only got that specific track off that album - wasn't too keen on the rest.
Olivier

Harry

#56649
November 01, 2009, 12:32:34 AM
Back in 1987, I walked on a Saturday morning into a CD shop and browsed through the new issues that month. Among them was the first recording of the Dvorak Symphonies, conducted by Neeme Jarvi, on Chandos. Excited as aI was about a complete cycle I bought this cd, and went home expecting great things. I was disappointed! First of all in the sonic's of this recording, secondly in the tempi, and thirdly in the coldness of interpretation. I bought them until the fourth Symphony, and then stopped buying the rest.

On a Saturday morning in 2009 I browsed through the new issues on JPC de, and I stumbled upon a Brilliant issue, I did not see when released. A box with all the Symphonies of Dvorak, of which the first four where by Neeme Jarvi, the same recordings as I started with in 1987. Having now a much better Stereo set, and am more knowledgeable about music, and how to listen, I took the plunge, and re acquainted my self with these recordings again.
Starting with the first I noticed immediately how well the brass of this Scottish Orchestra sounded, and how well recorded, that the tempi where spot on, the commitment excellent, and not a drop of coldness around. How impressions can change. The only quibble I have is with the recording in general, a tad muffled, so that the inner detail, starting from the third row, is somewhat undernourished, by the dense scoring of this work. Not that it is dramatic though, but it is a point I took issue with in the olden days. Must admit that it sounds much better, but I would not try this on computer speakers, or some other low life boom boxes. That would be a devastating disaster for your ears. As it is I enjoyed it much more, although Kubelik is still the man for me.

Que

#56650
November 01, 2009, 12:44:54 AM


Good morning, everybody! :)

Q

Papy Oli

#56651
November 01, 2009, 12:53:24 AM
Good morning all  :)




No.7

:D
Olivier

Lethevich

#56652
November 01, 2009, 01:32:19 AM


Neat stuff - "classical" in manner, good sound quality and consistently interesting performances.
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

The new erato

#56653
November 01, 2009, 02:06:44 AM
Prompted by the discussion on Novak in the string quartet tread, I bought this very cheaply from mdt:



Very fine late romantic music, and with artists like Magdalena Kozena, Radoslav Kvapil and the Kocian Quartet, how could the performance be other than idiomatic and very fine?

The new erato

#56654
November 01, 2009, 02:13:14 AM
Quote from: haydnguy on October 31, 2009, 11:24:37 PM
That's on my "buy list". Hope it's available.  ???
Quite cheaply on europadisc.co.uk currently, if I remember correctly.

The new erato

#56655
November 01, 2009, 02:16:21 AM
Quote from: Harry on November 01, 2009, 12:32:34 AM
Back in 1987, I walked on a Saturday morning into a CD shop

22 years, and 100.000 CD's ago........ ;)

Papy Oli

#56657
November 01, 2009, 02:35:49 AM


:D
Olivier

Coopmv

#56658
November 01, 2009, 03:22:23 AM
Quote from: erato on November 01, 2009, 02:06:44 AM
Prompted by the discussion on Novak in the string quartet tread, I bought this very cheaply from mdt:



Very fine late romantic music, and with artists like Magdalena Kozena, Radoslav Kvapil and the Kocian Quartet, how could the performance be other than idiomatic and very fine?

Interesting CD.  It also appears half of the GMG members are customers of MDT ...    ;D

Coopmv

#56659
November 01, 2009, 03:25:18 AM
Morning all ...

Now playing this CD from my Dvorák collection ...

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