What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Scarpia]

Shosty Symphonies w/ Kitajenko - probably my third (at least) post on this box set - can't listen to more that one or two of these works every few days; just so personal to this composer - BUT today finished up the entire set and am totally impressed; of course, difficult to recommend an entire compilation of these works by a single conductor (I own this one + Barshai) - both are uniformly good! I'm 'speechless' and this will be a keeper for me - 

Seems to be nla.   

[Scarpia]

The back of the box says P (in circle) 1930 - P (in circle) 1956.  It looks like it was 2006 EMI Music France.

Does it have the "art" logo on it ("Abbey Road Technology" remastering)?

[Coopmv]

Does it have the "art" logo on it ("Abbey Road Technology" remastering)?

There is no reference to Abbey Road Technology at all.  It only says this compilation & digital remastering P & C 2006 EMI Music France.

[SonicMan46]

Seems to be nla.   

Sorry - I ordered mine a few months ago from one of the European distributors (MDT or JPC?) for about $40 - this is an outstanding compendium of performances that I will be happy with owning for years!  Dave 

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD1 from this set, which arrived a few weeks ago from MDT ...

[George]

Is there a copyright date for the remastering job?  I have the Nat/Beethoven set from 1990 or so but EMI wasn't doing such a great job of transferring analog recordings to CD in those days.

FWIW, the recent Richter EMI set offered no improvement in sound, in fact, the sound was a bit worse, less "open sounding" in the upper frequencies.

[Scarpia]

Now playing CD1 from this set, which arrived a few weeks ago from MDT ...

The glory of that set is the disk that contains the Karalia Suite, just unbelievable.  The rest I found ok, but not exceptional.

[Lethevich]

The finale of this thing is unreal - I keep finding myself wishing it was many times longer...

[Coopmv]

The glory of that set is the disk that contains the Karalia Suite, just unbelievable.  The rest I found ok, but not exceptional.

The SQ is quite good given the age of the original recording.  The performance on CD1 is decent.  At any rate, all of my recordings by Barbirolli are on LP until I got this set. 

[SonicMan46]

Listening to a lot of lute music this afternoon & evening - Weiss & Dowland, as performed by Lindberg & O'Dette:

   

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD1 from this set, which arrived from MDT a few weeks ago ...

[Conor71]

Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86b

[Benji]

The finale of this thing is unreal - I keep finding myself wishing it was many times longer...

Nice! Are you talking about the 8th Symphony?

[Lethevich]

Nice! Are you talking about the 8th Symphony?

Oh, indeed. I forgot about the concerto all together, as any coupling is hopelessly placed when next to that symphony...

Edit:



This is reminding me a bit of Vasks, with the whole romantic-pretending-to-be-minimal vibe, but the minimal qualities are even scarcer in these pieces.

Edit 2: it seems to lack the substance of Vasks - preliminary conclusion: whiffle music.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Prokofiev's sixth piano sonata. Richter plays with such extraordinary passion and precision...pulsating energy and swirling colors blasted from the keyboard yet never - never - overindulging for theatrical effect. What ability, too, to croon over the tiniest of details for maximum...tenderness...when called for. All this of course courtesy of Prokofiev but WOW how this pianist can soak it all up and present it. Total visionaries, both.

[pi2000]

Mozart-Beethoven 25.01.1956
Mozart  Mozart MISSA In C KV 427
Emilia Petrescu, soprano; Elena Cernei, mezzosoprano; Aurel Alexandrescu, tenor; Alexandru Voinescu, bass; Orchestra and Chorus of the "George Enescu" Philharmonic
Constantin Silvestri -Conductor

Laudamus(Elena Cernei)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lxZVUKgGQU

[Opus106]

Seems to be nla.   

Not quite the best price, IMO, but still, it's available.
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Capriccio/CAP71029

[listener]

disc 1 of the 4 in the Capriccio box of Busoni transcriptions, etc.
Camillo Carlsen Symphonic Suite after words from Psalm 42 + 10 Variations on "Auf meinen lieben Gott"   + 3 Chorales by Peter Heise and Langgaard's Toccata (in memory of Gade)     - Eva Feldbæk at Sct. Matthæus, Copenhagen
I had thought the Busoni Fantasy on Goldmark's Merlin might be the only way to hear something of that work, but the whole opera is downloadable.  So it's not like Tony, Szep Ilonka or Alruna, die Eulenkönigen that seem to exist only in part because someone decided to use some parts in new works.

[Antoine Marchand]

Not quite the best price, IMO, but still, it's available.
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Capriccio/CAP71029

Or HERE. 

[The new erato]

I have slowly been putting together a collection of Handel oratorioes (his operas are the main thing with me) and got this very cheaply at hmv.com thanks to a tip here.