What classical music you listening to, luv?

S Clark · « **Reply #1361 on:** 11 May 2016, 04:38 am »

Saint-Saens Concertos for Piano and Orchestra #3&4 on Pathe Marconi EMI c-069-11322. This is a very fine to great recording of two excellent piano concertos interpreted by the fine 20th century pianist, Aldo Ciccolini- more famous for Satie.
Excellent dynamics and super quiet passages. This a French pressing form 1973. There are a few available on Discogs in Europe at cheap prices.
Sorry, no photo available. Here is an elderly Ciccolini playing Satie's Gymnopedie- I've never heard better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0peXnOnDgQ8

jrobinson · « **Reply #1362 on:** 15 May 2016, 04:21 pm »

S Clark · « **Reply #1363 on:** 15 May 2016, 04:50 pm »

Quote from: jrobinson on 15 May 2016, 04:21 pm

Is this an lp, cd, file?? What did you think of the performance and recording?

Tyson · « **Reply #1364 on:** 15 May 2016, 05:36 pm »

Bach on Sunday is my particular kind of worship, since I don't go to church...

S Clark · « **Reply #1365 on:** 15 May 2016, 07:18 pm »

Nice choice, Tyson. For my Sunday afternoon, went back a bit earlier than Bach.
Mercury Living Presence Sr90245 wind ensemble and organ. A Mercury recording done well.

jrobinson · « **Reply #1366 on:** 15 May 2016, 07:21 pm »

Quote from: S Clark on 15 May 2016, 04:50 pm

Is this an lp, cd, file?? What did you think of the performance and recording?

It's a CD. IMO the recording is very good and I enjoy the performance.

S Clark · « **Reply #1367 on:** 24 May 2016, 03:42 am »

The Planets... Gustav Holst's warhorse. Set up a turntable and took out a London blue back with von Karajan and the Vienna Philharmonic. I had forgotten how much I dislike von Karajan. How can you suck the life out of such a bombastic piece? Only Herbert V.K. could kill such a dynamic piece. It wasn't the TT; other recordings (a spacious Nancy Wilson) were vivid.
People rave over the London blue back recordings, and the problem is not the recording, but the reading. If you are looking for a version of the Planets for background music, this is your one. It's for sale... make an offer.

S Clark · « **Reply #1368 on:** 30 May 2016, 03:23 am »

Ciccolini playing another lp of Eric Satie works. There is a series of 4-5 lps and I just found Vol.1 EMI/Pathe-Marconi and a fine recording of classic music. Kind of a must have type lp.
Can't find a pic of volume 1, I'm searching for a copy of Vol.2 shown below

LesterSleepsIn · « **Reply #1369 on:** 30 May 2016, 03:27 am »

LesterSleepsIn · « **Reply #1370 on:** 30 May 2016, 11:21 am »

THROWBACK · « **Reply #1371 on:** 30 May 2016, 01:13 pm »

"I had forgotten how much I dislike von Karajan. How can you suck the life out of such a bombastic piece? Only Herbert V.K. could kill such a dynamic piece." S. Clark

Yep. I don't like Karajan much either. But I just got ahold of his Bruckner 8th on RCA/EMI, and found the adagio movement rather sublime.

suntreader · « **Reply #1372 on:** 8 Jun 2016, 07:02 pm »

Carl Ruggles "Sun-treader" by the BSO conducted by MTT on 7 1/2 reel tape.

jrobinson · « **Reply #1373 on:** 12 Jun 2016, 03:51 pm »

S Clark · « **Reply #1374 on:** 14 Jun 2016, 09:46 pm »

I was in the mood for some Falla, and went to my London and RCA versions... but the mono version on Epic is just the best.
Great realism that puts you in the concert hall. If you don't have a mono cartridge, thank you for helping keep mono cheap.
Epic 3305 conducted by Martinon released in 1955

K.F. · « **Reply #1375 on:** 15 Jun 2016, 10:41 pm »

Impressive SQ and lovely playing and repertoire from these 2 young virtuosos and it's on introduction sale at the moment, highly recommended;

http://www.soundliaison.com/

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The recording was made in studio 5 of the Dutch Broadcasting building.
The hall is very big and has unique acoustic qualities. The wooden walls and wooden ceiling are acoustically optimized by thousands of acoustic ports, eliminating flutter echo and uneven frequencies.

S Clark · « **Reply #1376 on:** 8 Jul 2016, 01:16 am »

Shostakovich 11th on Everest 3310/2 w/ Stowkowski conducting Houston. This was the first American performance. Good sound, strange instrument placement or odd mic positions. Can't tell which.
No photo of the two record set. This photo is 1957, about the same time as the recording.

Tyson · « **Reply #1377 on:** 8 Jul 2016, 01:47 am »

Quote from: S Clark on 8 Jul 2016, 01:16 am

Shostakovich 11th on Everest 3310/2 w/ Stowkowski conducting Houston. This was the first American performance. Good sound, strange instrument placement or odd mic positions. Can't tell which.
No photo of the two record set. This photo is 1957, about the same time as the recording.

Oh my friend you must listen to Kitajenko set for amazing sound:

And then listen to the Kondrashin set (worse sound but holy hell amazing performances):

S Clark · « **Reply #1378 on:** 8 Jul 2016, 02:51 am »

Thanks Tyson. I'll start looking.

Tyson · « **Reply #1379 on:** 8 Jul 2016, 03:25 am »

Fair warning - the Kondrashin is a performance of carnival madhouse, razor blades, and acid. It is the sheer existential crisis of the soviet artist written in blood and bile.