What classical music you listening to, luv?

Tyson · « **Reply #880 on:** 20 Mar 2013, 05:20 pm »

Haha, no doubt! It's a lot like listening to Vivaldi - he wrote great stuff within the various genre's, and there's clear variation from work to work, but at the same time there's a very consistent "sound" that he has. At least Harnoncourt plays him more like Beethoven, a more forceful approach, which may or may not be historically "accurate" but it sure livens things up, especially after 75 straight with Hogwood.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #881 on:** 20 Mar 2013, 08:57 pm »

Vivaldi's Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)- Sigiswald Kuijkem conducting Le Petite Bande On RCA Seon. There is 170 versions of this work on Amazon and I looked at 40 for a picture and couldn't find it. Recorded with period instruments in a small church with high ceilings with what appears to be three microphones and it's a serious beauty for music of the period and a work of recording art. The Bande consists of 14 players. Hard to find, I suppose, but worth the effort.

S Clark · « **Reply #882 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 05:40 am »

Well we seem to have left classical Haydn and gone for baroque around here

Sometimes the old jokes are the funniest..... and i guess sometimes not.
Regardless, more baroque. This is Julian Bream playing Dowland- looking like he's 15 years old, probably really not over 20.
The photo is of a reissue, mine is the original on Westminster from around 1953 and mint. I really like the sound of most of the old Westminster lp's.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #883 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 09:52 pm »

Ali Akbar Khan- MAIHAR (Water Lily Acoustics).

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #884 on:** 23 Mar 2013, 05:08 am »

Carl Orff's Carmina Burana as performed by the Atlanta Sym Orchestra conducted by Robert Shaw (Telarc). Kinda sucks cause it has that Telarc house sound, smooth and rich but to a fault. Orff's Der Mond on Philips is a much better sounding recording to these ears and while the music may have been quite interesting live, it doesn't quite work as a recording, imo.

pumpkinman · « **Reply #885 on:** 24 Mar 2013, 06:06 pm »

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #886 on:** 25 Mar 2013, 01:01 am »

Hovhaness' Sym no.4- Eastman Wind Ensemble (Mercury Golden Imports); Berlioz Symphony Fantastique- Kojian conducting the Utah Symphony (Reference Recordings 45rpm).

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #887 on:** 27 Mar 2013, 04:27 am »

Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat performed by the Chicago Pro Musica on Reference Recordings (45rpm) engineered by Keith Johnson. Ladies and gents, when yer rumaging thru those used record bins and you see something recorded by Keith O. Johnson, you need to jump on it like a duck on a bug. He is absolutely da MAN!

http://www.referencerecordings.com/about.asp

Damn. The LA Jazz Choir is discontinued. So look for it used. Plus, the above.

S Clark · « **Reply #888 on:** 28 Mar 2013, 06:29 pm »

Here's one that not everyone may have ( except probably ol' Jim)- two concertos, one for accordian and one for balalaika. The balalaika piece is quite nice. Westminster XWN 18464

Scott

Mr. Orange · « **Reply #889 on:** 30 Mar 2013, 02:33 pm »

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IW · « **Reply #891 on:** 30 Mar 2013, 05:46 pm »

Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Jochum, with Astrid Varnay and Ramon Vinay. You don't get singing more committed than this.

Mr. Orange · « **Reply #892 on:** 31 Mar 2013, 12:34 am »

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Mr. Orange · « **Reply #895 on:** 31 Mar 2013, 06:33 pm »

Something a little different but very much recommended!

1. Chichester Psalms: Awake O Harp and Lyre    3:48
2. L'chah Dodi    2:55
3. Give Ear to My Prayer    9:10
4. Cantata From Proverbs: A Woman of Valour    5:51
5. Mah Tovu    4:02
6. Proverbs For A Son    16:02
7. Two Psalms and a Proverb: How Long Will Thou Forget Me, O Lord?    3:38
8. Three Antiphonal Psalms: Psalm 136    2:23
9. Psalms of Woe and Joy: Chaneini, Be Gracious to me Lord    5:52
10. Hodu, Glory to the Lord    3:48

Tyson · « **Reply #896 on:** 31 Mar 2013, 06:48 pm »

As per usual, listening to Bach on Sunday as my particular form of worship. The SACD of Gould doing the 2 & 3 part inventions is quite an improvement over the thin and tinny redbook version:

Mr. Orange · « **Reply #897 on:** 31 Mar 2013, 09:49 pm »

It's time to crank it up and rock this house!

steve in jersey · « **Reply #898 on:** 31 Mar 2013, 11:47 pm »

Hope you don't mind if I change things up for a second, but I was wondering if any of you have had a chance to listen to the EMI Emmenince Box Set. I've been pretty pleased w/ the RCA Living Stereo, Mercury Living Presence & Decca Sound (although I would have preferred more Ansermet & more Blueback ffss material) Box sets. The MLP set could have included less of the "Civil War, Screamers,Marching Band, etc." type titles , for some of their other titles.

If you've had a listen how does the EMI Emmenince set "stack" up against the other mentioned labels of "The Golden Age of Stereo" in terms of SQ. I lost just about all interest in the early digital transfers(of what were some great LPs) as EMI really left all the "Orchestral Ambience" on the original master tapes on the master tapes. Did someone w/ ears do the transfers this time.

I would hate to think the only way to hear how these recordings sounded is through the "outrageously" expensive Japanese SACD series now being produced . The other sets capture a great deal of the early "magic" of those labels.

Any thoughts ? Thanks

Mr. Orange · « **Reply #899 on:** 31 Mar 2013, 11:53 pm »

Can't help the previous caller so back to our scheduled program…