I think my post above was #1400. This thread has been going for 5 years. |
Forty years ago this afternoon, Richie Havens was preparing to mount the stage to kick off the music at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair.
In honor of that: "Woodstock: Music From the original Soundtrack" (Cotillion SD 3-500) |
08-14-09: Srwooten
Richie Havens was preparing to mount the stage
That is truthfuly more Woodstock than I can handle.... lol |
Sunday morning listening
Bartok "Concerto for Orchestra" Dorati/Minneapolis SO (Mercury MG 50033)
Beethoven "Quartet in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131" Julliard String Quartet (RCA LM-2626) |
Rushton-
That recording is on my shopping list.
Tonight:
Mahler "Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"" Mehta/Vienna PO (Super Analogue Disc KIJC 9139/40 reissue of the original London)
David Gilmour "Live in Gdansk" (Columbia 88697344701 DC1) 5 LP set of 8/26/06 concert at the Gdansk shipyard in Poland
Wrapping the evening up with:
Bill Evans Trio "Moonbeams" (Riverside RLP-9428) |
Just a quick note to thank you all for keeping this thread alive! I have not posted in quite some time due to illness that has kept me out of my listening room. But, I am happy to say, I am recovering and will be listening to a lot of music again. A number of Tape Project reels arrived while I was in the hospital, as did some new vinyl I had on order. |
Today so far:
Mendelssohn "Psalms op. 42 and op. 46" Symphonic Choir and Orchestra de la Foundation Gulbenkian de Lisbonne/Michel Corboz (Erato STU 71101)
Mahler "Symphony No. 4 in G" Cleveland Orhestra/Szell/Raskin (soprano) (Columbia MS 6833) |
Arnold/Liszt/Mussorgsky "Witches Brew" New Symphony Orchestra of London/Gibson (RCA LSC-2225) Classic Records 45 rpm Clarity 4 Disc reissue
This recording is a demo quality effort. Side 3 is an absolute stunner!
Shostakovich "Symphony No. 12, "1917"" Leningrad Philharmonic/Mravinsky
(Melodiya SR-40128)
Coleman Hawkins "Hawkins! Alive! at the Village Gate" (Verve V6-8509) I Love this recording! |
Emorrisiv-
I am constantly amazed at how our listening preferences seem to dovetail each others! I have the two Harmonia Mundi recordings you mention above, and "Danses Du Moyen-age" spends a lot of time on my turntable.
I will keep my eye out for a copy of "English Sacred Music of the 16th Century"
As my good friend Rushton just posted, I concur whole heartedly with his assesment of "Witches Brew" and "Power of the Orchestra". Two other reisuues that are seeing of lot of play right now at our house. |
Emorrisiv-
The "Savitri" with Janet Baker. One of my favorites! Not only is it a wonderful performance, it is one of my go to recordings for testing a systems ability to image properly.
I love the Argo "Coronation Anthems" too. Outstanding choices!! |
Tchaikovsky "Symphony No. 6, in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique"" Monteux/Boston Symphony Orchestra (RCA LSC-1901)
Beethoven "Symphonies No. 1 and No. 8" Ansermet/L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande (London CS 6388)
Albeniz "Iberia" Ansermet/L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande (London CS 6194)
Oscar Peterson Trio "At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival" (Verve UMV 2502) Mono |
David Gilmour "Live in Gdansk" LP No. 3
J.S. Bach "Orchestral Suites" Linde-Consort (EMI/Angel SB-3943) a digital LP, kind of lacking in overall weight, but a good performance
John Coltrane "Soultrane" (Prestige P-7142) w/ Red Garland and Paul Chambers, Arthur Taylor on drums |
03-10-11: Almarg
"Danses Anciennes de Hongrie"
-- Clemencic Consort (Harmonia Mundi France HM1003) Good one one you! What a wonderful recording! That one sees a lot of play time on my TT, thanks to Rushton who played it for me the first time. |
Mo-Fi Silver label reissues of:
Dead Can Dance "Into the Labyrinth" and "Spiritchaser"
Buy them while you can, they are very well done. |
The Chicago "CTA" is a first class debut album! A friend and I listened to last Sunday.... |
Tonight I have been playing a head-to-head comparison of Albeniz "Suite Espanola" ORG 45 rpm reissue against the Tape Project version (TP-005) 15 ips reel to reel.
First, the only other version I have extensive experience with other than these two is the Super Analogue Disc reissue at 33 rpm. I'll just say right off the bat that the ORG 45 has the Super Analogue beat by a mile on my system. I listened to the tape first to give my ears a benchmark and I am surprised at how well the ORG holds its own against the tape with respect to the separation and layering of instruments, including the castanets and celeste.
This is by far the best of the ORG reissues I have listened to with respect to sound quality and lack of surface noise.
If this piece is to your liking I would strongly recommend, investing the money to secure a copy before they are all gone. Those of you who have had the opportunity to hear the Tape Project version of this will find the ORG 45 close in presentation. |
De Falla "Three Cornered Hat" (Ansermet/L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande) ORG 45 rpm reissue of the London CS6224
(last night) |
Rush, I subscribed to the series of the first 10 releases. The first four arrived on Friday, but I have only had the time to clean and listen to the De Falla (Walker Prelude 4 step x 2 LPs)
The recordings are "high, wide, and well articulated" the sound overall is very good, Grundeman's new cutting lathe clearly living up to the hype. My copy has some surface noise, even after cleaning, on side 1.
I am looking forward to giving a thorough listen to the Albeniz next, as I can compare it to the Tape Project version and the "Super Analogue Disc" 33rpm reissue as well. I will post my impressions here. |
Having listened to the Tape Project tape of the Albeniz, I think I am pretty comfortable with how it "should" sound. I agree that overall, the Super Analogue 33 is pretty good, it does lean toward the midbass and below. Backing off the VTA helps but it's at the expense of the other frequencies. If I get enough time tonight, I will clean it and give the ORG a spin and report back. |
Thank God people are beginning to come out of the closet with respect to the Sheffield 24 "Firebird" It is my personal favorite, even over the Classic reissue of the Dorati/LSO. I have never even noticed the lack of a hall sound probably due to the fact that I am sucked into the performance that Leinsdorf wrings out of the orchestra and the enormous dynamic swings on that LP.
Russ - glad to hear you are enjoying the Albeniz from ORG. If it's any consolation, I played the TP tape head to head against the LP yesterday for a friend, and they preferred the LP..... |
Rush- What a wonderful line up last Sunday! Must have been a nice day for the group.
This week (over the course of a couple of evenings as the power grid is kind of sketchy in this unending heat):
Gene Ammons "Blue Gene" - OJC reissue
Jerry Garcia "Garcia" Original Warner Bros. green label
Moody Blues "Every Good Boy Deserves Favor" Threshold release
David Crosby "If only I Could Remember My Name" Atlantic label
Poco "Cantamos" original from Epic
Jefferson Starship "Blows Against the Empire" |
Albeniz, Suite Espanola, De Burgos/NewPhilO, London CS 6581-45 (ORG 45rpm reissue - simply delightful. Bravo) Rush- I'm delighted to hear that you like this reissue. I am also impressed. Enough so, that I have subscribed to the entire series of Blueback reissues from ORG |
My favorite LP by Firesign Theaer is "We're All Bozo's on This Bus" The routine about the future fair gets me every time. "A fair for all, and no fair to anybody".
Those guys were brilliant. The Three Stooges for the thinking man (or woman). |
Falla "The Three Cornered Hat" Ansermet/L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande (ORG 102) 45 rpm reissue of the London CS 6224. Sparkling remastering of a tremendous recording, part of the ORG subscription of London Blueback reissues) |
Schuller "Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee" Dorati/Minneapolis SO (Mercury SR90282)
Dvorak "Cello Concerto in B Minor, Opus 104" Starker/Dorati/London SO (Mercury SR90303)
Crosby, Stills & Nash "Crosby, Stills & Nash" (Atlantic SO-8229/Classic Records reissue)
Gregg Allman "Laid Back" (Capricorn CP 0116) |
Anticipation - Lloyd Walker is coming tomorrow to perform an upgrade to my turntable. |
Dvorak "Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 95" Kertesz/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Decca SXL 2289)
Dave Brubeck Quartet "Time Out" (Columbia CS8192)
Emerson, Lake and Palmer "Emerson, Lake and Palmer" (Cotillion SD 9040)
Copeland "Appalachian Spring" Clark/Pacific Symphony Orchestra (15 ips tape from Reference Recording master - Tape Project) |
Ravel "Daphnis et Chloe" Monteux/LSO/Royal Opera House chorus (London CS6140 ORG 45 rpm reissue ORG 105)
Rickie Lee Jones "It's Like This" (Analogue Productions APP 51056) 45 rpm
Dire Straits "Live Alchemy" (Warner Brothers 25085-1) |
