David Oistrakh performing Hindemith's Violin Concerto and Bruch's Scottish Fantasy with Horenstein/LSO on the ORG 45rpm reissue of this great Decca recording.
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Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, Wojciech Kajski and the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra. (Yes, the fourth side really does play backwards - from the spindle out.) I have been collecting this series since it first started and have consistently been delighted with their lithe dynamic performances. Perhaps my favorites series of the Beethoven Symphonies. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7218611/Beethoven%209th%20Tacet%20L219.jpg |
I always enjoy scrolling through this thread because it prompts me to pull out records I haven't heard in a long time. But recently the posts have included music, artists and groups I simply have never heard about! This simply demonstrates the tremendous breadth of music available to us. @slaw - really?? There's a group called "Box of Frogs" ??? And their self-titled album came out over 30 years ago?? The music you list is probably, in aggregate, the most unknown to me: The Russian Wilds, Mark Kozelek, Smog, Colour Haze ... So much to explore - I love it!! @astro58go - "The Album Leaf" - another totally new to me group. @reubent - "Brian Auger's Oblivion Express" - not on my radar screen but I suppose will be now. |
With some friends over to listen... Queen: Night at the Opera (LP) Muddy Waters: Folk Singer (MSFL)(LP) Satchmo Plays King Oliver (Classic Records 45rpm reissue) Ossian: Seal Song (LP) Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (Speakers Corner 45rpm reissue) And then on CD so everyone could listen to some music they liked: Elbow: Cast of Thousands (CD) Gladiator Soundtrack (CD) And night before last, I was listening to Joan Baez Angelina also, but on my decades old Vanguard pressing - still sounded pretty good even with all the wear and tear. |
Joe, I am consistently struck by how closely our music tastes match. We definitely need to get from one side of the river to the other to further explore each other's music libraries! Tonight: Resphigi's Church Windows, Reference Recordings Holst Planets, Previn/LSO, EMI (my favorite of this) Nancy Griffith, Last of the True Believers (playing now) The Coffee Cantata (same performance) was on the table last week. |
So far this evening: Paul Simon - "There Goes Rhymin' Simon" Mendelssohn - "Hebrides Overture" and "Symphony 3", Maag/LSO, Decca 45rpm Speakers Corner reissure (Stunning! An absolutely incredible recording by Kenneth Wilkinson and a suberb reissue) Coming a bit later: Sonny Rollins - "Saxophone Colossus" (Analogue Productions reissue) |
20th Music fest: Malcolm Arnold: Oboe Fantasy, Oboe Sonatina, Clarinet Sonatina, Duo for two cellos - Nash Ensemble, Hyperion A66171, A66172, A66173 (I always enjoy exploring Arnold's music, with his wit and wry good humor - excellent recordings by the inestimable "Mr Bear") Lars Erik Larsson: Concertino for Bassoon and String Orchestra, BIS 40 . |
Tonight: an eclectic mix of avant-garde 20th century, Baroque and Classical: Alan Hacker - "Hymn to the Sun" L'oiseau Lyre DSLO 17, a great clarinetist playing music of Hacker, Birtwhistle, Debussy, Monteverdi, and Schumann. Baroque Chamber Music of G. and G.B. Sammartini, played beautifully by Chiara Banchini and Ensemble 415 in yet another marvelous Harmonia Mundi recording, HMC 1245. (What an incredible record label for lovers of Baroque and Early music!) Schubert - "Symphony 3 and 6" Kertesz/ViennaPO, Decca SXL 6553 |
Tonight its English 20th century composers: Arnold Bax - "Garden of Fand," "Northern Ballad No.1," "Tintagel" - Boult/LSO, Lyrita SRCS 62 Butterworth - "Banks of Green Willow," "Shropshire Lad" - Bridge - "There is a Willow Aslant a Brook" Harty - "John Field Suite" Dilkes/English Sinfonia, EMI CSD 3696 Moeran - "Conc for Vn & Orch" - Handley/LPO, Lyrita SRCS 105 Nice music to crunch data to... |
Yesterday... The Beatles "White Album" in 17 different vinyl releases, compliments of a local collector who brought them over for a listen. (We listened to selected cuts from 8 for comparison.) :-) Crosby, Stills & Nash - "CSN" - comparison of an early original to the Classic Records reissue. Had high hopes for the Classic reissue based on all the comments. In comparison to the original, the Classic was "flat" and uninvolving, largely due to the recessed vocals. The tonal balance on a CD reissue was more true to the original's balance. A disappointment. Credence Clearwater Revival - "Green River" - the Analogue Productions reissue done by Hoffman and Gray (Acoustech) was excellent (limited only by the less than outstanding sound on the master tape). "88 Basie Street" - 45rpm reissue from Analogue Productions done by Hoffman and Gray (Acoustech). Superb. And a real pleasure to get back to acoustic instruments after an afternoon of the "less than real." (At last a source suitable for some critical listening a few tweaks to the system.) Jesse Colin Young, "Soul of a City Boy" - just a single guitar and voice beautifully and simply captured in the studio from 1973. Capitol ST 11267. Willaert, "Motets" - Rifkin/BostonCamerata, Nonesuch H71345 Schoenberg, "Five Pieces for Orchestra, op16" - Dorati/LSO, Mercury SR 90316 Speakers Corner reissue. (I continue to be amazed.) . |
Handel - "Messiah" in a small group performance by Christophers/The Sixteen, Hyperion A66251/2 The Oslo Consort (harpsichord, transverse flute, baroque guitar) playing music of the baroque period by Couperin, Monteclair, Piccinini, Quagliata, Riccio - Simax PS 1006 (such a delightfully recorded harpsichord) |
Cannonball Adderley - "Know What I Mean" Analogue Productions 45rpm reissue of Riverside 9433 Prokofiev - "Lt. Kije" Reiner/CSO Stravinsky - "Song of the Nightingale" ... both on Classic Records' reissue of RCA LSC 2150 (I love the Reiner/CSO performance of Lt. Kije, but the Song of the Nightingale is the recording engineering's masterpiece on this record.) Simon and Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" And coming up - Shostakovich - "String Quartet No. 8" played by the Fiztwilliam Quartet on L'Oiseau Lyre DSLO 11. . |
All day today has been a music fest with friends over music and visiting. A sampling of what was on the turntable includes: Telemann, Tafelmusik, BkIII, Bruggen/ConAmsterdam, Telefunken 6.35064 Laudate II, DrottingholmBarEns, UppsalaAcKammarkor, Anne Sophie von Otter, Proprius PROP 7860 La Spagna, Paniagua/AtrmMMadrid, BIS LP 163/164 Baroque Music for Cornett, Klimo OW 004 Kodaly, Sonata for Cello, Helmerson -vc, BIS LP 25 Cantus Gregorianus (chant), Claire/AbbeyStPierreSolesmes, SuperAnalogue 9165 Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3, Pinnock/EnglishConcert and Britten/ECO |
Handel's Apollo and Daphne, McGegan/PhilharmoniaBaroque, Judith Nelson, Harmonia Mundi HM 10067 (another superb engineering job by Peter McGrath) Sammartini's Symphony in A, Concerto in C, Slovak Chamber Orchestra in a marvelous recording on Klimo OW 006 (coupled with Vivaldi concertos). If you love baroque music and you haven't discovered the six LPs made by Klimo (the German tube equipment mnaufacturer), get them if you ever see them. They are all wonderfully recorded with lovely performances. |
Ah, the Enescu Sonata: wonderful piece. Next time you can come over, Joe, let me introduce you to the Radu Lupu performance of this work in a characterful performance that captures some of the true Rumanian character of the work. Captivating. Tonight has been: Mississippi John Hurt, in concert at Oberlin from 1965 on a Vanguard LP Burt Deivert and Eric Bibb, "River Road," Opus 3 8017 Therese Juel, "Levande," Opus 3 7917 Harry James, "The King James Version," Sheffield LAB 3 |
Tonight is: ~ Shostakovich - Sym 1/Bolt Ballet, Martinon/LSO, RCA LSC 2322 (Classic Records reissue) ~ Shostakovich - Str Qt 8, Borodin Qt, Decca SXL 6036 (Speakers Corner reissue - marvelous) ~ Verdi, Requiem, Reiner/VPO, Price, Tozzi, RCA LDS 6091 (Soria) ~ Ravel, Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose), Skrowaczewski/MinnO, Reference Recordings Master Cuts RM 1004 (reissue of Vox) . |
Tonight: The Best of Missippi John Hurt, Vanguard VSD 19/20 Johnny Cash, The Singing Story Teller, Sun 115 The Byrds, Untitled, Columbia CG 30127 Coming up: Robert Lukas, Usin' Man Blues, Audioquest 1001 Janis Joplin, Full Tilt Boogie, Columbia 30322 ... an eclectic music collection is a joy :^) betcha didn't expect to find these in my collection... |
Early start tonight: Wagner, Parsifal, Solti/LPO, Frick/Fisher-Dieskau/Hotter/Ludwig, London OSA 1510 (only listened to 1st Act, more later... What a cast!) Sileas, Delighted with Harps, Green Linnett SIF 3039 (wire and gut strung Scottish harp and voice) Laudate II, DrottingholmBarEns, Anne Sofie von Otter, Proprius PROP 7860 |
And so who can compare with live music! Should be a great concert, Joe. The poor folks here are listening to: Beethoven Sym 1 & 6, Norrington/London Classical Players, EMI EL 749746 Bach, Violin Sonata in d (Partita 2), Joseph Suk, EMI SLS 818 Charpentier, Pasturale sue la naissance de N.S. Jesus Christ, Christie/Les Arts Florissants, Harmonia Mundi HMC 81082 . |
Doc Watson "Home Again", a Cisco reissue of Vanguard VSD-79239: WOW! I just finished listening to this for the first time, and I was blown away by this recording and the mastering job. This record is incredible! Originally recorded in Doc Watson's living room, this recording captures perfectly that intimate setting, the performers are recreated about as realistically as any recording I have ever listened to. I am impressed. http://www.ciscomusic.com/product.asp?ProductID=476503 . |
Ken, Robert's been after me about listening to the Doc Watson reissues for months; I just haven't had the time to clean it and listen. I owe him a phone call to congratulate him and Cisco on a great job reissuing those LPs. I'll HAVE to get "Southbound" now! And, as much as I like the original copy of Joan Baez's "Farewell, Angelina" I think I'll have to get the Cisco reissue of that now as well. Boy, this is going to be an expensive learning experience. |
Bill Berry, "Shortcake" reissued by Pure Audiophile (PA-004, half-speed mastered by Stan Ricker, spread across 4 sides to allow for maximum dynamics, with three added bonus tracks - phenomenal! Link) Respighi's "Brazilian Impressions" Mercury SR 90153, Speakers Corner reissue. (Most commonly known by the work on the flip side, "The Birds," Brazilian Impressions is by far the more compelling sonic recreation of the orchestra. Another outstanding Speakers Corner reissue from the Mercury catalogue. Link) . |
Playin' the blues tonight... Lightin' Hopkins and Sonny Terry, "Last Night Blues" Prestige/Bluesville 1029, Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue (another superb reissue from the masterful hands of Hoffman and Gray at AcousTech, and the guitar/harmonica playing are not not half bad either! Seriously, Sonny Terry is just incredible on the mouth harp; what a combination.) John Lee Hooker, "Sings the Blues (ThatÂs my story)" Riverside OBC-538, Analogue Productions reissue. Wild Child Butler, "Sho' 'Nuff" Analogue Productions Original APO 2015 - 45 rpm (About as "live" in your listening room as it gets.) . |
Ah..., the Starker/Bach reissue is indeed remarkable. Glad you've had a chance to listen to it, Joe! These Speakers Corner Mercury classical reissues are incredibly good; they are doing a great job. I've just seen a preview of what's coming up in the next year (posted on the Phonogram list), and it's luscious. I know where my spending budget will be going. ;^) . |