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| Whats on your turntable tonight? I was surprised by how much I've enjoyed listening tonight to Dylan's Modern Times, Columbia 82876 87606. The recording quality was far better than I was expecting - nicely mastered and pressed, too. http://www.elusivedisc.com/Bob-Dylan-Modern-Tim... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? This post I admit great reminds me of posting your personal status on Facebook.Good point, czarivey. I usually try to add some commentary as you did so well in your last post. Let me do so now... Elizabeth Maconchy, String Quartet no. 5 (1948) pl... | |
| Why would anyone want 180g records ? Here is a nice discussion of vinyl weight for LPs and whether it matters:http://blog.vinylgourmet.com/2015/10/180-gram-vinyl-what-are-the-benefits-heavyweight-vinyl-records-.... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky Reiner/CSO, RCA LSC 2395, Analogue Productions reissueElizabeth Maconchy - String Quartet no. 5 William Walton - String Quartet Allegri Quartet, Argo ZRG 5329, originally recorded in 1963Miles Davis - Milestones ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? On the turntable now is the Yanaki String Trio's recording on Yarlung Records of:Krzysztof Penderecki - String TrioJason Barabba - String TrioBeautifully recorded in 2006 by Bob Attiyeh on analog tape, this LP is 45rpm lusciousness mastered by B... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Earlier today, I was listening to some intriguing music by Gunter Schuller and Bruno Maderna. For those whose tastes run to exploring contemporary music from the second half of the 20th century, this is one to check out. Surprisingly decent sound ... | |
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| Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only learsfool, I am delighted to share something new for you! Nicholas Maw is a very interesting composer and well worth exploring. The Sonata for Strings and 2 Horns is from 1966 and the score is available from Boosey & Hawkes: http://www.boosey.... | |
| Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only Thanks for so many good suggestions. The selections I currently have under consideration for our upcoming listening session, which prompted the original post, will come from among the following works:Zwilich: Symbolon or Concerto Grosso, Mehta/NYP... | |
| Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only frogman, the Rachmaninoff "Symphonic Dances" are certainly worthy of inclusion in any list of outstanding music from the second half of the twentieth century. One of the additional criteria for me in pulling selections to play will be that the com... | |
| Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only Here’s a new classical recording on vinyl just being released from Yarlung Records. It’s in the mail and I’m looking forward to hearing this:Krzysztof Penderecki - String Trio (1991) Jason Barabba - String Trio (2006)Performed by the Janaki Strin... | |
| Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only jetrexpro, no, I don't think anyone has mentioned Messiaen's Quartet For The End of Time. An amazing work with tremendous impact.As to labels still making new classical recordings and pressing on vinyl, there are two small interesting labels whose... | |
| Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only By the way, I offer a big "Thank you" to all who've participated in provided suggestions and engaging in some conversation about MUSIC for a change. How refreshing is that!?! | |
| Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only Jetrexpro, thank you for offering the names of three contemporary composers whose music I don't know. I'm stuck in this time warp of very few new music recordings since the advent of digital recordings because I've continued to maintain a vinyl-on... | |
| Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only However, Ives actually used quite a bit more of American folk tunes than Copland did, and was very original, experimenting with bi-tonality pretty much before anyone else did, and with quarter-tones, etc. Learsfool, you make some very instructi... |