Jospeh Spencer, who I knew well, lived at Alan Curtis' house in North Berkeley. At the time, most of the keyboardist/conductor's posts were in Europe, Joseph sublet the house. I recorded Alan Curtis a few times, archiving for SFEMS most likely. Sad to hear of his passing.
Now playing the following LP from my baroque collection. The ensemble was the Chamber Orchestra of the Budapest Philharmonic Society ...
Been listening the Bach/Faust eClassical downloads. Thought to compare with few other recordings, but Faust just is so impressive that better to stick to her playing today...
Did not even know I have an RCA Living Stereo LP in my LP collection featuring works I am actually unfamiliar with. It was probably acquired during the early "gold rush" days when I just picked up classical music recording when the price was right regardless of composers. Now playing the following LP ... I bet a few of you may be familiar with this recording and the featured works. The music may sound too modern to my ears ...
I sincerely doubt it. Hovhaness "Mysterious Mountain" is consonant enough and smooth enough to get programmed on "New Age Radio". The Divertimento from Le baiser de la fée is Stravinsky's homage to Tchaikovsky. The Sound Quality is among the best from the "Living Stereo" years.
She is, like so many others, today. I got the hirez files just for fun - had the ceedees already. Snappily tried to compare them on few occasions (through the same dac so the only difference is in the source) but unlike with orchestral music didn't noticed any difference - except the one I imagined. But that was a hasty couple of minutes experiment. Yet I'd guess redbook is enough with solo instrument works.
I actually survived side A - Hovhaness "Mysterious Mountain". For almost one minute, I kept hearing that non-stop pops and clicks, which reminded me of the legendary poor RCA press quality (though I see no visible scratches on the vinyl) from the early 70's. BTW, the SQ is indeed quite good but the press quality is not ...
The Hovhaness probably won't sound too modern to you. The Stravinsky might not too since it's an homage to Tchaikovsky. I see Robin beat me to it.
Listening to Ginastera: Panambi, Estancia (Complete Ballets) performed by the London Symphony Orchestra & Luis Gaeta conducted by Gisele Ben-Dor. Excellent music. I've bought a few of Ben-Dor Ginastera recordings after someone posted one of the earlier this year. Every one is great.
Getting a dose of holiday spirits, now playing the following CD from my Tchaikovsky collection ... This CD is almost 81 minutes in length.
Now on the turntable, record 3 from "The Flowering Of Renaissance Polyphony" performed by Pro Cantione Antiqua, London led by Bruno Turner on Archiv. Desprez - Missa L'homme arme
Didn't see this particular Boyce recording mentioned in the recent discussion, so I'll add it to the pile. It's a 1972 recording, issued on "The Bach Guild" record label. My first exposure to Boyce's music. H.C. Robbins Landon wrote an essay for the album in which he notes that Max Goberman made the first complete recording of these symphonies in the 1930's. I bet drh has that on a 78.
The originals would be from the very early 1960's. The pressing quality probably wouldn't be all that much better. I don't see any audiophile LP pressings for this, Scott might know of one.
One further observation, the LP feels a bit heavier than almost all other LP's in my collection. The back of the LP says, "RCA, New York 1958". This LP could well have been pressed in the 1960's ...