Green Bay, a small town with a big football team ... My late mother-in-law was a rabid Packers fan and my wife was born in Milwaukee ...
Chopin Nocturnes Op.9, 15, 27, 32, 37 (CD 1) by Rubinstein. These were recorded between 1936-1937 and transfers were by Marina and Victor Ledin. I can't say I have any strong thoughts on early Rubinstein Chopin Nocturnes vs the later ones he for RCA in '65 (or was it '67) performance wise other than the RCA are superior recording quality. And also played Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 5. My favorite Brahms solo piano piece magnificently played by Julius Katchen. I will never tire of hearing this performance. I bought the Itzhak Perlman Complete Warner box. I have a handful of Perlman CDs though I wouldn't really consider myself a big fan (IMO he can play a bit loose in some of his later recordings), the box was attractively priced and like many of these performer boxes they record lesser known works they like.
Happy Birthday. Nice batch of records. I like your user name, but maybe you should spell it Baachthoven
Thanks. Strange, now I can see it in the quote in my post above. Spooky... I wonder what's going on, leftovers from Halloween?
I bought some interesting LPs today at a thrift shop — Vols. 2, 3, 6 & 7 of Beethoven’s String Quartet cycle performed by the Quattor Schaffer (umlaut over the a). So far, these performances sound really good, but I have not been able to find out much about this quartet, other than a brief mention by Tully Potter in The Beethoven Project that says “ and the Schaffer Quartet did a splendid cycle for the French Musidisc label“. The personnel of this group is Kurt Schaffer (violin), Franzjosef Maier (violin), Franz Breyer (viola) and Kust Herzbruch (cello). Maier’s name seemed familiar and he was a principal of Collegium Aureum a while back. So, that’s it. Anyone know anything more about the Quattuor Schaffer? TIA
Now on the turntable, record 2 from "Dowland - First Booke of Songes 1597" performed by The Consort Of Musicke on L'Oiseau-Lyre. Featuring: (the lovely and talented) Emma Kirkby - soprano John York Skinner - countertenor Martyn Hill - tenor David Thomas - bass
Now on the turntable, record 3 from "Mozart - The Symphonies Salzburg 1766-1772" performed by The Academy Of Ancient Music led by Jaap Schroder on L'Oiseau-Lyre. Symphonies K. 124, 126, 129
Appreciate it! We probably won't get to it until the Spring, but I've been urged to find more such trails.
This is my favorite...I like Reiner's tempos, his ability to get so much charm out of the Game of Pairs, and the thrill of the Finale.
Now on the turntable, record 3 from "Mozart - The Complete Piano Concertos Vol. 4" performed by Murray Perahia leading the English Chamber Orchestra on CBS Masterworks. Concertos Nos. 25 & 26