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When you receive the box -you may like to start with disc 13-a delightfully colorful set of Night on Bald Mountain, Hary Janos and Lt. Kije.

 

Moi Aussi.

 

Listening this morning to Ives, Symphony 4, Leopold Stokowski conducting the American Symphony Orchestra. Columbia LP, MS 6775. "World Premiere of an American Masterpiece". A premiere performance from Carnegie Hall-Stokowski( then 82) was assisted by two associate conductors, David Katz and Jose Serebrier, according to the notes. " The aesthetic program of the work is that of the searching questions of 'What?' and 'Why?' which the spirit of man asks of life." Charles Ives. Great way to start the day! BTW-nice clean vinyl original.

 

After the Ives: Jacques Offenbach, Overtures, Von Karajan , Berliner Philharmonic. DG LP. Digital Stereo, 2532 006. The overtures are from: Orpheus in the Underworld, Bluebeard, The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, La Bella Elena, Vert andThe Tales of Hoffman.

 

Well, that too... but also some others. I know you don't much appreciate American artists, but it's your loss if you really turn your back on them.

 

Picked up a cheap Regis box today (on sale)...Art Grumiaux - The Art of the Violin (7 CDs).

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No.5 / 6 / 7 (CD4) - Art Grumiaux (violin) / Clara Haskil (piano)
recorded 1956-57 (Philips)

 

Yes--Charles Ives. A great way to start the day. Inspires me to play this Nonesuch LP of his Sonatas for Violin & Piano.

 

Now on the turntable, record 2 from "Mozart - The Symphonies Vol. 6" performed by The Academy Of Ancient Music led by Jaap Schroder on L'Oiseau-Lyre.

• Symphonies 39 & 38

 

BBC Music Mag CD

 

That is why when I retire, I want to retire in Europe...Early Music concerts shine by their absence here in the US. Very few, and most are not instrumental.

 

I am beginning to wonder how many LP shops are left in NYC ...

 

I have very few Supraphon LP's though I have a good number of its CD's, mainly piano works by S Richter and Moravec ...

 

I do like a few of them: Bernstein, Kapell, Janis, Auger, etc. I simply like American artists performing with European ensembles better ...

 

This looks like a compilation of what are in the Philips catalog, though I am surprised not to see any works by Bach and Handel ...

 

Now playing:
Franz Schubert – String Quintet
— Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) – Emerson String Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon)

 

Hopefully your son won't say that he hates the Rodzinski version.

 

Now playing CD3 - Mozart Symphony No. 35 and Beethoven Symphony No. 6 from the following box for a first listen ...

 

Tortonto still has a wealth of riches, including Grigorian. And HMW is still in business with a good-sized classical section there. It's just missing sellers for classical vinyl, which hasn't come back the same way for classical as it has for rock.

And as for NYC, at least there's still Academy.

 

But is Academy still doing well? I have never visited the store while I worked in Manhattan ...

 

If they use the Philips mastering (the earliest CD mastering), that set is a no brainer.

 

Grumiaux pretty much recorded exclusively for Philips during his recording career but these recordings might not have come from the original masters ...

 

I am quite impressed with this Beethoven Symphony No. 6 as it was recorded in 1977 and Adrian Boult was already 88 at the time. It has excellent energy where it was needed ...

 

I was somewhat surprised to find a youtube of Adrian Boult conducting ...