Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #31)

We should hook up with George and shop at Academy Records in Manhattan one of these days. You can at least do some visual inspection of the used CD when you are in the store, something you cannot do when you shop online ...

 

Back to early music, now playing the following CD, which arrived from Presto a few weeks ago for a first listen ...

 

Yeah He is about 200 miles from me.
Nothing that big here that sells used....Esp Classical...99% Rock.
I don't take any chances with less than 99.5% feedback.
Thus I RARELY get a VG or a G grade CD.
I like the ones online that are Ex Library CD's REALLY??
Any Library CD's I have seen are pretty trashed.....even Classical>
Then there is the stickers and perm marker all over em.

 

Yeah, I hear you.
I remember the Wagner Tannhauser by Solti LP set I once checked out of the NYC Public Library. The set played like the Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture all the way through ...

 

Another Composer I don't have any music of...ANERIO (1567-1630)
This intrigued me so I snatched it up ULN for $6.50 shipped

 

There are so many medieval composers we have never heard of. LOL.

 

Where is everybody this Sunday afternoon? Looks like George is out on another hot date ...

 

Does anyone know if the label Marco Polo related to Naxos?

 

Oh I'm sure of that!!
According to Presto....
‘Westminster’s is yet another of their supreme performances’ (The Musical Times)

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Anerio

And I had one work by Anerio...1st track on this CD that was it.

 

Nope, watching movies.

 

Now playing CD5 from the following set for a first listen ...

 

I've been rereading thread #3, per John S' recommendation: http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showpost.php?p=7130062&postcount=30

 

It has been almost 3 years since that thread was created ...

 

Currently spinning....anyone else have it?

 

No, I do not. Didn't he have something to do with PDQ Bach? Isn't PDQ Bach some fictional composer, not quite related to the great JS Bach?

 

Albeniz

I gathered several classical LPs out of storage last night and have been going through them. I really don't need to buy another classical vinyl in quite some time! I will though.

Playing this on the vintage Magnavox tonight. A Westminster LP set of Albeniz's 'Iberia' played by Jose Echaniz. It's packaged like 78s but is obviously LPs. Lovely. I've heard some of these pieces by Rubinstein and De Larrocha, fascinating how different the interpretations can be.

dan c

 

Now playing CD1 from the following twofer for a first listen ...

 

Intersting LP and very nice doggie!

 

What kind of dog do you have?

 

Cute pooch. Obviously has the ears for classical music.

 

I have the Lindberg on CD. It's actually combined with a recital of French lute music (on a single disc). There's a similar disc combining English and Italian lute recitals.

 

Don't have that but I do have something New York State related in music.
Dunno if it classifies as classical but it's really nice!!

 

To the member who asked in the previous thread... Marin Alsop was music director of the CSO from 1993 until 2005. She went to Baltimore in 2006. I don't know what connections she has with European orchestras.

 

the BWQ is based at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt U.i believe they
comissioned the work.i haven't heard the CD or seen the Quintet live,but
i have seen several of them play with the Nashville Symphony,where some are
principals.

 

Same here! Amazing series.