Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #64)

Misery of the ages! Karajan was multi-lingual but Russian is not a language most conductors can speak unless he is Russian. I think many of the Russian piano greats - Richter, Gilels spoke English and perhaps Berman did as well ...

 

Need to dust off the following box from the shelf and give the CD's a spin. This box features Gidon Kremer and Martha ...

 

Like I said, not on the occasion that I met him, which was around 1980 or so. Richter complained in an interview about the "awful" English that Americans speak, so I presume that he did. Not sure about Gilels. I would think that most international musicians could speak English to some degree.

 

Two box sets arrived yesterday

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and this is on its way

 

Any time I hit my usual used vinyl haunts and thrift stores, I look for tube equipment because I'd buy it on the spot...but so far, nothing yet. My area is not very metropolitan, so it may take a while

 

I meant Mystery of the ages ...

 

Now playiing SACD4, the last disc from the following box for a first listen ...

 

Now listening to "Sacred Music In The Renaissance - Volume 3" performed by The Tallis Scholars on Gimell.

Works by Browne, Palestrina and Allegri.

 

Maybe the photographer just instructed Berman to say "wallah wallah wallah" and Karajan to look interested

 

I was a bit confused, I must admit!

 

Now on the turntable, "Johannes Tinctoris - Missa Trium Vocum" performed by Instrumental And Vocal Ensemble led by Roger Blanchard on Nonesuch.

 

I have a few of Blanchard's recordings on Nonesuch but this one is still on my wantlist. You don't find Nonesuch very often here in Europe. And I've never even seen the French originals.

 

For those interested, one of today's Christmas sale albums at eClassical is Couperin: Apotheoses by Gli incogniti

 

I recently bought that on CD--it's wonderful.

 

I bought this in a used record store about 25 years ago.

If I ever see another one I'll let you know.

 

Thanks! I'll fly over to Frenchtown NJ immediately!

 

I talked to him backstage in 1993, 1994 and a year before he died. He talked by by then some English and German. He was living for years in Florence.

 

Looks like you have a sizable LP collection ...

 

Now playing the following CD from my A4 collection ...

 

I assume you are talking about Berman, as I read he spent the last part of his life in Italy IIRC ...

 

In addition to my box set of all of those, I have Nos. 20 and 27 on SACD. I think that is the only pairing issued in that format.

 

I have the Leonhardt, and the entire Janowski "Ring" packaged as a Sony budget set. What do the highlights consist of?

 

Now playing the following CD from my (semi) early music collection ...

 

Now playing CD1 from the following twofer from my early music collection ...