Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #66)

What's the year on this? If it's from the 80s,it came out on vinyl.I would definitely pick it up.It has the same type of cover as the later Philips Lps.

This is the only Winterreise in my collection.I bought more because I want all of Britten's Decca recordings.

 

I have the following 3 versions at this point ...

Winterreise D911 Schreier, S Richter/Tenor, Piano DECCA
Winterreise D911 Fischer-Dieskau/Baritone,Brendel/Piano DECCA
Winterreise D911 Schafer/Soprano,Schneider/Piano Onyx

 

I never made much of an effort to complete a Phase 4 collection. I probably bought most of the Phase 4 LP's in the late 70's ...

 

Ordered the following box this evening ...

 

That's the turntable I have, now with an Audio Technica AT311EP cartridge. I love it...and I know I will explore an upgrade sometime in the future, but it still reproduces excellent sound and has been working flawlessly since 1989.

 

(CD Sony Classical SK 62308)

 

No need to spend big bucks to enjoy one's record collection.

 

One of these days (I hope) my Sony box will ship. In the meanwhile, Amazon tells me I will be receiving the Arrau cycle of Beethoven sonatas by U.S. mail today (on Sunday!).
With the Sony box and the EMI box, I think I will say no to the UMG mega-box, but I may order the DG box at some point.

 

The Tallis Singers performing John Browne for an early Sunday morning.

 

Now on the turntable, "Haydn - String Quartets Op. 50 Nos. 1 & 2" performed by The Aeolian String Quartet on Decca.

 

I am correcting my previous answer-working thru more of the box revealed that they used the same cover art on a LP of the Franck Symphony in D Minor issued July 31,1950 on LM 1065. So yes I have that very strange cover art in the replica CD. So this set has 3 different recordings of the Franck.

 

So the Sony's Richter box is still out of stock?

 

Looks like the following recording is the only one they made. It added it to my early music collection a few years back ...

 

Yes. At Amazon.com and ImportCDs.

 

Mine were included in the recent the third of the three 4 disc sets.

 

Just bought this one:



It sounds nice.

 

Listening to this wonderful LP as the snow falls...and falls...and falls...

 

Skipping ahead several centuries, La Boheme with Tebaldi and Bergonzi from the Decca box.

 

Started this snowy Sunday with this:

Sir Georg pushes the finale of the symphony hard. I can almost sense the sigh of relief from the orchestra on the last note.

 

Now playing the following LP from my Beethoven collection ...

 

Come to think of it, I may not even have any recordings of Sir Colin with the BBC Symphony on CD ...

 

Nice Google animation homepage today...

 

I have never owned a fancy turntable and doubt I will spring for one anytime soon ...

 

Now giving the following LP a spin. Not quite sure why I decided to buy this LP some thirty years ago ...

 

This has been my rave of the week, never particularily liked this piece, but having got the CD of the Beecham recording this week it's in heavy rotation. Such melody!