Ivan Moravec - Chopin Nocturnes (Supraphon) 2 cd set. Orig. released in 1966 by the Connoisseur Society.
Now streaming on Amazon "Christopher Tye: Missa Euge Bone / William Mundy: Magnificat" performed by the Oxford Camerata conducted by Jeremy Summerly on Naxos.
Now streaming on Spotify, "Cipriano de Rore: Missa Praeter Rerum Seriem" performed by the Huelgas-Ensemble led by Paul Van Nevel on Harmonia Mundi France.
Paul van Nevel is one of the best for early music and I have quite a number of his recordings, including the following box ...
Now streaming on Amazon, "Four Gentlemen Of The Chapel Royal" performed by Clare Wilkinson (mezzo soprano) and the Rose Consort Of Viols on Deux-Elles.
Now playing CD20 - Works by Schumann, Debussy, Franck and Chopin from the following box for a first listen ...
I owned that vinyl years ago. I remember Muti's aggressive approach to the outer movements in the Serenade. It was quite the contrast to Ormandy's "Philadelphia Sound". I liked it a lot.
OMG don't even get me started on that. We are listening to a strange mix of records tonight. My husband just played The Rolling Stones 'Emotional Rescue' for me and after that 'Some Girls'. He said to me....it's 40 years ago that Some Girls came out. It's like....' WTF' ????? 40 years? Can't be!!! That's simply scary. Unbelievable. I know exactly where I was when I first heard it- had a crush on a guy that only had eyes for an older - very attractive girl. Our parents were good friends and they visited often - we did as well. In his room he showed me his brand new copy of that LP and I really enjoyed it. I am not a huge The Rolling Stones fan, but that LP I've always liked a lot. (My all time fave being 'Goat's Head Soup'.) So yeah! You are so totally right. Life is moving too fast......
I had the HMV XDR tape of it at the time. When it came to classical (and indeed most ) popular vinyl at the time I avoided US pressings and stuck with the British, German or Dutch which were pretty quiet.
I probably have fewer than a dozen of Ormandy's recordings between LP's and CD's out of some 11,000 recordings. The lousy press quality of American record labels stopped me from getting more of his LP's early on ...
Now streaming on Amazon "Bruckner - Symphony No. 1" performed by the Radio Sinfonie Orchester Frankfurt led by Eliahu Inbal on Teldec.
Now streaming on Amazon "Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6" performed by the Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra led by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski on Oehms Classics.
(CD Decca German Press 436 763-2) 1993 ..... it took Ashkenazy more than a decade to finish his Shostakovich cycle for Decca and especially his recordings with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra map the ragged glory of this composer`s music to full extent - this fabulous Symphony 8 is full evidence.... finally got hold of a mint copy of this version - the sound is excellent ....
