Listenin' to Classical Music and Conversation

This is a superb recording on an 11-string guitar of JS Bach violin, cello, and keyboard works all transcribed by the guitarist.

 

I have several albums with Georges Prêtre conducting, though not that one... which looks like something I'd like to hear.
Prêtre is a great interpreter of Poulenc (IMHO), but I also enjoy his recording of the Sibelius Symphony No.2, with the New Philharmonia Orchestra, on the LP below.

 

I found some old pressings of some titles I didn't have. Some I was familiar with, others I'm not. Here's an aritst I wasn't familiar with. I got two titles of solo piano work of Debussy on Angel by Walter Gieseking.
The one I'm currently playing is Fifteen Piano Pieces on a blue mono label.

Edit:I see where he was a panderer of the Nazi party during WWII. That could have an influence on your career. Hmmm,.

 

My favorite is the Peter Sculthorpe album with didgeridoo but I love the sound of didgeridoo so YMMV.

 

He's famous for his Debussy

 

Spinning this fine sounding Surround SACD. Excellent performances.

 

I have the entire Centenary set that was released in Japan about 10 years ago.

 

I bought this SACD last year ...

 

Does the box have 50 CD's?

 

Believe it or not, I actually bought them all separately. Yikes! $$$

 

I have never bought any music from Japan ...

 

I never liked them as well.

 

I ordered the following box on 1/19 and received the box yesterday but I do not have Amazon Prime ...



The box was actually made in the Czech Republic.

 

Those RCA LP's were no better ...

 

I agree. They were always pretty bad.

 

I am generally a buy American type of guy. There are two things I will never buy American. Classical LP's and then cars ...

 

That is pretty much the way I am. I have not purchased an American made auto in 20 years.

 

Spinning this fine sounding...CD.

 

I have never owned a car made by the Detroit big three. My first car was a Volvo and subsequently I have owned only Japanese cars either made in Japan or the US.

 

Here is my first Charles Avison 12 Concerti Grossi by Neville Marriner, a 3-LP Philips box still in pristine condition after thirty some years with only one play. @DeepFloyd11, grab it for $1 CAD if you see it next summer ...

 

NP Nikolal Petrov - Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.4/Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra w/Gennady Rozhdestivensky conducting (Angel/Melodiya) stereo lp

I reslly like this pianist. This was his U.S. debut.

 

Too late to check but I may have this Angel LP ...

 

I am not familiar with him. I need to check him out.

 

I really like his touch and his dexterity. The sound is pretty good for a U.S. pressing.

 

He was supposed to be a big deal Austrian pianist and is now in his 90's. He was a student of Edwin Fischer ...