Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #55)

Wasn't David Zinman the conductor of the Baltimore Symphony earlier in his conducting career?

 

The combination. Apollo wasn't main repertoire in those days but Mravinsky occasionally conducted 20th century works such as Bartok. However most of his recordings for Melodiya are not sonic marvels to put it mildly.

 

Now playing CD14 from the following set, a recent acquisition for a first listen ...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Haydn-Symph...2939&sr=1-1&keywords=hogwood+haydn+symphonies

 

Not surprising for recordings made in that period by Russians ...

 

Time for some piano works by an old master (I have no recordings by any new hot shots) ...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Record...7&sr=1-1&keywords=horowitz+the+last+recording

 

A very impressive recording made by the old master just a few months before he passsed away in 89 ...

 

Time for some Bach Cantata: now playing CD4 from the following set for a first listen ...

http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Complete...-1-fkmr0&keywords=helmet+rilling+bach+cantata

 

Now enjoying the slow movements from the first 5 Mozart Piano Concertos for some stress relief.

 

How about a few photo covers ??

 

Wow, we can't even hotlink anymore?

 

Now Listening To

JS Bach: Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas. Grumiaux, Philips black label.

 

I don't know about hotlink but my post had a slightly different point.

 

I like the slow movements of the LvB quartets for that.

 

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

 

The hotlink is back ...

 

The next twofer by a few old masters to play for a second listen will be ...

 

Music therapists actually use the slow movements from the Mozart concerti to reduce stress in their patients.

 

She isn't a new hotshot?

 

Over in the hardware forum, a discussion is raging on the premise, paraphrasing, that the original poster is irritated with audio gear reviewers for basing their discussions on "obscure classical music" instead of "popular music everybody knows."

So, does the guy have a point? Classical music is certainly a minority interest. Does it actually count as "obscure" in some objective sense?

 

No. he does not have a point. If one uses themselves as a reference one can make any claim.

 

As long as the piece is not played through some bipolar speakers ...

 

If I want to listen to R&R, a rack system will do. I don't need to have the sound systems I have, period.

 

She was a young hot shots back in the late 80's but she was not overrated ...

 

This is conceivably one of the best versions of the Brandenburg Concertos out there in spite of its age ...

 

Are you practicing without a license if someone else hears the music??