Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #67)

Now on the turntable, record 4 from the "Ten Centuries Of Music" box set on Archive.

Rameau - Pigmalion and Troisieme Concerte from Les Indes Gallants performed by Orchestre de chambre des Concerts Lamoureux led by Marcel Couraud and featuring Andree Esposito, Claudine Collart and Edith Selig.



Anybody else have some of these old Archive cloth covered boxes? I have one other - Bach Magnificat & Cantatas. SQ could be better; kind of dated recordings.

 

I have this!

I like it. Lots of interesting things to explore.

 

Are they really cloth covered or they have some special texture? I have a bunch of these DG Archive boxes as well ...

 

Now playing the following CD, which just arrived today for a first listen ...

 

Seems like real cloth to me.

 

Now listening to CD 3 from "Helene Grimaud - The Piano Collection" on Brilliant. These are her Denon recordings.

• Chopin - Ballade No. 1
• Schumann - Piano Sonata No. 1
• Liszt - Apres une lecture de Dante

 

These are what we are missing from our CD boxes - 1. Cloth covered CD cases 2. Full-sized libretto or liner notes with color photos of the cast ...

 

The wolf-loving pianist is one sexy babe ...

 

Unfortunately, A-B comparison with Emma is not be possible because they performed different Italian Cantatas ...

 

And, in the case of the Das Alte Werk Bach Kammermusik albums, the actual sheet music!

 

I had one or two. That's how I remember them.

 

Giving Abbado's Mahler's 2nd a 2nd listen and finding it much more satisfying this time. Some surprising choices, but they now seem to work.

 

Now playing CD16 - The Lute in Dance and Dream by Lutz Kirchhof on the Renaissance and Baroque Lute from the following box for a first listen ...

 

The Chicago, Vienna or Lucerne performance?

 

Lucerne

 

This is the Karelia I have...the sound quality of this recording is not good, it sounds like the orchestra is a mile away and there is virtually no presence or much warmth...

 

I have the HvK EMI box. I must have that as well.

 

The two or three Karajan/EMI discs I have just don't do it for me in terms of overall sound...to me it's distant, dull, and not very compelling. The performances are fine for the most part, though.

 

Now playing CD5 - works by Bartok, Mendelssohn, Martinu, Debussy, Chopin and Weiner by Janos Starker and Gyorgy Sebok from the following box for a first listen ...

 

This seems to be a common problem for many EMI recordings ...

 

My latest arrival....very very nice recording...

 

Now playing the following CD from my Chopin collection for a second listen ...