Mendelssshon; Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish” Symphony No. 4 in A major, op, 90 “Italian” London Symphony Orchestra. Claudio Abbado. From the Decca Analouge Years CD Box Set.
CD from the Philips Classics-The Stereo Years set. Includes Bellini-Oboe Concerto and Hummel-Theme and Variations for Oboe and Orchestra.
Saturday Post Munching Mozart, W.A. Piano concertos 13,15,17+16,18&19 Géza Anda and the Camerata Academica des Salzburger Mozarteums Aka Discs 3 and 4 of eight from the box set Highly enjoyable playing that holds your attention.
This morning I'm reminded of how lovely the Adagio is in Mozart's Violin Sonata No. 27 (KV 379). Have several versions of this but I always come back to Podger and Cooper. The tempo is just perfect.
One of my most favorite pieces of music ever in an appropriately full blooded, high contrast, hyper-Romantic performance-- Johannes Brahms: String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88
Bravo! I ended up buying the complete box set (which is sadly not SACD) but I'd love to have the individual titles. A terrific collection.
Really? I bought all the individual SACD's in the series. Why wouldn't all the SACD's be released in a single box?
A fine haul indeed and Happy Birthday from me too ... I have the Brendel which is a really lovely lp, enjoy ... The Bartok re-issue looks interesting - 100% analogue is always a good start.
Thank you. I think these recent Philips and DG pressings derive from digital copies of the analog master tapes, which accounts for the slightly thin sound, but this one certainly sounds quite good, and Brendel’s playing is superb.
Well, to be precise, it's probably Universal Music or whatever the conglomerate calls itself these days.
But Universal is supposed to have re-branded the recording as a Decca recording as I have noticed many previous Philips recordings are now labeled as Decca recordings after the latest rounds of remastering efforts ...
Universal (as it's still called, or more officially, UMG) discontinued the Philips label after they had acquired it. They can use its name whenever they see fit, which apparently is the case with LP reissues. On CD, Philips recordings are reissued on Decca, which is also owned by Universal.
Looks very cool, but personally I think it's a chiropractor's dream......(that's who you would need lots of after sitting in that chair for prolonged periods of time).