Listening to "Puccini - Tosca" performed by the Orchestre De La Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire led by Georges Pretre on Warner.
Today: Bach Inventions from this amazing collection of Aldo Ciccolini's genius...the playing sublime, the sound, superb. I highly recommend this box, the price is right!
The last few days have been so busy... Glad to finally get back to the music and this forum. Listening to Haydn on the turntable this morning while coffee is brewing. Symphonies 95 & 96, played by the London Philharmonic / Eugen Jochum. DG / German / 1973
Listening to Balakirev Symphony No.1. This is a former radio station copy, which is the primary reason the jacket looks so worn. For your amusement, here's a sample of the station personnel scribbling on the back:
Schubert: Piano Sonatas D959 & D960 Krystian Zimerman, piano DGG These performances are very different from what I'm used to; it will take some time for me to warm up to them, although the playing is very good, as I'd expect from Zimerman.
I am a late-comer to his recordings, very much persuaded by @DeepFloyd11 ... So I now have close to 40 of his CD's.
I like the Hagens' Mozart recordings on DG, so I am listening to this today. My first reaction is that it's very idiosyncratic -- every phrase seems to have been re-thought. Playing and sound are excellent. Mozart: String Quartets K. 387 & 458. Hagen Quartett, Myrios Classics.
Have not played this one in a while... Beethoven Sonatas 12, 13, & 14, and the Bagatelles, Op.119. Charles Rosen performs and provides liner notes for jacket. Nonesuch Records, recorded April 3 and June 14, 1985 at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York City.
I actually found those Beethoven sonatas separately, on a super-budget Seraphim release (remember that sub-label?).
I can't speak to the sound quality, but Ms. Wurtz is an excellent pianist, who deserves to be much better known. Her Schubert is especially good.
I believe, now, yes. Previously she recorded for Regis (I think the Mozart sonatas on Brilliant originate from Regis, at least in part) if not other labels.
Listening to Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani. Previn & the LSO, with Simon Preston on Organ. Angel (EMI)/Quad/45-rpm LP/ca. 1978.
A favorite: Brahms' Symphony No.4, played by The Philharmonia Orchestra / Klemperer. From this early '60s Angel Records box set.
I never bought any of those 45 RPM LP's or those Mo Fi audiophile LP's back in the day as I considered both to be gimmicky ...
Actually, it wasn't Seraphim vinyl but a Seraphim CD from the late '90s - bargain-basement, and I don't think these discs were on the market very long.
