I let the laser do its thing on tracks 1-3 (Missa), before converting the signal from digital to analogue and pushing it out of my speakers. Long story short, I was transported to a pre-Columbian world of voices and vaulted stone in Ockeghem's Missa Fors Seulement (Clerks' Group / ASV).
I should have added some background to the post above concerning the Stravinsky. It was a performance conducted by Konstantin Ivanov who was one of the “older” generation of Soviet era conductors. His recordings in physical format are generally hard to find online. However I have found many of his recordings available on my music streaming app( not free app). Edit: luckily there are a fair number of recordings with Alexander Gauk and N Golovanov also available digitally.
I have two Ivanov recordings in a curious Japanese Victrola set that was part of what must have been some sort of music appreciation series. I bought several, but by no means all that were on offer, at a used record sale 20 years ago. In each of these issues, two LPs are included in a big, red uniform style box (size of a Time-Life set) devoted to music of a single composer together with a lavishly produced book about that composer--in Japanese, alas. In short, a huge expenditure of shelf space for the music provided. The sets contain some worthy classic performances, however. The Ivanov recordings are in the Beethoven and Tchaikowsky boxes. In the former, he conducts the "Eroica"; in the latter, a very strange account of the 1812 Overture, strange because at the end, in place of the "God Save the Tsar" theme, it interpolates a chorus from Glinka's "A Life for the Tsar," then lurches back to Tchaikowsky's score, the transitions at both ends being extremely abrupt and disconcerting. [Edit] Checking an alternate spelling, I find that I have the same recording of Petrouchka, but it is in a different cover:
It's MK. Sorry for the dinky photo; for some reason, it came out very small, and I don't quite "get" how to make flickr work to get it bigger than thumbnail size. Anyhow, catalogue number is the same as in your photo.
I picked this up on a whim and I'm enjoying it today. The surfaces are clean and the sound is good to boot J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier. João Carlos Martins, pianist. Connoisseur Society / The Classics Record Library.
Thank you! I was sorry the cover didn't show well, because I think it's unusually good/attractive/effective/appealing/whatever you choose to call it. If I were framing album covers without concern for orphaning their records, this would be at the head of my list to display. Shifting gears just slightly, anybody have a recommendation for a really good account of Stravinsky's other "p" ballet, Pulcinella? That one is something of a hole in my collection. [edit] By the by, I find it interesting that Petrouchka, of all things, received a relatively complete recording on acoustic 78s when much "standard" literature, like, say, Beethoven's piano sonatas or Mozart's symphonies, was barely represented on record if at all. What's more, the set must have sold pretty well, considering that it is hardly a rarity today. The performance was by the Royal Albert Hall Or. directed by Eugene Goossens and appeared in the United States on Victor blue label records 55245 through 55248. The recordings were made in December 1923 and January 1924.
No problem. There is an earlier recording as well, but I've read from a trusted source that the later one is better.
Not exactly audio system demo material, although it's perfectly listenable, but the performance is excellent.
I am very glad that I found a copy of this CD. Uto Ughi Philharmonia Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Dvorak: Violin Concerto; Four Romantic Pieces; Romance RCA Victor, 1991 Recorded at Abbey Road Violin: Guarneri del Gesu "ex Ole-Bull", 1744
There are mono and stereo versions conducted by Stravinsky for Columbia. Also highly worth listening to would be Ansermet’s recordings along with Bernstein. Just a few-there are many others out there which I have not heard. Edit: Rozhdestvensky and Svetlanov both conducted it. I don’t have the Rozhdestvensky in my collection( yet!).
Can you tell me if the set comes in one fatboy case? I am trying to get an idea how much room I need for it on the shelf.
Yes, it is one fat plastic case. approx 7/8 inches wide. Nearly one inch wide with the paper case cover.
