The final disc of this set in the player for a first listen: Beethoven - Symphony #9 - Mackerras/RLPO, Joan Rodgers (soprano), Della Jones (alto), Peter Bronder (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass) First impressions - my Post-It note in the case that says "Turn stereo up to 24!" needs an appendix saying "More like 26 for Symphony #9". Looking forward to the final movement, that's a very decent selection of soloists - I thought Dela Jones was superb in the Elgar Sea Pictures I picked up last week.
Munch, Szell, Solti with the VPO (one of the first five CDs I ever bought). Toscanini with the Philadelphia Orchestra (my imprint version). I used to have a cassette of Gerard Schwarz leading the New York Chamber Symphony live. The best concert I ever heard them give.
Nah - that's these guys. (Modest Mouse) As a young child I found Night on Bare Mountain both scary and confusing. My family used to take day trips to Bear Mountain (nearby up the Hudson river). I thought that was the reference.
A couple of years ago, Presto made Brilliant's classical guitar music megabox available in four separate downloads. Pricing was bargain basement, and I bought two. The problem was that they came without a booklet, and though the metadata included the composer and work, it did not include the performers' names. Since the downloads had a lot of music I did not otherwise own, I kept them. I separated out the Bach, for close listening purposes, and the remaining 8 hours (122 tracks) has become choice background music (shuffled, even at the expense of breaking up suites). I will have it on today, as I try to parse Brian Greene's explanation of quantum mechanics.
Will continue with this great set. Britten's Les Illuminations, Delius Sea Drift and Vaughan William's On Wenlock Edge.
Frank Martin: Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and Strings Ansermet / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande London 1990 (Recorded 1961).
Yes. “This historic broadcast of Il Trovatore was recorded at Jussi Björling's last performance at the Swedish Royal Opera House in 1960, the scene where he made his opera debut in 1930. His counterpart was the legendary Hjördis Schymberg performing the role Leonora.”
It was available on vinyl on O.A.S.I. in the States, maybe other 'alternative' labels too. It must have been issued on CD somewhere as I see a digital download available on Presto Classical.
They are both quite good. Misha Dichter made a good number of recordings for Philips back in the analog days but he shifted his focus more to giving recitals and literally disappeared from the recording studios. I attended a recital by him in the early 2000's in Westchester County, a suburb of NYC. Edo de Waart is an excellent conductor though he has been a bit overshadowed by Bernard Haitink over the years ...
First listen to new arrival "Baroque" performed by Nicola Benedetti with The Benedetti Baroque Orchestra on Decca.
Now listening to Mahler 2 with Bernard Haitink/Concertgebouw Orchestra, Roberta Alexander and Jard van Nes, from the "Eurovision Kerstmatinees" box; broadcast on TV on Christmas Day 1981.
Ah! Must be a legacy of our semi-detached status, here in the UK the phrase is synonymous with the song contest, to the point where I thought it was a brand name.
Prompted me to read the review, somewhat damned with faint praise. Personally enjoyed the two dozen or so Ormandy CDs I have. Looks like an excellent box.