Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #7)

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by -Alan, Dec 20, 2009.

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  1. drh

    drh Talking Machine

    Oh, you mean these? ;)
     

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  2. john greenwood

    john greenwood Senior Member

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    Interesting - I had listened to the Hewitt/Couperin discs several times at home and never got into them. Last evening on my train commute home, I wanted some music to help me nap, so I played them on my Ipod. And for the first time I started to enjoy them. Never did fall asleep.
     
  3. George P

    George P Notable Member

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    No need to break out the pornography. :winkgrin:
     
  4. drh

    drh Talking Machine

    That's phonography! :angel:
     
  5. George P

    George P Notable Member

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    :laugh:

    Well played.
     
  6. Hiro

    Hiro Forum Resident

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    I'll have to check it out...

    BTW I highly recommend Górecki: Symphony No.3 (Yuri Simonov/RPO, soprano: Susan Gritton) from the Membran SACD series, it really is a gem, it's so emotional and touching recording I actually had tears in my eyes when I first heard it...

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  7. George P

    George P Notable Member

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    Spinning the 3rd piano sonata from this:

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  8. Bronth

    Bronth Active Member

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    Ouch, I could score this Gorecki SACD a couple days ago for cheap, but hadn't checked samples and made my mind. But thanks anyway for thumbs up, some e-tailers have these discs and prices are adequate.

    BTW, I find these series the most overlooked classical gem ever. The orchestra has rich, almost old-school sonority, the conductors are well informed and focused (and, while not being 'big names', have some serious reputation if you dig a bit deeper), performances are emotional and detailed, the sound is usually very good (considering its 20 bit PCM origin) but... there are only occasional fan reviews and some established arrogant ignorance on the pro-critics side (apart from some reported praise from Grammophone).
     
  9. Bronth

    Bronth Active Member

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    Listening to this Pure Beauty precisely transferred by Mark O-T (in case of Arabella Highlights this CD represents complete vinyl record for the first time).
     

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  10. George P

    George P Notable Member

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    DAMN! That was good! :cool:
     
  11. kevinsinnott

    kevinsinnott Forum Coffeeologist

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    Chicago, IL USA
    Gorecki's Symphony #3, Song of Sorrowful Songs, is possibly my favorite piece of new (last 20 years) piece of classical music. It is so moving, I sometimes use it to play to someone who claims they don't think any new music is interesting, or when they claim not to like vocal music.

    Two other versions of note on standard redbook:

    David Zinman conducting London Sinfonietta, Dawn Upshaw, soprano
    Anton Nanut conducting Slovenian Symphony, Luisa Castellani

    The Zinman is engineered by the talented Tony Faulkner, very helpful since this is such a string-based work. And, the strings sound gorgeous, as does Ms Upshaw's voice.

    Nanut's recording is almost as good, perhaps just a bit more distant, some would say natural. Not to slight other sopranos, but Castellani's is simply the voice that melts me.
     
  12. Hiro

    Hiro Forum Resident

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    The Simonov/RPO version (with Susan Gritton's soprano) remains my favorite interpretation of the piece, it is even deeper and more involving than the greatly praised Dawn Upshaw disc (I personally find Gritton's soprano more convincing and more Polish sounding). Out of great respect for this piece and this recording in particular I never play it when I'm not 100% ready for it, but whenever I sit down to listen to it the experience is always thrilling...

    Highly recommended.
     
  13. Hiro

    Hiro Forum Resident

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    Fischer/Budapest Festival Orchestra performance: 10/10

    Miah Persson (soprano): 10/10

    Sound quality: 10/10

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  14. dale 88

    dale 88 Errand Boy for Rhythm

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    This is the one. The first Ansermet version of Scheherazade is the one to have for the performance.

    I received the Dutton Labs reissue/transfer of Ansermet's first recording of this work. The sound is much better than I would have imagined for the 1948 recording.

    Recorded June 1 & 2, 1948, Paris, at La Maison de la Mutualite with the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra. From catalog numbers: K1980-8. Matrix nos.: FAR 42-53.

    The sound seems balanced to me, and you can hear nearly all sections clearly. My mind did not wander with this performance. As mentioned previously, the violinist is a delight. The orchestra sounds very professional. Better in my opinion that the same orchestra (I believe) under Markevitch in the 50's on DG. And you get to hear that French sound in the horns, brass, and woodwinds.

    This was a probably a good seller when it came out on 78's. It was transferred to LP, and was evidently available for years.

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  15. Kal Rubinson

    Kal Rubinson Senior Member

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    I have not heard the Simonov/RPO but my favorite over both the Zinman/Upshaw and the Nanut/Castellani is the short-lived release on SACD LR 105: Spectacularly performed and recorded (by Lipinski for Radio Polskie) and conducted by the composer. http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/3931
     
  16. OE3

    OE3 Senior Member

    Gorecki Symphony No.3, Op.36

    I found Alain Altinoglu/Sinfonia Varsovia Naive SACD yesterday for $6. Very good performance and sound, but I prefer Zinman. I also have last year's Runnicles/Atlanta SO with Christine Brewer on Telarc, which is excellent but only DSD/redbook, no SACD.
     

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  17. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    Now playing this CD ...

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  18. OE3

    OE3 Senior Member

    Gulda Plays Bach

    Nice! Huge Gulda fan here.
     
  19. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    Same here. I think Martha Argerich studied with Fred Gulda ... :righton:
     
  20. OE3

    OE3 Senior Member

    Suzanne Danco

    Stuart, you should track down this CD. I know you like Bach's cantatas as much as I do, and this is some fantastic singing. Danco was French and Decca recorded the works on this CD the mid-50's (mono). An amazing performance of Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51, one of the great Bach cantatas for soprano.

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  21. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

    Location:
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    Eddie, Thanks for the heads up. Believe it or not, I attended a concert by the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra with Karl Munchinger at Carnegie Hall in the mid 80's, just a few years before Munchinger passed away. It was quite a concert when a number of favorite baroque works were performed. The ensemble was very polished but it performed in modern instruments.
     
  22. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    CT, USA
    Now playing CD14 from this set ...

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  23. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    CT, USA
    Now playing CD5 from this set ...

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  24. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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  25. drh

    drh Talking Machine

    What a shame! Thanks for the link. I haven't heard his nocturnes, but I do have his disc of the etudes. Another link to the old, barnstorming virtuosi has passed.
     
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