Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #43)

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by George P, Nov 28, 2012.

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  1. john greenwood

    john greenwood Senior Member

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    NYC
    Jack Brymer calls Nielsen's wind quintet one of the two greatest ever written. (The other is Hindemith's.)
     
  2. spideyjack

    spideyjack Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Indianapolis
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    Erik Satie
    Selected Piano Music
    Laurence Allix - Piano
     
  3. drh

    drh Talking Machine

    Happy new year everyone!
     
  4. coopmv

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

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Now playing CD16 - all R Strauss' (not my favorite composer anyway) works from the following set while I am working on one of my two New Year's Resolutions - cleaning up the clutter in my study/computer room ...
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  5. Robin L

    Robin L Musical Omnivore

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    Fresno, California
    George must certainly appreciate my first classical LP of the year, Wilhelm Backhaus' no-nonsense "Waldstein":

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  6. coopmv

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

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    CT, USA
    Probably, Backhaus was an outstanding pianist and I have quite a few recordings by him, all on CD. BTW, what kind of turntable is shown in your picture? While I do not play my 4000+ LP's on my TT's much, B&O 8002, Thorens TD 126 MKIII and Dual CS-750/CS-721, I am still fasinated with these record-playing workhorses ...
     
  7. Robin L

    Robin L Musical Omnivore

    Location:
    Fresno, California

    This is a Perpetuum Ebner PE 2038 from 1970. PE and Dual had a back and forth relationship until Dual absorbed This has been wired for mono, cleaned and the cue lever has been adjusted. The automatic functions are complicated and time has made them hinky. However the manual functions are topnotch. I'm using a Shure 97xe with great success, this is a very well balanced and low-mass arm. There's audible rumble, but it's low considering the age. I'm sure it helps that the overall fit 'n' finish is Absolute Spitzenklasse. The piano tone is rock steady on this classic Walter Gieseking LP of Debussy:

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  8. coopmv

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

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    CT, USA
    Here are what I purchased over the past three days ...

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    4 recordings, some of which are OOP and an internet tuner to receive internet radio broadcast ...
     
  9. coopmv

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

    Location:
    CT, USA
    No wonder this TT resembles some of the early DUAL tables. At any rate, my Thorens and DUAL's are all 78-ready but I have never used that functionality since I have no 78 RPM records ...
     
  10. coopmv

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

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Now playing CD17 - all Tchaikovsky's programs - Symphony No. 6, Capriccio italien and Marche slave from the following set while continue cleaning up the clutter in my study/computer room ...
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  11. John S

    John S Forum Resident

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    Yes indeed. +1

    Recently, I tuned in to the last few minutes of an interesting orchestral piece full of mood and atmosphere. Here was a strong horn call motif, layered with string and woodwind counterpoint. There was also the requisite light and dark – those difficult to describe elements that make music good. I should not have been surprised to find this captivating music was Holst’s Indra, from a new Naxos release. Having only been familiar with his The Planets, I figured it was time to branch out.

    Gustav Holst
    Walt Whitman Overture, Op.7, H42
    Symphony in F, Op.8, H47, "The Cotswolds"
    A Winter Idyll, H31
    Japanese Suite, Op.33, H126
    Indra – Symphonic Poem, Op.13, H66
    Ulster Orchestra
    JoAnn Falletta
    (Ulster Hall, Belfast, UK, October 2011)

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    The more I hear Indra, the more I think Holst could have placed this piece in the middle of The Planets and titled it "Earth." The first moments of this music evoke an image of the blue marble in space. There are light-as-air passages, and there are those dark mysterious sections reminiscent of The Planets. Actually Indra was inspired by a story in Indian mythology, rather than by any influence of the music of India; one does not hear any evidence of raga or tala in this.

    The Japanese Suite was commissioned by the famous dancer and choreographer Michio Ito. Now we do hear the influence of non-western music with a touch of Stravinsky thrown in. The other highlight of this disc is the touching molto adagio second movement of the symphony, an elegy for the textile designer, artist, writer and utopian socialist William Morris.

    I know T’inblue has no use for Keith Anderson, the frequent Naxos liner notes writer, but I did learn a couple interesting biographical tidbits from his notes on this CD. First, it seems Holst earned his living as a trombone player, both with a touring opera company and the Scottish Orchestra (I knew I liked ole Gustav for some reason:agree:). Second, Holst’s brother, Ernest Cossart, had a successful career as an actor in America including appearances in a string of Hollywood movies in the thirties and forties. Here is Cossart with Ronald Reagan in "Kings Row":

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  12. coopmv

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

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    CT, USA
    Now playing CD8 from the following set for a first listen ...
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  13. coopmv

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

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    CT, USA
    Three more Amazon orders placed today ...
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  14. testikoff

    testikoff Seasoned n00b

    Please note that originally released in 1984 Dreyfus' Scarlatti CD has pre-emphasisized tracks (pre-emphasis is detected in each track's sub-code), but no flag pre-emphasis flag in disc's TOC.
     
  15. coopmv

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

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Does this mean my CDP's may have trouble playing that CD? I actually have quite a few Denon CD's from that era and have never had any problems with them ...
     
  16. testikoff

    testikoff Seasoned n00b

    Not if your CD player recognizes pre-emphasis in track sub-code, otherwise this CD will sound way too bright...
     
  17. coopmv

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

    Location:
    CT, USA
    But weren't all Denon CD's from that era (1980's) recorded the same way?
     
  18. testikoff

    testikoff Seasoned n00b

    No idea, this is the only old Denon CD I own. Some 1990s Denon CDs were pre-emphasised too, but the pre-emphasis flag was in disc TOC (not on 1984 Scarlatti CD). You may wanna have a look at this thread actually...
     
  19. coopmv

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

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Now playing the following CD - a very early recording by the English Baroque Soloists with John Eliot Gardner, which probably has not been played in over 20 years ...
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  20. coopmv

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

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Thanks for the link. Actually, none of my current Denon classical CD's is on that list, which may mean some of them might have been pre-emphasized. I went for this Scarlatti CD simply because recordings by Huguette Dreyfus are all OOP and re-issues are nowhere in sight ...
     
  21. coopmv

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

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Now playing the following CD - a very early recording by the English Baroque Soloists with John Eliot Gardner, which probably has not been played in over 20 years ...
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  22. George P

    George P Notable Member Thread Starter

    Location:
    NYC
    Mono or stereo?
     
  23. wolfram

    wolfram Slave to the rhythm

    Location:
    Berlin, Germany
    Happy New Year everyone!

    Starting 2013 with some Bach.
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    I haven't been familiar with the sonatas & partitas, because I'm not that big a fan of solo violin, but I like this quite a bit.
     
  24. coopmv

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

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    CT, USA
    Now this is a new name for me ... :D
     
  25. wolfram

    wolfram Slave to the rhythm

    Location:
    Berlin, Germany
    What, Bach? Pretty talented guy, you might give him a try.


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