Bought in memory of Peter Brook (who died last week)? For those unfamiliar with the work, it is one of the landmark theatre productions of the 1960s.
On the turntable: The last of my most recent group of thrift store purchases. All four discs in perfect condition. $2.99. Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire conducted by Andre Cluytens – Ravel: The Complete Orchestral Works Angel Studios – S 3636 D
London CS 6419, issued 11/64. Recorded 7/16-18/64, Kingsway Hall, London. Producer: John Culshaw. Engineer: Gordon Parry. The insert note from Rostropovich seems to indicate this copy was a thank-you for support of the National Symphony in Washington, D.C., where he was music director 1977-94. The back-cover photo of the London LP was the cover of the Decca LP. A note explains that the side with the Cello Symphony is 34 minutes & 50 seconds long " In the interests of musical structure and continuity", containing the entire work. They suggest it might be necessary to "increase your volume control slightly." The sound doesn't seem to suffer.
A selection from the Peter Serkin box- one of the CDs freaturing his work in the ensemble Tashi. Webern- Quartet, Four Pieces, Piano Variations, Three Little Pieces. Tekemitsu- Uninterrupted Rests, Piano Distance, For Away, Les Yeux clos. 1983, 1996.
I always keep coming back to Bruno Walter's Mahler Symphony no.9 recorded in Wien 16 jan. 1938 with the Wiener Philharmoniker. I know the sound is not up to todays standard but wow what a performance.
CD Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 In D Minor, Op. 30 Symphony Of The Air, Kiril Kondrashin Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 In C, Op. 26 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Walter Hendl Van Cliburn, Piano
Listening to "En Albion - Medieval Polyphony in England" performed by the Huelgas Ensemble directed by Paul Van Nevel on DHM.
Now playing: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade K 388; Divertimenti K 240, 525, 253, 270 - Amadeus Winds, Christopher Hogwood - recorded 1985, 1989 CD 2 of this set:
Spotify Premium. Alexander Scriabin: Symphony No. 2, Op. 29 Piano Concerto, Op. 20 Piano – Kirill Gerstein Vasily Petrenko, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Now playing: Einojuhani Rautavaara - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 - Leipzig RSO, Helsinki PO, Max Pommer - recorded 1990, 1993 CD 3 of this set:
I bought this entire set as SACDs except for one - the Mario Lanza disc. I just couldn’t see . . . Have you ever listened to it?
I had that on vinyl in the 70s, repurchased it on CD on a Decca midline disc (where the lead item was Bolero), lost that somewhere, and reacquired it as part of the Delta Analog box. A great sounding recording.