Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #12)

Yes. Th XRCD version sounds huuuuuuggggeeeee and not too bright.

 

It's got a scary bad edit in the first—Mars—movement. My favorite is still:



The SQ is great, the point-making is subtler than any other version, Boult's rendition of Mars suggests a war machine in the process of breaking down.

 

Yes, I had it. Traded it in. Just too many other great versions. No action in his version.

 

The Boult is a classic and a must have.

Not my fave Enigma though.

 

Great disc. Boult's "Planets" and "Enigma" are great. But I found the Planets to be a little noisy and compressed iirc.

My favourite version of "Enigma" is actually Pierre Monteux's which happens to appear on the other CD with Karajan's 1961 recording of "Planets". I know everyone raves about the Boult and it seems "wrong" to a lot of people to have a non-English conductor. It's a bit noisy, the strings are barely audible at the beginning of "Nimrod"!

 

I have this. I found it so satisfying that I never felt the need to get another version.

 

I have quite a few favorites of the Enigma Variations-Zinman, Jarvi and Gardiner.

 

Is this the astronomy thread?

 

Now playing CD1 from this set, which arrived a few weeks ago ...

 

More like the astrology thread.

 

I thought I read a few months ago that Pluto was no longer one of the planets. My oldest doxie was also named after this "former" planet.

 

Who is reading the palm?

 

Poor Pluto. It will always be a planet in our minds if we listen to Holst.

 

Someone got paid!!!

 

Does anyone know if this Solti's Wagner Ring set is entirely in stereo?

 

I have had that one since day one and it's my fav standard copy.
My fav SACD copy is this one....

 

Yes it is.

 

I am surprised, as I did not think Kirsten Flagstad made any recordings during the stereo age ...

 

I say ditto to that!!

Great place to learn and great people here as well.
In only a few months here I have learned a bunch!

 

Those who know, know

I don't think so—Holst only got as far as Neptune. I know that some would-be master cooked up a Pluto movement but as we all now know, Holst was right all along.

 

Coop must be one of the wealthier members here!
His Cd budget must be in one month what I spend in six.
Must be why His collection is HUGE!

 

George deserves a lot of credit for starting this Classical Music Corner ...

 

Now you have me thinking. Unfortunately I don't have the recording with me here in NY. I went by memory. Her parts may be in mono. I will have to check when I get back home in the next few weeks.

 

You are right. I am thinking of the Naxos recording that has Pluto.

 

Nope, stereo, owned the cheap Time/Life edition.