Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #2)

Here is the first baroque recording on LP I bought almost 30years ago. That was how I started in classical music and it was a Nikolaus Harnoncourt recording.

 

Bill, here is a picture of the Berlin Philharmoniker found in the booklet that came with the HvK 1977 Beethoven Symphonies set.

 

Now playing Mozart: Symphony, No 35/Serenade, No. 7
Ion Brown: Academy of St. Marin in-the-fields

 

I think the EMI German pressing was the best of the EMI lot. I don't think I ever bought any French EMI records.

I think the HvK's Beethoven cycle with the Philharmonia Orchestra recently re-released on EMI is quite good.

 

Finally a date for this:



January of 1967. Drasko pegged for me George.

 

This is the cd version I have as well. (Less than) nothing special IMO.

 

That looks impressive. Checked out the other store here and they did not have it. Back to online. Thanks!

 

This B-C tape is my all-time favorite.

 

While this is not B-C, it has excellent sound quality as well.

 

Period instrument performance IMO has been over-hyped. I happen not to believe classical music of all periods sound good on period instruments.

 

I will always treasure the 1977 HvK's Beethoven cycle LP-set. There are lots of photographs in that booklet.

 

About to unleash this 5th...one of my favorite versions:

 

Giulini was a very stylish conductor. But I don't think he ever recorded a full Beethoven cycle.

 

The man could make a living with that skill.

 

Purchased at Borders Tuesday with 40% off coupon:
Beethoveniano Concerto No.5/Piano Sonata No.28(Grimaud/Staatskapelle Dresden/Jurowski(DG)

 

Here are a few of my first classical albums. The Schubert Trio #2 is on Barry Lyndon, as well as the theme music, Handel's Sarabande. I thought I was buying the theme from Kramer v. Kramer (concerto for mandolin, #425) on the Bernstein Vivaldi, but it wasn't the right record, IIRC. Eventually I bought the soundtrack. I don't remember why I bought the Brandenburgs. I must have heard them somewhere. Another early one was HVK's Pachelbel's Canon and Albinoni's Adagio.

 

Not entirely sure. I think Iona Brown was the conductor of the Academy of St. Martin through the late 80's. My recording is part of a 10-CD set titled The Iona Brown Collection by the German label Hanssler. The back of the CD says 1997, but the recording might have been made earlier.

http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Sympho...=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1226772400&sr=1-4

 

I think Gustav Leonhardt was associated with the Collegium Aureum some years ago.

 

Maybe I gave up on my local Borders too fast.

 

Now playing: Mendelssohn Elijah
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Felix Mendelssohn, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, New Philharmonia Orchestra, and Gwyneth Jones.

 

Time to test our brick work for stability:



Disc 2

 

This is supposed to be an excellent CD, though I do not own it. I only have 2 CD sets by Otto Klemperer: Bach St Matthew Passion and Brahms German Requieum.

 

Absolutely, I have this first Marriner's recording of Handel Messiah on LP, open-reel and CD. The only recording I have in all these 3 formats.