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Well, transcription to the hilt on Sirius XM earlier this evening: Arthur Benjamin's transcription of Cimarosa keyboard sonatas into an oboe concerto, further transcribed for trumpet and orchestra.

I once met Christopher Hogwood at one of those autograph sessions Tower Records used to sponsor, and, knowing that at the time there was no recording available, suggested to him that the Cimarosa sonatas might be a nice unexploited bit of repertory to record. He more or less gave me the brush-off, something along the lines of "oh, they're decent enough little pieces but not worth wasting time on when there's so much more interesting material out there." Oh, well, I did my little bit to advocate for repertory expansion...

 

What took you so long? Dept.:

I have a Eugene Ormandy set that covers his 30s and 40s recordings.
The first disc I threw on was Pictures at an Exhibition. Paired with this
is Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B Minor. I had never heard this piece before
and it just rocks. Sheer beauty. I would think Prog fans would love it.

The thrill of record collecting ... you never know what you'll find next.

 

Emerson, Lake and Palmer did.

 

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms. Ansermet OSR London UK ffrr.

For some reason I never bothered to check this performance out for many years but it turned out to be an excellent performance and the best recording. Stravinsky and Markevitch are the other two excellent performances but with bad and middling sonics respectively.

 

Hogwood actually recorded a number of Martinu works, which represented a significant departure from everything else he had recorded. I do not have any of those recordings since I do not like "modern" classical music ...

 

I have one of his modern albums with Martinu, Stravinsky and Honnegger. I like it. I have no idea how the performance compares to others since I don't have any other versions of the pieces.

 

Albeniz: Iberia (Complete) Vol. 1 Books 1 and 2
Michel Block, pianist

Memorial Day weekend listening. Trying out more stuff I've not heard before from a collection that was gifted to me (thanking the appropriate persons).

 

The one with the Pulcinella Suite? On Arte Nova? Very good Pulcinella. Hogwood's awareness of the musical conventions of the past serves him very well here.

 

Now listening to "Ingacio De Jeursalem - Matins For The Virgin Of Guadalupe - 1764" performed by Chanticleer on Teldec.

 

Now listening to "Jacopo Da Bologna - Madrigali e Cacce" performed by La Reverdie on Arcana. I especially like hearing female vocals included with this kind of music.

 

Love that LP

 

Is this an LP or a CD?

 

Looks like you have quite a few recordings by the group La Reverdie ...

 

Based on the size, I'd say it's an LP.

 

CD.

 

Oh, oh. Hope I didn't muck up anyone's browser?

 

Now playing:
Frederic Delius – Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody)
Claude Debussy – L'Enfant prodigue: Cortege et Air de danse
Camille Saint-Saens – Le Rouet d'Omphale Op.31
Hector Berlioz – Les Troyens: Chasse royale et orage
Jules Massenet – Le Vierge: Le Dernier Sommeil de la vierge
— Royal Philharmonic Orchestra — Sir Thomas Beecham (ICA Classics / BBC Legends)

 

First listen to CD 3 "Beethoven - Violin Concerto/Sibelius - Violin Concerto" from the box set "David Oistrakh - The Complete EMI Recordings."

 

Naw, just teasin', as the size of the image you posted is about the size on an actual LP on my computer.

 

This Iberia hasn't been easy to find. In 2005, EMI Music France issued it on a 5CD set of Albeniz, Granados & Falla Oeuvres pour piano. When I tried to find it a few years ago it had become scarce also. Finally found a copy from Switzerland. I like Block, what can I say?

 

Helmut Lachenmann: Orchestral Works & Chamber Music

Including:
Interieur 1 (1966)
Schwankungen am Rand (1974/75)
Air (1968/69)

 

Now playing the following CD from my piano collection ...

 

Now playing the following CD from my Chopin collection. I was quite impressed with Tzimon Barto when I attended a concert by Colin Davis with him on the piano in NY back in the early 2000's ...

 

Listened to the Lalo from that box over the weekend.