de-horning a stamper is polishing a stamper. It makes for mirror like surface finish on records, but diminishes transient response and overall sound quality.
CPE Bach 3 Flute Quartets Wq 93-95 Hünteler, W. Engel, Darmstadt, Trimborn (Tudor, 2023) Funny release. And normally I would add any new CPE lp to the dedicated thread. This is a perfectly serviceable album. Almost deliberately unexceptional playing from obviously talented musicians. It will not dazzle but at least you can put it on in the background with zero concern with aural interference. Glad to see more interest in this fairly prolific and consistently interesting son of Papa (JS) Bach. YouTube playlist Apple Music
Jumped in my time machine tonight to enjoy this Beethoven violin sonata with Moiseiwitch at the piano.
Schumann The Complete Symphonies (2022, Harmonia Mundi) Münchner Philharmoiker Pablo Heras-Casado YouTube playlist Just picked this off the shelf a couple of days ago. Love the brisk, spirited approach taken by Heras-Casado & the Münchner Phil but I’m reserving any serious judgement until I’ve had five or six listens. Fairly lauded album, though.
Happy Birthday to the late Sergei Prokofiev. Listening to a great interpretation of his solo piano work... PROKOFIEV The Complete Piano Sonatas Natalia Trull (2019, Triton) Apple Music YouTube playlist ClassicalNet Review
NP: Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 Margaret Price, Thomas Allen Chor und Orchestra des Bayerischen Rundfunks Sawallisch
@Ando II you remind me that I’ll need to listen to some Prokofiev tonight. I love his music and I’ve got A LOT of of his music ripped to my computer from my CD collection. Choices...just too many choices. Do you have a favorite cycle of his Piano Sonatas? I’m torn between Matti Raekallio and Vladimir Ovchinnikov. I love both of these cycles immensely.
Well, the Raekallio has received justifiable praise (wish I owned a copy, I've only listened on Spotify) but I'm not familiar with the Ovchinnikov. I'm finding the Trull cycle very intriguing. But I stopped after No. 4, which i enjoyed immensely, to enjoy these three short clips on Prokofiev as a great piano composer (by Andrei Gavrilov) - part 2, part 3
You most definitely need to check out Ovchinnikov. His cycle should be still in-print and it's cheap, too. https://www.amazon.com/Prokofiev-So...=music&sprefix=ovchinnikov,popular,122&sr=1-1
Interesting bio-pic of Prokofiev's life which origianlly aired in '91 - The Prodigal Son: The Life and Work of Sergei Prokofiev Free on the Internet Archive
It's time for a Prokofiev-a-thon to celebrate his birthday: Semyon Kotko Suite, Op. 81a Scottish National Orchestra Neeme Järvi Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 Shlomo Mintz (violin) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 Vladimir Krainev (piano) The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Dmitri Kitayenko From this 2-CD set - Piano Sonata No. 9 in C major, Op. 103 Matti Raekallio (piano) From this OOP set -
Now playing the following CD from my Elgar collection ... @Rose River Bear, How do you like this Enigma Variations?
The second movement of this one (9:36) always makes me stop and listen - as I did today when QXR aired it. Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major (1987, Philips) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Now playing the following CD from my Historical Recordings collection - Rachmaninov playing his own Piano Concertos ...
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Ferenc Fricsay Recorded 1959 DG, 2016 Japanese CD issue This was remastered by Emil Berliner Studios 6/2016. Here is the only note in English: "Ferenc Fricsay did not approve this recording of the "Pathetique" Symphony for release, intending to remake sections of the first movement. In view if its exceptional musical and historical interest, we are grateful to the Ferenc Fricsay Society for permission to publish this interpretation for the first time." Isn't this recording in the big Fricsay orchestral box also? I found it very worthwhile and the phrasing and dynamics were pleasing. The second movement Allegro con grazia had more grace and elegance than some. The playing may be rougher than some orchestras, but some of the smoother orchestras don't always hold my attention.
Another CD featuring Rozhdestvensky conducting. This CD is from the box set entitled, “Legendary Soviet Recordings”, which collected the Yedang/Pipeline separate CD issues of a few years ago. The box was available in the Asian market exclusively I believe. The remastered sound is the best you will hear for these recordings. Much superior to the Brilliant Classics Rozhdestvensky box set of a few years back. There are a good number of Rozhdestvensky discs in this box.
