Listenin' to Classical Music and Conversation

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by bluemooze, Feb 22, 2017.

  1. DeepFloyd11

    DeepFloyd11 Lady Eclectic

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  2. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    Looks like I don't have a digital evil twin for this one ...
     
  3. vanhooserd

    vanhooserd Senior Member

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    Modern music from the late 20s/early 30s. Recorded in 1969. Producer: Peter Dellheim. Engineer: Bernard Keville. Good sound & playing.
     
  4. Bachtoven

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    I think I prefer the Violin Concerto--has a stronger voice. It's more harmonically abrasive, but it has more to say to my ears.
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  5. ToddBD

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    Enjoying both of these symphonies from this CD tonight, from Karajan's 60's cycle. One of the smartest "budget buys" I ever made.
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  6. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    This CD has to be good as it was remastered from Karajan's recordings made in the 1960's ...
     
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  7. ToddBD

    ToddBD Forum Resident

    Yep, the sound is marvelous...I like every Musikfest CD I have, in my view the DG folks got it all right with those budget releases, I grab them whenever I see them.
     
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  8. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    Karajan's recordings from the 1960's are generally better than his later recordings from the 1970's which had excessive legatos ...
     
  9. ibanez_ax

    ibanez_ax Forum Resident


    I have that CD...or at least I had it. I have no idea where it is. I wonder if it got lost when I moved three years ago.
     
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  10. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    Mine has different CD art ...

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  11. ubertrout

    ubertrout Forum Resident

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    This 2015 issue was their last new recording. I tend to prefer their recordings of early music, but was surprised to find my girlfriend randomly listening to it off Spotify, which led to the inevitable "we need to listen to it in surround" conversation, and we've sat down and listened to it several times now. The music is Americana, with country and classical elements. It's a good disc to share with someone who tends to like ballads, country, and other perhaps stereotypically female stuff.
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  12. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    Not my kind of A4 music ...
     
  13. ubertrout

    ubertrout Forum Resident

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    My understanding is that Chesky released many of the recordings on these sets as individual CDs, including two discs entitled Light Classics I & II, as well as a number of other discs focused on the repertoire with some of the longer pieces.
     
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  14. bluemooze

    bluemooze Senior Member Thread Starter

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    On Spotify, "Saturn and Polyphony" performed by Ensemble Daedalus directed by Roberto Festa on Accent.

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  15. crispi

    crispi Vinyl Archaeologist

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    Listening to this, a 2008 recording of the String Quartets by Joseph Wölfl. Another great release from Caro Mitis in great sound.
     
  16. crispi

    crispi Vinyl Archaeologist

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    I also bought this not too long ago on LP, as French gatefold pressing.
     
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  17. Thomas R

    Thomas R Forum Resident

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    One of many corners in my home.
    I have quite a few ot CDs from Caro Mitis and they all are works of art. But I haven't seen any new releases from them for ages so I suspect they have closed shop. Many of them, maybe all ?, were recorded by the Pentatone crew so the sound is terrific.
     
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  18. ibanez_ax

    ibanez_ax Forum Resident

    CD 9. Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132 and Quartet in F Major, Op. 135.

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  19. DeepFloyd11

    DeepFloyd11 Lady Eclectic

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  20. royzak2000

    royzak2000 Senior Member

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  21. crispi

    crispi Vinyl Archaeologist

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    The Caro Mitis SACDs are terrific, indeed. I didn’t know about the Pentatone connection. I have never checked out Pentatone because of their cover art. I am a very visual person and I see no need to check out their recordings with so many other options available. I just can’t be bothered with artwork thrown together in Photoshop in bad taste. To me, it needs to be a coherent whole.
     
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  22. royzak2000

    royzak2000 Senior Member

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  23. shanebrown

    shanebrown Forum Resident

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    Thanks. I just looked them up and they aren't the same recordings. They are a different conductor (Gerhardt) and recorded after the RD set was released.
     
  24. shanebrown

    shanebrown Forum Resident

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    This set arrived in the post today (£7 used, bargain!). However, I was rather intrigued to learn from page 8 of the booklet essay that virtually all of Raff's work is lost. "All that survives today is the lollipop Cavatina," so says James Harding. A little strange, then, that I have recordings of seven of the symphonies, a couple of discs of piano music, a piano concerto, and overtures to four Shakespeare plays!

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  25. ToddBD

    ToddBD Forum Resident

    Another Musikfest CD for this morning...
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