staying Ansermet (and Decca) my usual postimage seems to still be down and couldn't find a pic of my Decca cover -even at discogs, surprisingly - so this will do (nearly the same)
On the turntable: Continuing the linked listening--entirely different music, but here's another London Digital Recording in the same series of releases as the Mendelssohn I just played.
Yes, the Mott The Hoople version I know was written by Lou Reed. Same song. Just wondering if Ransom Wilson was doing a version of that tune on the flute.
The notes say it's an Elizabethan song arranged by Peter Beste-Chetwynde & orchestrated by Wilson. "Beste-Chetwynde was a member of the English nobility whose musical avocations included the organ & folk music...Beste-Chetwynde dropped out of sight in South America during the late 1940s while trying to reactivate his family's business interests after the War." Apparently "Peter Beste-Chetwynde" is a character in Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall, so I suspect a joke is involved here.
Great post! I remain open minded to pretty much all ages of recorded classical/opera performance. The old historical recordings can be a revelation regarding quality of the musicianship or the virtues of a specific singer or artist( even though sound may be rough). Some of the old recordings are surprisingly clear and warm to listen to. There are amazing wonderful golden age of analog recordings of performers who were at top of the industry and are respected as such. There are modern digital recordings of unbelievable fidelity and clarity by modern performers which are excellent additions to the genre( and may become tomorrow’s classics). It is a big tent, as they say.
J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - Kimiko Ishizaka, modern piano - Released by Navona Also Kimiko Ishizaka...Critique the album at your own risk...
Listening to CD 19 from "Charles Munch - The Complete RCA Album Collection" on Sony. Ravel - Daphnis & Chloe Boston Symphony Orchestra (Don't recall seeing this cover before - hope it's the same performance )
On the turntable: Tchaikovsky 4th Symphony, Bernstein/NY Philharmonic. Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, 1975. Columbia Masterworks LP / US press (demo copy) / 1976
I'm starting to get into a routine here: J.S. Bach Cantatas -- something on BIS -- Lubimov box J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 16 (BWV 225, 152, 122, 28, 190). The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, and John Eliot Gardiner. SDG. Sofia Gubaidulina: In the mirror (chamber works by various artists). BIS. Schubert: Impromptus. Alexei Lubimov. Zig-Zag Territoires.
