The Enescu / Ormandy recording is on CD. The first rhapsody is also on the Ormandy "20th century classics" boxset, which was cheap but is now OOP.
I have it's twin... and I agree it's a great album! It actually came out in 1970, but it certainly reflects the '60s psychedelic pop-art which was still going strong.
Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103, 'The Year 1905’ Kondrashin Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Kondrashin’s Shostakovich cycle is one of the best available. It actually benefits from it’s rawer audio quality and I always thought the actual Soviet Era recordings, especially in the late 60s, 70s were better than their Western counterparts. For the Westerners, I like Haitink’s cycle a lot on Decca and Bernstein’s numerous recordings with his Live in Japan performance of the 5th made in the late 70s being a particular highlight and the 7th he recorded with the CSO on Deutsche Grammophon.
Yes, thanks; I had seen this. It's a reconfiguration from the original LP I mentioned. The Enescu is there (actually both rhapsodies!) but is missing Francesca da Rimini and the Dvorak Carnival. It does add several other nice things tho...
Bartok's late masterpiece, here in mono. Recorded 11/30/59, St. George Hotel, Brooklyn, NY. Producer: Howard H. Scott.
I also have this 1998 CD reissue, produced by Andrew Kazdin & remastered by engineer Ellen Fitton. The dynamic performances really come through in excellent sound. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta was recorded 3/20/61, Manhattan Center, NYC and also produced by Howard H. Scott.
It's pretty great! It's not quite an audiophile showcase some of their other stuff has been, but the performances can't be argued with. They also did Rubinstein's Beethoven Concerto cycle with Barenboim conducting on 3 SACDs, using the Japanese quad mixes as well as stereo. And Rubinstein's late recording of the "Hunt" sonata is a stereo-only bonus with the "Emperor" concerto.
I know that I already posted this over in Classical Music Corner, but I'll post it here again in the Listenin' to Classical Music and Conversation thread. Here is a nice piece from WCVB in Boston, Massachusetts about the 25th anniversary of Keith Lockhart conducting The Boston Pops Orchestra. Wednesday, May 20: POPS! Goes Chronicle
I agree with your comments on the Kondrasin cycle of performance and recording. I think many do agree judging by the high price this set fetches in the secondary market.
Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672). Going through this Brillant box set (via streaming), which I have now ordered (on sale) from JPC. Featuring a small number of musicians and voices, all very committed and "cohesive" (in my opinion). The sound is not unlike La Petite Bande's J.S. Bach Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year, which I'm also enjoying.
Listening to CD 3 from "The Flowering Of Renaissance Choral Music" performed by the Hamburger Bläserkreis für Alte Musik, the London Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, the Early Music Consort of London and Pro Cantione Antiqua of London directed by Bruno Turner on Archiv. Johannes Ockeghem: Missa "L'homme arme" Josquin Desprez: Nymphes Des Bois Huc me sydereo/Planget eum Jacob Obrecht: Motets
First listen to new arrival "Honegger - Symphonies 2 & 3 / Stravinsky - Concerto for String Orchestra" performed by the Berlin Philharmonic directed by Herbert von Karajan on DG.
