Byron Schenkman is another fine contributor to the Clementi canon. I also enjoy the 14 (!) discs of Clementi recorded by Howard Shelley for Hyperion.
A souvenir of Casals' first festival in the small town in southern France where he lived in exile from Franco's Spain. The 300th anniversary of Bach's death was remembered with all-star peformances in the church of Saint-Pierre in May/June 1950. Old-school Bach, a bit funny to today's ears, but no damage is done. My copy is a later 6-eye pressing.
Next up, Glenn Gould's Bach recordings used (and how elegantly!) for the 1972 George Roy Hill film of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. Fifty years on, and I'm still listening to this with the same awe and enjoyment I did as a teenager!
I haven’t seen that movie, but the book is hands down the best novel written about WWII imo. Only Catch-22 comes close.
All true! But DO track this movie down; it's worth the search. It was an early effort from director George Roy Hill, who went on the do Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Great Waldo Pepper, and A Little Romance, among others. Brilliant!
Angelika Kirchschlager / Simon Keenlyside: My Heart Alone (Operetta Arias & Duets) Sony Classical, 2008.
Now playing: Franz Liszt - Harmonies Poétiques Et Religieuses - Roger Muraro - recorded 1993 Where is everybody? Edit: Oh, I see, at least @Someone In A Tree is posting!
This has the opposite aural issues: The Bruch is a sudden improvement in sound quality! The winds are very distant in the Beethoven, and while still sounding very good, it is not stellar. The Bruch is much better balanced and has greater clarity. Of course, Grumiaux's playing is magnicicent.
Now playing: Joaquín Turina - Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Danzas Fantásticas, etc. - Alicia de Larroche - recorded 1965 CD7 from this set:
Great seeing all the Clementi admirers and recordings here. I thought I'd contribute some pictures of a couple of mine that I put on the turntable with some frequency. This, like yours @Jamsterdammer , contains Sonatas played by Jos Van Immerseel -- though this is the LP version with a similar cover. Recorded October 1979 and issued that year on the Accent (German) label. An excellent recording. Below are pics from the gatefold... Top photo is Jos Van Immerseel. Lower photo is the pianoforte maker's badge on the fall board. (Michael Rosenberger, Vienna, ca. 1975) Below is the UK recording location: The 1725 Georgian manor house known as Finchcocks, in Goudhurst, Kent. Simon Preston and Trevor Pinnock have also recorded here.
Another Clementi album I enjoy is this 1955 (mono) recording by Horowitz. Produced in England by RCA / Issued in the mid-70s. The mono sound is good and Horowitz' performance is amazing in the three Sonatas recorded here. Horowitz was an early and active supporter of Clementi's music, often including something by the composer in his recitals.
Now playing CD1 from the following twofer - some Music of Tudor and Jacobean England ... Peter Watchorn - Wikipedia
Nice location for a recording! I once attended a training course in a mansion that looked quite similar, but it was in Sussex, I believe.
First listen to new arrival, "Lombards & Barbares" performed by Dialogos directed by Katarina Livljanic on Arcana.
This was also released as part of 4-LP set of the Middle Quartets and there were Early Quartets & Late Quartets sets. Recorded in the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC on 11/28/51 and 12/2/51.
A favorite record of mine, played this one a lot. And superb Bob Eberenz engineering. One of Mercury's best late recordings. Love me some Romeros.
Was recommended by my classical guru at work when we had a half off sale on records that had been sitting awhile. So you 2 both have good taste, The Romeros are wonderful but the Concierto de Aranjuez is what really makes my jaw drop. The Philips I posted after actually sounds almost as good sonically and worth checking out if you should come across it
