Listenin' to Classical Music and Conversation

Wonderful playing and sound.

 

I've had that problem, too. Check and see if any of the skipped tracks are grayed-out. Some labels don't fully license a release for US markets, so not all of the tracks are available. I guess the idea is to get customers to buy it or something.

 

Thanks; I've seen that issue too, but that's not the case here. The tracks start playing but then further in the track, they'll just drop.

I've also seen Qobuz remove an album and replace it with an updated (but otherwise identical) version, leaving a dead 'favorite' link. I have to find and delete these, and then re-search for the album. Grrr....

 

Now playing CD64 - Cantatas Nos. 197, 97, 118 & 191 from the following box for a first listen ...

 

Here is the same work by her on youtube ...

 

Here is another good one by a much younger Martha ...

 

Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande, op.5; Variations, op.31
Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
DG

 

On the turntable:

Bach, George Malcolm, Yehudi Menuhin Conducting The Menuhin Festival Orchestra With David Munrow & John Turner – Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 2
Angel Records – S-36790

 

On the turntable:

Respighi - Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner – Ancient Airs And Dances (The Three Suites - 1917, 1923 & 1932)
Angel Records – S-37301

 

Had a busy day today, including meeting the President here, so now finally home and time for some music:

Charles Ives - Symphonies Nos 1 & 4; Central Park In The Dark - Dallas SO, Andrew Litton - recorded 2006

 

Wow. Kurt Schwertsik's "Ein Kleines Requiem" Op. 97 is a monster of a piece. Nearly an hour long and of ferocious difficulty, it features some highly inventive writing for a non-guitarist composer.

 

I don't think I've encountered that, but I have come across several that have simply been removed and I get a "File 404" error message when I go to play them.

 

Yes, that's the problem I was referring to. For me, it seems to mostly have impacted titles on the Arcana label, though there have been a few others.

 

I've seem it a lot with Alpha Classics.

 

NP: Strauss Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 (Sinopoli)



An exhilarating performance.

 

Mahler Symphony #9, Christopher Warren-Smith & Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. We sat one seat L&R of center stage, row 2. Dead solid perfect performance in a great hall.

 

Coleridge-Taylor -- Hiawatha's Wedding Feast// Dvořák -- Symphonic Variations (Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sargent)

 

Last work for the night:

Koechlin La méditation de Purun Bhagat, Op. 159 (Bedford)

 

This morning: Sibelius pioneer Kajanus conducting. 1930 recordings from Sibelius Historical Recordings and Rarities box. Great immediate and clear sound.

 

This is a wonderful CD in my opinion.

 

In my experience Alpha releases on CD usually go OOP rather quickly. Maybe that's got something to do with it. Just a guess

 

J.S. Bach -- Musical Offering (Leonhardt Ensemble)

 

CD.

Brahms: Cello Sonatas No. 1 & 2 / Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 2
Janos Starker/Cello, Gyorgy Sebok/Piano.

 

And now a 2 CD set from the “Harnoncourt, The Complete Sony Recordings” box set. A very interesting performance. Live, November 2001. According to David Hurvitz( who praises this performance) this release was rescued from oblivion by RCA. Teldec recorded it and later destroyed copies of it when it cancelled Harnoncourt’s “lifetime” contract.

 

Yesterday I listened to Andras Schiff's ECM recording of Brahm's piano concertos via Tidal. I'm a fan of Schiff but I wasn't overly impressed by them. Today I decided to play my own SHM-CD recordings by Helen Grimaud. They are much more flamboyant than others I have heard but I really like them and I find myself "drawn in" to the music but then I'm no purist. The sound quality, recording and CD, is wonderful.
I just thought this recording was worth posting.