Extracts were played in this morning's CD Review. What a fascinating idea! however, I wonder how many people will want to buy 38 versions of the same work. Mind you, if someone had made a 72 CD box set of Eine A, it would have saved me a lot of trouble.
20 CD box set of The Rite of Spring
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostExtracts were played in this morning's CD Review. What a fascinating idea! however, I wonder how many people will want to buy 38 versions of the same work. Mind you, if someone had made a 72 CD box set of Eine A, it would have saved me a lot of trouble.
I agree, I'd love to know in, say, two years' time how many they've sold."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Earlier in the year I picked up an ancient LP from Oxfam (49p) of 40 different tenors singing "Di quella pira" from Il trovatore. 80 high Cs was a key selling point.
Caruso, Gigli, Martinelli, Bjoerling, Tamagno, Slezak, Tauber, Anders, Zenatello, Pertile etc etc.
Thus far, I've listened to side one...
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Seasoned collectors will have many of these already so the duplication makes it a bit of a non-starter. Another thing: after all the many versions issued we still haven't found the ideal, the one that really captures the full explosive quality of this endlessly fascinating work. Mind, IGI on another thread put in a good word for the Bergen PO/Andrew Litton which I haven't heard. LSO/Goosens on Everest in 1959 has the best bass drum ever recorded (imv) but for many it may as well not be there."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... I continue to derive great joy from the CD which has twenty performances of the same Scarlatti sonata (K55) performed as encores by Christian Zacharias
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Apparently the single disc release is rare and fetching high prices... Sounds like you have a gem, vindepays..."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Petrushka View PostSeasoned collectors will have many of these already so the duplication makes it a bit of a non-starter. Another thing: after all the many versions issued we still haven't found the ideal, the one that really captures the full explosive quality of this endlessly fascinating work. Mind, IGI on another thread put in a good word for the Bergen PO/Andrew Litton which I haven't heard. LSO/Goosens on Everest in 1959 has the best bass drum ever recorded (imv) but for many it may as well not be there.
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Originally posted by richardfinegold View PostMy lp of Solti and the CSO is pretty explosive. Not only do they sacrifice the girl at the end, but they devour her with 4 tubas!"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
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Originally posted by richardfinegold View PostMy personal favorite is the late 1960s Boulez with Cleveland Orchestra. Szell's Orchestra led by the youngish spearhead of the then avant-garde. Sparks fly!Last edited by Bryn; 01-12-12, 23:28.
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Originally posted by Petrushka View PostThat was my very first Rite purchased in 1975. It was also the first time I'd heard the piece at all and it blew my socks off. The tricksy engineering sounds somewhat dated now but those tubas do sound the best on record especially in the Procession of the Sage. Is the bass drum much in evidence? I seem to recall the timps not really coming across in the Sacrifical Dance. It's a long time since I heard it so another audition is required.
Petroushka, while we are on the subject of Stravinsky, what is your preferred recording of Petroushka?
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Originally posted by subcontrabass View PostLooks a good bargain, but only one recording each by Boulez and Monteux.
The cheapest I've seen the set is £54 at MDT - I think £40 would be my limit taking into account duplications to my collection!
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Resurrection Man
I'm tempted, I must confess. It still remains one of my favourite works and was very disappointed with Rattle and the BPO at the Proms a few years back. Mind you, listening to the Karajan excerpt yesterday I think perhaps it is the orchestra...something missing in their 'gene's, as it were.
One of the most visceral ballet interpretations that I have seen is this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfAaoLJuGyY {Warning....some of a more tender nature may not find this to their taste}
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Originally posted by Resurrection Man View PostI'm tempted, I must confess. It still remains one of my favourite works and was very disappointed with Rattle and the BPO at the Proms a few years back. Mind you, listening to the Karajan excerpt yesterday I think perhaps it is the orchestra...something missing in their 'gene's, as it were.
One of the most visceral ballet interpretations that I have seen is this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfAaoLJuGyY {Warning....some of a more tender nature may not find this to their taste}
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