Rob Cowan should set up an automatic link to various threads on the Forum... https://robccowan.wordpress.com/2017...-own/#comments
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"...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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On the Book of Face as well, Cali.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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Thanks for the link! I've added my twopenn'orth for what it's worth. Looks as if Jurowski doesn't make itOriginally posted by Caliban View PostRob Cowan should set up an automatic link to various threads on the Forum... https://robccowan.wordpress.com/2017...-own/#comments
"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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It looks as though Rob's blog has taken the wind out of this thread.Comment
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BaL threads are a bit stop and start, aren’t they? I’m sure we’ll be back in force, soon.Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
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Shame. It’s a fairly recent, well recorded excellent performance. I’m still giving the edge to Gergiev VPO, though. I don’t suppose Val will figure much in the broadcast.Originally posted by Petrushka View PostThanks for the link! I've added my twopenn'orth for what it's worth. Looks as if Jurowski doesn't make it
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Yes, having favoured versions not making the cut at this stage ever so slightly reduces enthusiasm!Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
At the risk of being Miss Predictable the Concertgebouw/Haitink is an underrated version. The orchestra had such character in them days ....Comment
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It is my least favourite of the last three symphonies - but I still seem to have quite a few . Szell would probably be my first choice but I liked the recent Nelsons as well as the Barbirollis and the BPO /Karajan the Mravinsky etc .Comment
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I bought that LP when it first came out! Haven't played the CD for quite a while so will give it an airing pre-Saturday. My default versions for many years were BPO/Karajan (1977) and Leningrad PO/Mravinsky. Karajan's final version with the VPO isn't to be discounted either. It's such a long time since some of my recordings saw the inside of my CD player I feel like doing a BeefO total immersion!Originally posted by Alison View Post"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Sometimes (e.g. BaL-times) I think it’s a good idea to do an immersion job. Many of us have multiple recordings of a given work. This gives an excellent opportunity to compare and contrast different approaches and different results - a truly gripping pass-time.Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
Right now with Tchaikovsky 4, I’d say go for it, Petrushka!
Having multiple recordings also offers the luxury of choosing a particular artist, version, era etc as the mood takes us.Comment
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Did you know there were two CAO Haitink No4s. The first one 6500012, to my knowledge, has never appeared on CD. As with the No 6 of similar vintage, 6500081, mid to late 60s. The later ones were part of a cycle with Manfred in the 70s.Originally posted by Alison View PostLast edited by cloughie; 11-01-17, 23:03.Comment
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just left this comment Rob Cowan's blog and wonder if any other Forumites have come across this one:
Rob, do you know a live Mravinsky/Leningrad PO account from April 24 1959 in Moscow and issued on a Praga Digital Hybrid SACD (PRD/DSD 350 053)? it’s in ‘bi-channel stereo’ and whatever processing it’s gone through it sounds pretty good. The performance is absolutely incendiary as you might expect from this source.
Never likely to be a first choice but one for the curious and it does sound many times better than you would think. Coupled with a Schubert Unfinished from the same concert."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Also missing from the "available" list, but still purchasable through Amazon UK, are Andrew Litton with the Bournemouth Symphony and Rostropovich with the LPO. Also available via Amazon are the two Ormandy / Philadelphia recordings: CBS / Sony from 1963 and RCA / BMG from 1973.
Actually, anything you want is pretty much "available" in these internet days. I was looking for a rare 1950s Capitol LP recently, so I just tapped the catalogue number into the Google search field and up it popped on eBay. It was duly ordered straight away and arrived two days later. So much for "availability"!Comment
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Originally posted by seabright View Post
Before the internet, I had a list of books and CDs that I really wanted but were oop. Then a friend showed me how to set up an account and, armed only with a credit card, I obtained almost all the objects of my desire within a week. And often, my desired objects were quite inexpensive!Comment
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If one wanted to be really pedantic, one would have to say of the BAL lists "Available in the UK" because the first American recording of the Tchaikovsky 4th, from 1928 with the Philadelphians under Stokowski, can be readily ordered via Amazon.com in $$, not ££! ... Still there's no way RC can possibly listen to, let alone illustrate, over 100 CDs of the work in 45 minutes or so, regardless of their "availability," so it's all a bit academic anyway. I'd personally prefer the the return of "Interpretations on Record" where the time-slot was longer and the reviewer had a much wider range of recordings to discuss without having to bother with the "available" tag.Originally posted by pastoralguy View Post
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