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Found out today that the next volume of the Beethoven symphony transcriptions by Scharwenka (vol.5) is due out on the SOMM label towards the end of June
Back in HK for a week - and browsing in Percival Records a great way to escape the rain. A proper record shop which Roger et al might recognise. Anyway, today's finds included a remastered (and SACD-ified) version of Jascha Horenstein's Unicorn recording of Mahler 1 with the LSO. No idea what it'll sound like - and no idea whether it'll be available in the UK - but worth a punt. Already regretting not buying the Tower Records Japan SACD of Sir JB's Schubert 9th but that will justify a further visit later in the week.
I was in London recently and popped into the HMV shop. To say I was bitterly disappointed would be an understatement. It was a very faint shadow of its former self and was little better than the ‘mini-me’ HMV shop we have in Edinburgh. I remember going to the London shop many years ago and being absolutely bowled over by the sheer size and breadth of stock.
I was in London recently and popped into the HMV shop. To say I was bitterly disappointed would be an understatement. It was a very faint shadow of its former self and was little better than the ‘mini-me’ HMV shop we have in Edinburgh. I remember going to the London shop many years ago and being absolutely bowled over by the sheer size and breadth of stock.
Ah well.
I think that the only place in London that's still got a good stock of classical CDs is Foyles in Charing Cross Road. They also have a reasonably good selection of second hand CDs as well.
"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
I think that the only place in London that's still got a good stock of classical CDs is Foyles in Charing Cross Road. They also have a reasonably good selection of second hand CDs as well.
I’ll check them out next time I’m in London. I was there a month ago and my first port of call was Notting Hill Gate exchange. Alas, I was only in town for 30 hours so I was disappointed to find that their classical basement didn’t open until 13.00. I still managed to pick up some interesting discs from their selection upstairs but it was frustrating all the same. I’ll know next time.
Some weeks ago, I mentioned (on the Now Spinning thread) that I was really enjoying Florian Noack's Lyapunov set and was sad that he'd not recorded any more. Today, I had a helpful email from Amazon saying he's recorded the Transcendental Etudes. Another one added to the wishlist!
Stravinsky: Chamber Works. Linn: CKD722. Buy CD or download online. Alexandra Heath (soprano), Juilliard School Ensemble, Royal Academy of Music, Barbara Hannigan
There an article about Dumbarton Oaks (discussion between Barbara Hannigan and AndrewFarach-Cotton) in October's Gramophone that makes interesting reading.
PS. Are my ears deceiving me? At 2 bars after figure 84 in the third movement of Dumbarton Oaks (all that's currently available to stream, presumably as a taster), it sounds to me like the flute plays a D flat in the downward scale rather than the D natural in the score. I'll have to dig out the composer's own version to compare.
Last edited by Pulcinella; 08-09-24, 12:13.
Reason: PS added: wrong note?
Just noted that Bychkov and his CzPO have recorded the last three Dvorak symphonies for Pentatone - one review I read and some sample listening I did suggested that like his recording of Ma Vlast they are very well played and recorded but a tad staid, e.g. in the Finale of the Seventh and the Allegretto of the Eighth.
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