What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III

[Bryn]

The first 3 cds worth (Dvorak) of this set which I downloaded a few months ago for 8 quid (and really should have posted on the bargains thread at the time, so I'll do so now it's even cheaper )

https://www.prestomusic.com/classica...metana-nielsen

Good that they sensibly split the FLACs into two zip files to make them compatible with FAT 32. With eClassical you sometimes need to download to something like NTFS or exFAT.

[DublinJimbo]

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 -7

Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Helmchen (piano)
Volume 2 of the duo's complete set. Fully lives up to the promise of the first release.

[BBMmk2]

I won’t be playing my regular music today, or tomorrow.

[Pulcinella]

As Petrushka suggested on another thread, I'll be having my own Stravinsky Day, starting with the new recording of The rite of spring that Bryn mentions in his post #14021.

[Bryn]

As Petrushka suggested on another thread, I'll be having my own Stravinsky Day, starting with the new recording of The rite of spring that Bryn mentions in his post #14021.

Still having all sorts of problems importing and playing that back via QOBUZ. I think I might try again in a week or so and lodge a moan with them in the interim.

[Pulcinella]

Still having all sorts of problems importing and playing that back via QOBUZ. I think I might try again in a week or so and lodge a moan with them in the interim.

No problems with it on my Deezer/Sonos system just now.

The Colin Davis version of Cantata is playing just now, with Mass to follow.
I've decided to go for versions other than those in the big Sony Stravinsky box today.

[Bryn]

No problems with it on my Deezer/Sonos system just now.

The Colin Davis version of Cantata is playing just now, with Mass to follow.
I've decided to go for versions other than those in the big Sony Stravinsky box today.

Regarding big Stravinsky boxes (no, not the bargain-basement mp3 one), the DG one has a good few interesting recordings licenced from other labels, including Naxos.

[cloughie]

Regarding big Stravinsky boxes (no, not the bargain-basement mp3 one), the DG one has a good few interesting recordings licenced from other labels, including Naxos.

These big boxes come with the usual baggage of duplications, ‘why did they chose that’ ones and niggling annoying ones that aren’t easily available elsewhere. Anyone, and the forum has many of us, who likes Stravinsky, and is a lifetime recorded music collector (accumulator, addict), choose whichever fits!, will probably have a tranche of any box.

[Bryn]

These big boxes come with the usual baggage of duplications, ‘why did they chose that’ ones and niggling annoying ones that aren’t easily available elsewhere. Anyone, and the forum has many of us, who likes Stravinsky, and is a lifetime recorded music collector (accumulator, addict), choose whichever fits!, will probably have a tranche of any box.

I have way too many duplications of Stravinsky recordings to even consider listing. Not only most of the CBS LPs but early separate CD issues, then the first manifestation of the 'complete' set, and more recently the revamped and extended Sony complete edition. Then there are the many duplications in the DG box . . .

One set I would still like to find at a sensible price is the first Andante book-style historical set. I have the second and third but the first is very hard to find.

[BBMmk2]

I have a few of the recordings of Smetana’s Ma Vlast. This is a favourite.

Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast.
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik.

[Pulcinella]

I have a few of the recordings of Smetana’s Ma Vlast. This is a favourite.

Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast.
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik.

I have a very old (1965) recording of this with the RPO under Sargent.
I wonder if you know it, and if it would make the grade in a BaL (other than in the historic category, perhaps!).
I think it was quite well thought of in its day.

[Richard Barrett]

Regarding big Stravinsky boxes (no, not the bargain-basement mp3 one), the DG one has a good few interesting recordings licenced from other labels, including Naxos.

I hadn't heard of that one before (it isn't on Qobuz as far as I can see, but of course their search function is a bit aleatoric) and, looking at the track listing, I see quite a few of my favoured recordings on it.

On topic: yesterday I listened to Jessye Norman and the LSO conducted by Boulez in Berg's orchestral songs (and some "even earlier songs" with piano which are charming enough but not at all on the level of the others). In fact I listened to it twice in quick succession; the combination of elegantly expressive vocal contours with beautifully complex orchestration is very much to my taste.

[cloughie]

I have a very old (1965) recording of this with the RPO under Sargent.
I wonder if you know it, and if it would make the grade in a BaL (other than in the historic category, perhaps!).
I think it was quite well thought of in its day.

Yes, good - it was on two HMV Concert Classics LPs coupled with the Dvorak Symphonic Variations. Your CD is, I imagine on the EMI Laser label - there were some very good recordings on there - Warner could do well to introduce a similar budget price series to release some of the manh 50s and 60s recordings that have not yet made it to CD or are long deleted. An EMI complement to Eloquence!

[Petrushka]

I have a very old (1965) recording of this with the RPO under Sargent.
I wonder if you know it, and if it would make the grade in a BaL (other than in the historic category, perhaps!).
I think it was quite well thought of in its day.

I have a 1989 CD reissue of that Sargent recording that I picked up in a charity shop some years ago. It's very good but, as you say, not sure if it would make the grade today. I tend to go for the Czech PO in this under one or another of their conductors. The Boston SO/Kubelik is excellent.

PS: cross-posted with Cloughie. Yes, it's the EMI Laser issue!

[Pulcinella]

Yes, good - it was on two HMV Concert Classics LPs coupled with the Dvorak Symphonic Variations. Your CD is, I imagine on the EMI Laser label - there were some very good recordings on there - Warner could do well to introduce a similar budget price series to release some of the manh 50s and 60s recordings that have not yet made it to CD or are long deleted. An EMI complement to Eloquence!

It certainly is:

https://www.discogs.com/Smetana-Sir-Malcolm-Sargent-Royal-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Má-Vlast/release/5627947

Released to celebrate Sargent's (delightfully misspelt here!) 70th birthday, it says.