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On 26 Sep, 14:57, Vinylanach wrote:
On Sep 26, 8:37 am, Jenn wrote: In article , Jenn wrote: I had a gig up in Palo Alto yesterday, so I stopped by my favorite Northern CA LP and stereo shop, The Analog Room in San Jose. So many new LPs on display, I could have spent a bloody fortune. I settled on 6, new and used: New: Stacey Kent: Dreamsville Candid Records I know that I'm not supposed to know about these things because I'm an "ivory tower professor" at a "rural community college", but this is GREAT female jazz vocal singing. And the recording is simply marvelous, in a "singer and combo is in the room with you" kind of way. Very highly recommended. Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale and smaller works Speaker's Corner/Mercury Mendelssohn and Prokofiev Violin Concerti Heifetz/Munch/BSO Classic Records/RCA Prokofiev Lt. Kije and Stravinsky Nightingale (again) Classic Records/RCA Better than the original RCA and the Chesky reissue, I think. Respighi The Birds Dorati/LSO Speaker's Corner/Mercury Used: Kodaly and Bartok works Mercury Dorati/Philharmonia Hungarica A decent copy of a fine recording, Side 1=great Side 2=fair Berlioz Harold in Italy Munch/BSO A pristine copy of a great record. Expensive but worth it. A great day: making music and buying recordings! ;-) Anyway, as I was saying... I spent last evening, my first available since getting these recordings, carefully listening to one of them. I had a lot of time with the Classic Records Prokofiev Lt. Kije. This is one of my favorite recordings of all time. I have the original RCA, the really good Chesky reissue, and all of the CD reissues. The two RCA CDs and the JVC release are all quite good. I could easily live with them if I had to. There is minimum "damage" to the instrumental timbres on each of these CDs. But the current Classic Records issue is another matter all together. This is the best of all of the recordings, IMO, and the best Classic Records release that I've heard. It's a stunning recording. Bud Herseth's solos are so believable. The string section, especially the first violins, are incredible sounding in their timbres and their stereo imaging. I believe that this is now my favorite recording in any format that I've heard in my home.- I love Prokofiev, so i think I may have to check this out as well. *Do you have any favorite recordings of Romeo and Juliet? *I've been listening to my London CD of Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for about 20 years, and I want to try something different. I had an LP with Ozawa conducting for many years, but it was a very condensed version with all of the selections out of order. Mercury Skreiszewski (spelling?) Minneapolis? |
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, Clyde Slick wrote: On 26 Sep, 14:57, Vinylanach wrote: On Sep 26, 8:37 am, Jenn wrote: In article , Jenn wrote: I had a gig up in Palo Alto yesterday, so I stopped by my favorite Northern CA LP and stereo shop, The Analog Room in San Jose. So many new LPs on display, I could have spent a bloody fortune. I settled on 6, new and used: New: Stacey Kent: Dreamsville Candid Records I know that I'm not supposed to know about these things because I'm an "ivory tower professor" at a "rural community college", but this is GREAT female jazz vocal singing. And the recording is simply marvelous, in a "singer and combo is in the room with you" kind of way. Very highly recommended. Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale and smaller works Speaker's Corner/Mercury Mendelssohn and Prokofiev Violin Concerti Heifetz/Munch/BSO Classic Records/RCA Prokofiev Lt. Kije and Stravinsky Nightingale (again) Classic Records/RCA Better than the original RCA and the Chesky reissue, I think. Respighi The Birds Dorati/LSO Speaker's Corner/Mercury Used: Kodaly and Bartok works Mercury Dorati/Philharmonia Hungarica A decent copy of a fine recording, Side 1=great Side 2=fair Berlioz Harold in Italy Munch/BSO A pristine copy of a great record. Expensive but worth it. A great day: making music and buying recordings! ;-) Anyway, as I was saying... I spent last evening, my first available since getting these recordings, carefully listening to one of them. I had a lot of time with the Classic Records Prokofiev Lt. Kije. This is one of my favorite recordings of all time. I have the original RCA, the really good Chesky reissue, and all of the CD reissues. The two RCA CDs and the JVC release are all quite good. I could easily live with them if I had to. There is minimum "damage" to the instrumental timbres on each of these CDs. But the current Classic Records issue is another matter all together. This is the best of all of the recordings, IMO, and the best Classic Records release that I've heard. It's a stunning recording. Bud Herseth's solos are so believable. The string section, especially the first violins, are incredible sounding in their timbres and their stereo imaging. I believe that this is now my favorite recording in any format that I've heard in my home.- I love Prokofiev, so i think I may have to check this out as well. *Do you have any favorite recordings of Romeo and Juliet? *I've been listening to my London CD of Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for about 20 years, and I want to try something different. I had an LP with Ozawa conducting for many years, but it was a very condensed version with all of the selections out of order. Mercury Skreiszewski (spelling?) Minneapolis? I've never cared for that recording, but YMMV, of course. |
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On 26 Sep, 20:43, Jenn wrote:
In article , *Clyde Slick wrote: On 26 Sep, 14:57, Vinylanach wrote: On Sep 26, 8:37 am, Jenn wrote: In article , Jenn wrote: I had a gig up in Palo Alto yesterday, so I stopped by my favorite Northern CA LP and stereo shop, The Analog Room in San Jose. So many new LPs on display, I could have spent a bloody fortune. I settled on 6, new and used: New: Stacey Kent: Dreamsville Candid Records I know that I'm not supposed to know about these things because I'm an "ivory tower professor" at a "rural community college", but this is GREAT female jazz vocal singing. And the recording is simply marvelous, in a "singer and combo is in the room with you" kind of way. Very highly recommended. Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale and smaller works Speaker's Corner/Mercury Mendelssohn and Prokofiev Violin Concerti Heifetz/Munch/BSO Classic Records/RCA Prokofiev Lt. Kije and Stravinsky Nightingale (again) Classic Records/RCA Better than the original RCA and the Chesky reissue, I think. Respighi The Birds Dorati/LSO Speaker's Corner/Mercury Used: Kodaly and Bartok works Mercury Dorati/Philharmonia Hungarica A decent copy of a fine recording, Side 1=great Side 2=fair Berlioz Harold in Italy Munch/BSO A pristine copy of a great record. Expensive but worth it. A great day: making music and buying recordings! ;-) Anyway, as I was saying... I spent last evening, my first available since getting these recordings, carefully listening to one of them. I had a lot of time with the Classic Records Prokofiev Lt. Kije. This is one of my favorite recordings of all time. I have the original RCA, the really good Chesky reissue, and all of the CD reissues. The two RCA CDs and the JVC release are all quite good. I could easily live with them if I had to. There is minimum "damage" to the instrumental timbres on each of these CDs. But the current Classic Records issue is another matter all together. This is the best of all of the recordings, IMO, and the best Classic Records release that I've heard. It's a stunning recording. Bud Herseth's solos are so believable. The string section, especially the first violins, are incredible sounding in their timbres and their stereo imaging. I believe that this is now my favorite recording in any format that I've heard in my home.- I love Prokofiev, so i think I may have to check this out as well. *Do you have any favorite recordings of Romeo and Juliet? *I've been listening to my London CD of Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for about 20 years, and I want to try something different. I had an LP with Ozawa conducting for many years, but it was a very condensed version with all of the selections out of order. Mercury Skreiszewski (spelling?) Minneapolis? I've never cared for that recording, but YMMV, of course.- Ascunde citatul - I am curious. Why not. Of course, your answer might spoil future lstening for me, but what the heck, answer anyway. |
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On Sep 26, 5:17�pm, Clyde Slick wrote:
On 26 Sep, 14:57, Vinylanach wrote: On Sep 26, 8:37 am, Jenn wrote: In article , Jenn wrote: I had a gig up in Palo Alto yesterday, so I stopped by my favorite Northern CA LP and stereo shop, The Analog Room in San Jose. So many new LPs on display, I could have spent a bloody fortune. I settled on 6, new and used: New: Stacey Kent: Dreamsville Candid Records I know that I'm not supposed to know about these things because I'm an "ivory tower professor" at a "rural community college", but this is GREAT female jazz vocal singing. And the recording is simply marvelous, in a "singer and combo is in the room with you" kind of way. Very highly recommended. Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale and smaller works Speaker's Corner/Mercury Mendelssohn and Prokofiev Violin Concerti Heifetz/Munch/BSO Classic Records/RCA Prokofiev Lt. Kije and Stravinsky Nightingale (again) Classic Records/RCA Better than the original RCA and the Chesky reissue, I think. Respighi The Birds Dorati/LSO Speaker's Corner/Mercury Used: Kodaly and Bartok works Mercury Dorati/Philharmonia Hungarica A decent copy of a fine recording, Side 1=great Side 2=fair Berlioz Harold in Italy Munch/BSO A pristine copy of a great record. Expensive but worth it. A great day: making music and buying recordings! ;-) Anyway, as I was saying... I spent last evening, my first available since getting these recordings, carefully listening to one of them. I had a lot of time with the Classic Records Prokofiev Lt. Kije. This is one of my favorite recordings of all time. I have the original RCA, the really good Chesky reissue, and all of the CD reissues. The two RCA CDs and the JVC release are all quite good. I could easily live with them if I had to.. There is minimum "damage" to the instrumental timbres on each of these CDs. But the current Classic Records issue is another matter all together. This is the best of all of the recordings, IMO, and the best Classic Records release that I've heard. It's a stunning recording. Bud Herseth's solos are so believable. The string section, especially the first violins, are incredible sounding in their timbres and their stereo imaging. I believe that this is now my favorite recording in any format that I've heard in my home.- I love Prokofiev, so i think I may have to check this out as well. �Do you have any favorite recordings of Romeo and Juliet? �I've been listening to my London CD of Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for about 20 years, and I want to try something different. I had an LP with Ozawa conducting for many years, but it was a very condensed version with all of the selections out of order. Mercury Skreiszewski (spelling?) Minneapolis?- I'm pretty sure it was Minneapolis. I don't even have it anymore. After the Solti version, I think I really didn't like it anymore. It was on the bombastic side and it was too truncated. Boon |
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, Vinylanach wrote: On Sep 26, 5:17?pm, Clyde Slick wrote: On 26 Sep, 14:57, Vinylanach wrote: On Sep 26, 8:37 am, Jenn wrote: In article , Jenn wrote: I had a gig up in Palo Alto yesterday, so I stopped by my favorite Northern CA LP and stereo shop, The Analog Room in San Jose. So many new LPs on display, I could have spent a bloody fortune. I settled on 6, new and used: New: Stacey Kent: Dreamsville Candid Records I know that I'm not supposed to know about these things because I'm an "ivory tower professor" at a "rural community college", but this is GREAT female jazz vocal singing. And the recording is simply marvelous, in a "singer and combo is in the room with you" kind of way. Very highly recommended. Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale and smaller works Speaker's Corner/Mercury Mendelssohn and Prokofiev Violin Concerti Heifetz/Munch/BSO Classic Records/RCA Prokofiev Lt. Kije and Stravinsky Nightingale (again) Classic Records/RCA Better than the original RCA and the Chesky reissue, I think. Respighi The Birds Dorati/LSO Speaker's Corner/Mercury Used: Kodaly and Bartok works Mercury Dorati/Philharmonia Hungarica A decent copy of a fine recording, Side 1=great Side 2=fair Berlioz Harold in Italy Munch/BSO A pristine copy of a great record. Expensive but worth it. A great day: making music and buying recordings! ;-) Anyway, as I was saying... I spent last evening, my first available since getting these recordings, carefully listening to one of them. I had a lot of time with the Classic Records Prokofiev Lt. Kije. This is one of my favorite recordings of all time. I have the original RCA, the really good Chesky reissue, and all of the CD reissues. The two RCA CDs and the JVC release are all quite good. I could easily live with them if I had to. There is minimum "damage" to the instrumental timbres on each of these CDs. But the current Classic Records issue is another matter all together. This is the best of all of the recordings, IMO, and the best Classic Records release that I've heard. It's a stunning recording. Bud Herseth's solos are so believable. The string section, especially the first violins, are incredible sounding in their timbres and their stereo imaging. I believe that this is now my favorite recording in any format that I've heard in my home.- I love Prokofiev, so i think I may have to check this out as well. ?Do you have any favorite recordings of Romeo and Juliet? ?I've been listening to my London CD of Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for about 20 years, and I want to try something different. I had an LP with Ozawa conducting for many years, but it was a very condensed version with all of the selections out of order. Mercury Skreiszewski (spelling?) Minneapolis?- I'm pretty sure it was Minneapolis. Yes, it is. I don't even have it anymore. After the Solti version, I think I really didn't like it anymore. It was on the bombastic side and it was too truncated. Boon |
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, Vinylanach wrote: On Sep 26, 8:37?am, Jenn wrote: In article , ?Jenn wrote: I had a gig up in Palo Alto yesterday, so I stopped by my favorite Northern CA LP and stereo shop, The Analog Room in San Jose. ?So many new LPs on display, I could have spent a bloody fortune. ?I settled on 6, new and used: New: Stacey Kent: Dreamsville ? Candid Records I know that I'm not supposed to know about these things because I'm an "ivory tower professor" at a "rural community college", but this is GREAT female jazz vocal singing. ?And the recording is simply marvelous, in a "singer and combo is in the room with you" kind of way. ?Very highly recommended. Stravinsky: ?Song of the Nightingale and smaller works ? Speaker's Corner/Mercury Mendelssohn and Prokofiev Violin Concerti ?Heifetz/Munch/BSO Classic Records/RCA Prokofiev Lt. Kije and Stravinsky Nightingale (again) Classic Records/RCA Better than the original RCA and the Chesky reissue, I think. Respighi The Birds ?Dorati/LSO Speaker's Corner/Mercury Used: Kodaly and Bartok works ?Mercury ?Dorati/Philharmonia Hungarica A decent copy of a fine recording, Side 1=great ?Side 2=fair Berlioz Harold in Italy ?Munch/BSO A pristine copy of a great record. ?Expensive but worth it. A great day: making music and buying recordings! ?;-) Anyway, as I was saying... I spent last evening, my first available since getting these recordings, carefully listening to one of them. ?I had a lot of time with the Classic Records Prokofiev Lt. Kije. ?This is one of my favorite recordings of all time. ?I have the original RCA, the really good Chesky reissue, and all of the CD reissues. ?The two RCA CDs and the JVC release are all quite good. ?I could easily live with them if I had to. ? There is minimum "damage" to the instrumental timbres on each of these CDs. ?But the current Classic Records issue is another matter all together. ?This is the best of all of the recordings, IMO, and the best Classic Records release that I've heard. ?It's a stunning recording. ? Bud Herseth's solos are so believable. ?The string section, especially the first violins, are incredible sounding in their timbres and their stereo imaging. ?I believe that this is now my favorite recording in any format that I've heard in my home.- I love Prokofiev, so i think I may have to check this out as well. Do you have any favorite recordings of Romeo and Juliet? I've been listening to my London CD of Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for about 20 years, and I want to try something different. I had an LP with Ozawa conducting for many years, but it was a very condensed version with all of the selections out of order. If you want something really different, wait for a recording of the original version with the happy ending. Prokofiev's Christian Science beliefs led him to depict transcendence rather than suicide but he had to abandon the effort and produce a revised version that met with Stalin's approval: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...atures/the-dic tators-cut-prokofievs-romeo-and-juliet-858191.html I don't know if it's been recorded yet. Stephen |
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MiNe 109 wrote: In article , Vinylanach wrote: On Sep 26, 8:37?am, Jenn wrote: In article , ?Jenn wrote: I had a gig up in Palo Alto yesterday, so I stopped by my favorite Northern CA LP and stereo shop, The Analog Room in San Jose. ?So many new LPs on display, I could have spent a bloody fortune. ?I settled on 6, new and used: New: Stacey Kent: Dreamsville ? Candid Records I know that I'm not supposed to know about these things because I'm an "ivory tower professor" at a "rural community college", but this is GREAT female jazz vocal singing. ?And the recording is simply marvelous, in a "singer and combo is in the room with you" kind of way. ?Very highly recommended. Stravinsky: ?Song of the Nightingale and smaller works ? Speaker's Corner/Mercury Mendelssohn and Prokofiev Violin Concerti ?Heifetz/Munch/BSO Classic Records/RCA Prokofiev Lt. Kije and Stravinsky Nightingale (again) Classic Records/RCA Better than the original RCA and the Chesky reissue, I think. Respighi The Birds ?Dorati/LSO Speaker's Corner/Mercury Used: Kodaly and Bartok works ?Mercury ?Dorati/Philharmonia Hungarica A decent copy of a fine recording, Side 1=great ?Side 2=fair Berlioz Harold in Italy ?Munch/BSO A pristine copy of a great record. ?Expensive but worth it. A great day: making music and buying recordings! ?;-) Anyway, as I was saying... I spent last evening, my first available since getting these recordings, carefully listening to one of them. ?I had a lot of time with the Classic Records Prokofiev Lt. Kije. ?This is one of my favorite recordings of all time. ?I have the original RCA, the really good Chesky reissue, and all of the CD reissues. ?The two RCA CDs and the JVC release are all quite good. ?I could easily live with them if I had to. ? There is minimum "damage" to the instrumental timbres on each of these CDs. ?But the current Classic Records issue is another matter all together. ?This is the best of all of the recordings, IMO, and the best Classic Records release that I've heard. ?It's a stunning recording. ? Bud Herseth's solos are so believable. ?The string section, especially the first violins, are incredible sounding in their timbres and their stereo imaging. ?I believe that this is now my favorite recording in any format that I've heard in my home.- I love Prokofiev, so i think I may have to check this out as well. Do you have any favorite recordings of Romeo and Juliet? I've been listening to my London CD of Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for about 20 years, and I want to try something different. I had an LP with Ozawa conducting for many years, but it was a very condensed version with all of the selections out of order. If you want something really different, wait for a recording of the original version with the happy ending. Prokofiev's Christian Science beliefs led him to depict transcendence rather than suicide but he had to abandon the effort and produce a revised version that met with Stalin's approval: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...atures/the-dic tators-cut-prokofievs-romeo-and-juliet-858191.html I don't know if it's been recorded yet. Stephen Hmmm, something about that rings a bell about a recording. I'll look around. By the way, I failed to mention another of my favorite R&Js: MTT and the SFS. Really good. |
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