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Classical Court From Perotin to Prokofiev (and beyond), performed by Caruso to Khatia, it's all here. |
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Classical Court From Perotin to Prokofiev (and beyond), performed by Caruso to Khatia, it's all here. |
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In Reply to: More Dutton RCA and CBS/Sony quad remasters posted by Chris from Lafayette on February 21, 2021 at 01:16:54:
Bruch Scottish Fantasy/VC Grumiaux/Philharmonia/Philips -- my fav Scottish. Clean, light, soaring and very good Philips recording. I prefer it to the Oistrakh and Chung, their performances considered the "classics." (Do give the overshadowed Grumiaux a stream on Qobuz.)
Ligeti. Just some old fav's: his Atmospheres and Lontano performed by Abaddo and the VPO on DGG. Luxury, right? : ) Ligeti is one of the...well, the only late 20th C to whom I've returned over the years. I also downloaded his Lux Aeterna. Some gorgeous passing harmonies, purposeful or not. Cappella Amsterdam/Reuss.
I finally sat down and listened through Mozart's Magic Flute, the Klemperer. Singing very pleasing, and pacing not distractingly slow, but I'm not a Magic Flute connoisseur so take with a grain of salt! I noticed that most of the "hits" are located in the 2nd Act, the highlight for me being Pamina's "lament." By the end, yes, I felt as if I'd been taking on an interesting journey. Visuals and perhaps some text would have likely enhanced my experience, though I usually don't feel short-changed when listening at home to operas.
Puccini's Tosca, the Karajan VPO with Price, in gorgeous and light voice, and Di Stefano, his voice strained and hard to the point of distraction.
In the can for future listening:
Mendelssohn's String Quartets w/ Escher, (on sale today at eclassical). I don't know them at all.
Rachmaninoff Symphony #2 w/Rattle, LSO. I just downloaded Gergiev's LSO Live a month ago. It's very good but IMHO doesn't quite plumb the depths during the second half of the 3rd mov't. Gergiev pushes through the final climax a bit too hard, IMHO.
Vanska's Mahler 10th. (My reference is Sanderling's)
Mozart's Don Giovani w/Giulini EMI.
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Follow Ups
- I'm disappointed no downloads. The MTT Orff and some Ormandy interests me greatly. My recent downloads: - jdaniel@jps.net 07:48:20 02/21/21 (6)
- I have a couple of those titles you've identified for your future listening - Chris from Lafayette 10:32:08 02/21/21 (5)
- RE: I have a couple of those titles you've identified for your future listening - Mali 13:00:34 02/22/21 (0)
- Rattle's Rach is a bit of a wallow. Soft-edged performance captured in soft-edged recording - jdaniel@jps.net 11:23:23 02/21/21 (3)
- So I turned the volume up quite a bit...much more visceral experience - jdaniel@jps.net 16:57:19 02/22/21 (2)
- Volume level - yes, that can certainly make a BIG difference! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 19:18:53 02/22/21 (1)
- As you have pointed out a couple of times yourself! : ) nt - jdaniel@jps.net 07:13:59 02/23/21 (0)
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