Today's classical playlist

[Mr. Lin]

Stravinsky
Song of The Nightingale
Fireworks
Scherzo a la Russe
Four Etudes
Tango

Dorati
London Symphony Orchestra

Speakers Corner audiophile reissue from about five years ago I believe.

No, this wasn't another thrift find. This, is what modern pressings/reissues on vinyl should be like: dead silent except for the tape his from the original recording, and top-notch sound. Plus I like the cover.

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[TEX-Tech]

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Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphonie Nr. 1, C-moll, op. 68
Symphony no. 1, in C minor, op. 68
London STS5 15194 [1979]
1 Cassette tape

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[juncers]

Nielsen:

Saul and David (sang in English)

Boris Christoff, Alexander Young, Elisabeth Soderstrom, Willy Hartmann, Kim Borg, Michael Langdon, Sylvia Fisher, and Bodil Gobel.

John Alldis Choir
Danish Radio Symphony Chorus
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jascha Horenstein

Unicorn LPs

You got my vote for most obscure work of the week!

Ray

 

[WhiteSE]

I am travelling thru Europe old world style with Lute....what a joy that instrument is as well as these recordings by Ragossnig and the excellent thin vinyl sounds from Archiv label..

 

[guiller]

You got my vote for most obscure work of the week!

Ray

The good news is that it is a great neglected work! At least with this cast and conducting....

 

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Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Ernest Ansermet
Orchestre de la Suisse romande
La mer, Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune
With: Ravel, Maurice. Rapsodie espagnole
London STS 15109 [1971]
1 Cassette tape

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[guiller]

Brahms:

Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101

Beaux Arts Trio

Philips CD (part of a 2 CD set including all of Brahms' piano trios)

 

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Duruflé, Maurice (1902-1986)
Richard Hickox
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Requiem, op. 9
Requeim, pour soli, chœurs, orchestre et orgue. Op. 9
London 411 856-4 [1983]
1 Cassette tape

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These London Opera Sets usually come in a black box (with or without artwork)
Unfortunately, by the time this came into my possession the box, program notes and
libretto were all missing. All I have is the cassettes and the "Jewel cases".
I found this photo of the CD art work for the same performance, on the 'net.

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Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)
Richard Bonynge
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
La fille du régiment [opéra comique in two acts ]
London OSA5 1273 [1974]
2 Cassette tapes

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La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti performed in French (1967)

Conductor Richard Bonynge
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden

Marie - Joan Sutherland
Tonio - Luciano Pavarotti
Sulplice - Spiro Malas
La Maquise - Monica Sinclair
Hortensius - Jules Bruyère
Caporale - Eric Garrett
Un Paysan - Alan Jones
La Duchesse - Edith Coates

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Black Disc;
Decca SET 372-373 {2LPS} (1968)ª
London OSA 1273 {2LPS} (1968)ª

Compact Cassette;
Decca K23K22
London OSA5 1273 {2CASS} (1974)ª

Compact Disc;
Decca(London) 414 520-2 {2CDS} (1986)ª
Decca «Originals» 478 1366 {2CDS} (2009)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

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Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Neville Marriner
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Trumpet concerto in E flat major, Hob. VIIe:1
Horn concerto no. 1 in D major, Hob. VIId:3
organ Concerto in C major, Hob. XVIII:1
London STS5 15546 [1981]
1 Cassette tape

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[GuyK]

Beethoven
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini
RCA Red Seal, 1986, cd

 

[juncers]

Shostakovich-- Symphony Nos. 2 & 11
Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus
Valery Gergiev

Ray

 

[guiller]

Mozart:

Sonata for violin & piano No. 26 in B flat major, K. 378
Sonata for violin & piano No. 27 in G major, K. 379
Sonata for violin & piano No. 28 in E flat major, K. 380

Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Walter Klien (piano)

Philips CD (part of a 7 CD set entitled "Mozart: Violin Sonatas (Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 15)")

 

[pmsummer]

DA PACEM
Arvo Pärt
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier, dir.
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ

Harmonia Mundi

 

[pmsummer]

L'HOMME ARMÉ MASSES
Josquin des Prés
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, dir.

Gimell

 

[pmsummer]

PEROTIN
12th Century Polyphony of Notre Dame
Magister Petronius
The Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier, dir.

ECM New Series

 

[electroking]

PEROTIN
12th Century Polyphony of Notre Dame
Magister Petronius
The Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier, dir.

ECM New Series

Music so heavenly it makes you shake...

 

[pmsummer]

Music so heavenly it makes you shake...

I was raptured.

;-)

 

[pmsummer]

UNACCOMPANIED CELLO SUITES NOS. 1, 2, & 5
Performed on Double Bass
Johann Sebastian Bach
Edgar Meyer, double bass

Sony Classics

 

[flyz51]

Various Composers/Performers - Prelude in Blue
CRS Recordos CRS 8843 (1988)

First listen, it's a nice intimate recording of small ensemble compositions that range stylistically from lushly melodic to spiky modernist