dwbasement Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 New addition to my suites collection. Very interesting with the beginning track of Cage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kensell21 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 New addition to my suites collection. Very interesting with the beginning track of Cage. What’s the quality of the vinyl pressing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbasement Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 What’s the quality of the vinyl pressing?sounds good but I can't be 100%atm as I only listen to this at low volume....everyone is asleep. May try again tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzdog@groovemasters Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Murray Perahia - (Bach Comp.) Goldberg Variations. Sony Classical SK 89243 Australia 2000. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzdog@groovemasters Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Murray Perahia – Beethoven (comp.) - Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 3. Sony Classical SK 64397 CD UK 1995. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbasement Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 What’s the quality of the vinyl pressing?Listened this morning at a decent volume, pressing is good to my ears. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
att23 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Cd version will do for now 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kensell21 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 A nice Cisco pressing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilettanteque Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) I have really enjoyed the dynamism of Nelson's series. He has just released Symphonies 6 & 7 (inc. King Lear incidental music), but that is for tonight. This has been quite a start to the day! Edited February 26, 2019 by Dilettanteque 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilettanteque Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 and now something quite different to knuckle down to work 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzdog@groovemasters Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Yo-Yo Ma, Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra –Simply Baroque II Sony Classical – ASK 60681 CD promo, 2000. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilettanteque Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 To mark Previn's passing. The 2nd Concerto from this collection. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroen Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzdog@groovemasters Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Alfred Brendel, Beethoven (Comp.) Brendel In Concert - Diabelli Variations. World Record Club R-05491, Club Edition, Stereo Australia 1979. Why did Beethoven spend the last four years of his life working on the diabolical variations after first refusing to work on them? Well that is probably the myth & the subject of a play currently running in Melbourne starring Ellen Burstyn, Lisa McCune, Francis Greenslade, Helen Morse and Toby Truslove https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/theatre/33-variations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzdog@groovemasters Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Mozart (Comp.) Gidon Kremer, Kim Kashkashian, Yo-Yo Ma – Divertimento, K. 563. CBS Masterworks IM 39561 Europe 1985. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilettanteque Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 (edited) Edited March 2, 2019 by Dilettanteque 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
att23 Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroen Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 10 hours ago, Dilettanteque said: This one looks very interesting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzdog@groovemasters Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Parrott, Taverner Consort & Players, Heart's Solace - Bach. SK 60155 Sony Classical 1998. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzdog@groovemasters Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Mozart (Comp.), Mitsuko Uchida, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate –Piano Concertos · Klavierkonzerte No.20 KV 466 · No. 21 KV 467. Philips Digital Classics – 416 381-2 Europe 1986. Lovin this ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marten Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 On 02/03/2019 at 3:42 PM, Kumarakid said: Mozart Piano Sonatas Vol. 1, Peter Donohoe (piano). This is the first disc in a planned series of all of Mozart's piano sonatas, with pianist, Peter Donohoe. Nos 2, 6, and 17 are performed here. The playing is naturally excellent, as you would expect from someone of Donohoe's stature, but the quality of the recording is variable, as the sonatas were recorded at different times (dates), but in the same venue. Also, they were performed on a C. Bechstein....one of the big 4 names in the piano pantheon. Once I had established that this recording was a little lacking in impact, I soon made the requisite adjustments to my amp.....you need to turn up the volume to get your speakers to engage. For a C. Bechstein, the sound is fairly neutral and the treble brilliance that this brand is renowned for, was noticeably absent. In fact the treble runs are somewhat blurred, but I put this down to the recording engineer/recording venue. It should be bleed'n obvious that a conservatory hall when empty, gives a very different sound from when an audience is present. This is not the first recording I have heard which has not taken this very important aspect into consideration.....or not sufficiently, anyway. Thanks Kumarakid, especially for your comments regarding the recording quality. Good point about the sonic difference between and empty vs full venue. Classical solo piano is probably my favourite genre, but in recent times I find myself becoming somewhat impatient with CDs that have poor sound quality (they punish your ears when you get excited and turn up the volume), so am now looking for recently recorded, and well recorded, replacements. I am finding it tough going, because sometimes the artist's interpretation on the 'old' recording is preferable (to me, anyway) to the more recent performers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilettanteque Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 14 hours ago, Citroen said: This one looks very interesting! It is indeed - an interesting selection of works by composers noted on the cover, and then some "trench favourites" (Keep the Home Fires Burning; God Save the King). An interesting framing of an album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilettanteque Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Takacs Quartet - Beethoven String Quartet Op 127 & 131 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dilettanteque Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 (edited) Alina Ibragimova & Steven Osborne - Prokofiev Violin Sonatas Edited March 4, 2019 by Dilettanteque 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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