Anybody Like Classical Music?
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Was in Buffalo perusing what the thrift stores had to offer in terms of LP's.
I came home happy, having found about 15 albums of interest.
I came home happy, having found about 15 albums of interest.
Ponderling, you're leaving us in the learch, what were some of these LP's of interest? You need good drugs to listen to Beethoven's late String Quartets, he was completely deaf when he wrote them.
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RCA LM-2119 1957 mono recording.
Wagner, conducted by Munch, Boston Symphony
Tannhauser: Overture & Venusberg music.
Die Walkura A3 Magic Fire music
Die Gotterdammerung Siegfried's Rhine Journey
RCA LM-1860 1954 mono recording
Mario Lanza, tenor, supported by orchestra
Sings torch songs on love from the 1950's and earlier
RCA LM-2821 1965 mono
Peter Nero – piano, backed by Fiedler conducting Boston Pops
All Gershwin- Rhapsody in Blue, and other songs from the composers musicals.
RCA LM-2890 1966 mono
Tchaikovsky, conducted by Gould, Chicago Symphony
Waltzes of Tchaikovsky
RCA LSC-2380 1960 stereo
Fiedler conducting Boston Pops
Movie Classical music, including Addinsell Warsaw Concerto
RCA LSC-2670 1963 stereo
Fiedler conducting Boston Pops
Stardust – gentle classical music arrangements.
RCA LSC-2906 1966 stereo
Fiedler conducting Boston Pops
orchestra arrangements of popular songs of the era. Lots from musicals.
RCA LSC-2925 1967 stereo
Getz lead sax & Fiedler conducting Boston Pops at Tanglewood
Sax heady tunes backed by orchestra
RCA LSC-2928 1967 stereo
Fiedler conducting Boston Pops
Tales From Vienna – J Strauss Jr. - Waltzes, Quadrilles and Polkas.
RCA LSC-2988 1968 stereo
Fiedler conducting Boston Pops
The Pops Goes Latin
RCA LSC3337 1973 stereo
Leontyne Price soprano, with Downes conducting New Philharmonia
Puccini Heroines
Columbia Masterworks CL-700 looks to be mid to late 60's
Levant plays Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue, with Ormand c Philadephia O, An American In Paris Rodzinski C NY Philharmonic & Concerto in F, with Kostelanetz C NY Philharmonic
Columbia Masterworks MS-6732 looks to be early 70's
Ormandy conducting Philadelphia Orchestra
A Sibelius Festival – Finalandia with Mormon Tabernacle Chior, Swan of Tuonela, Valse Triste/En Saga
Columbia ML-5842, 1963, mono
Oramandy conducting Philadelphia Orchestra
The Glorious Sound of Wagner
Angel S 36003 stereo estimate late 1970s
Roger Wagner conducts Chorale and orchestra
Vivaldi Gloria Flor Peeters organist: Entrata Festiva. Op 93
Arista AL8303 1981 Original Broadway Cast
Woman of the Year – Lauren Bacall female lead.
( yes, not classical, but I collect Broadway soundtracks as well, and this is one I did not yet have in the collection)
London PS-392 ffrr estimate 1960s's stereo
Mantovani and his Orchestra
play contemporary torch songs
London OS-26473 ffrr 1976 stereo
Luciano Pavarotti lead tenor, Herbert Adler conducts National Philharmonic
O Holy Night and other religious hynal choral music
London Phase 4 SP-44025
Black conducting London Festival O
Film Spectacular
London Phase 4 SP-44121
Black conducting London Festival O and chorus
Music from Fiddler on the Roof. Lead Vocalists: Robert Merrill & Molly Picon
London Phase 4 Concert Series SPC-21051
Wagners Golden Hits
Ride of the Valkyries - Die Wakure,
Prelude to A1 -Lohengrin,
Overture - Tannhauser
Prelude to A3 -Lohengrin,
Forest Murmers- Seigfried
Liebestod - Tristan
That's quite an eclectic mix there ponderling. I have several London Phase 4 recordings including Stokowski somewhat erratic transcriptions. His two Fantasia pieces are hit and miss, his Night on Bald Mountain with his own finale is excellent but his Bach BWV 565 doesn't really work with a full orchestra...too turgid. I'm assuming the last vinyl you mentioned are the George Szell recording?
Bots control everything these days, I don't use them. Wrote a critical piece on how Canadians play Berg's Piano Sonata better than their peers across the pond. Europeans take the work too literal, sounding cold and mechanical, Berg hadn't gone full atonal when he wrote it. The Canadians in question are Glenn Gould and Marc Andre Hamelin. They take entirely different approach to the music, both are exceptional. Gould is far less analytical with the work almost like Gustav Klimt were playing it.
Any mention of Gould always gets a response. He's been gone for 41 years yet remains the most revered Canadian by musicians.
Bots control everything these days, I don't use them. Wrote a critical piece on how Canadians play Berg's Piano Sonata better than their peers across the pond. Europeans take the work too literal, sounding cold and mechanical, Berg hadn't gone full atonal when he wrote it. The Canadians in question are Glenn Gould and Marc Andre Hamelin. They take entirely different approach to the music, both are exceptional. Gould is far less analytical with the work almost like Gustav Klimt were playing it.
Any mention of Gould always gets a response. He's been gone for 41 years yet remains the most revered Canadian by musicians.
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It's been awhile since I've heard anything from Swedish Mezzo-soprano Annie Sofie Von Otter. In the late 80's and 90's with her amazing voice and heart breaker good look, she was a sensation. As I've said before a woman's looks and personality merge as she ages, Ms Von Otter may be in her 60's now but she's still fuckin hot!
I might buy her a pizza too, but these videos of impromptu singers, violinists, etc., that suddenly ask the guy playing the piano if he knows XXXX is totally staged.
No professional or semi-professional singer/violinist/etc. would ever take a chance on being accompanied on the piano by any dude who is playing on a public piano to give a free performance.
The chances of the pianist not knowing the song or screwing up the song is high, and the singer/violinist knows that, and would never take that chance.
No matter how good the singer/violinist is, if the accompanist screws up, it still makes the singer/violinist look bad.
Completely staged videos.
Is there a Christmas music thread?
The city pool had on CHFI this week , and they are currently all Christmas music.
That got me thinking. Swimming is a great time to organize your thoughts.
There are good and bad recordings of these standards worthy of discussion.
Not sure all of them have YouTube versions, but I bet a lot of them do and IV will find them.
The city pool had on CHFI this week , and they are currently all Christmas music.
That got me thinking. Swimming is a great time to organize your thoughts.
There are good and bad recordings of these standards worthy of discussion.
Not sure all of them have YouTube versions, but I bet a lot of them do and IV will find them.
Not into Christmas music, it's suicide inducing.
Jason and the Argonauts stands the test of time, not just because of Ray Harryhausen's pioneering special effects. I recently learned that the film was directed by Don Chaffey who was also working on The Avengers TV Series. At the time that the film came out Honor Blackman (Goldfinger) was still John Steed's muse. Dianna Rigg took over on S4. I was 9 years old when I saw Talos come to life for the first time, never forgot it. The sound effects have been edited out to focus on Bernard Herrman's score.
xix's villains suite is mostly original music, still don't know who the composers are? Another "spontaneous" sing along, this time it's the Italian rice harvesters protest song.
Jason and the Argonauts stands the test of time, not just because of Ray Harryhausen's pioneering special effects. I recently learned that the film was directed by Don Chaffey who was also working on The Avengers TV Series. At the time that the film came out Honor Blackman (Goldfinger) was still John Steed's muse. Dianna Rigg took over on S4. I was 9 years old when I saw Talos come to life for the first time, never forgot it. The sound effects have been edited out to focus on Bernard Herrman's score.
xix's villains suite is mostly original music, still don't know who the composers are? Another "spontaneous" sing along, this time it's the Italian rice harvesters protest song.
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I Believe in Father Christmas (Lake, Sinfield, Prokofiev)
I almost dreaded bringing up Peter Sinfield bio, if he's no longer with us I didn't want to know. I'm happy to report he's still alive and kicking. I Believe in Father Christmas is a monumental holiday favorite that can be enjoyed year round. Sinfield is a lyricist, his partnership with Greg Lake went back to The Court of the Crimson King. Classical music is in the public domain, Sergei Prokofiev deserves a songwriting credit since the bridge music comes from his Lieutenant Kije Suite.
It helps that Peter Sinfield lives in Ibiza.
I almost dreaded bringing up Peter Sinfield bio, if he's no longer with us I didn't want to know. I'm happy to report he's still alive and kicking. I Believe in Father Christmas is a monumental holiday favorite that can be enjoyed year round. Sinfield is a lyricist, his partnership with Greg Lake went back to The Court of the Crimson King. Classical music is in the public domain, Sergei Prokofiev deserves a songwriting credit since the bridge music comes from his Lieutenant Kije Suite.
It helps that Peter Sinfield lives in Ibiza.
