LP Art: Plymouth P-12-40
Rogers & Hammerstein: South Pacific
LP Art: Plymouth P-12-28
Schumann: Fantasie
LP Art: The Smiling Bach
The Smiling Bach
LP Art: Prokofiev The Sound of Genius
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony / Lt. Kije Suite / Love for Three Oranges Suite
LP Art: Plymouth P-12-18
Schubert: Symphony 4
LP Art: Brailowsky – Chopin 24 Preludes
Chopin: 24 Preludes – Brailowsky
LP Art: Hardy’s Handel Water and Fireworks
Handel: Water Music and Royal Fireworks Suites [arranged by Harty]
LP Art: Nonesuch H-71013
Handel: Four Concertos with Oboe and String Orchestra
LP Art: Plymouth P-12-14
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 ‘New World’
BOX: Historical Box Sets
There have been a flood of historical box sets released over the past few years, featuring recordings from the 1930’s on from various music labels, and many at a bargain price. Downloadable sets have also appeared, some duplicating the box sets, or at least with a bit of overlap. Due to copyright expiration in Europe, many bargain labels have emerged, releasing long out-of-print recordings, along with some great sets from the major labels. These sets are bare-bones, with no real…
LP Art: Plymouth P-12-2
Tchaikovsky Symphony 5
Tomita Planets
Isao Tomita’s ‘Planets’ from 1976 takes Holst’s symphonic work and puts it into the electronic realm. Most of Tomita’s albums have been pretty much out of print for years, except a few on RCA released in the 1990’s that have stayed around. Fortunately ‘The Tomita Planets’ is still available, and also re-released and remade too! There are several releases of the Planets, and all are different in format or actual performance. Took a while, but figured out the versions…
Schumann Sonatas for Violin and Piano
I have been exploring some interesting works lately, among them some excellent violin sonatas. Surprisingly, there are a few works that I never had a chance to listen to and was surprised by them. Schumann’s Sonatas for Violin and Piano are sublime works, and a great recording is by Jennifer Koh [violin] and Reiko Uchida [piano] on Cedille Records. Schumann has a way with melody and the interplay with between the two instruments definitely makes this more than a violin…
Haydn and Szell
Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra recorded a selection of Haydn’s later symphonies, and Sony has compiled them into another budget box set. Symphonies 93-98 have been released in various incarnations, but some of the other recordings are new to CD. Art is from one of the earlier LP releases. Haydn Symphonies at Amazon: http://amzn.to/1lOTece
Happy 66th Anniversary
The modern vinyl LP turns 66 soon. Revealed in June 1948, Columbia Records showed off the new 33 1/3 LP format for the first time. While this was not the first attempt at a long playing record, it was the first to overcome many technical hurdles, such as wear and background noise. Columbia released about 100 LPs at first launch, many 12 inch, but quite a few in the less familiar 10 inch format [that size did not survive, instead…