Everest Records Redux MP3
The old Everest Records recordings have resurfaced again, this time in MP3 form at Amazon.
LP Art: Vivaldi by Ormandy
Vivaldi: The Four Season
Eugene Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra
Anshel Brusilow: Violin
Columbia Masterworks MS 6195
Vivaldi, Four Seasons and I Musici
I do love the ‘Four Seasons’, never get tired of it, and have about every imaginable recording of it in every performance style. I Musici recorded several versions of Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ for Philips over the years, and all are great in their own way. The releases from the 1990’s seem to be out of print, and really it is the earlier versions that are the real finds. A mono version was recorded in the mid-1950’s with Felix Ayo, then…
LP Art: Mahler’s Blumine
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 With Newly Discovered “Blumine” Movement (From the Version of 1893)
The New Haven Symphony Orchestra Frank Brieff, Conductor
Columbia Odyssey 32 16 0286
LP Art: Brahms Serkin Szell
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Serkin / Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
CBS 37803
Great Performances No. 66
LP Art: Chausson and Munch
Chausson: Symphony in B-Flat
Franck: Le Chasseur Maudit
Munch / Boston Symphony
RCA Victor LSC-2647
LP Art: Baroque Music Concert
Baroque Music Concert – Ristenpart
Virtuosi 1.2: Wanda’s Italian Bach
Wanda Landowska
Bach: Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971
Listening to Verdi’s Requiem
Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra – Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Listening to Mahler’s 7th
James Levine conducting the Chicago SO in Mahler Symphony No. 7
Beethoven Brahms Bruckner Schubert
I needed another set of Beethoven Symphony recordings about as much as I needed another Brahms set, not to mention Bruckner or Schubert. But running across the Gunter Wand Great Recordings box set, who could resist? A 28 CD set in a large LP size box, with a really nice booklet, and under $35, so on order it went. My recordings from Wand were quite sparse to my surprise, mainly some of his later live Bruckner recordings, but I enjoyed those…
Virtuosi 1: Casal’s Bach
Bach : Cello Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 – Pablo Casals
LP Art: Munch – Dukas Ravel and d’Indy
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
d’Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air
Fasch Orchestral Music
A contemporary of Bach and Telemann, Johann Friedrich Fasch is a lesser known German composer. His major claim to fame is turning down a position at Leipzig, for which the post was eventually by Bach. Tempesta di Mare’ has recorded a set of his works on Chandos, and the results are charming. While the style fits in the Baroque suite categories, the works are original with a familiar sound. Definitely a nice diversion to listening to the Brandenburg Concertos for…
Thomas Tallis
Sometimes, it is easy to miss the works of a famous composer. While I have some selections of Thomas Tallis’ choral works on various compilations, I never delved too deep into some of his works. Big mistake, talk about some beautiful music. I have been listening to several Tallis CDs, one by the Tallis Scholars and one by Magnificat. Besides wonderful performances, the sound is excellent and I cannot recommend these albums enough for anyone wanting to explore early choral…