gloom
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When I was a little kid, my parents forced me to play piano for about 10 years, so I don't have the fondest memory of classical music, and I never listened to it much. The 'Gladiator' and 'Conan the Barbarian' soundtracks changed that (the former is well-liked around here, but I slightly prefer the latter, and suggest anyone who likes the 'Gladiator' soundtrack check it out) - they are two of my favorite CDs.
My parents divorced about a month ago, and when my dad moved out of the house he took most of his possessions with him (including his 300+ jazz CDs). He left a few classical discs, though, and I snatched them up when I went home for winter break (I mentioned the CDs to him later, and he said I could have them).
I got:
Vivaldi / 'Le Quattro Sagioni' (the Four Seasons) - Philips Digital Classics - Pina Carmirelli on violin. La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 7/1982.
Mozart / Piano Concertos 27 & 8 - Deutsch Grammophon - London Symphony Orchestra directed by Claudio Abbado, with Rudolf Serkin on piano.
Beethoven / Symphony #5 in C minor & Egmont Overture - Telarc - Boston Symphony Orchestra, directed by Seiji Ozawa.
Beethoven / Symphony #3 in E flat major "Eroica" - Denon - I can't read anything in the sleeve, because it's all in Japanese. It does say "Otmar Suitner conducting" and "Staatskapelle Berlin" on the disc itself, though.
and a few others besides.
So far I've listened to the first two, and I just started Beethoven's Symphony #5, and I'm loving every minute of it. The sound quality on this Telarc disc is <I>fantastic</I> (The Vivaldi disc also sounded very good), and I'm not sure that I'm even getting the full effect (I'm using a battered old Techincs CDP and Sennheiser HD580s). The dynamics are breathtaking: in the third movement, some passages are so quiet that road noise from outside my apartment, and conversation between my roommates two rooms away, drown out the music. I didn't touch the volume, though, because at this same setting the peaks are overwhelming, and almost too loud. Awe-inspiring!
I think I'm fast becoming a classical afficionado! I'll pick up more Beethoven and Mozard for sure, and maybe some Bach and Scarlatti (Scarlatti was my favorite composer when I still played piano).
My parents divorced about a month ago, and when my dad moved out of the house he took most of his possessions with him (including his 300+ jazz CDs). He left a few classical discs, though, and I snatched them up when I went home for winter break (I mentioned the CDs to him later, and he said I could have them).
I got:
Vivaldi / 'Le Quattro Sagioni' (the Four Seasons) - Philips Digital Classics - Pina Carmirelli on violin. La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 7/1982.
Mozart / Piano Concertos 27 & 8 - Deutsch Grammophon - London Symphony Orchestra directed by Claudio Abbado, with Rudolf Serkin on piano.
Beethoven / Symphony #5 in C minor & Egmont Overture - Telarc - Boston Symphony Orchestra, directed by Seiji Ozawa.
Beethoven / Symphony #3 in E flat major "Eroica" - Denon - I can't read anything in the sleeve, because it's all in Japanese. It does say "Otmar Suitner conducting" and "Staatskapelle Berlin" on the disc itself, though.
and a few others besides.
So far I've listened to the first two, and I just started Beethoven's Symphony #5, and I'm loving every minute of it. The sound quality on this Telarc disc is <I>fantastic</I> (The Vivaldi disc also sounded very good), and I'm not sure that I'm even getting the full effect (I'm using a battered old Techincs CDP and Sennheiser HD580s). The dynamics are breathtaking: in the third movement, some passages are so quiet that road noise from outside my apartment, and conversation between my roommates two rooms away, drown out the music. I didn't touch the volume, though, because at this same setting the peaks are overwhelming, and almost too loud. Awe-inspiring!
I think I'm fast becoming a classical afficionado! I'll pick up more Beethoven and Mozard for sure, and maybe some Bach and Scarlatti (Scarlatti was my favorite composer when I still played piano).