I have the Solti/Vienna boxes of LPs, bought near-mint from a reseller on CAM. It's decent, but not better than the CDs from Decca. It's hit and miss, as usual with vinyl. Get a copy that's brand new. I was lucky.
Of course, the books that came with the LPs are priceless....
I have the Solti/Vienna boxes of LPs, bought near-mint from a reseller on CAM. It's decent, but not better than the CDs from Decca. It's hit and miss, as usual with vinyl. Get a copy that's brand new. I was lucky.
Of course, the books that came with the LPs are priceless....
Condition is usually culprit of the problem when buying used Classical LPs. Hunting for seal copy is probably the right approach. In the meantime, I think CD will have to do.
Speaking of Poland.
Anyone is familiar with this pianist?
I wasn’t sure if Classical or general “what you’re listening to” thread is more appropriate? There she goes:
Sound/Stage | Season 2, Episode 4 - Music that began as a dream of California coast lines and highways for composer John Adams soars at the Hollywood Bowl. FEATURING Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Elissa Johnston, soprano Holly Sedillos, soprano Kristen Toedtman, mezzo-soprano Deborah O’Grady, visuals
“Grand Pianola Music” by John Adams 01:16 Interview with John Adams and Gustavo Dudamel 06:02 I. Part 1A (fast) 24:31 II. Part 1B (slow) 30:32 III. ‘On The Dominant Divide’ (fast)
Paul Herriott introduces an all-American programme conducted by Gavin Maloney featuring Copland's Quiet City, his atmospheric concert suite for trumpet and orchestra.
Samuel Barber’s gorgeous hymn to smalltown America, Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with soprano Rachel Croash as soloist.
Shaker Loops by the Pulitzer Prize-winning John Adams. Based on childhood memories of an abandoned Shaker colony in New Hampshire. Adams says it 'summons up the vision of these otherwise pious and industrious souls caught up in the ecstatic frenzy of a dance that culminated in an epiphany of physical and spiritual transcendence’.
Copland: Quiet City
Barber: Knoxville - Summer of 1915
Adams: Shaker Loops
Rachel Croash (soprano)
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra at the NCH Dublin
Gavin Maloney conductor
Badura-Skoda's last recital in 2019.
Franz Schubert: Four Impromptus D 899, op. 90
Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, op. 15
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata c-minor, KV 457
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