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As anyone else I have developed my own ways to buy music. Beside any of my current interests, I, for instance, have some conductors who’s recording I buy no mater what: Scherchen, Golovanov, Barbirolli, Bohm.... Among pianists it would be probably th...
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[quote user="Gregm"]First impression: like driving a Ferrari without speed limits. Multi G acceleration, outstanding road-holding, excellent brakes -- and even so, some totally unexpected turns in the second & last parts...[/quote]Well, in that C...
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I've casually found at a record shop near my place one of the Great Conductors of the 20th Century CDs, dedicated to Golovanov. It's a two CD set and includes the 1812 Overture with the Moscow Radio Orch (In spite at Amazon they state the Monaco Radi...
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Hmm, I see Golovanov died the same year as both the composer and the Vozhd....
Not on the same day I trust.
Brian....
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My friends, considering my heritage, frequently ask me about my suggestions regarding “Boris Godunov” and I decided to compile a little and highly opinioned (no surprised here!) “surviving guide” about this opera.
It is well-known and well-told stor...
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I stopped by today during my lunch at my local “loony Tunes” and suddenly stumbled upon a LYS reissue (via the Dante Production) of Golovanov’s 1948 Boris Godunov. (LYS 349-351)
I have mentioned this performance above. It is a studio recoding where ...
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[quote user="Gregm"]"...Tchaikovsky with any sentimentalism or without any hysteria?where else you have heard Tchaikovsky with any sentimentalism or without any hysteria?"Actually I'll be looking forward to that (after Mravinski, Rozhdestvenski, Kara...
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A couple days ago I stopped by at used LP store and came across something that I never heard: Toscanini played the Kalinnikov’s mighty First Symphony. The notes said that It was how Americans decided to demonstrate their “solidarity” with Russians at...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
Re: Masur Shosty 5th ...You’re just about losing your virginity, Dorothy. As many debates musical people have about the tempos and style of playing the “Allegro non troppo” of the Fifth the recording I sent you answers ...
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I never was a big fun of Pletnev. Even his Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto (he plays piano), which many promoted as an “ultimate Rach 3” I found was unspeakably bad. Still, the “live” is live at it defiantly ads a lot of kink.
In regards of the recor...
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My WHRB’s starts the spring Orgy period, the podcast available on-line.
http://www.whrb.org/
On May 5th 6MP, WHRB starts to broadcast 3–days long Rimsky-Korsakov’s Orgy with the following program:1865 (rev. 1884): Symphony No. 1 in e, Op. 1; ...
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Jerry,
I got your Nanut CDs, thank you very much. I did not send to you anything yet – I will. Too much going on my plate now… Not to mention that I recently change my recording software and I need to see how this time I will be converting my ...
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The Boston FM radio and my Sansui TU-X1 tuner gave another magnificent treat - a whole weekend of Bruno Walter music. I always liked Bruno Walter, although he never was my “buy on spot” conductor. Performances of some conductor (for instance Sc...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Nowadays, however, (because multiple reasons) orchestras sound with no expressive, tonal or harmonic consistency …[/quote]
[quote user="Michaelz"] Could you please expand on this? I am very much interested. [/quote]...
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Here is a not frequently performed on West but beautiful Symphony, unfortunately and unreasonably neglected. A few words about Kalinnikov.Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov was born in 1866 at Voina, in the Oryol District, where Turgenev, Henry James's "b...
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Upon investigation I have several Bohemes of Golovanov. The list:
T6 + 1812 (2 copies)
Rach2 (2)
R3 + The Rock (unsealed)
Scriabin 1
Scriabin 2
Scriabin 3 + Poem of Ecstasy
All $22 ea + post...
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I have a long listening session yesterday and was thinking a
lot about one interesting subject. Different playback systems differently
present intentional “inconsistency” or better to say “unexpectancy” of timing.
If you listen some truly masters ...
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A few weeks ago Amphissa sent me a collection of recordings of Myaskovsky. I knew Myaskovsky, head his Sixth Symphon, “something else” and his cello concerto but to have a pile of selected CDs by a great aficionado of the Myaskovsky's music really he...
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I was listening today the Bolshoy 1948 production on LYS twice. What the beauty. As the tribute to this performance I am posting articles about the singers who did the “Boris Godunov” with Golovanov in 1948. The Articles are courtesy to writing staff...
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