Monthly Archives: April 2010

LPs: batch 13 – Dvořák is too loud

There was a problem disc in this batch: Kertesz and the LSO playing Dvořák’s 8th symphony, which was recorded at a high level and registered as too loud when I played it in. Will need to re-do at a lower … Continue reading

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the heaviest peal of eight

I’m told these are the bells at Sherborne Abbey*, which may explain why all the weekends on offer for the visit of the Cathedral Chamber Choir also had a visiting team of ringers doing a lengthy peal on the Saturday. … Continue reading

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LPs: batch 12 – the latest and longest?

I topped and tailed this with some Shostakovich. Firstly, a favourite of mine, a little out of favour at the moment: the Leningrad Symphony, here performed by the Czech Philharmonic under Neumann and paired with the 9th Symphony. At the … Continue reading

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LPs: batch 11 – the earliest music

This batch contained some more of my earlier LPs – Rudolf Firkusny playing Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with the Pittsburgh SO and three Haydn quartets played by assorted Hungarians on an old Turnabout disc with an entertainingly silly sleeve, which include … Continue reading

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LPs: batch 10 – a well-concealed nude

Started with a fairly obscure recording of Schwanengesang by Edouard Stocker and Magda Rusy. This was followed by one of few recordings of American music in the set, some Gershwin conducted by Bernstein … a transfer to Hungaroton. The cover … Continue reading

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LPs: batch 9 – the only opera

This batch was dominated by two sets. One was the only opera we have on LP: Don Giovanni in the version which was used as the soundtrack to the Joseph Loseley film. This is slightly cut but still three LPs’ … Continue reading

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LPs: batch 8 – remember Rediffusion?

I started these at the weekend. I couldn’t find any music specifically for Easter; the best I could do was Haydn’s Te Deum (paired with the Nelson Mass) recorded by the English Concert. Recorded in August 1986, this must be … Continue reading

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LPs: batch 7 – Holy Week

We don’t have huge amounts of sacred music in our LP collection, but I managed to find some appropriate to the season. Firstly, two settings of the Stabat Mater. The Rossini (conducted by Giulini with the Philharmonia) must be one … Continue reading

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