Author Archives: vhk10

a new organ at Llandaff

Posted on July 27, 2010 by vhk10

I got away for a weekend singing in Llandaff Cathedral with the Erleigh Cantors: a new venue for them, though one I’d sung in a couple of times before. This time there was a very new organ – we must … Continue reading →

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LPs batch 22: Op. 0

Posted on July 12, 2010 by vhk10

This batch was mostly the Æolian Quartet playing Haydn, including his very earliest quartets and the entertainingly numbered Op. 0. After that came Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances (together with another version of his Scherzo Capriccioso) played by the Bavarian Radio SO … Continue reading →

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LPs batch 21: Sibelius and Haydn

Posted on July 5, 2010 by vhk10

By this stage I felt like doing some blocks rather than odd single discs. I finished off the Sibelius symphonies, which are mostly conducted by Karajan or Ashkenazy but we have Kamu doing no. 2. Then it was onto a … Continue reading →

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LPs batch 20: displaying umlauts

Posted on June 29, 2010 by vhk10

Our Sibelius LPs are a nice tidy batch comprising six discs containing the symphonies and a few other well-known pieces. This batch included the ones conducted by Karajan. I’m now beginning to finish certain categories and the last of Mozart’s … Continue reading →

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LPs: batch 19 – trying to finish Shostakovich

Posted on June 15, 2010 by vhk10

I realised I’d been neglecting chamber music, so I moved on to an LP of Mozart’s piano quartets with the Beaux Arts trio, followed by a couple of string quartets performed by the Quartetto Italiano. Representing solo piano in this … Continue reading →

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a shortened Festival

Posted on June 7, 2010 by vhk10

The Navarra quartet was in the end the only Bath Festival concert I got to. (For most of the rest of the Festival we were away from Bath.) I considered going to hear Exaudi perform a programme that mixed Tudor … Continue reading →

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the Navarra quartet in Chew Magna

Posted on May 30, 2010 by vhk10

The late Miles Kington once passed an observation made to him that many Somerset village names could be those of lawyers from American TV mini-series. I can’t however imagine a lawyer called Chew Magna, one of my favourites, where I … Continue reading →

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LPs: batch 18 – a tasteless sleeve

Posted on May 27, 2010 by vhk10

This batch was largely orchestral music again. It started with an old LP of mine: James Galway ‘The Man with the Golden Flute’ playing assorted pieces which showcase the instrument. One track is a bit notorious: a Moto Perpetuo by … Continue reading →

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merging recordings

Posted on May 25, 2010 by vhk10

In my endeavours to put our LPs onto CD I am very much aware that while a typical LP lasts some 50-55 minutes, the CDs I’m using can hold 80 minutes of music. It should therefore be possible to fit … Continue reading →

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LPs: batch 17 – carols and folk poetry

Posted on May 21, 2010 by vhk10

Half of this batch was the rest of the 9-CD Arrau/Chopin box. After the great wodge of Chopin I moved on to Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (as he then was) playing Beethoven’s third piano concerto with Colin Davis and the BBC … Continue reading →

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