Category Archives: recordings

a meaty interpretation

Preparing for my next concert I was directed to a YouTube recording of one of the pieces. In the ‘if you liked this, you might also like this’ column on the right, alongside two movements from the other piece in … Continue reading

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tape to CD

As part of the church ‘Time and Talents’ fund-raising drive, I got a request to transfer four cassette tapes to CD for a member of the congregation. This inevitably doesn’t produce as good results as transferring LPs: you don’t have … Continue reading

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Two remote recordings

As well as my weekly recording session for the church choir, I have recently made a couple of ‘distanced’ recordings for other choirs. This procedure is happier for me than Zoom rehearsals. I have now worked out why I don’t … Continue reading

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in praise of … the filler

Why did Schubert never continue his Quartettsatz D703? Did he get distracted? Run out of inspiration? Or was he prescient enough to think ‘One day people will be able to preserve performances on a medium lasting about an hour, and … Continue reading

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a grounded singer

So I’ve temporarily lost all my choirs, including the church one. What do I do for singing? I’d normally try to sing every day, which means individual practice on the days when I have no rehearsal or performance. Now that … Continue reading

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Other recordings I’ve made

As I’m on the verge of recording a CD, it’s time to look back at other recordings I’ve made. The new recording with Bristol Choral Society will be the sixth professional one I’ve made. The others (mostly recorded when I … Continue reading

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in praise of …. Supraphon

Supraphon is generally agreed to have been the best of the labels originating behind the Iron Curtain. It is very well represented in the LP collection I’m putting on CD, and only partly because of the former owner’s devotion to … Continue reading

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one-recording ensembles

I’m slowly working my way through putting another collection of LPs on to CD. Most of them are by famous names, but there are a few recordings which seem to be the only ones, or almost so, made by those … Continue reading

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another collection of LPs

Some years ago I transferred our LP collection to CD. I am now embarking on digitising a second collection of LPs, formerly belonging to my husband’s late aunt and dating from the late 1950s to the 1980s. It would seem … Continue reading

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buying CDs at the farmers’ market

Bath Farmers’ Market takes place on Saturday mornings. The market stalls stand next to other stalls which are there all week, including one that sells second-hand DVDs and CDs. Among the latter there is a small selection of classical ones, … Continue reading

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