Tag Archives: Schumann

Bath Mozartfest 2011 (2): Imogen Cooper and the Sitkovetsky Trio

Posted on December 23, 2011 by vhk10

Some family members went to hear Imogen Cooper (a regular at festivals in Bath) playing at the Assembly Rooms. As a pupil of Alfred Brendel’s, she is very much in the same tradition of unshowy interpretation.  The least successful piece … Continue reading →

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LPs batch 28: Chopin and other duplicates

Posted on July 8, 2011 by vhk10

This batch contained four miscellaneous Chopin discs: Pollini playing Etudes and Preludes, and two of Nikita Magaloff playing the Polonaises. Quite a bit of duplication because we both had significant Chopin collections. Another duplicate was Zimerman’s Schumann/Grieg concertos with Karajan … Continue reading →

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Prom 37

Posted on August 20, 2010 by vhk10

Others in the family got to this Prom, with the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. It was rather a mixed bag but went down well. After the overture to La Forza del Destino, there was the novelty of Dallapiccola’s … Continue reading →

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LPs batch 24: Liszt

Posted on August 9, 2010 by vhk10

Quite a lot of piano and chamber music remain to be done, and I tackled some of it in this batch. Beginning with two discs of quartets from Eastern Europe: a Supraphon of the Smetana Quartet playing Janáček’s and the … 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 13 – Dvořák is too loud

Posted on April 28, 2010 by vhk10

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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LPs batch 5: some duplicate works

Posted on March 27, 2010 by vhk10

Our stock of Bach on LP is limited and this batch began with part of it, an LP of the E major violin concerto and the orchestral suite in B minor played by two minor German orchestras. I intend to … Continue reading →

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LPs batch 2: sticking points

Posted on March 15, 2010 by vhk10

This began with a two-disc set of the Hilliards singing Palestrina’s Canticum Canticorum motets. I’m not a great Palestrina fan in general, but this recording is really exquisite, with clear limpid sound. Then I moved on to an anniversary composer, … Continue reading →

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Bath Mozartfest 2009

Posted on November 21, 2009 by vhk10

Between us we attended four concerts at this year’s Bath Mozartfest. There were quite a few others we might have gone to, including Mozart’s Requiem in Bath Abbey, which some people I know were singing in and which caused me … Continue reading →

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Mozartfest 2008

Posted on November 26, 2008 by vhk10

We liked the programme for this year’s Mozartfest and got to four concerts. The Nash Ensemble just brought their string players this time. I enjoyed the Mozart (G minor string quintet) and Strauss (prelude to Capriccio) in the first half, … Continue reading →

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