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 level. Looking at the label, it’s clear that it’s an old disc, possibly even from the 1960’s.<\/p>\n
Also in the batch was the only disc of organ music: Marie-Claire Alain playing assorted Bach on assorted organs (and labelled only in Dutch). On a light note we had Offenbach’s Gaité Parisienne<\/i> (and Gounod’s ballet music from Faust<\/i>) played by Dutoit and Montreal. Our other Mahler disc: Wunderhorn<\/i> songs with Popp\/Weikl\/Tennstedt and the LPO. Chamber music was represented by Yuri Egorov playing some Schumann (Carnaval\/Papillons\/Toccata) and two Mozart quartets played by the Bartok Quartet. Finally, I started on a trawl through Beethoven symphonies with 1 and 2 played by the Munich Philharmonic under Kempe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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