Arnold/Liszt/Mussorgsky "Witches Brew" New Symphony Orchestra of London/Gibson (RCA LSC-2225) Classic Records 45 rpm Clarity 4 Disc reissue
This recording is a demo quality effort. Side 3 is an absolute stunner!
Shostakovich "Symphony No. 12, "1917"" Leningrad Philharmonic/Mravinsky
(Melodiya SR-40128)
Coleman Hawkins "Hawkins! Alive! at the Village Gate" (Verve V6-8509) I Love this recording! |
Today so far:
Mendelssohn "Psalms op. 42 and op. 46" Symphonic Choir and Orchestra de la Foundation Gulbenkian de Lisbonne/Michel Corboz (Erato STU 71101)
Mahler "Symphony No. 4 in G" Cleveland Orhestra/Szell/Raskin (soprano) (Columbia MS 6833) |
Emorrisiv-
The "Savitri" with Janet Baker. One of my favorites! Not only is it a wonderful performance, it is one of my go to recordings for testing a systems ability to image properly.
I love the Argo "Coronation Anthems" too. Outstanding choices!! |
Emorrisiv-
I am constantly amazed at how our listening preferences seem to dovetail each others! I have the two Harmonia Mundi recordings you mention above, and "Danses Du Moyen-age" spends a lot of time on my turntable.
I will keep my eye out for a copy of "English Sacred Music of the 16th Century"
As my good friend Rushton just posted, I concur whole heartedly with his assesment of "Witches Brew" and "Power of the Orchestra". Two other reisuues that are seeing of lot of play right now at our house. |
Tchaikovsky "Symphony No. 6, in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique"" Monteux/Boston Symphony Orchestra (RCA LSC-1901)
Beethoven "Symphonies No. 1 and No. 8" Ansermet/L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande (London CS 6388)
Albeniz "Iberia" Ansermet/L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande (London CS 6194)
Oscar Peterson Trio "At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival" (Verve UMV 2502) Mono |
David Gilmour "Live in Gdansk" LP No. 3
J.S. Bach "Orchestral Suites" Linde-Consort (EMI/Angel SB-3943) a digital LP, kind of lacking in overall weight, but a good performance
John Coltrane "Soultrane" (Prestige P-7142) w/ Red Garland and Paul Chambers, Arthur Taylor on drums |
03-10-11: Almarg
"Danses Anciennes de Hongrie"
-- Clemencic Consort (Harmonia Mundi France HM1003) Good one one you! What a wonderful recording! That one sees a lot of play time on my TT, thanks to Rushton who played it for me the first time. |
Mo-Fi Silver label reissues of:
Dead Can Dance "Into the Labyrinth" and "Spiritchaser"
Buy them while you can, they are very well done. |
The Chicago "CTA" is a first class debut album! A friend and I listened to last Sunday.... |
De Falla "Three Cornered Hat" (Ansermet/L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande) ORG 45 rpm reissue of the London CS6224
(last night) |
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Rush, I subscribed to the series of the first 10 releases. The first four arrived on Friday, but I have only had the time to clean and listen to the De Falla (Walker Prelude 4 step x 2 LPs)
The recordings are "high, wide, and well articulated" the sound overall is very good, Grundeman's new cutting lathe clearly living up to the hype. My copy has some surface noise, even after cleaning, on side 1.
I am looking forward to giving a thorough listen to the Albeniz next, as I can compare it to the Tape Project version and the "Super Analogue Disc" 33rpm reissue as well. I will post my impressions here. |
Having listened to the Tape Project tape of the Albeniz, I think I am pretty comfortable with how it "should" sound. I agree that overall, the Super Analogue 33 is pretty good, it does lean toward the midbass and below. Backing off the VTA helps but it's at the expense of the other frequencies. If I get enough time tonight, I will clean it and give the ORG a spin and report back. |
Tonight I have been playing a head-to-head comparison of Albeniz "Suite Espanola" ORG 45 rpm reissue against the Tape Project version (TP-005) 15 ips reel to reel.
First, the only other version I have extensive experience with other than these two is the Super Analogue Disc reissue at 33 rpm. I'll just say right off the bat that the ORG 45 has the Super Analogue beat by a mile on my system. I listened to the tape first to give my ears a benchmark and I am surprised at how well the ORG holds its own against the tape with respect to the separation and layering of instruments, including the castanets and celeste.
This is by far the best of the ORG reissues I have listened to with respect to sound quality and lack of surface noise.
If this piece is to your liking I would strongly recommend, investing the money to secure a copy before they are all gone. Those of you who have had the opportunity to hear the Tape Project version of this will find the ORG 45 close in presentation. |
Thank God people are beginning to come out of the closet with respect to the Sheffield 24 "Firebird" It is my personal favorite, even over the Classic reissue of the Dorati/LSO. I have never even noticed the lack of a hall sound probably due to the fact that I am sucked into the performance that Leinsdorf wrings out of the orchestra and the enormous dynamic swings on that LP.
Russ - glad to hear you are enjoying the Albeniz from ORG. If it's any consolation, I played the TP tape head to head against the LP yesterday for a friend, and they preferred the LP..... |
Rush- What a wonderful line up last Sunday! Must have been a nice day for the group.
This week (over the course of a couple of evenings as the power grid is kind of sketchy in this unending heat):
Gene Ammons "Blue Gene" - OJC reissue
Jerry Garcia "Garcia" Original Warner Bros. green label
Moody Blues "Every Good Boy Deserves Favor" Threshold release
David Crosby "If only I Could Remember My Name" Atlantic label
Poco "Cantamos" original from Epic
Jefferson Starship "Blows Against the Empire" |
Albeniz, Suite Espanola, De Burgos/NewPhilO, London CS 6581-45 (ORG 45rpm reissue - simply delightful. Bravo) Rush- I'm delighted to hear that you like this reissue. I am also impressed. Enough so, that I have subscribed to the entire series of Blueback reissues from ORG |
My favorite LP by Firesign Theaer is "We're All Bozo's on This Bus" The routine about the future fair gets me every time. "A fair for all, and no fair to anybody".
Those guys were brilliant. The Three Stooges for the thinking man (or woman). |
Falla "The Three Cornered Hat" Ansermet/L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande (ORG 102) 45 rpm reissue of the London CS 6224. Sparkling remastering of a tremendous recording, part of the ORG subscription of London Blueback reissues) |
Schuller "Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee" Dorati/Minneapolis SO (Mercury SR90282)
Dvorak "Cello Concerto in B Minor, Opus 104" Starker/Dorati/London SO (Mercury SR90303)
Crosby, Stills & Nash "Crosby, Stills & Nash" (Atlantic SO-8229/Classic Records reissue)
Gregg Allman "Laid Back" (Capricorn CP 0116) |
Anticipation - Lloyd Walker is coming tomorrow to perform an upgrade to my turntable. |
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Dvorak "Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 95" Kertesz/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Decca SXL 2289)
Dave Brubeck Quartet "Time Out" (Columbia CS8192)
Emerson, Lake and Palmer "Emerson, Lake and Palmer" (Cotillion SD 9040)
Copeland "Appalachian Spring" Clark/Pacific Symphony Orchestra (15 ips tape from Reference Recording master - Tape Project) |
Ravel "Daphnis et Chloe" Monteux/LSO/Royal Opera House chorus (London CS6140 ORG 45 rpm reissue ORG 105)
Rickie Lee Jones "It's Like This" (Analogue Productions APP 51056) 45 rpm
Dire Straits "Live Alchemy" (Warner Brothers 25085-1) |
Allman Brothers Band "Fillmore East" (Capricorn SD2 802) Classic Records 200g reissue
Count Basie/Orchestra "88 Basie Street" (Pablo 2310-901) Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue
Roger Waters "The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking" (Columbia 39290)
Mozart "Symphony No. 38 In D Major "Prague"" Maag/LSO (London Stereo Treasury Series STS 15087) |
Tonight's menu:
Shostakovich - "Symphony #12 "1917"" Mravinsky/Leningrad Philharmonic
John Coltrane - "Blue Train" 200g reissue
Bach - "Kaffe-Kantate" (coffee cantata)Harnoncourt/Concentus Musicus Wien
Holst - "The Planets" von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic |
Rush,
No kidding! I had that same recording of Church Windows in my hands tonight, and replaced it with Coffee Cantata.
We'll have to get you and Ann over for dinner when we get closer to the final room layout. |
We are tuning up the room and today we are serving:
Mahler - "Symphony No. 4 in G Szell/Cleveland Orchestra
Rory Block - "Rhinestones and Steel Strings"
Thelonius Monk - "Brilliant Corners" Riverside Mono pressing
Pink Floyd - "Dark Side of the Moon" MFSL pressing and 30th Anniversary pressing |
Tonight's specials are:
Respighi - "Church Windows" 45 rpm Reference Recordings
Mickey Hart/Airto - "Dafos" 45 rpm Reference Recodings
Vivaldi/Bach - "Sonatas & Concertos" Albert Fuller/Helicon Ensemble 33 1/3 rpm Reference Recordings
Jennifer Warnes - "Famous Blue Raincoat" |
One more to add:
k.d. laing and the reclines - "Absolute Torch and Twang" |
Tonight:
Keith Jarrett - "The Koln Concert"
Miles Davis - "Sketches of Spain" 180g reissue
Ray Brown Trio - "Soular Energy" 200g blue vinyl reissue
Gene Ammons - "Blue Gene" 180g reissue |
This Evening:
Mahler - "Symphony No. 1" Solti/London Symphony Orchestra
Glinka - "Kamarinskya Fantasy" "A Life For The Czar" Ansermet/L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Borodin - "In The Steppes Of Central Asia" Ansermet/L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Chopin-Douglas - "Les Sylphides" von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic |
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Rock and Roll night at our house:
Creedence Clearwater Revivial - "Cosmo's Factory" Classic Records 180g reissue
Mark Knofler - Soundtrack from "Local Hero"
Joni Mitchell - "Blue"
Crosby Stills Nash and Young - "Deja Vu" 200g reissue
Crosby Stills and Nash - "CSN" 200g reissue
Santana - "Santana" 180g reissue and original pressing
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Tonight:
Mendelssohn - "Fingal's Cave", "Symphony No. 3" Decca (Speakers Corner)SXL 2246
Chick Corea & Gary Burton - "Crystal Silence" ECM
Supertramp - "Crime Of The Century" 180g reissue |
This evening
Beethoven - Sonatas 14 "Moonlight" No. 21 "Waldstein" No. 23 "Appassionata" Friedrich Gulda. London Treasury STS 15584
Berlioz - "Symphony Fantastique" Barbirolli/Halle Orchestra. Vanguard SRV 181 SD
Bach - "Brandenburg Concertos 1-6" Leppard/English Chamber Orchestra. Philips 6747 166 |
Last evening:
Coleman Hawkins w/ Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - "Night Hawk". Prestige Swingline 180g reissue. Beautiful recording from 1960 by Rudy Van Gelder.
Handel - "Water Music" Dorati/LSO Mercury Living Presence original.
Sonny Rollins - "Tenor Madness" 180g reissue |
Tonight:
Dire Straits - "Live/Alchemy"
Emerson Lake & Palmer - "Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends" |
Tonight
"The Reiner Sound" - Fritz Reiner/Chicago Symphony RCA LSC 2183 (Classic reissue): Ravel - "Rapsodie Espagnole", "Pavan For A Dead Princess" Rachmaninoff - "Isle Of The Dead"
Grofe - "Grand Canyon Suite" Morton Gould and his Orchestra RCA LSC 2433 (Late pressing)
Stravinsky - "Rite of Spring" Maazel/Cleveland Orchestra Telarc DG-10054 |
Raytheprinter,
I love "If I had a Rocket Launcher" from that LP! It may not be the most PC in this day and age, but it sounds very good never-the-less. |
On the menu tonight:
Rachmaninoff - "Piano Concerto No. 3" Bryon Janis/Antal Dorati/LSO. Mercury Living Presence 180g reissue
Modest Mouse - "The Moon And Antarctica" |
Rush,
I don't own a copy of the original Merc pressing, but have heard one in good condition a few times. I will say that the reissue is pretty faithful to the original in sound, maybe a tad brighter, with the double basses sounding a little more recessed. What can I say about Janis' reading of this piece? He is a brilliant performer, and all his emotive playing comes to the fore here. From the trills, to running the keyboard. An excellent outing from what I hope will be many more reissues from the Living Presence series. |
Bach - "Concerto For Violin and Oboe" Kapp/Ravina/Roseman Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York
Boismortier - "Sonatas For Flute and Harpsichord" Robin Hendrich/Philip Kraft
Haydn - "The Cello Concertos" Robinson/Harnoy Toronto Chamber Orchestra |
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Sonny Rollins Quartet - "Tenor Madness" (Prestige LP 7047/Classic Records reissue)
Dire Straits - "Love Over Gold" (Warner 23728-1)
Rachmaninoff - "Isle Of The Dead" Reiner/Chicago Symphony (RCA LSC 2183/Classic Records reissue |
Josef Haydn - "Seven Last Words Of Christ, Op.51" Amadeus Quartet (Westminster XWN 18055)
J.S. Bach - "Orchestral Suites" Linde-Consort (EMI/Angel SB-3943) |
Didn't light up the system until late tonight but I got in
Mozart - "Requiem" Corboz/Symphonic Chorus and Orchestra of the Gulbenkian Foundation of Lisbon w/Elly Ameling, Barbara Scherler, Louis Devos, Roger Soyer (RCA AGL1-1533) |
Enescu - "Sonata No. 3 In Romanian Folkstyle" David Abel, violin / Julie Steinberg, piano (Wilson Audiophile W-8315)
Delius - "Music of Delius" Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Seraphim S-60165)
Miles Davis - "Sketches of Spain" (Columbia PC 8271/Classic Records 200g reissue) |
Last night,
Rachmaninoff - "Isle of the Dead" Reiner/CSO (RCA LSC2183 Classic Records reissue)
Enescu - "Sonata No. 3 in Rumanian Folkstyle" Able/Steinberg (Wilson Audiophile W-8315)
Rachmaninoff - "Piano Concerto No. 3" Janis/Dorati/LSO (Mercury SR90283 Speakers Corner reissue)
Listed these before, but they are familar to me as I am trying out a pair of Synergistic Research Signature 10X speaker cables.
Also 1 CD: Dead Can Dance "Into the Labyrinth" |
Stravinsky - "Firebird Complete Ballet" Dorati/LSO (Mercury SR90226/Classic Records 200g reissue)
Stravinsky - "Firebird Complete Ballet" Dorati/LSO (Mercury SR90226 original pressing)
Comparing the original to the Classic Records reissue |
Wellll-
The surface of the reissue is quieter, no doubt due in part to the fact that my original is a little beat up. Dynamics and soundstage are still there though. I'd say we have another winner reissue. I'm prejudice though as I love the performance. I feel the Sheffield/Leinsdorf/LA direct-to-disc recording still has the edge with respect to swings in dynamics and impact. But, the Mercury wins hands down for emotion and performance. |
Prokofieff - "Lieutenant Kije" Reiner/Chicago (Chesky RC10, the spelling of Prokofiev is Chesky's, not mine)
Bill Evans Trio - "Moonbeams" (Riverside 9428 180g Classic Records reissue)
A couple of CD's as well:
Dead Can Dance - "Toward The Within" (4AD 9 45769-2)
Cantus - "...Against The Dying Of The Light" (Cantus Recordings CTS-1202) |
Tonight:
Vivaldi - "Four Seasons" Von Karajan/Berlin (Deutsche Grammophon DG 2530 296)
Bill Evans Trio - "Sunday At The Village Vanguard" (Riverside 9376/Classic Records 180g reissue)
Respighi - "Ancient Airs & Dances" Philharmonica Hungarica/Dorati (Mercury Golden Import SRI 75009) |
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