playing disc 2 of 7 x CD box-set : )

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

String Quartet in G major, op.54 no.1 Hob.III:58

String Quartet inC major, op. 54 no.2 Hob.III:57

String Quartet in E major, op.54 no.3 Hob.III:59

Amadeus Quartet

Norbert Brainin - violin I

Siegmund Nissel - violin II

Peter Schidlof - viola

Martin Lovett - cello

Recordings: no.3 1971, no.1&2 1972

Munich, Residenz, Plenarsaal der Akademie der Wissenschaften

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A purchase from 5 years ago...

had almost forgot i had this box of treats : )

Debs

On original vinyl. £10 from 'Rough Trade East' this weekend excellent condition & SQ.

Graham.

Ferruccio Busoni Piano Transcriptions: Holger Groschopp

In my opinion, there is no greater compliment to a composer that could be had than when another composer transcribes your original compositions.  I am not suggesting that a transcription will or should ever replace an original work; it never will.  I'll qualify further that it has to be a good transcription that finds the original spirit of the piece.  I find it fascinating to listen to someones ideas about a piece of music you already know quite well - like that of Bach or Chopin etc.  This is what they did and did well in the 18th and 19th centuries when music was art and music was enjoyed like it should be - in the home or small venue with a small group of your musical friends.

The best transcriptions tend to be the already established and great composers themselves, like, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Busoni, Godowsky.  These are my favourites anyway.  Listening to a Bach Prelude or Fugue done this way has a remarkable way of opening new doors and windows to the music and is a valuable step in the learning of a piece of music over a lifetime.

You may be able to find a small sampling of Busoni transcriptions here and there that may be more exceptional.  This recording is OK for the most part as an introduction and at least allows you to hear all the Busoni transcriptions should this be of interest to you.

Someday My Prince Will Come

Miles Davis | Format: Vinyl [Japan Import]

Hommage à Chopin:  Various Transcriptions by famous composers as played by Jonathan Plowright

Another wonderful assortment of transcriptions from many composers of a grander, golden age of Chopin and 19th century music.  The first transcription of two Preludes by Balakirev is interesting enough to me to keep me going in an elevated state for days.  I have enough ongoing work for a lifetime just trying to learn and keep up with the challenges of Chopin's original score and that's the way it will stay.  But hearing Balakirev's ideas though gives some interesting perspective and allows me to take a break once in a while and just dream.  Balakirev apparently just improvised this and had it only in his head for years until his friend Konstantin Tchernov convinced him to finally write it down.

Godowsky: The Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes - Marc-André Hamelin

Who needs sleep?  I'm in the mood so I might as well get it out of my system.  This will take me happily into the wee hours of the morning starting later tonight.

Ode

Brad Mehldau | Format: Audio CD

The hottest album cover.  Ever.

Karjan/Berlin Phil: Mozart No. 40 & 41

Competent and beutifully rendered tunes come to expect from Karajan+co.. His performance is like staying at the Park Hyatt. It's not a super cool or trendy place but you expect a certain level of  service and amenities.

It's string-centric with a lot of textural interests. The problem is that I am not getting a feeling under all that beutifullly done music. The string instuments in Böhm's set actually feels like someone's despair. Here, they just end up like some pretty wall paper music as so many other renditions of this familar score. More like Joan Crawford suffering in mink. 

Pity that not enough low end content to balance it so the whole set sounds a bit light weight and floating without an anchor.

Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting

Cheers

Flettster

On Original Vinyl.

I bought this for the cover back in about 1968. It has turned out to be one my all time favourites. It is a good example of something from a specific musical era that holds up over time. Tom Rapp writes and sings with an unmistakable passion. This album is like those of Nick Drake or Tim Buckley; it comes from someplace private and personal, yet sounds universal. It is superb psychedelic music, successfully merging exotic instruments like marimba, clavinet, French horn and swinehorn with Rapp's unique lisping vocals. Balaklava isn't background music. It's indispensable to any serious '60s rock collection. A gem IMO.

Regards Graham

On Spotify:-

Cat Power - Sun, not bad, on first listen.

On its first play.

On CD:-

The Gathering - Disclosure

From Wolfgang's Vault:-

Steve Earle and the Dukes from June ,1986, Bottom Line, NY.

Hi Dave,

What do you think of "How To Measure A Planet", or is it to soon to say?

I'm frustrated at not being able to play Disclosure on Vinyl or the Bonus LP at the moment. Having to wait for my Arkiv to be re-tipped at the end of Oct

Denis

On CD, as I work. Hilarious.

I am enjoying these two recent purchases a lot at the moment.

The Chris Robinson Band one is the second this year and actually more fun I think. And I like both.

The Tom Petty, well as I get older I enjoy him more and it is astonishing how much there obviously in the vaults for him the release a 6cd set for a very fine price of £45 ( or less if you wish to risk HMRC!)

http://www.dj-records.com/King.../Jpg/impossibles.jpg

The right link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqkjkbSBHAs

playing discs 4&5 of 7 x CD box-set : )

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

String Quartet in C major, op.64 no.1 Hob.III:65

String Quartet in B minor, op. 64 no.2 Hob.III:68

String Quartet in B flat major, op.64 no.3 Hob.III:67

String Quatet in G major, op.64 no.4 Hob.III:66

String Quartet in D major, op.64 no5 Hob.III:63 "The Lark"

String Quartet in E flat major, op.64 no.6 Hob.III:63

Amadeus Quartet

Norbert Brainin - violin I

Siegmund Nissel - violin II

Peter Schidlof - viola

Martin Lovett - cello

Recordings from 1973 & 1974, Munich, Herkules-Saal

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steve