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Mengelbeg/Concertgebouw: Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben  1941 recording

I seems that he went down in a history as a Nazi Sympathiser along with Furtwangler/Strauss who never left Germany during the WW II but he was a close friend of Mahler and championed his symphonies. I found out that he was the dedicatee of Ein Heldenleben. Apparently he was impressed enough of his conducting style. 

Hard to judge because of poor transfer but I hear nothing spectacular or unusual about this performance. Compared to his 1928 set with NY Philharmonic, this later version sounds more conventional and just does not have the same level of fire albeit it's well organised and has some nice Mahler like moments!

Here is a 1941 Phico Phonograph with a changer the original 78s could have been played. Imagine not having to flip 5 records for just one symphony. ( pre LP days )

kuma posted:

Here is a 1941 Phico Phonograph with a changer the original 78s could have been played. Imagine not having to flip 5 records for just one symphony. ( pre LP days )

 

 

Kuma,

I can just make out the price range on the bottom line of that ad. Assuming the featured item was at the high end at $500 it calculates to about $8,100 in today's dollars. Looks to have nice cabinetry and assuming radio was included would probably represent a top end all-in-one for the day. Seems a real luxury for its time.

Bruce Springsteen - The Collection 1973-84 

Only 1p plus £1.26 p&p on Amazon

joerand posted:

I can just make out the price range on the bottom line of that ad. Assuming the featured item was at the high end at $500 it calculates to about $8,100 in today's dollars. Looks to have nice cabinetry and assuming radio was included would probably represent a top end all-in-one for the day. Seems a real luxury for its time.

Joe,

This is the 500$ model.

Complete with a tube powered wireless remote.

Given the workman ship that went into the wooden cabinet alone 8100$ is very reasonable in today's dollars.

Here's the actual demo of *Mystery* Control Device which tagged as the world's earliest consumer grade remote control. I don't think we can use RC-5 remote on Philco.  In this video, also demonstrated is the Philco's stylus-less Beam of Light tracking system. SOTA 1942 hifi system.

Interesting video and the music sounds very good. Amazing technology for its time. I wonder how reliable the system was?

Joe,

Of course it would be more reliable. There is no computer in it!

heard this on Radio 3 and ordered it more or less st away... looking fwd to playing it!

enjoy

ken

The music of Thad Jones, released n 1994.

Haim Ronen posted:

Arriving new from japan at a very reasonable rate. Asking price for a used copy used to be over $150.

Well spotted Haim, just ordered this myself. Been on the "hunt down" list for some time!

R.

kuma posted:

joerand posted:

I can just make out the price range on the bottom line of that ad. Assuming the featured item was at the high end at $500 it calculates to about $8,100 in today's dollars. Looks to have nice cabinetry and assuming radio was included would probably represent a top end all-in-one for the day. Seems a real luxury for its time.

Joe,

This is the 500$ model.

Complete with a tube powered wireless remote.

Given the workman ship that went into the wooden cabinet alone 8100$ is very reasonable in today's dollars.

Here's the actual demo of *Mystery* Control Device which tagged as the world's earliest consumer grade remote control. I don't think we can use RC-5 remote on Philco.  In this video, also demonstrated is the Philco's stylus-less Beam of Light tracking system. SOTA 1942 hifi system.

Awesome!

eeg / Fonnesbæk

 [quote]Throughout the album, Eeg proves to be an expert in the art of inflection. She stresses a lyric in unexpected yet appropriate ways, demonstrates unerring intonation and pitch control, and shows herself to be an impressive improviser and communicator. Her vocals are never overbearing, but there's no doubt about the fact that she's in the driver's seat. Fonnesbæk, not surprisingly, proves to be a sympathetic ally. He delivers rock solid riffs and he manages to establish and trace the harmonic foundations of a song while dancing along with Eeg. His acoustic bass work is completely grounded, locking in the time and adding weight to the music, and his electric work, filled with chord-anchoring notes, harmonics, and guitar-esque strums, helps to give the music greater textural depth. These two make for a perfect pair, making Eeg-Fonnesbæk a fetching date worth seeking out.[/quote]

Didn't actually buy it, Santa gave it to me...

Another Xmas pressie: Bowie, The Next Day Extra (2 CDs, 1 DVD).

Bought a couple of CD's of Christian Elsasser - Jazz quite good

Simple Acoustic Trio - also jazz

McCoy Tyner Inception and Reaching Fourth

And Adelle Blue Ray and CD of concert in Royal Albert Hall.

Lovely reissue (via the Factory Benelux label) of Section 25's classic 1981 debut Always Now, complete with extra tracks (Peel sessions, singles and a contemporaneous live concert):

Sergei Rachmaninov: Zlata Chochieva

Complete Études-Tableaux

Vladimir Horowitz: The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966-1983

Florestan posted:

Vladimir Horowitz: The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966-1983

Got this in high res - rewarding...

Marie-Claire Alain:  French organ repertoire

Sokolov: Schubert / Beethoven

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf:  The Complete Recitals 1952-1974