What are you listening to? (Vol VII)

On pristine vinyl. 

Haim,

This record arrived.

Thank you for the reco. it is lovely in a romantic kind of way. ( altho, I don't mind the cool touch of Andsnes today )

Bloody great album. Roots reggae at it's finest. Makes me think about buying all the other releases.

Cheers

Flettster

Haim, what do you think of this performance? I don't have this first effort, but Pollini's remake (also with Abbado) is rather magnificent.

EJ

CD. The vinyl I bought is worn out.

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

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Michiko Tsuda piano : Steinway & Sons Modèle D

Recorded at studio Tibor Varga (Sion - Suisse) 1997

[DDD] Cypres CD © 1997

Double 45rpm vinyl

Andy,

What do you think of it?

Stu

On the double black stuff.

So far so good, can you believe this is my first copy of this album!!

Sounding pretty good..

I have a few on vinyl and cd.

Its going to have to be very very very good to make me spend that sort of money on it.

Stu.

Cheers,

EJ

Cheers,

EJ

On of the best live double black stuffs out their IMO.

There are not many operas that sustain such dramatically different interpretations as Mozart's Don Giovanni. Mozart wrote the work as 'dramma giocoso' but Muti's conception is not very funny while heavy on the drama. He has a top cast, headed by the then relatively unknown William Shimell as a menacing, raw-edged Don (a bit similar to Thomas Allen), and Sam Ramey as an opportunistic, sarcastic Leporello. The ladies are relatively heavy voiced, which fits the concept as a whole. Rootering's infra-bass makes a terrifying statue, and the death scene is the best on disc - added by the fantastic balance between orchestra and singers. The recording is way to reverberant, which is the only serious flaw of this issue.

There are a few great Don Giovanni's on disc, and this is the underdog in that group. Highly recommended!

Cheers,

EJ