Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 3, 2007, at 5:09 PM, Joseph Low wrote: > Bruno Walter was Mahler's prot?g? and his > interpretations stand > out > > The Symphony No 4 by Carlos Kleiber is outstanding really ? a Mahler S 4 by Carlos Kleiber....are you sure? thanks, Steve > - so is the > interpretation by > George Szell with Judith Raskin > > Joseph L / Singapore > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of > Jeffery Smith > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 4:38 AM > To: 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: RE: [Leica] planars and vinyl v. CD > > For a digital collection of 1-9, Inbal is at the top of my list. I > grew up > on Haitink and Solti, and like Kubelik much more than the critics > do. I > think Barbirolli is the only one who got the 6th right. And > Bernstein's 7th > on Columbia (Sony) is pretty blood-curdling. > > I'll keep my eyes open for the others you list. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Douglas > Sharp > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 11:26 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] planars and vinyl v. CD > > > G?nter Wand is definitely the best for Bruckner: > My favourite Mahler interpretations are by Eliahu Inbal and Rafael > Kubelik. > If you can find it, Orff's Carmina Burana is superb with Lucia Popp, > John van Kesteren and the wonderful Hermann Prey. > With the chorus and orchester of the Bavarian Broadcasting Company - > conducted by Kurt Eichhorn. > This is the version authorised by Orff himself, and is also > available as > a film version from Jean-Pierre Ponelle - absolutely brilliant!! > Frau Popp > is also wunderbar in Sinopoli's Brahms Deutsches Requiem along > with Wolfgang Brendel > > On another tack completely, and unfortunately only on CD - I'm rather > fond of French composers of the 19th and early 20th Century and I > recently discovered a gentleman who went by the name of Louis James > Alfred Lefebure-Wely, the most glorious organ music I ever heard - a > mixture between the Mighty Wurlitzer and Cesar Franck with a touch of > Poulenc's humour, or perhaps an organ version of Louis Moreau > Gottschalk. > Try here for a sample: > http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/hnum/4115629/rk/home/rsk/ > hitlist > or here > http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/hnum/4293060/rk/home/rsk/ > hitlist > > Cheers > Douglas > > > Jeffery Smith wrote: >> I can't tolerate any Winterreise not sung by Fischer-Dieskau. And >> Carmina Burana pretty much as to be by Slatkin. I'm trying to >> learn to >> like Bruckner, and am searching for the best renderings of those >> symphonies. I think Wand might be the place to go. >> >> And, against the critics, I like Chailly's Mahler the very best. >> >> Jeffery Smith >> New Orleans, LA >> http://www.400tx.com >> http://400tx.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >> Luis Ripoll >> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 6:16 AM >> To: 'Leica Users Group' >> Subject: RE: [Leica] planars and vinyl v. CD >> >> >> This arrive sometimes with the very great myths, i.e. to leasen a >> Winterreise should be Fischer-Dieskau, to listen Wotan Hans Hotter, >> and still many thing the magicals hands of Furtwangler! >> >> Sludos cordiales >> Luis >> >> -----Mensaje original----- >> De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En >> nombre de Jeffery Smith Enviado el: s?bado, 03 de febrero de 2007 >> 4:13 >> Para: 'Leica Users Group' >> Asunto: RE: [Leica] planars and vinyl v. CD >> >> I'm of the camp that thinks Kleiber's best recording is the Brahm's >> 4th symphony. After hearing it a few times, I just cannot hack the >> others. >> >> Jeffery Smith >> New Orleans, LA >> http://www.400tx.com >> http://400tx.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >> Ken Carney >> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 8:33 PM >> To: 'Leica Users Group' >> Subject: RE: [Leica] planars and vinyl v. CD >> >> >> >>> btw any discs , hard to find of Carlos Kleiber ? >>> >>> thanks, Steve >>> >> >> I have most of the Kleiber recordings on black disk (but they are >> staying here...). The Beethoven 7 is exceptional if you can find it. >> I am glad I invested in a Keith Monks record cleaning machine way >> back, though in today's USD it was probably the cost of an M8. >> >> Ken >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information