[Leica] planars and vinyl v. CD

[jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)]

Is there a good cycle of Sibelius out there? I have Rattle's cycle with the
City of Birmingham, but with nothing to compare it to, it is an island. I
think my first Sibelius 2 was Ormandy on Odyssey records. The tape hiss
killed me, but what do you want for $1.99?

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



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[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve
Barbour
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 6:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] planars and vinyl v. CD


btw.... try the Sibelius Sym  2  with George Szell and The  
Concertgebeow Orchestra...

essential, terrific, noble....Steve


On Feb 7, 2007, at 5:13 PM, Luis Ripoll wrote:

> Douglas, I agree with you, Bernstein is one of the greats, but I never 
> listened the Sibelius 2nd Symphony conducted by he... I'll to
> serach it, I
> have several versions of this one, my preferred from Sibelius.
>
> Saludos 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
> Douglas Sharp
> Enviado el: domingo, 04 de febrero de 2007 0:26
> Para: Leica Users Group
> Asunto: Re: [Leica] planars and vinyl v. CD
>
> Jeffery,
> although I'm  a great fan of Bernstein, as a composer and
> conductor. I never
> quite forgave him for what a mess he made of Sibelius Symphony No.
> 2. If you listen to it in a comparison with Vladimir Ashkenazy's  
> version you
> would think they were two totally different pieces of music. The  
> power and
> grace of Sibelius, the wide rolling musical landscapes and his deep  
> sense of
> patriotism is thoroughly lost by Lennie - possibly the worst record  
> I ever
> bought. But he definitely made up for it with his recording of  
> Candide.
> Talking of Bernstein, I picked almost a full set of CBS Masterworks  
> on vinyl
> a while back. Someone else got there first and picked off most of the
> Mozart, which didn't bother me much, the rest was good enough for  
> me, Bruch,
> Barber, Hindemith, Lygeti,..... and even a superb Bernstein  
> performance of
> Charles Ives Holidays Symphony, -the 4th of July movement is  
> absolutely
> stunning. (and it makes the cat leave the room :-) ) Happy  
> listening Douglas
>
> Jeffery Smith wrote:
>> 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
>>
>
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