[Leica] planars and vinyl v. CD

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra on Decca (Polygram), recorded 
in the Kingsway Hall in London in the late 70s early 80s.
His No.2 is the best I've heard. On CD the whole series came out on the 
low-price "Double Decca" series. The Penguin CD guide speaks very highly 
of the whole set, I quote: "... a rich and strong, consistently 
enjoyable cycle."
Douglas

Jeffery Smith wrote:
> 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
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve
> Barbour
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 6:17 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> 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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