edwinr Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 The Parrot's been hard at it! The beaky bird has sorted through his somewhat small CD collection and has kindly sent me some more classics. I'm sure Paul won't mind if I share these with you. The first package arrived with this wonderful collection. I have included some of Paul's comments, including the one about SET amplifiers! LOL!!!!! Package 1: 1) Bach: The Goldberg Variations. Glenn Gould. This is the re- recording Gould made when digital first started. This is a classic.2) Heifetz: Beethoven and Brahms Concertos. You'll recognize some of these melodies within seconds. Conducted by Munch and Reiner. More classics.3) Brahms: Sym 4. Haitink/Boston Sym Orch. This is one of my absolute favorite symphonies.4) Dvorak "New World" Symphony. Now called No. 9, it used to be numbered his 5th. I have it called both ways on many LPs. Kurt Masur/ NY Phil. This is also a must-have great symphony.5) Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel; Grieg: Peery Gynt; Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet. Von Karajan/Wiener Phil. Yet more great stuff. Hard to beat Peer Gynt for sheer beauty.6) Horowitz: Encores. 18 tracks recorded 1942-1980. Good variety of short pieces.7) Mahler Sym 4. This is probably Mahler's most approachable symphony and his prettiest.8) Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3. Horowitz live recording 1978. This is to mark his 50th(!) year as a performer!!! It isn't my favorite version, but I have an extra of it, and it's historic. What he may lack in power from his younger years is exchanged for wisdom/ experience. It's an incredible composition, if you don't know.9) Schubert: Sym 8 (unfinished). My favorite Schubert symphony and another must-have. Sinopoli. Also Schumann Sym 3, which you'll also recognize. Giulini.10) Saint-Saens Sym 3/ Debussy: La Mer/ Ibert: Escales. Munch, Boston Symphony. This is an RCA Living Stereo SACD/CD. The St-Saens 3 has been much discussed on the Forum by Larry. Package 2: 1) Music of Gabrieli2) The Legendary Andres Segovia: My Favorite Works3) Schubert: Sym 8 Unfinished and Schumann: Symphony No. 34) Sibelius Sym 2 and Tubin Sym 5 SACD5) Brahms Concerto No. 1 and Schumann Introduction and Allegro and Mendelssohn: Capriccio brillant. Serkin/Szell6) Ravel: Bolero, Rapsodie espagnole, La Valse, Pavane for a Deceased Infanta7) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto and Bruch: Violin Concerto8) Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake and The Nutcracker9) Mozart Piano Concertos 14, 15, 16. Barenboim.10) St-Saens Sym 3 and Debussy La Mer and Ibert Escales. Munch. SACD11) Leonard Bernstein: Nocturnes. 14 selections for quiet evening listening. (Parrot's comment: "But don't get ridiculous and try to play it with a SET") LOL! Paul. Thanks very much for these wonderful CD's. They arrived in brand new condition and the selection is amazing. For anyone else half interested in starting up in classical music, feel very safe in making a selection from these discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSport Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 very knowledgable and always helpful, dat boid! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 I wondered what had been happening to some of my favorite CDs! It didn't make any sense that they were stolen by a burglar and why didn't the dogs take care of him? Now it looks like an inside job. Someone has been sending you gems from my collection and pretending that I did it. You gotta watch your family members all the time. Could it be to get back at me for playing them too damned loud? I had a piece on the other day, Glenn Gould playing some Beethoven, and had it at low medium volume, and my brother called me on the phone. I picked it up on the second floor. He said, over the phone, that I better turn that music down or I was going to ruin my ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 LOL! And you're worried about some background noise in your system! I've been listening to Glenn Gould as well - The Goldberg Variations. That man is brilliant. It's hard to believe anyone can extract so much emotion and passion from the music. I've been listening to this disc over and over. I feel like I've done a couple of rounds with Ali in his prime each time I listen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Edwin, Since you like the Gould/Goldberg Variations so much, you MUST get this: http://www.amazon.com/State-Wonder-Complete-Goldberg-Variations/dp/B00006FI7C/sr=1-1/qid=1166478647/ref=sr_1_1/102-5665283-7826569?ie=UTF8&s=music This set is terrific. It includes his 1955 recording of the Variations, and his 1981 that you have, BUT, the 1981 recording included in this one is the analog recording made simultaneously to the early 1981 digital recording that I sent you. The piano sounds much more natural on the analog recording. There was some argument several years back when this bargain-priced set came out. While just about everyone agreed the analog sounded more natural, some asserted that Gould approved the digital recording and liked that sound, and maybe even tailored his playing to work with the digital medium. Anyway, you'll have fun comparing the analog and digital 1981 recordings, and you'll unquestionably love the 1955 recording. Plus the third disc in this set is an enjoyable listen as well, mostly interview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Yep, Paul's musical gift selections are legendary in these parts (I know from the organ selections he offered me; had I not already owned a few of 'em I would be listening to them today). In the '70s Glenn Gould performed Bach's The Art of Fugue on a small pipe organ...yes, he was brilliant indeed! This man was hailed as one of the 20th Century's greatest piano virtuosos with his brilliant technique, expression, and refinement of details, and his playing transcended into organs as well (since organ technique is a bit different from piano technique). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Thanks, Jim, but I'm afraid you're exaggerating about me. No exaggeration about Gould though. This is a great record, now spinning: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whell Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 It sounds nice, but can you dance to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 It sounds nice, but can you dance to it? I don't dance to anything anymore after an embarrassing attempt at trying to make 32 fouettés en tournant in Swan Lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 It sounds nice, but can you dance to it? I don't dance to anything anymore after an embarrassing attempt at trying to make 32 fouettés en tournant in Swan Lake. OMG Paul! I just picked myself up off the ground - I was picturing a parrot in a tutu!!!! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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