Hello, just listened to:
Bartok Concert for Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik
Thrilling interpretation of the BSO and Kubelik, who has always stood up for Bartok's works.
My record is really perfectly finished, very quiet vinyl. No background noise. Soundly a feast...
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker (highlights)
Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Dmitriev
Very dark and romantic interpretations. This sounds significantly different in my ears than, for example, Fistoulari or Ansermet.
I like it a lot. Also a sonic force.
Yes, the Bruckner box. Mark Ward said on another forum that the Bruckner "I'm afraid jpc announced this VERY prematurely, and the relevant page will be taken down. This was not supposed to go public this early. Hell, they're still in the early stages of doing the mixing/mastering."
Sorry, I...
https://trackingangle.com/features/deutsche-grammophon-announces-four-major-new-titles-in-its-original-source-vinyl-series-plus-a-major-bruckner-vinyl-release
new article from Mark Ward about the next batch.
Gustav Holst: The Planets (Suite for Large Orchestra)
William Steinberg conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra and New England Conservatory Chorus (Director: Lorna Cooke de Varon)
I like Steinberg's interpretation, which I didn't know before. It is faster than others I know, which makes it...
R. Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration); Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
Gundula Janowitz (soprano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan
Exemplary pressing, silent with very good soundstage and bass-attack in the first side.
second side is in...
Just before the fourth batch, a new article from Mark Ward.
https://trackingangle.com/features/emil-berliner-studios-mines-more-sonic-gold-from-the-deutsche-grammophon-back-catalogue-the-original-source-series-batch-4