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The soloist is Josef Gingold; he is accompanied by the Ohio State University Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Hardesty in the finale of the Beethoven Violin Concerto, Op.61, recorded in 1963. The complete performance is on Enharmonic Records’ invaluable 2-CD set of performances drawn from Gingold’s own archive.
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Here’s a remarkably atmospheric pre-stereo studio recording of Sibelius‘s Tapiola. Can you guess the conductor (and orchestra)?
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All will be revealed at 1500 EST on July 17.
It’s been a while since I’ve heard the Barbirolli/Hallé Dvo?ák Symphony No.7 — recorded in 1957, originally issued on Pye and most recently available in an ultra-budget 3-fer from Disky. In some respects it was much as I remembered: the sound was both overmiked and very congested, and the playing was sometimes a bit too out of tune. The performance, however, was more satisfying than I had recalled: enormously energetic, strongly dramatic, and filled with more than the requisite number of “goosebump” moments. I’m very glad I gave this one another listen.
Sound: 5
Performance: 8
The most interesting aspects of her abrupt resignation announcement (it takes effect in three weeks) are that she did it as a late Friday news dump on a holiday weekend that will be dominated by the late Michael Jackson, and she gave a reason that makes no sense at all. Something smells awfully wrong here.
The super-fast web browser is fresh out of beta, and it runs much faster than and uses less memory than 3.0. Plus, it’s a great excuse for many users to dump Windows’ standards-flouting, notoriously vulnerable Internet Explorer. Download it here.
Over at Standpoint, Jessica Duchen interviews formidable violinist Philippe Quint about his new recording of the Korngold Violin Concerto for Naxos.
Huge thunderstorm over New York City — with building-shaking thunder that started just as…
Sidetracked by life, business and the fickle random influence of the known universe. Here’s what’s on the way:
Brahms‘s Hungarian Dance No.1 performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski. I know, nowhere as obscure as Konstantin Ivanov! Recorded in 1934, first released as Victor Red Seal 1675, and now available in Music & Arts’ superb four-disc survey of ultra-rare Stoky-Philly recordings.
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Here’s one for the pianophiles: Bach‘s Prelude and Fugue in b-flat minor from Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1. Who is the pianist?
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