Classic FM Magazine (February)

[Barbirollians]

Not that flimsy indeed a pretty stiff sleeve.

[Barbirollians]

The van Cliburn performance is exciting but not the highlight for me . I have always loved Lisa della Casa's performance of the Four Las Songs and the slight sounds of the vinyl in this remastering actually together with the transfer make it the warmest of the transfers of her recording I have . It remains enchanting.

[Barbirollians]

Having been delighted by the Ferras/Silvestri Tchaikovsky Concerto on their Feb disc I wonder if anyone knows whether the March issue was the last or whether there is to be an April issue with some more great archive recordings on the front !

[Alf-Prufrock]

Having been delighted by the Ferras/Silvestri Tchaikovsky Concerto on their Feb disc I wonder if anyone knows whether the March issue was the last or whether there is to be an April issue with some more great archive recordings on the front !

There is an April issue out in the shops now, and it is the last.

The disc contains Munch's recording of the Saint-Saens Organ Symphony and the Nettle-Markham version of the Carnival of the Animals. I have both already, and shall not be buying it. The magazine recommends our going to the Classic FM website to solace us for the absence of the mag. Not something I shall do easily.

[Barbirollians]

Rather a let down - I shall skip it I think.

[cloughie]

Rather a let down - I shall skip it I think.

Anyone starting their collection in the 60s would surely have encountered Munch's SS3 on RCA Victrola and probably bought it on CD also, if not this is an opportunity to get it now, but you can get from Amazon for under £4 or as a download for £1.78. The magazine CD sleeve is definitely flimsy!

[John Wright]

Anyone starting their collection in the 60s would surely have encountered Munch's SS3 on RCA Victrola and probably bought it on CD also, if not this is an opportunity to get it now, but you can get from Amazon for under £4 or as a download for £1.78. The magazine CD sleeve is definitely flimsy!

But you have to remember that the CD is aimed at audience who have only ever heard one or two movements of each piece on a daytime programme, between adverts featuring meerkats and a moustache-twirling 'opera' singer who continually invite you to compare them.....

[cloughie]

But you have to remember that the CD is aimed at audience who have only ever heard one or two movements of each piece on a daytime programme, between adverts featuring meerkats and a moustache-twirling 'opera' singer who continually invite you to compare them.....

In the case of the symphony the odd half movement. The tone of discussion on these boards tends to be towards whether the cover CD is a gem recording at a bargain price to add to an already adequate collection. Th go comparing is more likely to be with the other dozen or more versions they already have.

[Caliban]

who is it we see plain as a pikestaff applauding at around 10:00?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77DgE...endscreen&NR=1

Good Lord !! My heart leapt!!

More great You Tube mining, ammy

[amateur51]

Good Lord !! My heart leapt!!

More great You Tube mining, ammy

Glad you got there Calibs - I was gobsmacked! (as Saint St John of Stevas would never have said )