What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? IV

[vinteuil]

oliver, I meant that the aeroplane is audible on the 1954 recording. It's well-known that Dakotas were flying over Berlin at that date, but not over Lammermoor at the time the drama is set.

... yes, in 1707 in Scotland they would have been Mackotas

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[smittims]

reminds me of a Radio Times article commemorating an aviator who flew round the word in an 'Angus Fairchild', presumably the Scots-manufactured version of the Fairchild Argus.

[Barbirollians]

Debussy La Mer BBCSO/Toscanini - a recording that never pales.

[pastoralguy]

Debussy La Mer BBCSO/Toscanini - a recording that never pales.

A local charity shop has that very cd for a pound. It’s been there for a bit so I’ll pop in and pick it up tomorrow. ( Of course it’ll be snaffled!)

[oliver sudden]

oliver, I meant that the aeroplane is audible on the 1954 recording. It's well-known that Dakotas were flying over Berlin at that date, but not over Lammermoor at the time the drama is set.

Fair enough. But does the Dakota have a particularly distinctive audible signature? And/or do you have particular experience in the identification of aeroplanes by sound alone? I feel as though there might be an interesting story here!

[Petrushka]

Haydn: Symphony No 96 (Miracle)
Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie

Wiener Philharmoniker
André Previn

I've not heard this Alpensinfonie for years and it's a very impressive recording and performance that has slipped under the radar somewhat.

[Barbirollians]

A local charity shop has that very cd for a pound. It’s been there for a bit so I’ll pop in and pick it up tomorrow. ( Of course it’ll be snaffled!)

Is it the coupling with the Enigma on EMI References ? I know the Enigma is more controversial but it’s thrilling and what a Nimrod truly a tribute to a best friend and not a funeral March.

[pastoralguy]

Is it the coupling with the Enigma on EMI References ? I know the Enigma is more controversial but it’s thrilling and what a Nimrod truly a tribute to a best friend and not a funeral March.

I’m not sure but if I find out tomorrow I’ll let you know.

[Barbirollians]

Actually , the EMI References coupling was with Wagner extracts ( that are fabulous) and a GROC with Elgar . Either well worth getting.

[smittims]

Yes, oliver. Between 1956 and 1959 I lived under the flight path of Manchester Airport (we called it 'Ringway' in those days). Dakotas and Avro 19s were the most common airliners droning overhead . The largest were the Vickers Viscount , a very different sound as it was a turboprop (the first, in fact) and too loud for my sensitive ears . Even today,the sound of a Pratt and Whitney double wasp engine has a sort of 'Proust/Madeleine' effect on me.

[Pulcinella]

Beethoven Symphony 5
Brahms Symphony 2
Philharmonia/Karajan

A free sampler-type giveaway from Gramophone in May 2012 that I stumbled across on the shelves while looking for something else!

[Petrushka]

Beethoven Symphony 5
Brahms Symphony 2
Philharmonia/Karajan

A free sampler-type giveaway from Gramophone in May 2012 that I stumbled across on the shelves while looking for something else!

My first thought was that I don't remember that but quickly realised that it must have been when I ceased buying Gramophone for a few years. In any case, I have those recordings in the Warner Official Remastered Edition.

[richardfinegold]

I knew a horn player who said the most terrifying piece for him was the Brahms Second PC, with that long exposed horn solo at the beginning. He dreaded waiting for his cue, having the audience be silent and he is the only one playing. I imagine that the Sibelius First Symphony must be the equivalent for clarinets

[Petrushka]

I knew a horn player who said the most terrifying piece for him was the Brahms Second PC, with that long exposed horn solo at the beginning. He dreaded waiting for his cue, having the audience be silent and he is the only one playing. I imagine that the Sibelius First Symphony must be the equivalent for clarinets

Our old friend Hornspieler used to call them 'bumclenchers' if I remember correctly. One of his bumclenchers that I recall was in the second movement of the Beethoven Symphony No 2. Even as a non-player and listening on CD, I can sense that the opening of the Weber Oberon Overture must require nerves of steel.

[oliver sudden]

Yes, oliver. Between 1956 and 1959 I lived under the flight path of Manchester Airport (we called it 'Ringway' in those days). Dakotas and Avro 19s were the most common airliners droning overhead . The largest were the Vickers Viscount , a very different sound as it was a turboprop (the first, in fact) and too loud for my sensitive ears . Even today,the sound of a Pratt and Whitney double wasp engine has a sort of 'Proust/Madeleine' effect on me.

Exactly the sort of thing I was hoping for.