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@LyleFrancisDelp 20 сағат бұрын
You've achieved a remarkably fine transfer of an old Angel LP. I wonder what the British EMI pressing would sound like. What noise reduction software do you use?
@ly776 20 сағат бұрын
I use Audacity on a Macbook for the original recording. I take the raw file and transfer it to an old PC that has Magix Sound cleaner (now in Sound Forge I think.) I use it mainly to take out ticks and crackling- which there wasn't much of on this record. I then move it back to Audacity on the Mac. Mostly I focus on re-equalizing and volume fixes. I try to minimize using noise reduction on Audacity as it makes things tinny or flat if overdone. In the original digital transfer, Audacity compresses from the loudest bit of the record - which might be a needle drop or a pop. So those noises have to be removed. There is adjusting to do on volume and equalization afterwards to get it back to sounding more like the record. Also I routinely do a high pass at about 15khz which is for reducing rumble. When I make the video, I have to do one final check on volume. For mono records the music is almost always too quiet on Imovie, requiring about a 50% volume increase.
@LyleFrancisDelp 21 сағат бұрын
Would you please consider uploading the rest of this LP? I would love to hear it.
@ly776 21 сағат бұрын
Unfortunately, I don't believe I have this anymore. After I post my videos I am donating most records to our local library bookstore.
@stevemd8947 4 күн бұрын
Bolet's 1953 version piano playing is absolutely phenomenal. The recording of the orchestra was very poor. Bolet's keyboard color came through very clearly in the 1953 version. I am going to purchase his 1973 recordings and have a good listen and report back. Even on KZbin Bolet's pianism is beyond reproach for me.
@ly776 4 күн бұрын
The tempo that Cox uses is very slow which I think made it harder for Bolet to make subtle dynamic changes. And the piano in the 1953 version was a Baldwin which is the piano he preferred. This is a Bechstein. Finally, in 1953 the Cincinnati Orchestra was at the top of its game and I think simply better than this one.
@curtisevans4100 5 күн бұрын
Never been bettered.
@Muphy-xq7qr 6 күн бұрын
First time I'm listening Smith's sonatine recording, thank you!
@carloseduardozappilialbert2025 8 күн бұрын
Bravíssimo!!!
@sashatodhunter7060 10 күн бұрын
Have you remastered the recording during the transfer? The sound quality is very good for a LP transfer. As a horn player, can I take a moment to say how outstandingly brilliant the horn section of the Cleveland Orchestra was under Szell and section leader Myron Bloom (from 1954-77). 🎉 This recording demonstrates this so well. The Conn 8D favoured by the horn section had a very distinctive tonal quality with a broad acoustic profile. Szell was known to be an exacting task master, but one cannot help but notice and appreciate the utmost precision of the orchestra's playing on his recordings. He had a way of just letting the music speak for itself. Thank you very much for this upload!
@jeremymorrison9165 10 күн бұрын
It's sad that his recorded legacy was so scattered in terms of copyright. I'd love to see a complete CD compilation.
@vladimirrasputin7380 12 күн бұрын
Das zweite Klavierkonzert gehört zu den berühmtesten und am meisten bewunderten Werken der romantischen Klavierkunst. Die Interpretation durch Katchen ist ein großer Wurf von schwelgerischer Schönheit. und schwärmerischer Eleganz trotz temperamentvoller Gesamtstruktur.
@LyleFrancisDelp 14 күн бұрын
As far as I'm concerned..... If you are trying to keep your collection small(ish) and want only one recording, this is ab out as good as it gets. If you want a few more, then Gilels/Jochum is just as good. By the way, your transfer from what is almost certainly a rather noisy Odyssey pressing, is near perfect.
@LyleFrancisDelp 14 күн бұрын
One of the "Greatest Recordings Evaahhhhh".
@steveegallo3384 14 күн бұрын
Got here via a commentator on Sokolov 'Hammerklavier.' I hadn't thought of Webster in 50 years. Breathtaking.....BRAVO from Acapulco!
@ly776 14 күн бұрын
One hardly hears him ever referred to - but the couple of records I have by him, he seemed to be an excellent pianist.
@knuthartmann4846 14 күн бұрын
Der Orchesterpart war bei Szell in allerbesten Händen. So emotional aufgeladen und zugleich sensibel bekommt man dies nicht oft zu hören.
@ly776 14 күн бұрын
I lived in Cleveland and Szell was held in the highest esteem, as he took the orchestra from a regional to a world class orchestra.
@katemitchell6777 18 күн бұрын
I met Kurt at the Hungarian Pastry Shop on Columbus Avenue in 1987. We were friends for two years while I was a grad student. He lived in the neighborhood and ate regularly at Tom's Diner (pre-Seinfeld era). I never heard him play, but he did have two pianos in his apartment and I know that he played them. He also told me he taught Thomas Mann's daughter piano. And he had theories about flute playing. We talked a lot about 20th century history and modern literature. I only ever found one album of his. So thank you for sharing this. I have always felt incredibly honored to have been friends with him, including holiday meals. He was a kind and sweet person and a great raconteur. I understand that the New Yorker had a piece on him when he passed away.
@ly776 18 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing your memories of Kurt.
@大橋一男-o2j 20 күн бұрын
オイストラフが、バルトークのバイオリン協奏曲を、残していること、初めて知りました。
@michaelwilliams2337 21 күн бұрын
Roussel's symphonies are so interesting and rewarding to listen to. I bought the Roussel Erato box a few months ago as a download from Presto Classics - worth every penny!
@davidc.6755 23 күн бұрын
Richard and John Contiguglia identical twins. Duo pianists
@mustafakandan2103 23 күн бұрын
I love these Dorati recordings with this orchestra. To be honest Minneapolis Orchestra does not have the rich sound of Boston, Philadelphia or Chicago orchestras of that time, but they play with so much energy and character for Dorati.
@bhodgesnyc 25 күн бұрын
Very fine, with pungent brass. The sound quality, from 1957 (UPDATE: 1965!), is excellent, which caught me a little off guard.
@ly776 25 күн бұрын
Yes it is excellent, being a sealed record helped. You also caught my typo that I missed, as this should have been 1965 not 1957. I had it correct in the description but not in the title. Now it's fixed. Thanks!
@bhodgesnyc 25 күн бұрын
@@ly776 I edited my comment! And thank you for uploading this. Despite being a Prokofiev fan, I had never heard this symphony. Hearing it live with the Philadelphia crew in a few weeks.
@alejandrorobles1170 26 күн бұрын
Absolutely the very very very best. It always makes me cry... beacuse it's round and perfect. Not do others.
@andrewmacfarland5253 27 күн бұрын
As a small child, my mother, with her usual impeccable taste, brought home this recording. I was immediately lost in the suspense and beauty of the story. And now I’m reliving those wonderful days of discovery. Thank you so much for posting this recording!
@j.ag.3537 27 күн бұрын
my copy says aurora"s wedding instead:
@Twentythousandlps 29 күн бұрын
In October 1957 the performers made this recording in mono only in Paris. In October of 1958 the performers made the better-known stereo version in London. So you have uploaded a rarity. Dennis Brain actually died on September 1, 1957, before this recording was made.
@ly776 28 күн бұрын
Thanks! I did not know that. Very interesting.
@catchoupiote Ай бұрын
Thank you ! slower tempo than most conductors, but it works too...
@johnlowe2010 Ай бұрын
The recording is 66 years old, but you don't have to listen long to realize why it remains the standard.
@НаиляЛогинова Ай бұрын
С любовью и благодарностью соседи, коллеги и друзья с Родины Юрия Александровича Егорова.Помним, любим . Россия, Казань, Татарстан. 🇷🇺
@viniciodecheco3433 Ай бұрын
La suite Antar es extraordinariamente bella,fascinante,glamorosa,y atmosférica,plena de evanescente encanto,con ese sortilegio de cuento mágico que solo los rusos romanticos,pudieron expresar,y que tanto preconizaron,antecedieron,y fueron los profetizadores de la gran musica del siglo 20...
@ly776 Ай бұрын
Rimsky-Korsakov and Berlioz were both composers whose work was prescient indeed.
@viniciodecheco3433 Ай бұрын
Verdaderamente es absurda la increíble banalidad de esa portada tan idiota,es como una tremendo insulto que se desborda de ignorante y negligente,desconocimiento,de una obra tan notable,interesante,genuina,y llena de osados hallazgos sonoros,y expresivos,acerca de una época histórica y un estado espiritual tan crítico y desafiante del genial compositor,tan mezquinamente apreciado,como enormemente dotado...
@ly776 Ай бұрын
I agree. I have no idea why Everest chose the cover, other than to try and grab attention. The image makes no sense. The allusion to the America and the 4th of July (I am guessing) is wrong as the piece is not celebratory or American themed. The carousel horse I presume has some relation to Estancia. In any case, the 1950s were filled with outrageous, and creative album covers. Some, however, were ridiculous.
@_PROCLUS Ай бұрын
💝💝💝
@LyleFrancisDelp Ай бұрын
Lovely. I've had this LP set for some years, but still haven't gotten around to transferring to digital. A delightful set of Mendelssohn. If memory serves, I think my LPs might be a bit cleaner, but your offering here is excellent and very much appreciated.
@ly776 Ай бұрын
The disks look like mint, but there was even a skip on one!
@olivernunn3675 Ай бұрын
Recorded in September, 1954. Also had a stereo version which was not issued until 1973 on a Decce Eclipse LP.
@ly776 Ай бұрын
I wonder if the stereo version is that artificial stereo of the 1970s? Not many pre-1955 original recordings were recorded in stereo.
@carloseduardozappilialbert2025 Ай бұрын
Bravíssimo!!!
@ly776 Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@CarmenReyes-em9np Ай бұрын
Mexico 🇲🇽.
@CarmenReyes-em9np Ай бұрын
😂 ❣️
@lordhenrywotton69 Ай бұрын
the best Beethoven violin concerto Heifetz/milstein/varga
@davidmcnulty3618 Ай бұрын
1976. Not 1981.
@ly776 Ай бұрын
This a 1981 re-release by Columbia. There are earlier versions, this just isn't one of them. I do mention in the description that it was recorded in 1976.
@davidmcnulty3618 Ай бұрын
@ My apologies. Admittedly I didn’t read the initial description. It’s such a wonderful interpretation!
@brettowen7174 Ай бұрын
What an amazing pianist! This album is simply wonderful ! In love with his interpretation.
@ly776 Ай бұрын
I have been a long time fan. I regret I never heard him in person. In his Decca series, this is my favorite.
@Hopercop Ай бұрын
Me is first commenter😊
@lavietesp Ай бұрын
This is just exquisite!
@ly776 Ай бұрын
Yes it is! I recommend you get the LP or CD to hear how fantastic it sounds over a full stereo system.
@horiaganescu3948 2 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@paules3437 2 ай бұрын
Lots of good playing, but who on earth designed that album cover? WTF?
@ly776 2 ай бұрын
Another question, who at Philips gave the cover the ok?? Maybe in 1964 it was avant-garde.
@paules3437 2 ай бұрын
@@ly776 Oh, no doubt it was provocative or profound... but it's just Tinker Toys. Some years ago I bought a "coffee table book" that featured the art on LP albums. Most of them were European and holy cow were they bizarre and creepy. On the other hand, I've seen plenty of classical album covers that look as if the photographer had gone, "oops! We forgot to take a picture of Carlo-Maria Giulini and Sviatislov Richter, sitting in hotel conference room chairs backwards posing to look as if they were considering the finer points of Brahms Concerto #1. I suppose album covers are kind of a niche skill and market.
@peterduff9281 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for downloading. I used to listen to my dad's record of this, and despite the unfortunate truncations such as in the march, things like the Polonaise (33.00) are incomparable, with so much swagger and fizz that it makes other versions sound pedestrian in comparison. Exhilarating!!
@PeterLunowPL 2 ай бұрын
A fantastic concerto of a truly great composer
@ricardogarces9680 2 ай бұрын
Hermoso. Inspiración de lo más recóndito.
@christopherjohnson2422 2 ай бұрын
A very engaging performance! I do think that things come a bit unglued at the end, but I love Scherchen’s characteristic energy.
@christopherjohnson2422 2 ай бұрын
It’s the Berlin Symphony, not the Philharmonic. Rather confusingly, there used to be two orchestras in East Berlin known in English as the Berlin Symphony, but this Berlin Symphony was founded in West Berlin in 1967.
@ly776 2 ай бұрын
Thanks. I fixed it.
@ursrieger1053 2 ай бұрын
Back then, he already was a master of colours, nuances & perfect sound control.
@jynong 2 ай бұрын
❤
@아트하우스 2 ай бұрын
감사히 잘 듣겠습니다.
@robertpincus6528 2 ай бұрын
I love this performance. Do you recall the turntabled and cartridge used for this transfer?
@ly776 2 ай бұрын
5 years ago...I probably was using a Sota Moonbeam turntable (it had a Rega 202 arm) and a Shure V15VxMR cartridge. But it's possible the turntable was my ancient Connoisseur BD2A with the same cartridge. The original Westminster Labs LPs such as this one were very quiet because they spaced the grooves more widely so there was zero bleed through - but they held less music. At 27 minutes this is about as long as you got for two sides.
@robertpincus6528 2 ай бұрын
Interesting! The best sound I ever got from a Shure (M97X) was on a Conrad Johnson Sonograph table, which used the same tonearm. Microridge is the best sounding of all styli, or at least that's been my experience. Do you still use a Shure?