Rhuvein wrote:
Alice Cooper . . Billion Dollar Babies!
Not bad, Rhu.
I'm more partial to From the Inside, however.
narpet wrote:
Listening to Hawkwind - In Search of Space
Also...
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Rush - everything... I always keep at least 2 Rush CDs in my Jeep, and rotate them weekly/monthly. I've been a Rush-head for over 30 years. As a side-note, since there seem to be quite a few Rush fans here... if you haven't seen Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage... the new documentary... you must!
Kaiser_Kris wrote:
I'll have to put it on my Christmas list. Speaking of awesome documentaries, have you seen Flight 666?
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I just got through listening to the Soundtrack from O Brother Where Art Thou. LOVE THAT ST!
Just plugged in the Solti/Chicago Symphony version of that, myself.Sir Osis of Liver wrote:The Klemperer recording of Beethoven 9.
Is it the older Solti recording or the one he did in the late 80s with Jessye Norman?ArgoForg wrote:Just plugged in the Solti/Chicago Symphony version of that, myself.Sir Osis of Liver wrote:The Klemperer recording of Beethoven 9.
It's a late 80's/early 90's London Complete Beethoven Symphonies CD set with the last three movements comprising the last disc. (Seems like I may have read somewhere that was recorded in the 70's. I dunno.) The Solti/CSO/Beethoven set was my first introduction to classical music, so I tend to hold it in pretty high regard, despite its flaws. I've always been a pretty big fan of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra because of its brass, and because of the recording quality they seem to have in many of their studio recordings.... one of my favorite recordings of Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony, in fact, is Bernstein conducting the CSO.Sir Osis of Liver wrote: Is it the older Solti recording or the one he did in the late 80s with Jessye Norman?
Anymore, my preferences for that one are:
1. Klemperer/Philharmonia
2/3. Furtwangler/Bayreuth
3/2. Toscanini/NBC
4. Ormandy/Philadelphia
I just love the feeling that Klemperer gets out of the orchestra, and his soloists are phenomenal (Hans Hotter in the baritone/bass part especially). Depending on how I'm feeling, there are aspects of both the Furtwangler and Toscanini recordings I love. Furtwangler was a live recording from '51, from the post-war reopening of the Bayreuth Festival following denazification. The Toscanini just drips with energy, and the interplay between Eileen Farrell (soprano) and Jan Peerce (tenor) is amazing. The Ormandy is, I think, the best "entry-level" ninth I've heard.
I love the playing on the Solti recording from the late 80s/early 90s (whenever it came out). As a brass guy, the CSO brass section is second to none. Unfortunately, though, except for the 3rd movement, it's the only Solti recording I can think of where the tempi are way too slow across the board.