As I type this just a bit before bedtime here it is expected to fall to below one degree C having spent part of the day putting away the physical trappings of Christmas such as the decorations and tree for another year.
The magic that we invoke by our ritual served us well providing a focus on what really mattered avoiding the deafening noise from other things this last year settling in to enjoy the New Year listening to this years New Years Day concert from Vienna.
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| While in many ways I like to buy new recordings often more generous when it comes to couplings and frequently on the higher quality super audio cd format, the allure of the past can cut in. |
Take this 1976 recording originally made in SQ Quadrophonic sound for EMI/Angel during a period the celebrated Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan was under contract to EMI Records.
It's hardly generous at just under forty four minutes being a straight issue of that lp with nothing added outside of an excellent remastering done in 2017 that improves on the 1990 Angel original cd transfer.
The thing that makes it worth while actually is the playing not just of the orchestra in Richard Strauss's work but that of the soloists Rostropovich on cello and Koch on voila being one of the finest ever recordings of this work.
It really holds your attention until the very end.
1 comment:
I'll look out for this
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