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Monthly Archives: August 2009

#11: JBL Superecord. Classical (Vinyl Download)

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Here’s a great classical recording brought to you by the folks at JBL. It spans the inner, outer, and aquatic reaches of the orchestral world. You can’t miss with it.

Enjoy it here.

Side 1

Stravinsky – CIRCUS POLKA (1942)
New Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Albeniz – LEYENDA
(Trans. Segovia)
Christopher Parkening, Guitar

Brahms – DOUBLE CONCERTO IN A MINOR OPUS 102
Excerpt
Oistrakh / Rostropovich / Szell
Cleveland Orchestra

Schubert – DIE WINTERREISE, D. 911
Die Wetterfahne
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone
Gerald Moore, Piano

Corelli – CONCERTO GROSSO IN D MAJOR OPUS 6 No. 7
(Fourth & Fifth Movements)
Virtuosi di Roma
Renato Fasano

Padilla – EXSULTATE IUSTI IN DOMINO
Roger Wagner Chorale

Beethoven – SONATA No. 31 IN A FLAT MAJOR OPUS 110
(Second Movement)
Daniel Barenboim, Piano


Side 2

Stravinsky – LE SACRE du PRINTEMPS
Le Sacrifice
Excerpt
Philharmonic Orchestra
Igor Markevitch

Verdi – LA TRAVIATA, ACT I
Follie ! Follie !
Mirella Freni, Soprano
Rome Opera House Orchestra
Franco Ferraris

Prokofiev – SYMPHONY No. 1 IN D MAJOR OPUS 25 “Classical”
(First Movement)
Excerpt
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Brahms – SEXTET No. 1 IN B-FLAT MAJOR OPUS 18
(Third Movement)
Excerpt
Menuhin Ensemble

Orff – CARMINA BURANA
In Taberna
Excerpts
New Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
Frühbeck de Burgos

Debussy – NOCTURNES
Fetes
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini

#10: Split Series Vol. 2 7″ (Half Hearted Clouds/SJ Esau/Suburban Kids With Biblical Names/Kopek) [2009] vinyl

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Here’s a little B12 shot of indie goodness from my friend Sneadles out in LA LA LAnd.  To be honest I’ve always been wary of 7″ inch comps.  They’re little, get easily lost behind my dressers, and aren’t equivalent in size to a hunger-quenching pizza.  That’s just how my brain works.  Well today the discriminating circuitry hotwired in my brain has been rerouted.

This is the perfect little disc to throw on to get yourself ready to battle the mist from one of  Cincinnati’s seemingly endless overcast summer days–I actually think the clouds parted when I put this on.  Yes, there is definitely a ray or two out there.  It makes me feel justified throwing on jorts and walking by my lonesome through the war-torn visage that blankets this college town.  Not even the abandoned jungle strip between McMillan and Calhoun can keep me down after this little indie jaunt.

But seriously, this is a great little disc.  I don’t know if it’s just me but indie cuts lately have taken a turn toward the so-hip-it-hurts territory and this disc reaffirmed my faith that yes, the genre can still be fun and avoid smacking you in the face with a messenger bag full of hipster blah blah.  Think carnival food with this 7″–cotton candy, deep-fried Snickers, and funnel cake for your ears. Nom nom.

Peep it here!

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