Holst - Beni Mora: Oriental Suite (Boult) (vinyl: Ortofon SPU, Graham Slee, CTC Classic 301)

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ธ.ค. 2024

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  • @thomasroth4533
    @thomasroth4533 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beni Mora is Holst's masterpiece and this performance is the best.

  • @notaire2
    @notaire2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dynamische doch wunderschöne Interpretation dieser spätromantischen und orientalisch komponierten Suite mit farbenreichen doch perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Instrumente. Der zweite Satz klingt besonders schön und echt mysteriös. Endlich kommt der dritte Satz voller Melodien und Begeisterung. Der intelligente und erfahrene Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im veränderlichen Tempo und mit künstlerisch kontrollierter Dynamik. Wahrlich hörenswert!

  • @MrYoumitube
    @MrYoumitube 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wonderful, I love Lyrita recordings. Wished they recorded for other composers such as Beethoven,Brahms,Dvorak etc

    • @ClassicsAndVinyl
      @ClassicsAndVinyl  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lyrita has to be my favourite label! Richard Itter, who founded and ran the label, really only wanted to record British composers who were largely being ignored by the major labels at the time. He left the standard repertoire to others as he knew his small label couldn't hope to compete with EMI and Decca etc, and their "big name" performers. He got agreement with Decca to provide the engineering for his recordings precisely because the repertoire he proposed to record wouldn't overlap with Decca's own recordings. I think the reason that Lyrita is so special is that they found their niche in hitherto neglected British music, recorded wonderfully well by (anonymous) Decca recording teams (you never see the producers and engineers credited on the sleeves - a Decca stipulation!). Have you listened to The Lyrita Story - a BBC radio programme I posted some while ago? th-cam.com/video/rQdNPFuWBnI/w-d-xo.html

    • @rogerwebb7501
      @rogerwebb7501 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@ClassicsAndVinylLike you, Lyrita is my favourite record label. In the dim distant past I ran mail order company specializing in 'British' music, and developed a fondness for the label and Richard who I rang regularly to find any tit-bits of information to put in my newsletter. He played his cards close to his chest, not wanting to let the 'competition' get wind of some releases, but was always friendly and would always let me know of anything he wanted promoted.
      I bought the remaining stock of vinyl Lyritas (mainly Nimbus represses by then) when they were discontinued, and after taking out the ones I needed to complete my collection, sold the rest off to a NY dealer.
      BTW do you know the Holst Japanese Suite conducted by Boult with the LSO on SRCS 50? Fabulous recording quality too
      Edit. Nearly forgot, as well as the above radio programme it's worth reading Lewis Foreman's 'Recording British Music' where there is much mention of the label.

    • @ClassicsAndVinyl
      @ClassicsAndVinyl  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rogerwebb7501 Thank you for this interesting comment! It's possible that I may have made some purchases from you back in the day! Yes, I do have SRCS 50 - will have to play it again. Gustav Holst was a fascinating composer - so much more than just The Planets to discover. And I snapped up Lewis Foreman's book as soon as I heard of it. A great read. Cheers, Bob.

    • @rogerwebb7501
      @rogerwebb7501 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ClassicsAndVinyl Thanks for your replies to my posts! I knew you'd have Lewis's book....he visited my retail shop ( run in conjunction with the mail order company).....as I had just read his Bax biog I put on the Bax Elegaic Trio.....and he didn't bat an eyelid!
      On a narrowboat bound for the Brecon Baroque Festival...... separated from my HiFi and Lyritas........BTW, much impressed by your choice of turntable (I was a Garrard 401 owner - now a lowly Thorens TD 160/SME/Goldring E4) and carttridges.

    • @ClassicsAndVinyl
      @ClassicsAndVinyl  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rogerwebb7501 Leisurely travel then! I got turned on to idler drive TTs by a Lenco based PTP Solid 12, which I then sold so I could get a 301 from the Classic Turntable Company. But I do have a few direct drives around the place - and as it happens I've just posted a video of my Kenwood 7010 and Malcolm Arnold's Scottish and Cornish Dances from that famed Lyrita record (having done the English Dances on the 301 with an SPU a while ago).

  • @tonyobadinage6647
    @tonyobadinage6647 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    @ClassicsAndVinyl. This release was an absolute corker with the newly rediscovered Adrian Boult showcasing the LPO in a feast of Holst. I love Vaughan Williams but even I have to accept that when it comes to 20th Century British musical geniuses, Britten, Walton and, especially, Holst stand out from the crowd. Holst's eastern stuff is rarely played, the emphasis being on either his 'English' compositions or 'The Planets' (which is semi eastern). This is a masterpiece, however, and his orchestral writing is simply incomparable. Boult gives it the special treatment and the LPO are on top form, all helped by the marvelous Lyrita dynamic - I assume this was one Lyrita's Decca recordings? A truly superb upload, Sah!

    • @ClassicsAndVinyl
      @ClassicsAndVinyl  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      As you say - a real corker! And I think all but the very earliest Lyritas were recorded by Decca producers and engineers. Holst has always been saddled with the fact that The Planets outshone everything else he wrote in the minds of "the general public". Which is a real shame as there is so much more of genuine quality and originality.

    • @tonyobadinage6647
      @tonyobadinage6647 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ClassicsAndVinyl I like The Planets but there are works such as this or Psalm 86 (the Ian Partridge version) which appeal to me more. Maybe it's the unfamiliarity of these less popular works which, allied to the risk factor of trying something new, is refreshingly dangerous.

    • @ClassicsAndVinyl
      @ClassicsAndVinyl  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tonyobadinage6647 Ah yes Psalm 86 with Ian Partridge and Janet Baker. I have that on an HMV HQS issue coupled with Finzi's Dies Natalis conducted by Finzi's son Christopher. I believe this first appeared on a World Record Club release. A wonderful record! (Another one for my list 😂)

    • @ClassicsAndVinyl
      @ClassicsAndVinyl  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tonyobadinage6647 Talking of The Planets, my goto version is a CD that first appeared on the Tring label as part of "The Royal Philharmonic Collection" with Vernon Handley. A terrific performance and recording. Later issues edited out the twittering of birds in the silence that follows the timpani hits at the start of Uranus. They were obviously disturbed in the rafters of St. Augustine's Church, Kilburn. www.discogs.com/release/3820695-Holst-Royal-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Conducted-By-Vernon-Handley-Ladies-Of-The-Ambrosian-Chorus-Chorus

    • @tonyobadinage6647
      @tonyobadinage6647 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ClassicsAndVinyl I had the version on HMV Greensleeve (also a gatefold sleeve) by Partridge with the ECO and The Purcell Singers conducted by Imogen Holst. It is one of my top ten pieces of music of all time.

  • @barbaricyawper14
    @barbaricyawper14 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is that a Wayne Audio stabilizer ring you’re using? I have one that I love!

    • @ClassicsAndVinyl
      @ClassicsAndVinyl  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, it's a ring I got from a German audio company called Techne Audio a while ago. I'm not sure that they're still around.

    • @barbaricyawper14
      @barbaricyawper14 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ClassicsAndVinyl Ok. Wayne’s Audio sells a range of stabilizer rings similar to the one you have and they’re very much still in business. They’re great for warped records.

  • @hrvojekant9415
    @hrvojekant9415 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dramatic dynamic piece...but pitty for the audiable backround noise at the begining especially

    • @ClassicsAndVinyl
      @ClassicsAndVinyl  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The joy of LP records 😀

    • @hrvojekant9415
      @hrvojekant9415 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ClassicsAndVinyl yes ...and no