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NP:

Hmm. Very interesting. Thanks for the heads-up.

More French repertoire from Charles Munch:

My version of this LP is in the dull-as-dishwater, white MHS cover, so I'm posting a photo of the original Erato release instead. What a superb conductor Charles Munch was! I'd like to investigate more of his late-career recordings with the Orchestre Lamoureux. This is the only one I've heard.

NP: Roberto Szidon's recording of Ives' "Concord" Sonata:

Liszt: Sonata in B minor, etc. / Lazar Berman (Columbia-Melodiya)

chewy, that music was reissued on CD. Re-packaged. But still the same music. See below: Keystone Bop: Sunday Night and Keystone Bop, Vol. 2: Friday/Saturday

First spin of a new-to-me LP: André Jolivet: - Concerto Pour Ondes Martenot - with Jeanne Loriod - Concerto Pour Harpe - with Lily Laskine with the Orchestre Philharmonique de l'O.R.T.F., conducted by the composer

Speaking of Paul Jacobs ...

Disc 1 - Symphony No. 1; Isle of the Dead A wonderful intégral of Rachmaninov's symphonies performed by Mariss Jansons & the St. Petersburg PO

Disc 2: 13 Preludes, Op. 32; 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 16

Prokofiev: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 / Barbara Nissman (Newport Classics)

2 LPs of Prokofiev's ballet suites: and The collector in me really likes these LPs that Angel/HMV licensed from Melodiya. Such evocative illustrations on textured covers. The photos above don't do them justice. They're attractive objects. Doesn't hurt that the music is excellent too.

I have the original Enja LP issue of Compassion. It sounds really good -- even to my 52-year-old, not-nearly-as-sensitive-as-they-used-to-be ears. OTOH, my Music from the Source LP is the U.S. licensed Inner City version. It's nowhere close to the Enja Compassion vinyl. Not even in the same ballpark, audio-quality-wise. I guess that's not surprising. German and/or Dutch pressings usually sound better.

Accompaniment to my recent explorations of Prokofiev's music: Sergei Prokofiev: A Biography by Harlow Robinson (Robert Hale, London, 1987)

A favorite of mine.

I agree. Among the album I posted this week, I'd also rate Heavy Spirits 5 stars. The rest would be either 4.5 or 4.

Spinning this relatively new-to-me LP again: IMO, when it comes to conducting Prokofiev's music, Rozhdestvensky is at the head of the class.