Whats on your turntable tonight?

A clue is: they contain one key player in all of these recordings....

Nicky Hopkins playing piano?

Montepilot, good to see your list of music! Nice to have more classical music listed for those like me who live mainly in that world.

Slipknot, any reactions to "Il Cornetto"? Hope I didn't lead you down the path of "it must be an acquired taste" on this LP...

Tonight here has been:

John Lill playing Schuman's "Fantasia in c, op 17" on a beautiful all analog recording produced in 2004: Green Room Productions 4001. This is recording engineer Tony Faulkner's label and reflects his return to analog tape for his own productions. A lovely 1964 Steinway piano captured by Neuman M50 tube mikes into a Studor A80 tape deck, then half speed mastered by Stan Ricker and pressed at RTI. Outstanding performance by Lill, captured in outstanding sonics by Faulkner.

Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps performed by Sir Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Decca SXL 6691 (the Speakers Corner reissue sounds very good! besting my original Decca in many respects).
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Rushton,
My first reaction to "Il Cornetto" is how delicate and airy the lute/guitar passages are as they weave through the soundscape. A lot of people may pass this recording by fearing the "acquired taste" of harpsichord, but the combination of the lute, cornett, chamber organ/harpsichord are just right IMO. Very easy on the ears, nice late night listening at lower volumes, and a tremendous recording from a production standpoint. Thanks for bringing this one to my attention!

Thanks, Slipknot, glad to hear this report. For me, this LP captures accurately some very difficult to reproduce textures and harmonic shadings. It's a real test of the resolving capability of one's system, plus being very attractive musically.
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