Schubert, Schumann, Webern (Diary 2012-11-01)

Lieder recordings (Beethoven & Schumann) with Fischer-Dieskau/Moore, Wunderlich/Giesen, Goerne/Schneider, Terfel/Martineau, Bostridge/Drake; Schumann: Piano Quintet op.44, Piano Quartet op.47 — Melnikov/Jerusalem Quartet, Levine/LaSalle Quartet; Webern: 6 Bagatellen, 5 Movements for string quartet, op.5 — Hagen Quartett

Organ Fascination

(…) once my record collection started featuring organ recordings — though organ recordings took a rather slow and non-systematic start. At least, the beginning was OK — for that time (1970), at least: a box with all of Handel’s organ concertos, played by the Collegium aureum and Rudolf Ewerhart on magnificent organs such as the famous Gabler organ in Weingarten, or the Riepp organs in Ottobeuren…

Transitioning from Vinyl to CD

(…) in the mid-90’s I could not resist following a colleague’s recommendation to visit Tower Records in Mountain View (a shop that has since gone out of business) when I was on a business trip to the Silicon Valley, and so I started purchasing CDs. Of course, unlike when I started collecting LPs, I now had a better idea what to look for…