Help me decorate
Dana John Hill
I'd like to decorate my new listening room with some albums. I've seen
some shops have picture frames for LPs. Sure, it'd be great to have
that Monteux Romeo and Juliet recently listed on eBay hanging up (and I
do have a Zhukov Scriabin LP with similar qualities), but I think I'm
going for something different here. What I'd like are LPs with images
of composers. Here's a perfect example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4762075894
I know the DG LP of Schoenberg piano works with Pollini had a good image
of the composer on the cover. I've seen a Tchaikovsky LP somewhere, too.
Can anyone come up with other examples? The more the better.
Thanks.
Dana John Hill
Gainesville, Florida
www.danajohnhill.org
The Historian
Dana John Hill wrote:
> Okay, here's what I'd like to do:
>
> I'd like to decorate my new listening room with some albums. I've seen
> some shops have picture frames for LPs. Sure, it'd be great to have
> that Monteux Romeo and Juliet recently listed on eBay hanging up (and I
> do have a Zhukov Scriabin LP with similar qualities), but I think I'm
> going for something different here. What I'd like are LPs with images
> of composers. Here's a perfect example:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4762075894
>
> I know the DG LP of Schoenberg piano works with Pollini had a good image
> of the composer on the cover. I've seen a Tchaikovsky LP somewhere, too.
The Living Stereo LP of the Tchiakovsky Violin Concerto with Reiner and
Heifetz has a photograph of a nice bust of the composer.
> Can anyone come up with other examples? The more the better.
Larry Rinkel
"Dana John Hill" <da...@danajohnhill.com> wrote in message
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> Okay, here's what I'd like to do:
>
It's your room of course and if that's what you'd like to do, fine. If I had
a listening room to decorate, however, I think I'd go instead with
reproductions of artworks dedicated to music, such as:
http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picasso199.html
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/caravagg/01/06concer.html
http://www.abcgallery.com/M/matisse/matisse12.html
http://www.mystudios.com/vermeer/35/vermeer-lady-seated.html
http://www.villagehatshop.com/chagall-the-green-fiddler.html
http://www.abcgallery.com/C/cassatt/cassatt21.html
http://www.abcgallery.com/R/renoir/renoir179.html
http://www.abcgallery.com/K/kandinsky/kandinsky70.html
Just a suggestion.
mdhjwh
Dana John Hill wrote:
>. What I'd like are LPs with images of composers.
I could give lots of examples but I'm concerned first of all, if you
intend framing these under glass, you'll create a hideously reflective
accoustic and destroy any chance of enjoying the output of the musical
heroes who stare down at you from the walls. At least avoid placing
glass anywhere near the point of first reflection on the side walls.
This is the area where a mirror, placed paralled to the side wall,
reflects your speakers as seen from your listening position. DON'T DO
IT ! ! ! In fact, often the greatest improvement you can make to the
acoustic of any listening room is to place something absorbent at this
position. Persian rugs over sheets of roofing insulation works
wonders.
One cover I'd recommend is Virgin Classics Schubert Oktet in F Major,
D803 with The Nash Ensemble of London. LP VC 7 90731-1. Another that
would be quite effective (if given a pale biege or sandy colored
surround )would be the Decca Beethoven Piano Concertos with Julius
Katchen, The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierino Gamba on
LP SXLA 6082.
For Tchaikovsky have a look at the Telarc Symphony No 4 under Lorin
Maazal with the Cleveland Orchestra on LP 'Telarc Stereo Digital'
10047.
And for a prissy little portrait of Mozart and family members look for
his Sonatas for Violin and Piano with Oscar Shumsky & Arthur Balsam on
ASV LP ALH 950.
Be aware though that record companies often changed the covers of LP's
upon re-release, even when the catalogue numbers remained the same.
Also
releases of the same recording in different countrys could have
totally different
covers even if with the same catalogue number.
Matthew B. Tepper
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> Sure, it'd be great to have that Monteux Romeo and Juliet recently listed
> on eBay hanging up (and I do have a Zhukov Scriabin LP with similar
> qualities),
What's it look like, that Zhukov Scriabin LP cover?
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Matthew B. Tepper wrote:
> Dana John Hill <da...@danajohnhill.com> appears to have caused the following
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> > Sure, it'd be great to have that Monteux Romeo and Juliet recently listed
> > on eBay hanging up (and I do have a Zhukov Scriabin LP with similar
> > qualities),
>
> What's it look like, that Zhukov Scriabin LP cover?
I remember a black and white photo of a rather voluptuous torso on an
old Scriabin lp, but I thought it was one of the symphonies, not a
piano disc.
Speaking of Pollini (not the torso bit!), his late Beethoven sonatas
box on DG had a nice image of Beethoven. And that Baltimore/Commissiona
recording of Pettersson's 8th had a good photo of the composer, no?
--Jeff
Dana Hill
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> http://www.abcgallery.com/R/renoir/renoir179.html
I saw the above in Paris, and don't think I haven't looked for a poster.
None appear to be available.
In any case, for the last several years I have decorated my music room with
framed pictures of artists I like, and in some cases have met. As I have
mentioned before, I proudly display an autographed poster of my favorite
singer, Sherrill Milnes, for example. To that collection I have recently
added an autographed photo of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. And I have other
framed pictures of artists which I took myself in the course of my
professional photography duties, which they were kind enough to later on
autograph for me.
But with this LP idea I was hoping to set up a wall of these things, maybe
four across and four high.
Thanks for the suggestions.
--
Dana Hill
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>> Sure, it'd be great to have that Monteux Romeo and Juliet recently listed
>> on eBay hanging up (and I do have a Zhukov Scriabin LP with similar
>> qualities),
>
> What's it look like, that Zhukov Scriabin LP cover?
>
Rats, I just spent a half hour in the nightmare back room that will become
my listening space, digging through boxes hoping to find it, to no avail.
In any case, it's a Westminster LP with a black cover with a photograph of a
reclining nude woman painted in a very psychedelic fashion. She blends in
very well with the similarly painted backdrop. A clever picture. But
unlike the Romeo and Juliet cover, this model is right side up, so to speak.
When I come across that box--and I eventually will--I'll post a link.
--
Matthew B. Tepper
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> Matthew B. Tepper wrote:
>> Dana John Hill <da...@danajohnhill.com> appears to have caused the
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>> > Sure, it'd be great to have that Monteux Romeo and Juliet recently
>> > listed on eBay hanging up (and I do have a Zhukov Scriabin LP with
>> > similar qualities),
>>
>> What's it look like, that Zhukov Scriabin LP cover?
>
> I remember a black and white photo of a rather voluptuous torso on an
> old Scriabin lp, but I thought it was one of the symphonies, not a
> piano disc.
Well, there was a photo of a bare-breasted woman on a DGG LP of Scriabin's
"Poem of Ecstasy" with Abbado, if memory serves.
> Speaking of Pollini (not the torso bit!), his late Beethoven sonatas
> box on DG had a nice image of Beethoven. And that Baltimore/Commissiona
> recording of Pettersson's 8th had a good photo of the composer, no?
Yes to both.
Steven de Mena
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>> Matthew B. Tepper wrote:
>>> Dana John Hill <da...@danajohnhill.com> appears to have caused the
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>>> > Sure, it'd be great to have that Monteux Romeo and Juliet recently
>>> > listed on eBay hanging up (and I do have a Zhukov Scriabin LP with
>>> > similar qualities),
>>>
>>> What's it look like, that Zhukov Scriabin LP cover?
>>
>> I remember a black and white photo of a rather voluptuous torso on an
>> old Scriabin lp, but I thought it was one of the symphonies, not a
>> piano disc.
>
> Well, there was a photo of a bare-breasted woman on a DGG LP of Scriabin's
> "Poem of Ecstasy" with Abbado, if memory serves.
I seem to recall an old Angel LP of Ravel's music (Lorin Maazel?) that had a
bare-breasted woman too. I might have some details wrong.
Steve
Dana Hill
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>
> I seem to recall an old Angel LP of Ravel's music (Lorin Maazel?) that had
> a bare-breasted woman too. I might have some details wrong.
>
> Steve
>
>
No, you're right. You don't forget a thing like that.
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>>> Dana John Hill <da...@danajohnhill.com> appears to have caused the
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>>>> Sure, it'd be great to have that Monteux Romeo and Juliet recently
>>>> listed on eBay hanging up (and I do have a Zhukov Scriabin LP with
>>>> similar qualities),
>>>
>>> What's it look like, that Zhukov Scriabin LP cover?
>>
>> I remember a black and white photo of a rather voluptuous torso on an
>> old Scriabin lp, but I thought it was one of the symphonies, not a
>> piano disc.
>
> Well, there was a photo of a bare-breasted woman on a DGG LP of Scriabin's
> "Poem of Ecstasy" with Abbado, if memory serves.
The old Vanguard recording of "Night in the Tropics" was pretty interesting
as well.
--
Don Patterson
Trombonist
Arranger/Copyist
"The President's Own"
United States Marine Band
Dana Hill
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> The old Vanguard recording of "Night in the Tropics" was pretty
> interesting
> as well.
>
I have that CD. To be 100% honest, I purchased it for the music. I haven't
heard a performance I like more. The cover was simply a nice bonus. Was
that on LP with the same artwork?
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david...@aol.com
I can't promise all of these have been on record covers, but some of
them must have been.
The portrait of Schoenberg on the cover of Pollini's recording of the
piano music was Richard Gerstl's. In addition to a dozen or so
self-portraits, there are also portraits of Schoenberg by Oskar
Kokoschka, Egon Schiele, and George Gershwin. Schoenberg was
photographed by Man Ray. Then there is always Schoenberg's portrait of
Alban Berg (and a photograph of Berg with the portrait).
There are portraits of Cherubini by Ingres, of Berlioz by Courbet, and
of Wagner by Renoir. Stravinsky was drawn by Picasso three times and
once each by Klee and Giacometti. (There is also a drawing of Picasso
by Stravinsky.)
-david gable
Richard Schultz
: I know the DG LP of Schoenberg piano works with Pollini had a good image
: of the composer on the cover. I've seen a Tchaikovsky LP somewhere, too.
:
: Can anyone come up with other examples? The more the better.
Doesn't Mahler's picture appear on the cover of the "Mahler is Heavy" LP?
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Matthew B. Tepper
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> In article <dfvvoo$pd4$1...@spnode25.nerdc.ufl.edu>, Dana John Hill
> <da...@danajohnhill.com> wrote:
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>: I know the DG LP of Schoenberg piano works with Pollini had a good image
>: of the composer on the cover. I've seen a Tchaikovsky LP somewhere,
>: too.
>:
>: Can anyone come up with other examples? The more the better.
>
> Doesn't Mahler's picture appear on the cover of the "Mahler is Heavy" LP?
The whole Orphic Egg line (a sublabel of London Records) was something of
an attempt to market classical music to the psychedelic crowd. It was just
as successful as you might imagine it would have been.
mdhjwh
Matthew B. Tepper wrote:
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> The whole Orphic Egg line (a sublabel of London Records) was something of
> an attempt to market classical music to the psychedelic crowd. It was just
> as successful as you might imagine it would have been.
I'd like to add the Collegium Areum, Jörg Demus Mozart KV 414,KV 595 on
BASF/Harmonia Mundi LP 2029320-3 and the Julliard String Quartets
Beethoven Op 131 on RCA 'Red Seal' SL 16369 to Dana's list.
.....and by the way Mr T. Your point about the failed market strategy
of Orphic Egg is well taken. However, I feel impelled to let you in on
a little secret. A high % of classical musicians and thier audience in
the Australia of the 1970's & 80's were part of the psychadelic crowd.
One of our favourite games was to play Messian late at night in the
darkened cathedral (don't ask which one!), off our faces on LSD.
A very interesting musical experience.
david...@aol.com
The Guarneri Qtet's Late Beethoven set from around the time of the
Bicentennial had a splendid portrait of Beethoven on its cover as well:
there have probably been more splendid portraits of Beethoven on the
covers of LP's than any other composer's. I would very much like to
track down a copy of an early 50's (?) Columbia recording of the C#
minor quartet with a small red and black portrait of Beethoven on the
cover, arrows emanating from his thoughtful brow as he engages in
thought or composition. I don't want the LP: I want the cover.
I must confess that when a composer is relegated to the back cover of a
CD insert while the superstar performer's image is emblazoned from the
front cover, I insert the insert reversed so that the composer rather
than the performer is visible through the cover of the jewel case.
-david gable
david...@aol.com
I should have mentioned that the quartet playing the quartet was the
Budapest.
-david gable
mdhjwh
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> I'd like to add the Collegium Areum, Jörg Demus Mozart KV 414,KV 595
..Blah, blah ad nausium....Sorry for the multiple postings. Google's
server has gone nuts today.
Ayn M
Larry Rinkel
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>> http://www.abcgallery.com/R/renoir/renoir179.html
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> I saw the above in Paris, and don't think I haven't looked for a poster.
> None appear to be available.
>
for Angel Records of Wagner preludes (Meistersinger, Tannhauser, Tristan). I
know I'm right about this as it was the first LP I ever bought with my own
money.