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[kishnevi]

Kind of a shock as Brilliant Classics has an excellent Bruckner cycle with Jochum/Dresden.

I can see why they left out Sibelius as they have the Sanderling/Berlin SO cycle which not many people like. (If you read this review you will see an example of how this gentleman manages to praise what he thinks is a rather ho-hum cycle.)
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=994859
How to characterise this set? Sanderling glories in detail. He can tend towards a steadiness that occasionally decays the pulse and thrust of the music. Often however his unglamorous approach brings out details that others gloss and chamfer. He is not afraid to allow these Northern flowers and trees to bloom at a natural pace. He is no stranger to drama but will not fabricate it unnaturally. Tension is exposed rather than created. This set is in many ways a most agreeable library staple and conductor, orchestra and recording all lend themselves to long-term listening rather than immediate emotional returns and short-term neon high-drama.

Then again maybe I am giving Brilliant Classics too much credit. They DID include the Van Zweden Brahms cycle which is nicely played but totally lacks any character.

They have a second Bruckner cycle with Rogner and others. The issue date on that was 2014, the issue date for their Jochum was 2013.  It's possible neither set was in their catalogue when they issued the 100 Symphonies set.  And the Jochum is still readily available from EMI/Warner itself. Perhaps they thought it was not enough of a draw.

At any rate, despite what it doesn't have, it's still a great set.

[PerfectWagnerite]

They have a second Bruckner cycle with Rogner and others. The issue date on that was 2014, the issue date for their Jochum was 2013.  It's possible neither set was in their catalogue when they issued the 100 Symphonies set.  And the Jochum is still readily available from EMI/Warner itself. Perhaps they thought it was not enough of a draw.

Good point as I hadn't thought of that.

They also could have used Blomstedt/Dresden or Muti/Wiener for the Schubert instead of Goodman...

[kishnevi]

Good point as I hadn't thought of that.

They also could have used Blomstedt/Dresden or Muti/Wiener for the Schubert instead of Goodman...

I liked the Goodman. Have you heard it before?

[Que]

Good catch!  These volumes in the Vivaldi series are getting scarce...

Q

[PerfectWagnerite]

I liked the Goodman. Have you heard it before?

I have it in the 12cd Nimbus box. Not really a big fan, sounds like a modern interpretation on period instruments.

[Harry]

Some new things.

[Sergeant Rock]

Arrived today: Casella Symphonies 1 & 2, Noseda conducting the BBC Phil




Sarge

[André]

Finally found this fairly priced, so I jumped on it.

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Ysaÿe is probably the most influential artist to hail from from Belgium. His talent as a composer is finally being recognised. There must be well over a dozen versions of his 6 solo violin sonatas. I wish James Ehnes would record them.

[Spineur]

I would not have bought this set if it was not for Que extreme insistence

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The amazon.it deal was sufficiently good to give it a try.  After all, Que may be right ! 😊

[Que]

I would not have bought this set if it was not for Que extreme insistence

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The amazon.it deal was sufficiently good to give it a try.  After all, Que may be right ! 😊

Goodness!!  But I take full responsibility for my passionate advocacy of this set....

I guess I'm lucky that any possible lynching will have to be conducted in cyberspace....

Seriously, I find it hard to imagine that any fan of the Franco-Flemish Early repertoire would be dissapointed.

Q

[André]

[arpeggio]

Latest acquisition of a band junkie:

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One of the offshoots of collecting concert band CD's is one frequently acquires duplicate recordings of many works.  With this CD I now have four recordings of Donald Grantham's Jai été au bal.  It helps that I happen to like it.

All of the other works on the CD are new ones for my library.  I had heard a YouTube performance of John Mackey's Wine Dark Sea: Symphony for Band with the United States Army Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhpXV9tVqXw.  Wine Dark Sea appears at the forty-seven minute mark.  It is a major work that is over thirty minutes long.  I was so impressed that I went and purchased this CD.   The guest conductor is Dr. Kevin Sedatole of the Michigan State University College of Music.  Dr. Sedatole delivers a nice introduction.  This CD is the world premier recording.  Mackey is one of the hot new band composers who was born in 1973.

I found the following nice reviews:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/Mar/Wine_dark_sea_RR137.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/Aug/Wine_dark_sea_RR137.htm

There is no accounting for taste.  I am normally a big aficionado of the music of Frank Ticheli but the Clarinet Concerto failed to connect with me.  The above reviewers really like it, so there.  Maybe one day I will get it.

Note: Follow-up to the Clarinet Concerto.  After listening to it a few times I am starting to warm-up to it.  Especially the second movement that is dedicated to Copeland.

[Parsifal]

Arrived today: Casella Symphonies 1 & 2, Noseda conducting the BBC Phil

Sarge

Casella is a genius, and these recordings do him justice.

[JCBuckley]

I would not have bought this set if it was not for Que extreme insistence

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The amazon.it deal was sufficiently good to give it a try.  After all, Que may be right ! 😊

Just about to buy it myself. Que is never wrong.

[Mister Sharpe]

A prix doux : [asin]B00KTHVSSW[/asin]

[king ubu]

Goodness!!  But I take full responsibility for my passionate advocacy of this set....

I guess I'm lucky that any possible lynching will have to be conducted in cyberspace....

Seriously, I find it hard to imagine that any fan of the Franco-Flemish Early repertoire would be dissapointed.

Q

Ordering one myself - that price is indeed enticing!

Thanks for mentioning (and advocating) it Que, and thanks for alerting us about the great offer at aIT spineur!

[The new erato]

Just about to buy it myself. Que is never wrong.

Word!

[Brian]

I found the following nice reviews:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/Mar/Wine_dark_sea_RR137.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/Aug/Wine_dark_sea_RR137.htm

There is no accounting for taste.  I am normally a big aficionado of the music of Frank Ticheli but the Clarinet Concerto failed to connect with me.  The above reviewers really like it, so there.  Maybe one day I will get it.

Note: Follow-up to the Clarinet Concerto.  After listening to it a few times I am starting to warm-up to it.  Especially the second movement that is dedicated to Copeland.

Hope your appreciation of that Ticheli concerto continues to grow. After all, I wrote the second review there, and don't want to have misled you!

[arpeggio]

Hope your appreciation of that Ticheli concerto continues to grow. After all, I wrote the second review there, and don't want to have misled you!

No problem.  This is why I am hesitant to state my feelings concerning a work because they can be so subjective.  The second movement is growing on me.

Note: I purchased the CD before I read the review.  As I stated I got the CD because of the Mackey.  Anyways I use reviews as guidelines.  For me they are helpful to discerning the level of the performance.  Anyways your review is a hundred times better than anything I could have written.

[aligreto]

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