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[listener]

String Quartets again`:
DVORAK  no. 10 in E^b  op. 51    VERDI  in e
Vermeer Quartet
and Russian: BORODIN no. 2,  RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF - in F, op. 12
RACHMANINOFF:  no.1 - torso only (2 middle movements)
The Rimsky-Korsakoff Quartet
The Rimsky- starts off rather routinely, but the last movement is quite catchy

[Conor71]

Schubert: String Quartet No. 7 In D Major, D 94


Now playing Disc 3 of the Melos Quartett set - I dont remember much about these Quartets. The first on the Disc is pleasing


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[Coopmv]

Listening to the birthday girl's Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann and Romances in B minor and A minor




Sarge

Sarge,

I have owned a CD for quite a few years.  How did you like it?

[Coopmv]

Beethoven, the two op.14 Sonatas played by Wilhem Backhaus




Sarge

Another great box in our collections ...     

[Coopmv]

Now playing the following CD, which arrived two days ago for a first listen.  What a combo, HvK and WK ...

[Lisztianwagner]

Igor Stravinsky
Ebony Concerto

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[Sadko]

Heinrich von Herzogenberg

Symphonies 1 & 2

NDR-Radiophilharmonie
Frank Beermann

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[Conor71]

Haydn: String Quartet No. 42 In C Major, Op. 54/2, H 3/57


Just finished Disc 13 and now listening to Disc 16 of the Haydn SQ box set 


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[Lilas Pastia]

I don't know why I missed out on the Eine Faust-ouvertüre all this while, but finally listened to it on the way back home on the iPod (also movements 2, 3 and 4 of Bruckner 7th -- what's happening to me? ). Also discovered that an excerpt I'd heard elsewhere wasn't Beethoven!

http://www.youtube.com/v/4TIRgCb3SaA

Quick question: That sighing theme, initially appearing at 0:43. Did someone else quote that? I'm thinking Bruckner 8 (or is the 7?).

I'd have to check if I even have that work (Wagner's Faust Overture)... But there's definitely a kinship with Mahler's 9th symphony, first or last movement - hard to spot a full musical phrase in such a big work after having listened to that mere snippet. But it's closely related to M9, even though it's not a full quotation (in foresight of course )

[Lilas Pastia]

Oh cool, happy belated - and what great birthday buddies. (Also Yma Sumac, a friend mentioned - and of course then I was imagining her singing Pierrot Lunaire.  )

--Bruce

My, you're into really kinky stuff, my friend! .

But you know what? If it had been done I'd be first in line to get an earful 

[Coopmv]

Time for some early music.  Now playing the following CD, which arrived early in the week for a first listen ...

[pbarach]

Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection 1954-1975

[TheGSMoeller]

Britten: A Ceremony of Carols and Rejoice in the Lamb
This recording of Britten choral music, remastered here from performances from early 1970s, are some of the finest on record.

[Todd]

 


Decent Szymanowski from Boulez, and one of Kissin's finest.

[Conor71]

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71


I've managed to get my to listen to pile down to 6 Discs (the smallest it's been in a few years) so I am going to see if I can make the last of my first listens today. First up the Nutcracker Ballet from the Previn set - I am expecting this one to be pretty good as I liked his performance of the Sleeping Beauty. After this I have 2 Discs of non-classical and then Swan lake from the Tchaikovsky set also and im done!


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[Coopmv]

Now playing CD13 - Mendelssohn Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, etc from the following set for a first listen ...

[Gold Knight]

On Spotify:

Carl Nielsen--Symphony No.3, Op.27 {"Sinfonia Espansiva"} and Symphony No.5, Op.50, both featuring the New York Philharmonic led by Leonard Bernstein.
Carl Nielsen--Symphony No.1 in G Minor, Op.7
Jean Sibelius--Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op.105

The latter two works listed above are performed by the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra under the wand of Okko Kamu.

[Gold Knight]

Robert Schumann--Symphony No.3 in E-Flat Major, Op.97 {"Rhenish"} and Symphony No.4 in D Minor, Op.120, both performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Herbert von Karajan.

[listener]

MOZART   String Quartets #17 in B-dur (Bb) K.458  "Jagd (Hunt)"
   #19 in C K.465   "Dissonance"
Alban Berg Quartet

[kishnevi]

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71


I've managed to get my to listen to pile down to 6 Discs (the smallest it's been in a few years) so I am going to see if I can make the last of my first listens today. First up the Nutcracker Ballet from the Previn set - I am expecting this one to be pretty good as I liked his performance of the Sleeping Beauty. After this I have 2 Discs of non-classical and then Swan lake from the Tchaikovsky set also and im done!

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