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[Todd]

Block is from the beautiful tone school of piano playing - burnished, legato, impeccable execution, flowing, rounded, colourful. Despite this, the ambiguity makes these great poetry, as William Empson would have said, and I think this is a magnificent recording. On spotify.

Even Block's most willful recordings are magnificent to my ears.  No doubt that he's about beautiful tone, which adds to the allure.  I'm hoping that Warner will reissue all his 60s and 70s EMI recordings someday.

[SonicMan46]

Albinoni, Tomaso (1671-1751) - believe that I'll spend some time this weekend w/ Tomaso A. - starting w/ the discs below - Dave

   

[Todd]

[listener]

BANTOCK: Hebridean Symphony    Old English Suite   Russian Scenes
Czechoslovak State Philharmonic (Košice),  Adrian Leaper, cond.
and a collection of pieces played on seven different organs at Newburyport, Mass. by Marian Ruhl Metson..
Includes: E.L. WHITE: Yankee Doodle Variations   IVES: Variations on 'America'
Charles WESLEY: 'God Save the King' Variations   Dudley BUCK: 'The Star Spangled Banner' Variations
and a wide selection of short pieces by BALBASTRE, CARR, FOOTE, RINCK, HARWOOD, George SHEARING ('Amazing Grace' Variations) and others. 
The instruments are small, a few have some pedals, none larger than 16' , and date from 1794 to 1911. 

[jfdrex]

E. J. Moeran, Violin Concerto.  John Georgiadis, violin, with Vernon Handley conducting the LSO.

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[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening @WienerKonzerthaus


Strauss, Franck,
Violin Sonatas
A.Steinbacher, R.Kulek
PentaTone SACD

German link - UK link

#morninglistening #classicalmusic #Strauss @PENTATONEmusic #Steinbacher

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[Ken B]

Wagner, Overtures etc, including Tannhauser
NYPO, Bernstein, big box.

[Moonfish]

Elgar: Violin Concerto          Menuhin/New Philharmonia O/Boult
Elgar: Cello Concerto            Tortelier/London Philharmonia O/Boult



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[Moonfish]

Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni         La Petite Band/Kuijken
Vivaldi: Concertos for Oboe and Strings Nos 6 & 12       Haynes/Orchestra of the 18th Century/Brüggen



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[kishnevi]

Or a Mussorksy piano suite ...

Well, there you are dealing with music that perhaps should have been written for orchestra in the first place.
TD
Callas in a recording made when I was six months old

[Moonfish]

Bach: Musikalisches Opfer        Scherchen

[EigenUser]

Well, there you are dealing with music that perhaps should have been written for orchestra in the first place.

+1. Agree totally. I don't really like the original piano version. I like the piece, but I like how it sounds with an orchestra far better.

Some pieces, like Le Tombeau de Couperin, go either way. I enjoy both versions equally, but for different reasons.

[Lisztianwagner]

Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto

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[André]

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algieri. Bergnza, Abbado LSO (DGG)

Mozart: wind concertos (all) . Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Not very characterful. It's a good thing this three-fer set is cheap. Pleasant all the same.

[Ken B]

BB, MSPC, CSO, FR, RCA

(An ez one for Nate ...  )

[kishnevi]

AB 0/1/2 COA BH

[Moonfish]

BB, MSPC, CSO, FR, RCA

(An ez one for Nate ...  )

Easy for anybody.... 

[Que]

Morning music ~

Cozzolani- Vespers
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Looks really interesting,  please tell more!

Q

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 5. Marvelous performance from Previn/LSO.

[EigenUser]

BB, MSPC, CSO, FR, RCA

(An ez one for Nate ...  )

Possibly my favorite recording of anything, ever!