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[aligreto]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 from this set....

[Harry]

CD 2 of this delightful set!

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/08/recent-acquisition-boccherini-luigi_6.html?spref=tw

[SonicMan46]

Some Boccherini to combat the heat in my country. Granted he has a sunny character too.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/08/recent-acquisition-boccherini-luigi.html?spref=tw

Harry - been watching you posting these Phoenix 2-CD sets and finally took a look - same recordings as in my 10-disc Capriccio box below, which I greatly enjoy!  Dave

[Karl Henning]

Дмитрий Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Симфония № 10 e-moll, соч. 93 [ Symphony № 10 in e minor, Opus 93 ] (1953)
Gürzenich Orchester Köln
Дмитрий Георгиевич  [ Dmitri Georgiyevich (Kitayenko) ]

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Excellent.  For one thing, Дмитрий Георгиевич gives the opening Moderato ample breathing-space, which is for me almost critical;  the first movement here takes 26'14 (Максим Дмитриевич clocks at 27'20 — and exquisite, it is — where Ormandy makes an unholy rush of it at 22'04 . . . and Кирилл Петрович — I hope you're sitting down — 21'23).

[Karl Henning]

Дмитрий Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Симфония № 10 e-moll, соч. 93 [ Symphony № 10 in e minor, Opus 93 ] (1953)
Moscow Phil
Кирилл Петрович [ Kirill Petrovich (Kondrashin) ]
Recorded in 1973



The first movement whips readily into a sort of Mephisto Waltz.  It works that way, too, and it is impressive in its fashion;  but that truly ought to have been a red flag in the conductor's mind that, wherever we've come, it ain't Moderato.

[Karl Henning]

The first movement whips readily into a sort of Mephisto Waltz.  It works that way, too, and it is impressive in its fashion;  but that truly ought to have been a red flag in the conductor's mind that, wherever we've come, it ain't Moderato.

And when the clarinets reprise their (what ought to be) lilting quavers . . . it isn't marked Allegro nervosamente, but that's how it sounds . . . .

[Drasko]

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[aligreto]

Piano Concerto: A first listen to this work for me and I really enjoyed it. I found the music to be accessible, interesting and varied. Interestingly, I particularly enjoyed the orchestration which I thought was wonderful.

Violin Concerto: A first listen to this work also and I found it to be an intriguing work that held me captivated with its variety and invention.

[SimonNZ]

Telemann concerti from Tafelmusik - August Wenzinger, cond.

[Karl Henning]

Piano Concerto: A first listen to this work for me and I really enjoyed it. I found the music to be accessible, interesting and varied. Interestingly, I particularly enjoyed the orchestration which I thought was wonderful.

Violin Concerto: A first listen to this work also and I found it to be an intriguing work that held me captivated with its variety and invention.

Excellent!

[aligreto]

First listen to the Fitzwilliam String Quartet [a recent purchase] playing Shostakovich's String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2....

[listener]

from a DGG BRAHMS Box, some of the choral music
Alto Rhapsody op. 53, Nänie op. 82, Song of Destiny op. 54, Gesang der Parzen op. 89
Brigitte Fassbaender, contralto  Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orch.
Giuseppe Sinopoli, cond.
and SVIRIDOV:  Kursk Songs
RSFSR Russian Chorus and Moscow Philharmonic Orch.   Kondrashin, cond.
Music for Chamber Orchestra        Moscow Chamber Orch.     Barshai, cond.

[Sergeant Rock]

where Ormandy makes an unholy rush of it at 22'04

Another in the house of the unholy: Rozhdestvensky 22:02.




Sarge

[SonicMan46]

Several new arrivals today:

Smetana, Bedrich - String Quartets w/ the Pavel Haas Quartet - some excellent reviews (attached) - only complaint is that the recording is under 50 minutes so another work could have been easily added?

Fauré & Franck - String Quartets w/ the Dante Quartet - also some great reviews (included in the PDF file) - been culling my collection and wanted a new version of the Franck and both Smetana quartets.  Dave

 

[kishnevi]

First listen.
Of the three violin concertos, the Third gives the best initial impression.

[Drasko]

where Ormandy makes an unholy rush of it at 22'04

Another in the house of the unholy: Rozhdestvensky 22:02.

and Mravinsky at 22:03 makes it unholy trinity   



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[Sergeant Rock]

and Mravinsky at 22:03 makes it unholy trinity   

Sarge

[André]

Biber: the Rosary sonatas for solo violin. Reinhard Goebel, Archiv Produktion. Slightly enervated, but the music's palpitations are echoed in the soloist's approach.

Rautavara: his nice, flowing, cinematic 8th Symphony. Osmo Vänskä, conductor. BIS records.

[San Antone]

Tatiana Nikolayeva : Liszt B Minor Sonata

[kishnevi]

This music had not previously impressed me, but I suspected Letzbor might do a better job, and he has.