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[San Antone]

Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor, Op.102
Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Gil Shaham, Jian Wang



A warmly recorded and finely executed performance of this work.

[aligreto]

Rautavaara: Cantos I-III [Tapiola Sinfonietta/Lamminmaki]....





Wonderful, energetic and exciting music.

[aligreto]

I'd never heard of Árpád Joó either, and I couldn't find much in the way of critical notice about the recording.  But, it is a complete set of all the orchestral music, except the concerti (but that is preferable, imo, since those recordings abound in the catalog). The performance of Tasso was very good to my ears.  I don't know if having a Hungarian orchestra and conductor on a Hungarian label gives an added flavor to Liszt, but I'd say it is a reliable set.

Downside, it appears to be out of print and existing copies are priced fairly high.  I found it in Spotify.

Those three points were what actually caught my eye; thank you for that.

[Brian]

Rautavaara: Cantos I-III [Tapiola Sinfonietta/Lamminmaki]....

I think Cantos IV and V are even better yet!

[aligreto]

I think Cantos IV and V are even better yet!

Unfortunately I have not yet had the advantage of hearing them. I will add them to the List forthwith.

[ritter]

And now for something completely different:

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Everytime I listen to Maderna, I'm astonished at how wonderful I find his music....

[Kontrapunctus]

Disc 5 today. A fine recording and quite a bargain!

[NikF]

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 - Skrowaczewski/Halle.

[kishnevi]

Disc 5 today. A fine recording and quite a bargain!

We had a discussion a while back about the Caprices/cadenzas in those concertos, and whether they were well integrated with the surrounding material. I would be interested in your opinion on the matter.

[Dee Sharp]

Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2. Reiner/CSO.. This was a desert island disc for me before the term was fashionable (yes, I used to have this on vinyl). Still a favourite.

[SimonNZ]

on the radio:

Shaun Davey's The Relief of Derry Symphony  - Gearóid Grant, cond.

[Kontrapunctus]

A selection of Preludes and Fugues from both composers' complete sets. His playing is great, and the sound is demonstration-worthy, but I wish he had included Shostakovich's monumental 24th P&F.

[Kontrapunctus]

We had a discussion a while back about the Caprices/cadenzas in those concertos, and whether they were well integrated with the surrounding material. I would be interested in your opinion on the matter.

I haven't listened to this set in a while, and perhaps the earlier discs include those crazy cadenzas, the the two on disc 5 have very short cadenzas.

[HIPster]

Playing this disc of music by Zelenka and Pisendel ~

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Zelenka's Hipocondrie sounds mysteriously like a Baroque tango, and it's one of the more fascinating orchestral works in a small but highly distinguished output. Almost alone among Baroque composers, Zelenka had a harmonic flexibility and genuine tunefulness that really sets him apart. Some of his unique sense of color came from his Czech heritage--you can hear the folk influence in both Zelenka's harmony and in the syncopated rhythmic character deriving from ethnic dance music. If you compare Zelenka's to Pisendel's expertly crafted but much more faceless efforts, the differences become strikingly clear. These performances are very well played on "authentic" instruments, and the entire program is a delight. --David Hurwitz

It certainly is a delight! 

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[NikF]

Brahms: String Quartets - Britten Quartet.

[Autumn Leaves]

Now playing:



Symphonies #34 - 44 [Discs 09 - 11]

[kishnevi]

I haven't listened to this set in a while, and perhaps the earlier discs include those crazy cadenzas, the the two on disc 5 have very short cadenzas.

Thank you. The adjective you used is as much of an answer as a long page on the subject might be.
TD
Just starting the Second Symphony
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[SimonNZ]

Marianna Martines's Cantata "Berenice, ah che fai? - Nuria Rial, soprano, Nicoleta Paraschivescu, cond.

[Mahlerian]

Mozart: Piano Sonata in C K330, Piano Sonata in A K331
Mitsuko Uchida


Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 5 for viola and ensemble, Kammermusik No. 6 for viola d'amore and ensemble, Kammermusik No. 7 for organ and ensemble
Wolfram Christ, Wayne Marshall, Berlin Philharmonic, cond. Abbado

[Uhor]

https://www.youtube.com/v/X4EIx0XzPzg