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[Moonfish]

Barber: Violin Concerto
Meyer: Violin Concerto

Hilary Hahn
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Wolff

These recordings (both Barber and Meyer) grow on me each time I listen to them. Meyer's violin concerto, in particular, has this wistful, nostalgic and lingering yearning soundscape that is truly mesmerizing.

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[André]

Nachtmusique is a wind ensemble derived from Frans Bruggen's Orchestra of the 18th Century. Its leader is Eric Hoeprich, one of the founding members of Bruggen's orchestra (in 1982). It follows that this is a seasoned, deeply considered interpretation of uncommon technical mastery.

I wish that was enough to commend the results. But I didn't find much relish for the sensual beauty of Mozart's writing for the winds and its sheer joie de vivre. The phrasing sounds calculated, the feeling a mite constipated. Slightly disappointing..

[Moonfish]

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Leningrad PO
Mravinsky

Feb 1960

[Moonfish]

Bizet:
Trois entr'actes de Carmen to  (2, 3 & 4)
L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2

Leningrad PO
Mravinsky

23 Nov 1946

[Mirror Image]

Prokofiev
Summer Night Suite, Op. 123
Askenazy
St. Petersburg Philharmonic

[Mirror Image]

This entire disc:



Contents can be viewed here:

https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recordings/langgaard-sinfonia-interna

[RebLem]

On Wednesday, 30 MAY 2018, I listened to one CD.

CD 4 of the 4 CD Brilliant Classics set of orchestral works by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)  with Jean Martinon conducting the Orchestre National de l'ORTF, licensed from EMI.  |Tr. 1-3.  Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre (23'53)  |Tr. 4.  La plus que lente (6'00)  |Tr. 5.  Premiere rapsodie, pour orchestre avec clarinette principale (8'11)  |Tr. 6.  Rapsodie pour orchestre et saxophone solo (10'02)  |Tr. 7 Khamma, Legende dansee (20'24)  |Tr. 8.  Danse (Tarantelle styrienne) (5'44)--Aldo Ciccolini, piano, (1-3), John Leach, cimbalom (4), Guy Dangain, clarinet (5), Jean-Marie Loneix, saxophone (6), Fabienne Boury, piano (7).  Rec. 1973-74 Salle Wagram, Paris.

This is lush, warm music as tender as a baby's skin, that just washes over one, enveloping the listener in the softest luxury imaginable.  I did bother to do a little research on the meaning of the term "Tarantelle styrienne."  I have seen the word tarantella before, without really knowing what it was.  Turns out it is a peasant dance of Hungarian origin accompanied by tambourines.  "Styrienne" is a demomym for the people of Styria, a state in south central Austria whose capital is the city of Graz.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styria 

[NikF]

Diamond: Symphonies No. 2 & 4 - Schwarz/Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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Diamond: Symphonies No. 2 & 4 - Schwarz/Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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Awesome, Nik. I especially love Diamond's 3rd and 4th symphonies. Two of the finest American symphonies ever composed IMHO.

[Madiel]

On Wednesday, 30 MAY 2018, I listened to one CD.

CD 4 of the 4 CD Brilliant Classics set of orchestral works by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)  with Jean Martinon conducting the Orchestre National de l'ORTF, licensed from EMI.  |Tr. 1-3.  Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre (23'53)  |Tr. 4.  La plus que lente (6'00)  |Tr. 5.  Premiere rapsodie, pour orchestre avec clarinette principale (8'11)  |Tr. 6.  Rapsodie pour orchestre et saxophone solo (10'02)  |Tr. 7 Khamma, Legende dansee (20'24)  |Tr. 8.  Danse (Tarantelle styrienne) (5'44)--Aldo Ciccolini, piano, (1-3), John Leach, cimbalom (4), Guy Dangain, clarinet (5), Jean-Marie Loneix, saxophone (6), Fabienne Boury, piano (7).  Rec. 1973-74 Salle Wagram, Paris.

This is lush, warm music as tender as a baby's skin, that just washes over one, enveloping the listener in the softest luxury imaginable.  I did bother to do a little research on the meaning of the term "Tarantelle styrienne."  I have seen the word tarantella before, without really knowing what it was.  Turns out it is a peasant dance of Hungarian origin accompanied by tambourines.  "Styrienne" is a demomym for the people of Styria, a state in south central Austria whose capital is the city of Graz.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styria

Where did you see that a tarantella was Hungarian in origin? It's named after Taranto in Italy.

[anothername]

Bits and pieces by "new"composers on sound cloud, the things you find there......

[Moonfish]

Giovanni ROVETTA: Vespro solenne (excerpts)                 
Cantus Cölln & Concerto Palatino/ Konrad Junghänel

Le Ballet royal de la Nuit (excerpts)               
Ensemble Correspondances/ Sébastien Daucé

Jean-Baptiste LULLY:
Les Nopces de village
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
London Oboe Band/ Paul Goodwin

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[TheGSMoeller]

This entire disc:



Contents can be viewed here:

https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recordings/langgaard-sinfonia-interna

Such an interesting, and intriguing composition. Langgaard was a one-of-a-kind for sure, and Sinfonia Interna is one of his best IMO. Happy listening, John!


TD...Concerto for Orchestra from this fantastic disc...

[Que]

Morning listening is return to this:

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Disc 3:  "Encounters in Bach's house". Italian lutenist Alberto Crugnola plays music by Silvius Leopold Weiss, Ernest Gottlieb Baron, Adam Falckenhagen, Johannn Kropffgans and Karl Kohaut (originally issued on Symphonia).

The rerun of this set has enhanced my impression of the performances - I like them even better.

Q

[Moonfish]

Morning listening is return to this:

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Disc 3:  "Encounters in Bach's house". Italian lutenist Alberto Crugnola plays music by Silvius Leopold Weiss, Ernest Gottlieb Baron, Adam Falckenhagen, Johannn Kropffgans and Karl Kohaut (originally issued on Symphonia).

The rerun of this set has enhanced my impression of the performances - I like the even better.

Q

Ok, Que, your postings have inspired me! I'm getting a copy of the recording!   
I admit it. I'm a lute addict at times. I have been trying to stay away but now my Weiss recordings are calling my name!!! 

[Mirror Image]

Such an interesting, and intriguing composition. Langgaard was a one-of-a-kind for sure, and Sinfonia Interna is one of his best IMO. Happy listening, John!


TD...Concerto for Orchestra from this fantastic disc...

Indeed, Greg. I'm still in the process of getting to know this work as this is my only second-time hearing it. Sounds gorgeous. That's a great Bartók disc you're listening to. Dorati did some great things with his music.

[Moonfish]

Rachmaninoff:
Prelude, Op 3. No. 2
10 Preludes, Op. 23
13 Preludes. Op. 32

Ashkenazy

[Mandryka]

I have three volumes and waiting for a fourth,great playing.I don't know why the fourth cd is still not released,it is already recorded.

Maybe the issue is the booklet essay, that was, I believe, why there was a long delay between the recording and the release of his Froberger toccatas, 15 years I think. He needed the time to research the booklet.

[Traverso]

Maybe the issue is the booklet essay, that was, I believe, why there was a long delay between the recording and the release of his Froberger toccatas, 15 years I think. He needed the time to research the booklet.

That's interesting  that you say  that, I remember   that on another  forum I read  the same information.
What you have to say about  the Leonhardt  recording  is Very sympathetic. You did not like it in the first place  but you discovered  that the artist  let the music speak for  itself. There is no Louis Couperin  recording  that I love more than the Gustav Leonhardt.
Many times  I found  myself  enchanted  by the beauty he found  in the score  and expressed  it with all the honours  to the composer.
I very  much like  Ton Koopman  but if he  is playing  Bach  you  hear  much  Koopman, if you listen to Leonhardt  you hear more Bach.
However when Koopman is playing Picchi  he  is in his element  so  to speak. 

[Traverso]

Bach Cantatas

CD 49