What are you listening to now?

[Karl Henning]

Haydn's Seven Last Words for string quartet and mezzo soprano

Is that a post-"Papa" hybrid?  (Not at all saying that, if so, it's "wrong")  0:)

[vandermolen]

I got around that. Well,sort of;by buying both of the available Ormandy sets. One set has the First Symphony spread over two cds and the Second Symphony without interruption. The other has the Second symphony spread over two cd's,and the First Symphony without interruption! One set is a slimline release,so it doesn't take much extra room! Ormandy's recordings of the symphonies are my favourite recording,I should point out!

Ah, a cunning plan! Very clever. Yes, the performances are excellent. I like many Ormandy recordings, such as Shostakovich symphonies 4 and 10 ( first one I heard - my brother had the CBS LP) and The Planets.

[vandermolen]

Cool, I've checked out the Amazon 30 second samples and made a note of this .

I think that it's a wonderful score with a hypnotically beautiful second movement.

[North Star]

G'day, all!

Is that a post-"Papa" hybrid?  (Not at all saying that, if so, it's "wrong")  0:)

Yes, according to this review, which is also rather critical about the arrangement. The recording is on Youtube.

Thread-duty
Beethoven
Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Paul Badura-Skoda

[Karl Henning]

Liszt's transcription of the LvB Op.67 c minor Symphony
Glenn St-Gould 

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Although I failed to report so, I have also (and, also, repeatedly) listened to the rest of the CD as it appears in this anthology:  György Sándor playing transcriptions of the Prelude & Fugue in a minor, BWV 543, and the Fantasia & Fugue in g minor, BWV 542

[Karl Henning]

G'day, all!
Yes, according to this review, which is also rather critical about the arrangement. The recording is on Youtube.

Thanks, Karlo!  Will investigate . . . .

[Karl Henning]

http://www.youtube.com/v/TuNbuqZB7a0

[Karl Henning]

http://www.youtube.com/v/LlrOtLqbTTo

[André]

I must give the second concerto another spin. Do you know the Violin Concerto Andre? It's neglect is mystifying to me as I consider it one of the finest 20th Century British violin concertos.

Hi Jeffrey ! No, I haven't heard the violin concerto. Do you recommend a disc in particular ?

[André]

A magnificent symphony in my view:
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'Modern music' at its best.

Superb music indeed. Ruders is an impressive composer. His opera The Handmaid's Tale is quite something.

[André]

Act I is under way. The sight of Turandot got Calaf ensnared (« O divina bellezza, O meraviglia»). This lavishly illustrated 120 page book includes a libretto as well as the cds (of course). The sound is quite good. This was a prestige production directed by Margherita Wallmann. After the lousy sounding Stokowski Met production it's a relief to hear the opera in good sonic conditions - for a 1960s live recording, that is.

[Karl Henning]

http://www.youtube.com/v/UNlv3_p3QKY

[Karl Henning]

http://www.youtube.com/v/GulmwjIoITI

[vandermolen]

Hi Jeffrey ! No, I haven't heard the violin concerto. Do you recommend a disc in particular ?

You must hear it Andre! I have two recordings, on Chandos with Symphony 3 and on Naxos with the 'Miss Julie Suite'. I enjoy both and like the work so much (especially the beautiful end of the first movement) that I'm glad to have both recordings. I don't think that you'll be disappointed with either.

[Irons]

Munchinger outperforms Lennox Berkeley in his own performance on Lyrita of the scintillating Serenade.

[ritter]

Darius Milhaud's String Octet (which is SQs No. 14 & 15 played simultaneously—all three works carry the opus number 291), SQs No. 14 and 15, and other works for SQ.



From the complete set by the Quatour Parisii (joined by the Quatuor Manfred for the Octet):

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[vandermolen]

Munchinger outperforms Lennox Berkeley in his own performance on Lyrita of the scintillating Serenade.

What an interesting LP! The Serenade by Berkeley is a lovely work.

[Draško]

[Omicron9]

Mahler 2: Gergiev/Munich.  CD ordered!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY1un5Iquus

[Traverso]

What an interesting LP! The Serenade by Berkeley is a lovely work.

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