What are you listening to now?

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As to,Carl Nielsen! My recent purchase of the,deleted,4 cd,Sony box set of Bernstein and Ormandy conducting Nielsen (see below) and Gibson's recording of Nielsen's Fourth (I had the RCA Lp,as a youngster) has converted me to the Nielsen cause!! (Not that I didn't like his music,before!).

Excellent! We need more Nielsenites on this forum.

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Excellent! We need more Nielsenites on this forum.

Count me in John and I have that set. Ormandy's recording of Symphony 6 is my favourite and, separately, I've been enjoying Barbirolli conducting Symphony 5.

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Count me in John and I have that set. Ormandy's recording of Symphony 6 is my favourite and, separately, I've been enjoying Barbirolli conducting Symphony 5.

Great stuff, Jeffrey.

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Tubin: Symphony No. 6 [Jarvi]





This work is quite a turbulent affair. It is filled with drama and tension and it is somewhat disconcerting in its relentlessness. Its somewhat episodic presentation adds greatly to the edginess and tension throughout as does the timpani and the rhythmic piano patterns when the surface. The level of intensity never really lags either thereby perpetuating the menacing tone. Even the pastoral passage in the final movement is disconcerting with its somewhat eerie and plaintive tone. The work has a powerful presence to it.

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Interesting Dave. I have a very limited amount of his music in my collection and I have found it to be engaging.

Hi Aligreto - I have nearly a dozen Dussek discs - checkout the Dussek Thread which is short but has been growing recently.  As to the KB Sonatas, other than the Brilliant series, also own a set w/ Markus Becker (CPO, modern piano - quite good); Staier also has recorded a CD.  As to Piano Concertos, own 2 CDs, one w/ Shelley (who recorded another) and one w/ Staier - there is a String Quartet recording (discussed in the thread); and finally, Dussek's Piano Trios disc is excellent (in the thread, also) - hope this gets you started.  Dave

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Tubin
Sinfonietta on Estonian Motifs
Piano Concertino
Symphony No. 7
Roland Pöntinen, piano
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

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Well,after listening to this cd (which is still playing) this afternoon,I had a sudden,uncontrollable,compulsion to buy two more cd's of William Mathias!! The Lyrita cd of the Concertos (which I did,once, own) and the Somm cd of Piano Concertos 1 & 2 ,and the VW Fantasy)!! (More expense!! ). I must admit,I'm not so mad,on Hoddinott! Some of his music is quite interesting. I did quite like the Sixth (which I have on a Chandos cassette) but I never feel that much of an urge to go back to his music. As to,Carl Nielsen! My recent purchase of the,deleted,4 cd,Sony box set of Bernstein and Ormandy conducting Nielsen (see below) and Gibson's recording of Nielsen's Fourth (I had the RCA Lp,as a youngster) has converted me to the Nielsen cause!! (Not that I didn't like his music,before!).

You must have the highest statistic for a member who has once owned CDs, moved them on and subsequently bought them again 

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Excellent! We need more Nielsenites on this forum.

I have planned a Nielsen symphonic cycle listening session in the near future.

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I have planned a Nielsen symphonic cycle listening session in the near future.

Excellent! Are you going to do one conductor's complete survey or are you going to mix-and-match different performances?

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You must have the highest statistic for a member who has once owned CDs, moved them on and subsequently bought them again 

I know I did this with my Schnittke collection before realizing "Man, I love this composer's music --- I finally get it!" A costly mistake on my part.

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Hi Aligreto - I have nearly a dozen Dussek discs - checkout the Dussek Thread which is short but has been growing recently.  As to the KB Sonatas, other than the Brilliant series, also own a set w/ Markus Becker (CPO, modern piano - quite good); Staier also has recorded a CD.  As to Piano Concertos, own 2 CDs, one w/ Shelley (who recorded another) and one w/ Staier - there is a String Quartet recording (discussed in the thread); and finally, Dussek's Piano Trios disc is excellent (in the thread, also) - hope this gets you started.  Dave

Cheers Dave and thank you for the link. I have that Staier CD that you mentioned along with another Brilliant CD featuring Hummel/Duddek/Onslow. I will investigate the Thread.

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Excellent! Are you going to do one conductor's complete survey or are you going to mix-and-match different performances?

I plan a mix-and-match survey with all of the different performances that I have in my collection.

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I know I did this with my Schnittke collection before realizing "Man, I love this composer's music --- I finally get it!" A costly mistake on my part.

I have had the urge to do this in the past but have resisted knowing that my tastes have changed over the years.

[cilgwyn]

Roger Sacheverell Coke,Violin Sonata No1,on this excellent,EM cd!

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I plan a mix-and-match survey with all of the different performances that I have in my collection.

Sounds like a good plan to me.

I have had the urge to do this in the past but have resisted knowing that my tastes have changed over the years.

I've certainly learned from my mistakes and this particular error cost me as not only were many of the recordings difficult to track down as they were OOP, but several of them were rather expensive.

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I've certainly learned from my mistakes and this particular error cost me as not only were many of the recordings difficult to track down as they were OOP, but several of them were rather expensive.

Yes, that unfortunately tends to happen as the years pass by.

[Todd]

Disc three.  The disc opens with one of at least nine extant recordings of Op 13 by the pianist, here from 1940.  (I'll have to scrounge around my collection, but I think I have six of them.)  This one is lighter and swifter and more agile than the later studio sets.  Kempff does do the slower than normal opening movement followed by a slightly quick slow movement, though the closing Rondo is quick and energetic.  Nice.  Op 26 follows, and Kempff delivers a well-nigh perfect Andante and variations.  Here Kempff plays quick movement on the quicker side and slow movement on the slower side.  Were the Allegro molto just a both tighter and quicker, it would be perfecter yet, so it stays on the same level.  The funeral march is sensibly placed and could use broader dynamics, but that is again down to the recording, and the Allegro is swell.  Der Mondschein is exceptionally good.  A not too slow but atmospheric Adagio sostenuto, a perfectly paced Allegretto, and a vibrant Presto agitato make one wish that Kempff would have been able to record to tape at the time.  The disc closes with Op 53.  Kempff plays the Allegro con brio with ample brio, though there are a few rough patches.  The playing is easily good enough so that it doesn't matter.  The Introduzione offers a serious respite before the vigorous enough Rondo.  This is probably the best of the versions I've heard from Kempff, but there are at least other three earlier versions I've not heard.  It might be difficult to remedy that. 

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Sounds like a good plan to me.

I've certainly learned from my mistakes and this particular error cost me as not only were many of the recordings difficult to track down as they were OOP, but several of them were rather expensive.

I've always rather liked Alexander Gibson's Nielsen recordings (symphonies 4,5 and tone poems).

[Todd]

String Quartet #1.  The Barchet sound stylistically old-fashioned and conservative, but they play nicely enough.  MP3 sound is perfectly fine for 50s/early-60s cycle.  It'll probably end up the best one buck Mozart string quartet cycle I ever buy.