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[val]

SHOSTAKOVITCH:    Symphony n. 4               / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kondrashin

Powerful version of one of the most complex works of Shostakovitch.

[Conor71]

Gustav Mahler--Symphony No.6 in A Minor {"Tragic"} and Symphony No.9 in D Major. Both works are performed by the Leonard Bernstein led New York Philharmonic.

How are you liking the Bernstein set so far GK?


I will join you - now playing Symphony No. 6 from the same box:


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[Lisztianwagner]

I can't get enough of this box lately.  Every performance is outstanding.

+1

[SonicMan46]

Mozart - Symphonies w/ Hogwood & friends - still working on this 19 CD box - MUCH more that just the 'numbered' symphonies w/ many early works dating from his teenage years (and before) - excellent liner notes -

[Karl Henning]

It's all Ray's (and Cato's) fault:

Taneyev
Symphony № 1 in e minor (1873-4, published 1948)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valery Polyansky

[Opus106]

Maiden Lutosławski Listen Monday (MLLM!)

Henri Dutilleux: Métaboles

Witold Lutosławski: Concerto for cello and orchestra

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major

Miklós Perényi
Berliner Philharmoniker | Simon Rattle

Philharmonie, Berlin
20 February, 2013

[Karl Henning]

. . . Drove to work in the dark due to the time change.

Aye, like Baggins, we hates it forever; although I did find myself thinking, that if the sky had not been overcast to-day, there would yet have been some light in the sky : )

[North Star]

Maiden Lutosławski Listen Monday (MLLM!)

Henri Dutilleux: Métaboles

Witold Lutosławski: Concerto for cello and orchestra

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major

Miklós Perényi
Berliner Philharmoniker | Simon Rattle

Philharmonie, Berlin
20 February, 2013

Evening, Nav!
All of them first listenings? Even the Schumann?
What do you think of the pieces?

Thread duty:
Dvorak
Slavonic Dances, Opp. 46 & 72
Peter Toperczer; Marián Lapsanský
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[Opus106]

Evening, Nav!
All of them first listenings? Even the Schumann?
What do you think of the pieces?

You too, Karlo! It's a Maiden Listen specifically for Lutosławski, whose music I haven't listened to before (or so I seem to be remember). Métaboles was my intro to Dutilleux, and it's certainly a sound riot, in a good sense, when I'm in the mood. As for the Schumann, I know I must have heard it before, but I can't recollect a note of it.

[Brian]

(* taps foot impatiently *)

All right all right I shall celebrate Russian symphonies month by listening to



THE WHOLE BOX

First-ever listens to 3, 4, 6, and 7 coming up 

[Opus106]

Maiden Lutosławski Listen Monday (MLLM!)

Witold Lutosławski: Concerto for cello and orchestra

Miklós Perényi
Berliner Philharmoniker | Simon Rattle

Philharmonie, Berlin
20 February, 2013

It's a Maiden Listen specifically for Lutosławski, whose music I haven't listened to before (or so I seem to be remember).

It's my habit when I listen to new music, to read something about the piece (the way it came about, it's structure (in layman's terms) etc.) and the composer too, if (s)he is new also. But fortunately, that was delayed by a few minutes (not intentionally, of course) for this concerto, as the opening turned out to be full of sonic surprises. This is a piece that I will certainly return to in the near future.

[TheGSMoeller]

All right all right I shall celebrate Russian symphonies month by listening to



THE WHOLE BOX

First-ever listens to 3, 4, 6, and 7 coming up 

Good set to start off with. Solid from beginning to (original) end. 

[Karl Henning]

It's all Ray's (and Cato's) fault:

Taneyev
Symphony № 1 in e minor (1873-4, published 1948)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valery Polyansky

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Very cool! The finale's first theme is one of the carols which Stravinsky employs in Petrushka.

[Karl Henning]

. . . and I'll bet Ray or Cato tried to tell me that, once upon a time : )

[Karl Henning]

Maiden-Listen Mondays:

And what is it with these Symphonies n^os. 1 in e minor? . . .

Николай Андреевич [ Nikolai Andreyevich (Rimsky-Korsakov) ]
Симфония № 1 ми минор, соч. 1 [ Symphony № 1 in e minor, Opus 1 ]
Bergen Philharmonic
Dmitri Kitaenko

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[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

All right all right I shall celebrate Russian symphonies month by listening to



THE WHOLE BOX

First-ever listens to 3, 4, 6, and 7 coming up 

I started to appreciate Kitajenko's performances more, as when I heard them for the first time.

[PaulR]

When I was exercising on Elliptical:

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Symphony #5 in D Minor "Funebre" and the first movement of Symphony #7 "Sinfonia Romantica"

[listener]

TELEMANN: Don Quixote Suite,  Suites in G, in C, Dance Suite (Concerto à 4)
Rouen Chamber Orchestra    Albert Beaucamp, cond.
not HIP but they get the spirit right, Laurence Boulay is the harpsichord continuo.
BEETHOVEN - LISZT   Symphony no 9 for 2 pianos, 4 hands
LISZT Festival Cantata for piano 4 hands
Richard and John Contiguglia, pianists

[Karl Henning]

Maiden-Listen Mondays!

Corelli
Concerto grosso in C, Op.6 № 10
The Avison Ensemble

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[Opus106]

BEETHOVEN - LISZT   Symphony no 9 for 2 pianos, 4 hands

That's new! I wonder how often this version has been recorded. An extra piano will certainly come in handy!