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[val]

SHOSTAKOVITCH:          Symphony no 11            / MPO, Kondrashin

I like the version of Barchai, but Kondrashin is superior, more intense and dramatic.

[Sergeant Rock]

Roger Sessions Symphony #5, Christian Badea conducting the Columbus (Ohio) Symphony Orchestra




Sarge

[TheGSMoeller]

Maybe THE best Russian composer:
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Fixed! 

What are your thoughts on Levine's 5th, Philo? I personally love it, full of energy.

[jlaurson]

  Kurt Weill
Zaubernacht (Magic Night)
Children's Pantomime
Arte Ensemble
CPO
German link - UK link
Never been a fan of Weill much... nor likely to become one... but this Dance Suite (effectively) is marvelous.

[TheGSMoeller]

  Kurt Weill
Zaubernacht (Magic Night)
Children's Pantomime
Arte Ensemble
CPO
German link - UK link
Never been a fan of Weill much... nor likely to become one... but this Dance Suite (effectively) is marvelous.

So a fan of Weill, like myself, should easily find it to be marvelous, you think?

[jlaurson]

So a fan of Weill, like myself, should easily find it to be marvelous, you think?

Well, yes... but perhaps not for the reason for which you are otherwise a Weill-fan. I like this especially for its playful side, seemingly devoid of all ideology, musical or political. The worst you could say about it (I wouldn't, but I could see why) is that it's a tad on the harmless side. But then it's for little children, for chrissake. :-)

[Karl Henning]

"Papa"
Concerto in E^b for trumpet (H.VIIe/1)
Martin Berinbaum, tp
English Chamber Orchestra
Johanes Somary

[Todd]

Starting in on this week's Mozart sonata cycle. 

[Pat B]

Last night: Ravel piano works 1 - Laplante
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After following the Gaspard thread I ended up buying a version nobody had even mentioned.

Now: Haydn - Cerasi
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These two discs have some of the worst graphic design in my library. Good music though.

[Gurn Blanston]

Now: Haydn - Cerasi
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These two discs have some of the worst graphic design in my library. Good music though.

One of my favorite Haydn keyboard disks. I like the way that she mixes up the keyboards; that usually done over a bigger set than 1 disk, but is still effective even on a smaller scale. Plus, she can really play! 

Worst graphic design? Do you mean because the mirror-imaged my avatar? 

Thread duty;
Nothing musical. I'm listening to people talk on a conference call. Life sucks sometimes.   

[Mandryka]

I'm listening to this through spotify. Does the booklet contain interesting essays about the performance and the music? If so I  may well buy the CD.

[Pat B]

One of my favorite Haydn keyboard disks. I like the way that she mixes up the keyboards; that usually done over a bigger set than 1 disk, but is still effective even on a smaller scale. Plus, she can really play! 

Worst graphic design? Do you mean because the mirror-imaged my avatar? 

Actually I think one of your posts alerted me to that disc - thanks. FWIW it also got a very good writeup in the Gramophone book, which seems unusual for a relatively small label.

LOL about your avatar and the cover. I do like the art but not the typography. It's not as bad as the Elan Ravel cover though.

I just finished H.XVI/19. I've seen a lot of criticism of recorded sound of clavichord but this sounds great, at least on headphones.

Most importantly, I really like her playing here though I don't have a reference.

[Gurn Blanston]

Actually I think one of your posts alerted me to that disc - thanks. FWIW it also got a very good writeup in the Gramophone book, which seems unusual for a relatively small label.

LOL about your avatar and the cover. I do like the art but not the typography. It's not as bad as the Elan Ravel cover though.

I just finished H.XVI/19. I've seen a lot of criticism of recorded sound of clavichord but this sounds great, at least on headphones.

Most importantly, I really like her playing here though I don't have a reference.

You're welcome. Delighted you enjoyed it. Cerasi is a specialist in Classical Era solo keyboard music, she has a few more disks out there, although my mind isn't functioning properly right now to remember much about them.

Yes, the typography is pretty plain. I would expect that clavichord would sound good on headphones (don't know, don't use them), the main problem with the recorded sound being identical to the main problem with the instrument in live performance; it is made for Pat B to sit in the performance place alone and auto-entertain. Audiences are right out!  So if you turn it up loud enough to really hear it, along with that comes the variety of mechanical sounds that make it work. I always encourage people to nut up and turn the volume down and listen harder. Of course, phones may be the solution that I never considered.

[CaughtintheGaze]

Fixed! 

What are your thoughts on Levine's 5th, Philo? I personally love it, full of energy.

Really enjoyed it. It was truly aided by the CSO brass. I also really liked the pairing with No.1.

[SonicMan46]

Schubert, Franz - String Quintet & Quartets 14/15 w/ Belcea Quartet & Valentin Erben - new acquisition -

[Dancing Divertimentian]

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[Karl Henning]

“Papa”
Symphony № 59 in A, « Fire » Hob.I/59
Esterházy Orchestra
David Blum

[madaboutmahler]

Good evening, all!

Earlier:
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All the Slavonic Dances. Such special, fantastic works which I love so very much!

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Sinfonia da Requiem. Such an outstanding work.

[listener]

COPLAND: A Lincoln Portrait     Quiet City     Our Town    An Outdoor Overture
Utah Symphony Orch.      Maurice Abravanel, cond.      Charlton Heston, narr. in the Lincoln
ORFF: Carmina Burana
Czech Philharmonic Orch., Czech Singers Choir,  Vaclav Smetacek, cond.
ZELLER:  Der Vogelhändler - highlights
Anneliese Rothenberger, Walter Berry, etc.  Vienna Volksoper Chorus
Willi Boskovsky, cond.