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[Moonfish]

Beethoven: Symphony No 3      Chicago SO/Reiner




CPE Bach: Piano Works      Markovina

Cd 9 from
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[Que]

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Pretty awesome IMO.

Q

[listener]

MENDELSSOHN:  Psalms CXV Nicht unserm Namen op. 31, XCVIII Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, op. 91   Lauda Sion op. 73
Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Gulbenkian Foundation of Lisbon
Michel Corboz, cond.
Quite splendid!
BERGER: Polyphony for Orchestra, SURINACH: La Feria Mágica  Meyer KUPFERMAN: Symphony no.4       
Louisville Orchestra   Robert Whitney, cond.
Coming up: vol. 19 in the Johann STRAUSS II set on Marco Polo with a Quadrille on Auber's Le Premier Jour de Bonheur

[Sergeant Rock]

Beethoven String Quartet A minor op.132 played by the Hagen Quartett




Sarge

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

This symphony invariably inspires for me thoughts of home, Eastman School, Highland Park, lilacs, Lake Ontario - all of which it has absolutely nothing to do with!   Attn: Ken B. - VT disliked it, saying "it is as standardized in expression as it is eclectic in style. Not a surprise from beginning to end, nor any adventure."  No, not an adventure, but don't need one today, thanks.  (But was good enough for Goldsmith to rip-off as credit music for Alien!  The composer was unhappy about it, chose not to pursue legal recourse).

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[king ubu]

Another round of Heifetz .... the first two actually last night already, but I just squeezed in "Heifetz Encores" for a second round, before the Chausson/Conus (who that, btw?):




BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 3

William Kapell (p)
(rec. 1950)

WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise brillante No. 1
HÄNDEL: Sonata HWV 371

Emanuel Bay (p)
(rec. 1950)




Encores by Wieniawski, Schubert, Drigo, Mendelssohn, Poulenc, Debussy, Dinicu, Sarasate, Ponce, Rachmaninov, Kroll, Achron, Godowsky (1946/47 and 1949/50 w/Emanuel Bay) as well as Khachaturian (one piece from 1954 w/Brooks Smith)




BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1

London Symphony Orchestra/Malcolm Sargent
(rec. 1951)

SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Sonata No. 1

Emanuel Bay (p)
(rec. 1950)




SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Beecham
(rec. 1935)

CHAUSSON: Violin Concerto

Jesús María Sanromá (p), Musical Art Quartet
(rec. 1941)




TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto

Philharmonia Orchestra/Walter Susskind
(rec. 1950)

SINDING: Suite in the Old Style for Violin and Orchestra Op. 10
RAVEL: Tzigane Stanley Chaloupka (harp)

Los Angeles Philharmonic/Alfred Wallenstein
(rec. 1953)




CHAUSSON: Poème
CONUS: Violin Concerto

RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra/Itzler Solomon
(rec. 1952)




KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto

Los Angeles Philharmonic/Alfred Wallenstein
(rec. 1953)

LALO: Symphonie espagnole

RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra/William Steinberg
(rec. 1951)




DOHNÁNYI: Serenade for Violin, Viola and Cello Op. 10

William Primrose (vla), Emanuel Feuermann (vc)
(rec. 1941)

GRUENBERG: Violin Concerto

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Monteux
(rec. 1945)




BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 2
WIENIAWSKI: Violin Concerto No. 2

RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra/Itzler Solomon
(rec. 1954)




Encores by Brahms, Bennett, Shulman, Khachaturian, Paganini, Sgambati (Brooks Smith-p, rec. 1954-56), Kroll, Stravinsky, Ravel, Shostakovich, Debussy, Dinicu (Emanuel Bay-p, rec. 1947/50) as well as Saint-Saëns' "Havanaïse" (RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra/William Steinberg, rec. 1951)

[Madiel]

Holmboe's Piano Concerto arrived on my doorstep this morning.

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EDIT: This is, indeed, as a review of the premiere said, a mix of Bartok with something rather lyrical in the first movement (which is not necessarily where you'd expect to find it). This was in 1941, so before Bartok's third concerto was written.

[EigenUser]

Walter Piston's hyper-American-sounding Violin Concerto No. 1, Spotify. It reminds me a lot of Borodin's 2nd symphony (which, oddly enough, sounds American to me).
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Why haven't I bothered trying Spotify before?? I love it. I have a 30-day free trial for the premium (no ads) and since I'm a student (or, will be in a few weeks), I can get the student discount for $4.99 a month! I have my good speakers attached wireless-ly using my AirPort Express router and the Spotify app I downloaded is able to stream to the router. No more listening to YouTube with laptop speakers for new things, or downloading the mp3 from YouTube so I can play it through iTunes and use the good speakers.

EDIT: Finished Korngold VC, now finally listening to Bruckner 7! Then maybe Lontano .
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[Brian]

Just chillin' with Martinu arabesques arranged for accordion and cello.



This is fun!

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphonies 43 & 44, Hogwood and the AAM




Sarge

[Ken B]

This symphony invariably inspires for me thoughts of home, Eastman School, Highland Park, lilacs, Lake Ontario - all of which it has absolutely nothing to do with!   Attn: Ken B. - VT disliked it, saying "it is as standardized in expression as it is eclectic in style. Not a surprise from beginning to end, nor any adventure."  No, not an adventure, but don't need one today, thanks.  (But was good enough for Goldsmith to rip-off as credit music for Alien!  The composer was unhappy about it, chose not to pursue legal recourse).

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Hanson's Romantic? VT nailed it.

[TheGSMoeller]

Just chillin' with Martinu arabesques arranged for accordion and cello.



This is fun!

I need this! I love classical music on accordion. 

[The new erato]

"A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't."

― Tom Waits

[Ken B]

I need this! I love classical music on accordion. 

We live in the golden age of the accordion!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LAv8kVhR4U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri_bNZyMd30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viomyLw9p4w

[Brian]

I need this! I love classical music on accordion. 

Are you familiar with Ksenija Sidorova? I think that's her name. Anyway, Champs Hill Records has a bona fide Accordion Babe, and wow can she play.

[Brian]

Here ya go, Greg!

http://www.youtube.com/v/HxdO3ltRFGw

[Que]

Wow, the efect of using a harpsichord instead of a piano is much stronger than I thought.
It more clearly distances the music from the Classical and Romantic era  it produces a more astranged, eery, and by consequence modernistic feel. My wife just walked in a described it as "a harpsichord on steroids"....  

More about this recording:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/apr04/Bartok_Dreyfus.htm

Q

[Moonfish]

Telemann: Die Tageszeiten    Freiburger Vokalensemble/Collegium Musicum Freiburg/Schäfer

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from the excellent:
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[SonicMan46]

Dussek, Jan (1760-1812) - Fortepiano Works w/ Alena Hönigová playing a restored Broadwood FP (original or restoration dates not provided) - the disc comes in a 'wallet foldout' w/ the front cover art on the left; booklet art in the middle; and the pianist on the right - I like the piano and the performances although a little reverberant - I cannot find a single review on the web, so not sure how others might feel about the disc - but complements my other keyboard recordings by this composer and adds another fortepiano disc to my collection.  Dave


   

[Que]

Interesting,  Dave! 

What is the label?

Q