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[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Medea Suite. Great!

[HIPster]

Spending some time with this recording ~
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Review by amazon's Giordano Bruno pretty much say it all.   

Really excellent performance!

[San Antone]

Oboe and Orchestra

[André]

Schubert: the Ninth Symphony. Les Musiciens du Louvre, under Marc Minkowski. Good playing, but nothing sensational. Rythmically dull, an impression magnified by the observance of all those repeats  zzzzzz....

[pi2000]

Rita Gorr
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[San Antone]

101 for orchestra

[Moonfish]

Corelli:
Violin Sonatas Op. 5 Nos 1-11               
Sonate a violino e violincello o cimbalo Op. 5 (Rome, 1700)
Dedicated to Electress Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg
Baudet/ter Linden/Fentross/Belder

Delightful! This little Brilliant Classics box is proving to be a treasure trove of Corelli's works.

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[ritter]

Listening to the miraculous recording of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande conducted by Désormière in occupied Paris in 1941:

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I had this in its incarnation on the Documents label (with their usual poor, no-frills presentation), but saw a sealed copy (dirt cheap) of the sumptuos production by the now defunct Andante label and grabbed it. This album also includes excerpts of the opera (conducted by Wolff and Coppola) recorded even earlier than Désormiere world première effort, and which might be interesting.

[San Antone]

Listening to the miraculous recording of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande conducted by Désormière in occupied Paris in 1941:

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I had this in its incarnation on the Documents label (with their usual poor, no-frills presentation), but saw a sealed copy (dirt cheap) of the sumptuos production by the now defunct Andante label and grabbed it. This album also includes excerpts of the opera (conducted by Wolff and Coppola) recorded even earlier than Désormiere world première effort, and which might be interesting.

I've got that same recording.  Love the work.

[bhodges]

Dvořák: Symphony No. 8; Janáček: Suite from Jenůfa (Honeck/Pittsburgh) - Outstanding performances of both. In my book, the Dvořák is one of the best out there - sweetly conceived, magnificently played, and stunningly recorded - and the suite (arranged by Honeck and Tomás Ille) is excellent, too. I've heard much about Honeck, but this recording (and his Bruckner 4, also with Pittsburgh) are my first experiences with his work.

I suspect the biggest surprise for some will be just how well the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is playing these days.

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--Bruce

[Florestan]

the arrangement for choir, soloists, cello, harp and organ is very fine.  have you heard it?

No, I haven´t, but sounds interesting. Is there any specific performance I should check out?

[Gurn Blanston]

Schubert: the Ninth Symphony. Les Musiciens du Louvre, under Marc Minkowski. Good playing, but nothing sensational. Rythmically dull, an impression magnified by the observance of all those repeats  zzzzzz....

Try Sinopoli; he kicks ass and takes names! 

[listener]

BUXTEHUDE   vol. 4 of the series on Da Capo by Bine Bryndorf, here at
St. Gertrud,  German Church of Stockholm
a'= 467Hz at 20ºC.  (will not be affected by any difference in temperature at the listener's location)
ELGAR:  Sea Pictures       The Music Makers
Felicity Palmer,  London Symphony Chorus (Music Makers only)  London Symphony Orch.,
Richard Hickox, cond.

[Moonfish]

Monteverdi and His Time            Laurens/Capriccio Stravagante/Sempé

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[San Antone]

No, I haven´t, but sounds interesting. Is there any specific performance I should check out?

This is the one I've heard.  It also has the same work by Gounod, which is very nice as well.

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[Ken B]

Playing my various Seon discs (mostly to convince myself I have enough already without getting the giant SEON box)

No All. I have enough Seon already. Find your own damn excuse!

[EigenUser]

Haydn The Seasons (Spring)
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[Gurn Blanston]

Haydn The Seasons (Spring)
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Oops, I was looking for the 'Favorite' button... 

+1

[NJ Joe]

Metamorphosen

[André]

Bruckner: symphony no 5. Württemburgische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Roberto Paternostro. The hyper long reverb plays tricks in the coda of the work. Brass lines are mostly blurred and buried in the mass of sound. Very imprressive, but I  prefer something clearer (Klemperer is my benchmark in that long, difficult to balance coda). It's the first time I find that the reverb detracts somewhat from the enjoyment. Symphonies 0-4 are uniformly excellent, achieving greatness in places. At the price (12$) this 11-disc set is unbeatable.