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Lorin in Pittsburgh!

Sibelius
Symphony № 4 in a minor, Op.63
Pittsburgh Symphony
Maazel

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Tasty!

Karl, what do you think of Maazel's traversal of Sibelius in Pittsburgh? I'm not too crazy about Maazel's Vienna cycle, but haven't heard this Pittsburgh one (yet).

[Karl Henning]

Karl, what do you think of Maazel's traversal of Sibelius in Pittsburgh? I'm not too crazy about Maazel's Vienna cycle, but haven't heard this Pittsburgh one (yet).

The band sound rich and wonderful;  and the interpretation I find very satisfying.  I have not done a comparison with the Vienna set, for which I have fond feelings (it was that recording which illumined the Fourth Symphony for me, e.g.)

[NikF]

Whenever you're ready! 

From the Martinon/CSO box - Mennin: Symphony No. 7.
Well, that was incredible. I'd never heard anything quite like that before. Wonderful. And it has reminded me of how I'm finding more and more music now becoming accessible to me. My frame of reference continues to slowly expand.

Excellent! Don't forget to listen to the Helios Overture as well. Great stuff.

Definitely. Just about half of the contents of that box are waiting for me to listen to them for the first time. Pleasures to be slowly savoured!

[listener]

MAHLER:  Symphony no. 5
Boston S.O./ Leinsdorf    1963 recording
like Reger with ADHD
may hear live tonight, at least Sibelius' The Bard will be on the program
recovery mode: Le Violon Vagabond
VLADIGEROV: Horo (Paraphrases bulgares) op, 18   SARASATE: Carmen Fantasy op. 25  FROLOV: Pièce en style de blues, SHCHEDRIN: Imitation d'Albeniz, RAJNA: Tarantulla, KROLL: Banjo and Violin and more
Graf Mourja, violin  Nataila Gros, pianno

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The band sound rich and wonderful;  and the interpretation I find very satisfying.  I have not done a comparison with the Vienna set, for which I have fond feelings (it was that recording which illumined the Fourth Symphony for me, e.g.)

Sounds great, Karl. I'll definitely have to listen to some of this set (probably tonight at some point).

[ritter]

And now for something completely different  :

Listening to the Quatrième Entrée, "Les Sauvages", from J.-Ph. Rameau's Les Indes Galantes. J.-F. Paillard conducts his orchestra, a chorus from Valence and vocal soloists Jennifer Smith, Louis Devos, Philippe Huttenlocher and John Elves.

From this set:

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Listening to the Piano Concerto. Certainly one of most impressive non-European concerti I've heard.

[king ubu]

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[Todd]

[aligreto]

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29 & 30 / Kempff....

[Madiel]

Good to see that it's still priced like a true BIS bargain - 6 CDs (361.5 minutes, as per Amazon) for the price of 5 CDs. 

The price of the Holmboe string quartets box has plummeted, but that was a reissue (and Da Capo). I think the symphonies box came out not that long after the last individual disc did, so it's now old, and not that common.

[Ken B]

Mahler 6
NYPO Bernstein
From the Symphony box

Update. What a weak, sloppy, bombastic performance.

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Listening to Kullervo, Op. 15. Great work and performance.

[San Antone]

Beautiful sounding recording by Michele Campanella released during the 2011 Liszt bicentennial along with dozens of other recordings.  This one may have gotten lost in the shuffle but it is unique for a couple of reasons.  First the selections all come from the last period of Liszt's career, most of them rarely included in a Liszt program.  And second, Campanella plays a Bechstein once belonging to Liszt, and the recorded ambiance places you, as the sole Amazon reviewer says, in the room pictured on the cover.

[EigenUser]

Listened to a lot of good stuff today while working:
-Schumann's Kreisleriana (which promptly got stuck in my head, particularly the ending)
-Schumann's Kinderszenen
-Dvorak's Dumky Trio
-Ligeti's Horn Trio
-Martinu's Double Concerto

[San Antone]

Wow.

[Ken B]

Listened to a lot of good stuff today while working:
-Schumann's Kreisleriana (which promptly got stuck in my head, particularly the ending)
-Schumann's Kinderszenen
-Dvorak's Dumky Trio
-Martinu's Double Concerto

Oh, sure. But your Dad, who gave you life, who paid for your upbringing, he gets Turangalilla!



I listened to Coptic Light, sorta. It was at work with headphones, not paying much attention. I didn't like it but I'll give it a real listen next time.

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-Martinu's Double Concerto

That's a fantastic work, Nate. What performance did you listen to?

[San Antone]

https://www.youtube.com/v/Hvx60OU4bxU

Franz Liszt : "Hungarian Rhapsody" for violin and piano
Clara Cernat, violin
Thierry Huillet, piano,
Original version by Liszt for violin and piano
(after his XIIth Hungarian Rhapsody for piano solo)
Video directed by Nicolas KAUFFMANN
Sound engineer : Jérôme HALLAY

Excellent.

[NJ Joe]

Really enjoying the 5th from this: