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[SonicMan46]

Hindemith, Paul - Chamber Works - some fun recordings with all sorts of quirky instrument combinations -     Dave

   

[Harry]

Ethel Smyth.
Orchestral Works.
Recorded: 1995 at Studio 7 New Broadcasting House, Manchester, UK.
See for further details back cover.

It is by now well known, that I am an admirer of her music, all the way. I bought this CD when it was released, and return after many years back to this gorgeous disc. Were there is so much music, this production stands out as a bright star, dazzling one's ears. A good solid performance and SOTA sound.

[Roasted Swan]

Ethel Smyth.
Orchestral Works.
Recorded: 1995 at Studio 7 New Broadcasting House, Manchester, UK.
See for further details back cover.

It is by now well known, that I am an admirer of her music, all the way. I bought this CD when it was released, and return after many years back to this gorgeous disc. Were there is so much music, this production stands out as a bright star, dazzling one's ears. A good solid performance and SOTA sound.

Harry - our tastes are aligned on so much!  Sadly with Ethel Smyth much less so...... I find much to admire in her sheer determination and perserverance but strikingly little in terms of real musical inspiration.  For a political/social radical she is a musical conservative I reckon.

[Harry]

Harry - our tastes are aligned on so much!  Sadly with Ethel Smyth much less so...... I find much to admire in her sheer determination and perserverance but strikingly little in terms of real musical inspiration.  For a political/social radical she is a musical conservative I reckon.

Well that's okay my friend, we match in much of the musical choices we make, so no harm done!   I will not say that her music is unique, it is conservative even, but her perseverance in trying to build a coherent and accessible portal in her musical thinking, is what draws me to her. So yes, not groundbreaking music but still brightness that oozes out of every pore, which I call musical inspiration.

[Todd]

[Spotted Horses]

Rachmaninoff, Piano Sonata No 2, Ashkenazy



In find myself disappointed. I have trouble recognizing the musical themes that inhabit the sensuous musical texture. Can't complain about Ashkenazy, but Decca gives him surprisingly muddy, clangy sound. I was surprised to check the recording data and find that the recording was made in 1980.

Did a spot check of Shelley, who I also have on my shelves. Did not make a strong impression. Which version do people like best? I've decided to try Ruth Laredo, based on my positive impression of her Scriabin recordings.

[ritter]

From CD 1 (of two) included in this book on Victor de Sabata that arrived today...



Bits and pieces from a performance of Tristano e Isotta (in Italian) at La Scala on December 11, 1930. Ebe Stignani sings Brangäne's warning quite nicely, but she's recorded quite distantly. The value of this snippet, though, lies in the immediacy of the string writing, which shines through the primitive recording. Quite seductive, tbh. Then we get fragments Act III (including the end of the Liebestod). The sound is so bad, alas, that one cannot tell whether this was an outstanding or disastrous performance...

Next is the tone poem Juventus, by de Sabata himself. This is a studio recording from 1934 with the EIAR Orchestra. Very Straussian is the first impression I get (the piece is new to me). Quite nice, actually.

The disc ends with a 1939 Brahms Fourth with the Berlin Philharmonic.

[Symphonic Addict]

Braunfels's orchestral songs from these CDs:

[Roasted Swan]

Rachmaninoff, Piano Sonata No 2, Ashkenazy



In find myself disappointed. I have trouble recognizing the musical themes that inhabit the sensuous musical texture. Can't complain about Ashkenazy, but Decca gives him surprisingly muddy, clangy sound. I was surprised to check the recording data and find that the re

Rachmaninoff, Piano Sonata No 2, Ashkenazy



In find myself disappointed. I have trouble recognizing the musical themes that inhabit the sensuous musical texture. Can't complain about Ashkenazy, but Decca gives him surprisingly muddy, clangy sound. I was surprised to check the recording data and find that the recording was made in 1980.

Did a spot check of Shelley, who I also have on my shelves. Did not make a strong impression. Which version do people like best? I've decided to try Ruth Laredo, based on my positive impression of her Scriabin recordings.

cording was made in 1980.

Did a spot check of Shelley, who I also have on my shelves. Did not make a strong impression. Which version do people like best? I've decided to try Ruth Laredo, based on my positive impression of her Scriabin recordings.

This version by Emre Yavuz absolutely blew me away - its quite individual and personal but it worked for me.....

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 3in D Minor, 1877 Version Ed. Leopld Nowak (with Scherzo coda) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

[AnotherSpin]