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[listener]

Are there any other recordings besides Conlon and Masur?

Louisville LS-703 (vinyl) had Bruch 2 with Jorge Mester and the Louisville Orch.  with Rietz: Concert Overture op. 7
Today these were hard to resist in my b&m's used bin, so I didn't:
GINASTERA: Glosses on Themes of Pablo Casals op. 46 for string quartet & string orch., and op. 48 for orchestra; d'INDY: Symphony 3 and Souvenirs; CHABRIER: 2 discs of piano music.
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That Ginastera recording (w/ Giselle Ben-Dor conducting the LSO) is fantastic. Enjoy!

[Jo498]

Thank you; I bought it on the strength of the Harnoncourt performances in this recent purchase....

The Paris set is in some respects even better than those: Recorded sound and very colorful playing but it is also somewhat more controversial, e.g. in tempi and some mannerisms.

It's probably my favorite #83 and the others are all interesting to very good. In any case with their sometimes slowish tempi, attention to detail and big colorful sound they are very different from e.g. Kuijken's or Weil's and probably almost any other one. Because of its uniqueness it would always be among the recordings of those symphonies I'd keep. (I have 6 or so, and gave away Weil, Kuijken and Wolf to save space although none of them is bad. The Paris set is IMO even luckier on records than the London set.)

If I had to pick among Harnoncourt's Haydn symphonies, I'd certainly pick the Paris set and the two discs with 30,31,53,59,69. The rest is also usually good but for me not quite as special.

[Que]

Some more Handel! 
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On my wish list for a while; hit the right price today!

Ooooooooohhhh!!!!!!     Nice catch!

Q

[aligreto]

The Paris set is in some respects even better than those: Recorded sound and very colorful playing but it is also somewhat more controversial, e.g. in tempi and some mannerisms.

It's probably my favorite #83 and the others are all interesting to very good. In any case with their sometimes slowish tempi, attention to detail and big colorful sound they are very different from e.g. Kuijken's or Weil's and probably almost any other one. Because of its uniqueness it would always be among the recordings of those symphonies I'd keep. (I have 6 or so, and gave away Weil, Kuijken and Wolf to save space although none of them is bad. The Paris set is IMO even luckier on records than the London set.)

If I had to pick among Harnoncourt's Haydn symphonies, I'd certainly pick the Paris set and the two discs with 30,31,53,59,69. The rest is also usually good but for me not quite as special.

Thank you for those comments; I look forward to hearing the set.

[Moonfish]

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/Apr02/Cozzolani.htm

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[Que]

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/Apr02/Cozzolani.htm

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Looks like a totally cool disc! 

Q

[Moonfish]

Looks like a totally cool disc! 

Q

Yes, I read the review and listened to some samples. I was intrigued... 
Besides, I really like the label Musica Omnia!

[TheGSMoeller]

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Awesome, Greg! Oramo's Sinfonia Semplice and Chung's Espansiva are top-drawer. I haven't heard that Naxos disc of concerti, but Karl and Karlo (North Star) both recommend it. That Sibelius disc is also fantastic. Enjoy!

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Just bought:



I have been anticipating a reissue of this series for quite some time. I bought this set for $36 (+ shipping) off Amazon Germany. Really looking forward to this series as Lekeu has been flying under my radar for years but all of these particular recordings have been out-of-print for quite some time.

[The new erato]

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I have been anticipating a reissue of this series for quite some time. I bought this set for $36 (+ shipping) off Amazon Germany.

Thanks! So did I.

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Thanks! So did I.

Very nice!

[TheGSMoeller]

Awesome, Greg! Oramo's Sinfonia Semplice and Chung's Espansiva are top-drawer. I haven't heard that Naxos disc of concerti, but Karl and Karlo (North Star) both recommend it. That Sibelius disc is also fantastic. Enjoy!

I'm excited for this haul, all good stuff. Thanks, John!

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I'm excited for this haul, all good stuff. Thanks, John!

A very nice haul indeed my friend.

[ritter]

To accompany my reading of Erik Naslund's huge biography of Rolf de Maré (which is turning out very interesting), these two CDs of music used by the Ballets Suèdois:

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These are all scores  by Honegger that remain unkown to me. Skating Rink is the one with the ballet  connection (the decors were by none other than Fernand Léger).

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Alfvén's Swedish rhapsody No. 1 was used for the ballet Nuit de Saint-Jean, and I get to know a whole lot of other music by Alfvén in this super-budget 5 CD set.

[aligreto]

[Moonfish]

Just bought:



I have been anticipating a reissue of this series for quite some time. I bought this set for $36 (+ shipping) off Amazon Germany. Really looking forward to this series as Lekeu has been flying under my radar for years but all of these particular recordings have been out-of-print for quite some time.

Sounds intriguing! I have never heard of Lekeu before your post. Considering his many works I wonder how many he would have composed if he had lived a long life? 

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Sounds intriguing! I have never heard of Lekeu before your post. Considering his many works I wonder how many he would have composed if he had lived a long life?

This would be pure speculation, Peter. I imagine that he would have developed his already personal idiom even further. I don't believe, however, that he would have ever gone the route of serialism and I don't think he would be a modernist per se, but I do believe his music would have continued to develop and start including more dissonances. I posted some samples of his music on his composer thread, have you listened to any of those yet?

[Moonfish]

This would be pure speculation, Peter. I imagine that he would have developed his already personal idiom even further. I don't believe, however, that he would have ever gone the route of serialism and I don't think he would be a modernist per se, but I do believe his music would have continued to develop and start including more dissonances. I posted some samples of his music on his composer thread, have you listened to any of those yet?

I just listened to his "Meditation for String Quartet" which I really enjoyed!
I will check out your posts in the composer thread