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[North Star]

Some serious table-pounding!!!

[TheGSMoeller]

Some serious table-pounding!!!

I have Bostridge's first Serenade recording, and all but swore off this one...until, I FINALLY listened to it. The Berlin strings are gorgeous.

[Mirror Image]

Pounds the table! Next to Britten's own War Requiem, Hickox's is the best I've heard. It's also nice to have the rest of the 'war trilogy' included. Amazing performances.

[TheGSMoeller]

Pounds the table! Next to Britten's own War Requiem, Hickox's is the best I've heard. It's also nice to have the rest of the 'war trilogy' included. Amazing performances.

I remember someone being so pumped about this one, must have been you, John. I finally got a chance to listen to some of it via Spotify, it's a thrilling recording. 

[Geo Dude]

Some serious table-pounding!!!

Agreed!

[kishnevi]

Add me to the list of table pounders for the Bostridge CD.   I think it's one of Bostridge's best, and certainly Rattle's best Britten recording.

That Tight Sweater recording looks interesting, at least

[Geo Dude]

The Austrian masses thread lead me to Hickox's first Hummel mass recording which I couldn't resist at the marketplace price of under $7 with shipping...and one thing lead to another.

[HIPster]

Two new arrivals:
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I remember someone being so pumped about this one, must have been you, John. I finally got a chance to listen to some of it via Spotify, it's a thrilling recording. 

Yes, this is a recording that I highly recommended to several people actually. Madaboutmahler (Daniel) actually put this recording on his Christmas list based on this strong recommendation. These are thrilling performances no doubt. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

[kishnevi]

The Austrian masses thread lead me to Hickox's first Hummel mass recording which I couldn't resist at the marketplace price of under $7 with shipping...and one thing lead to another.

Speaking of one thing leading to another,  do you have the Chandos recordings of some of the concertos (not Hickox--Shelley, IIRC, don't have the CDs in front of me).

That Monteverdi is a little treasure.

[Geo Dude]

Speaking of one thing leading to another,  do you have the Chandos recordings of some of the concertos (not Hickox--Shelley, IIRC, don't have the CDs in front of me).

That Monteverdi is a little treasure.

No, I don't.  This will be my first experience with Hummel, I believe.  Good to hear about the Monteverdi, though.

[kishnevi]

No, I don't.  This will be my first experience with Hummel, I believe.  Good to hear about the Monteverdi, though.

Ironically,  I don't have those mass recordings.  But the concertos and one movement orchestra with solo instrument works (he wrote a few for use on his tours) are nice ones to have.  You can often hear the Classical turning into Early Romantic in a more easily definable way than you can with Beethoven.  If you don't want to try the Chandos right away, there are a couple of Naxos recordings that are also well worth having.

Although one Internet forum memory (obviously not GMG) sticks in my mind regarding a Hummel concerto, althouh I no longer remember which precise concerto was involved.  I posted a Youtube clip on a forum containing several people obstensibly interested in classical music, and received the complaint from one member that the soloist was silent for the first several minutes, instead of making an immediate grand entrance which, apparently, this person thought was necessary for every good concerto....

[mc ukrneal]

Ironically,  I don't have those mass recordings.  But the concertos and one movement orchestra with solo instrument works (he wrote a few for use on his tours) are nice ones to have.  You can often hear the Classical turning into Early Romantic in a more easily definable way than you can with Beethoven.  If you don't want to try the Chandos right away, there are a couple of Naxos recordings that are also well worth having.

Although one Internet forum memory (obviously not GMG) sticks in my mind regarding a Hummel concerto, althouh I no longer remember which precise concerto was involved.  I posted a Youtube clip on a forum containing several people obstensibly interested in classical music, and received the complaint from one member that the soloist was silent for the first several minutes, instead of making an immediate grand entrance which, apparently, this person thought was necessary for every good concerto....

For Hummel, Chandos have indeed done some great work. My favorite (and I think it is super good - one of the best discs I have in fact), is the Hough concerto disc. The Shelley discs are also good, but Hough really brings much detail and provides the perfect bridge.
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The masses are also good, but for me the concertos were the better starting place.

[listener]

A mention of the HAYASAKA Piano concerto recently prompted the purchase of the Naxos cd at my local, interesting to note his film scores include The 7 Samurai which I have on a pending DVD stack.

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Just bought:

[North Star]

Just bought:

Ooh, looks nice!

[Mirror Image]

Ooh, looks nice!

I listened to some of this recording via Spotify before buying it and it sounded fantastic.

[TheGSMoeller]

   

[Geo Dude]

Excellent!

[Octave]

I'd missed this at BRO some time back, but fortunately found a new copy for ~$50, my target price:

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Beethoven: COLLECTOR'S EDITION aka LES CHEFS-D'OEUVRE DE (EMI-France, 50cd)
Mainly for the Cluytens symphonies, the Hungarian Quartet's stereo cycle, the Heidsieck sonatas, and Giulini's masses.

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Handel: RINALDO [Hogwood w/Bartoli, Daniels, Fink et al]