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[JBS]

I think Neumann!

That Garrido is nice, JBS.

Just listened to it...
I have to disagree  about the Garrido, seemed too "modernist" for my taste. But I got the CD for the Kinsella, and the Kinsella is a corker, as they used to say. Very good! The DSCH is also good, right up there with some much more famous ones.

Speaking of cello concertos, any news of the Salonen?

[Brian]

Just listened to it...
I have to disagree  about the Garrido, seemed too "modernist" for my taste. But I got the CD for the Kinsella, and the Kinsella is a corker, as they used to say. Very good! The DSCH is also good, right up there with some much more famous ones.

Speaking of cello concertos, any news of the Salonen?

Uh maybe I mixed up which one I liked, haha. Been a couple years. No Salonen yet...

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

I think Neumann!

That Garrido is nice, JBS.

I found a Neuman collection (early recordings, some such) but it wasn't all Czech Phil. The Roussel was Brno, not Czech Phil.

[Brian]

I found a Neuman collection (early recordings, some such) but it wasn't all Czech Phil. The Roussel was Brno, not Czech Phil.

That's the one. Man, my memory was not good in this thread today. Brno matches with how delightfully "rustic" the performance is.

[Mirror Image]

I hope....

a) that I have not led you up the garden path with this one
b) that you enjoy it
c) you will let me know your honest thoughts when you get to listen to it.

Thanks, aligreto. I will try my best to get back to you once I've heard it.

[Irons]

Picked up yesterday a four record set of Handel Keyboard Suites. My only criticism with the presentation is that instead of naming the player of each suite, instead a tiny star for Gavrilov and two for Richter. Included in the box an excellent essay on the Handel Suites by R Kinloch Anderson. The recordings are from concerts at the Fetes musicales de Touraine at chateau de Marcilly-sur-Mauine, Tours, France.

[Madiel]

Picked up yesterday a four record set of Handel Keyboard Suites. My only criticism with the presentation is that instead of naming the player of each suite, instead a tiny star for Gavrilov and two for Richter. Included in the box an excellent essay on the Handel Suites by R Kinloch Anderson. The recordings are from concerts at the Fetes musicales de Touraine at chateau de Marcilly-sur-Mauine, Tours, France.

I have that in CD format (on a couple of separately released discs).

It's been released in several different editions I think. The one I have looks like this (with added Beethoven to take up room on the final disc):



Noting that the Amazon pictures I've chosen actually have one "Warner" and one "EMI"! Mine are EMI.

[Jo498]

The sound of these Handel recordings is not so good, probably due to being from live concerts. It is also a somewhat odd selection with two famous pieces (the B flat major suite Brahms took the variation theme from and the G major Chaconne) missing and "replaced" by two short later suites that had not been part of either the 1720 or the 1733 collections.
They are also rather "romanticized" which might be only consistent with playing a modern piano. Although the more recent recordings by e.g. Schirmer could be seen as stylistically more appropriate.

[Jo498]

Pounds the table! One of my favorite Sibelius recordings. I hope you enjoy as much as I have, Greg. I wasn't a big fan of Nightride & Sunrise previously, but after hearing Segerstam's way with this work, it opened up for me in a huge way. The same could almost be said about The Oceanides as well, but this piece had already started working its' charms on me thanks to Berglund.

I am still not a fan of "Nightride" and I also was a fan of the Okeanides even before I got this recording but I nevertheless also recommend that disc wholeheartedly!

[Irons]

Thanks Madiel and Jo 498, your comments and info re Richter and Gavrilov's recording of the Handel suites are most helpful.

Never rains but pours! Purchased a stack of LPs along with the Handel suites at my favourite vinyl emporium and then this CD drops through my letterbox this morning. Don't know where to start!

[Mirror Image]

I am still not a fan of "Nightride" and I also was a fan of the Okeanides even before I got this recording but I nevertheless also recommend that disc wholeheartedly!

What I like about Nightride & Sunrise is how it puts me into a different headspace and, while it sounds like Sibelius in terms of melodic/harmonic language, it has a totally different feel to it that I find refreshing. When we get to the Sunrise part, it's truly one of the most glorious moments in music. So beautiful. I understand that this work isn't for everyone, though.

[Mirror Image]

One more to add to my previous Lutoslawski order:



I now will own all of these Opera Omnia volumes released by the CD Accord label.

[André]

Duplication is hard to avoid when collecting orchestral works by Dutilleux. Thus it is that this is my second version of The Shadows of Time and my fourth of the cello concerto Tout un monde lointain. But it was the only way to get Correspondances, a late work for soprano and orchestra. Salonen was a pupil of Dutilleux who was present at the recording sessions.

[vandermolen]

Second hand.
Couldn't resist this one.
What a cover!

[Mirror Image]

Duplication is hard to avoid when collecting orchestral works by Dutilleux. Thus it is that this is my second version of The Shadows of Time and my fourth of the cello concerto Tout un monde lointain. But it was the only way to get Correspondances, a late work for soprano and orchestra. Salonen was a pupil of Dutilleux who was present at the recording sessions.

To the bolded text, really?!?!? I did not know this. That's amazing.

[André]

The Guardian mentions Salonen as Dutilleux' "pupil". The Independent mentions the composer as Salonen's "tutor". I have no detail of how exactly Dutilleux taught, tutored or mentored Salonen, but there is no doubt about their long standing relationship.

[Mirror Image]

The Guardian mentions Salonen as Dutilleux' "pupil". The Independent mentions the composer as Salonen's "tutor". I have no detail of how exactly Dutilleux taught, tutored or mentored Salonen, but there is no doubt about their long standing relationship.

Hmm...I'll have to look into this. It's great that he had a good relationship with Dutilleux. Lutoslawski and Messiaen were also huge influences on Salonen. Many years ago, Salonen along with Steven Stucky (composer and a renown Lutoslawski expert --- RIP, Mr. Stucky), created a series titled Woven Words to celebrate the centenary of Lutoslawski's birth. There are many videos via The Philharmonia's YouTube channel marking this special occasion.

[Harry]

I really like the works of this composer. Maybe not the newest or sonically perfect recordings, or interpretations at that, but interesting enough to purchase.
So, there you have it.

[aligreto]

Graupner: Fagott und Violinkonzert

[aligreto]

Thanks, aligreto. I will try my best to get back to you once I've heard it.

Cheers. I would be interested in your thoughts and impressions.