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[Moonfish]

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A great cycle that belongs on the Sibelius top shelf! Enjoy! 

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[SonicMan46]

Some nice new bargains I ordered today!

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/07/i-saw-few-bargains-and-ordered-them.html?spref=tw

Hi Harry - the Spohr Symphonies - I've been collecting Howard Shelley conducting these works on Hyperion w/ an Italian Swiss orchestra - have 3 CDs of the first six symphonies - would enjoy hearing your comments of the Griffiths performances - there still are Nos. 7-10 to add to my collection!   Dave

[TheGSMoeller]

This is a very nice set - I think its a bit under-rated on the forum but its certainly very good I think.
Ill be interested to see what you make of the 3rd - I find the first movement a bit slow but YMMV.
I hope you enjoy this box.

A great cycle that belongs on the Sibelius top shelf! Enjoy! 

Thanks, friends. I'm looking forward to playing the entire set. Heard the 2nd and it was marvelous.

[SonicMan46]

Well, I've not been buying too many CDs lately but just went through the newest issue (Jul-Aug) of Fanfare - there was a mixed review of the Brahms Serenades but an Amazon search brought up the 4-CD set below w/ Kertész, so decided an extra set of the symphonies won't hurt!

The Fesca, Ives, & Mozart all received excellent reviews - the Mozart concertos are w/ a natural horn, so really looking forward to that one.  Now their was a 'lukewarm' review of the Vieuxtemps Cello Concertos, but his violin works were of more interest; already owned the Naxos CD w/ Nos.5-7, so added the two others w/ the same violinist.  Dave

Brahms, Johannes - Symphonies & Serenades - older recordings w/ Kertész, well reviewed on Amazon (five 5* ratings).
Fesca, Alexander - Piano Trios, Nos. 2/5 w/ the Paian Trio (unfamiliar to me) - loved by Dubins!
Ives, Charles - Symphonies Nos. 1/2 w/ Davis & the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Mozart, WA - Horn Concertos & Quintet w/ Pip Eastop, Halstead, & the Hanover band.
Vieuxtemps, Henri - Violin Concertos Nos. 1/4 w/ Misha Keylan et al.
Vieutems, Henri - Violin Concertos Nos. 2/3 - as in the previous listing.


 

 

 

[Bogey]

Two discs to go to complete their run on the Denon label.  They are finally starting to pop up here and there.

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.... Now their was a 'lukewarm' review of the Vieuxtemps Cello Concertos, but his violin works were of more interest; already owned the Naxos CD w/ Nos.5-7, so added the two others w/ the same violinist.  Dave

Vieuxtemps, Henri - Violin Concertos Nos. 1/4 w/ Misha Keylan et al.
Vieutems, Henri - Violin Concertos Nos. 2/3 - as in the previous listing.



 

I also have all three of those CDs; they were my introduction to the Vieuxtems Violin Concertos and I enjoy them. I am sure that you will enjoy them also particularly since you have one of them and know what to expect. 

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[Dancing Divertimentian]

Great set!!

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[TheGSMoeller]

Valentin Silvestrov




Missy Mazzoli




Another Sibelius set. (I lied)




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These two Baton-Twirlers
   

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Valentin Silvestrov

Interesting choices, Greg. I need to revisit both of these recordings, but I'm still in awe over his Symphony No. 5. I should really find a way to move past this work.

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Pounds the table! Greg, you're making this Nielsenite so proud!

[TheGSMoeller]

Interesting choices, Greg. I need to revisit both of these recordings, but I'm still in awe over his Symphony No. 5. I should really find a way to move past this work.

These will make 4 recordings of Silvestrov's music that I own, and it's been creeping up on me. In a good way. It's truly a hauntingly beautiful sound he creates.

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These will make 4 recordings of Silvestrov's music that I own, and it's been creeping up on me. In a good way. It's truly a hauntingly beautiful sound he creates.

It certainly is and I'm not sure if you've read this quote before but this summarizes Silvestrov's later musical philosophy:

"With our advanced artistic awareness, fewer and fewer texts are possible which, figuratively speaking, begin 'at the beginning'... What this means is not the end of music as art, but the end of music, an end in which it can linger for a long time. It is very much in the area of the coda that immense life is possible."

[TheGSMoeller]

Pounds the table! Greg, you're making this Nielsenite so proud!

[shields the face from flying pieces of wood] 

I've known these Blomstedt recordings for a while, but never owned or spent too much time with them. Two things I do remember...the 4th was always my favorite from Nielsen, and I always loved the Bassoon-Canon that closes the 6th.

[TheGSMoeller]

More Mahler! I've heard this Bernstein before, but not the Boulez.

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I've known these Blomstedt recordings for a while, but never owned or spent too much time with them. Two things I do remember...the 4th was always my favorite from Nielsen, and I always loved the Bassoon-Canon that closes the 6th.

I love everything about Nielsen. Everything. He's one of the few composers that I feel a true kinship with. I love each symphony. Each time I hear a Nielsen symphony, I think that the one I'm currently listening to is my favorite, but then I hear the next one. His concerti, miscellaneous orchestral works, and chamber works are also well-worth investigating. Have you explored his oeuvre in-depth, Greg?