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[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Before heading out for the day --- Kodály Duo for Violin & Cello, Op. 7

[Lisztianwagner]

Arnold Schönberg
Erwartung

Janis Martin (soprano)
Pierre Boulez & BBC Symphony Orchestra

Chamber Symphony No.2

Pierre Boulez & Ensemble Intercontemporain

[Linz]

Hector Berlioz  Symphonie fantastique
The Cleveland Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst

[Traverso]

Albinoni

CD 2

!2 Concerti a cinque Op.7

 

[Iota]

Beethoven, Piano Sonata No.32, Op.111
Claudio Arrau (piano)

The way Arrau gradually builds up tension in the Arietta, to its final eruption in the L'istesso tempo variation and the subsequent subsidence into a series of sotto voce ecstatic visions, is the work of an undeniably great musician imo. The sense of LVB taming his demons feels so close and so present, and Arrau lingers on the beacon of light that has broken the darkness, such that everything melts into a timeless suspension, and enlightenment seems to glow in every note. The bridge between a piece of music written down on manuscript paper 200 years ago, and the present moment is complete, the two now just feel one and the same.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E Major, 1885 Version. Ed.Leopold Nowak
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani

[Linz]

Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144
Alfred Schnittke String Quartet No. 3 in E minor Op. 35
Pacifica Quartet Vol. 4 CD 2

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 8 In C Minor, 1890 Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti

[Que]

Violin concerto. I'm not an unreserved admirer of Isabelle Faust, but this is absolutely splendid.

[Que]

Hey Que - talking about Boccherini in my post which I just amended and added an older recording with Geringas; as to Vivaldi, I do have the two Coin discs (came w/ those 5-CD boxes) and enjoy his performances - about 10 years ago I added the Brilliant 4-disc set which has all 27 concertos on period instruments - do not have these works on 'modern instruments' - Dave

Yes, I definitely have need to look into the Galligioni/Guglielmo set! 

[SonicMan46]

Boccherini, Luigi - Cello Concertos w/ David Geringas & Bruno Giuranna - just became aware of this 1988 release and listened (and was impressed) on Spotify - bought a $10 USD MP3 DL at Prestomusic (yes all 3 discs of the 12 works), burned to CD-R and am finishing my listening as I type - this is really quite good; some interesting comments attached if interested.  Dave

 

[DavidW]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Marcel Tournier: Images. Kateřina Englichová.

[Linz]

Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 100 in G major "Military"
Symphony No. 101 in D major "The Clock"
Symphony No. 102 in B flat major
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugen Jochum

[Symphonic Addict]

Meyer: Piano Sonatas 4-6 (Seibert)
Donizetti: String Quartets 10-12 (Mitja Quartet)

[Cato]

This Mahler Symphony V performance came highly recommended: James Conlon conducting the Cologne-Guerzenich Orchestra:

[JBS]

CD 2


The lead off work on this CD is To the Chief Musician, a fifteen minute work that goes through a number of moods. I'm not sure if there is a specific connection to any of the Psalms which begin with that rubric (some Bible translations render it as "To the Conductor". The other big segment is the song sequence Five Melodies From the East for mezzo soprano and piano.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Pizzetti: Orchestral Music. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä.

[Symphonic Addict]

Hindemith: Klaviermusik mit Orchester (for piano left hand) and Fünf Stücke for string orchestra

[steve ridgway]

Webern - String Quartet (1905)

A work of epic length (15 minutes)  .