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[Symphonic Addict]

Myaskovsky: Symphonies 3 and 4

Nos. 1, 2 and 4 contain good ideas, but they do ramble quite a bit too. I felt the Third more cohesive.

[vandermolen]

How did you like it, Jeffrey? I know you for more of a fan of the piece than I. I haven't heard any "singleton" recording of the piece, and I do like Polyansky's work.

I enjoyed it Karl. I've seen it used to accompany Eisenstein's film 'October' and I enjoy it in that filmic spirit. It was one of the first Shostakovich symphonies that I got to know (on a CFP LP and a Philips CD).

[Todd]

A proper chamber music recording.

[Linz]

Haydn Symphony No. 60 in C major, Hob.I:60 in C major, Hob.I:60 'Per la Commedia intitolata Il Distratto', Symphony No. 70 in D major, Hob.I:70 and Symphony No. 12 in E major, Hob.I:12 and Domenico Cimaroas, Il Maestro di Cappella, Riccardo Novaro, Baritone, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

[Lisztianwagner]

Maurice Ravel
Ma mère l'oye

Claudio Abbado & London Symphony Orchestra

[Irons]

Diamond: 2nd Symphony.

After the lightness and feel-good of Diamond's Violin Concerto the emotional core of his 2nd Symphony surprised. Unusual slow, quick, slow, quick layout that worked. The opening I thought may be a bit rich for my tastes but need not have worried as more then one mood makes up this symphonic whole. The heart of the work is the sublime 3rd movement, subtle and less heart-on-sleeve then the 1st. The finale is pure Americana, a hoedown of which Copeland would be proud. Top draw playing from Seattle Symphony, as is recording. The flute and trumpet solos of the third movement are magically caught.

[SonicMan46]

Remaining CDs from my recently delivered Prestomusic order (looks like the UK is back in the international shipping buisness -  ):

Beethoven, LV - Wind Music w/ the period instrument group Ricercar Academy; 2 discs w/ the second having one work by Ries & Danzi (including Beethoven) playing on natural horn and fortepiano.

Mozart, WA - Flute Quartets w/ Lisa Beznosiuk on a 4-keyed ebony flute by Heinrich Gresner, Dresden c. 1798.

Schubert, Franz - Impromptus w/ Andrea Lucchesini - great reviews attached including one from our own Brian on MusicWeb (a recording of the month) - Dave

   

[aligreto]

Brahms: Choral Works [Parkman]





Drei Gesange, Op 42

Wonderful acapella singing from the Danish National Radio Choir.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Paul Hindemith Symphonische Metamorphosen nach Themen von Carl Maria von Weber, 'Noblilissima Visione' Suite and 'Mathis Der Maler' - Symphonie, Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Great recording!

[Todd]

2 & 3.  Like the C Major, the B Flat is top notch, and maybe even relatively better.  Apollonian, light, zippy, clear, it's just swell.  The C Minor, however, lacks adequate fire. 

[Bachtoven]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Paul Creston SY2. Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar.

[Symphonic Addict]

Maliszewski  Symphonies 1-4 plus various bits (Przemysław Neumann / Opole Philharmonic)

As a member of the St Petersburg composers' circle around Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov, and a significant figure in his own right (he founded the Odessa Conservatory), it's surprising how little of this Ukrainian-Polish composer's music is available on record - it's basically this recently-released set, and a 3rd Symphony + Piano Concerto on Dutton, and that's pretty much it.  Yet even though it's not really my specialty, I don't see this as being any less of interest than anything by his colleagues.  I heard a broadcast performance of the 1st Symphony conducted by Lukasz Borowicz a couple of years ago and was sufficiently intrigued to mentally bookmark it, and am enjoying this set perhaps even more than I expected.  I thought it would probably be OK, and it's better than OK.

The 3rd Symphony struck me like the best work of that set. The rest of the works don't possess substance enough IMO.

[Symphonic Addict]

Berlioz/Liszt: Symphonie Fantastique (arr. for piano)

Apart from the music itself, most of the the cover arts of this epic series are great.

[Symphonic Addict]

Bartók: Viola Concerto (comp. by T. Serly)

Just started.

[DavidW]

I re-listened to the Barbirolli Sibelius 2 last night and then his Mahler 6 which I had not heard in a long time.  Barbirolli's groanings on that recording are legendary!   Today I listened to Brahms String Sextets and Martinu's Piano Trios.  The latter is beautiful, melodic.  Despite really liking that recording of the symphonies recently, I personally connect more with Martinu's chamber music.

[Spotted Horses]

I can't help but think that the guy on the right looks like a cab driver.

[Bachtoven]

The first of several new releases I'll be listening to via Qobuz. This is disappointing. While he is technically adept, his playing is too cautious for my taste.

Hmmm...after giving this a second listen, I find his playing plenty dynamic. I used headphones the first time, and I think the circuitry in my amp compresses the sound in the headphone amp to protect one's hearing. Just a guess...I'll have to look into it. Anyway, he sounds like a different player through my speakers.

[Operafreak]

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Violin Sonata in F Major & Songs Without Words

Augustin Dumay (violin), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Jonathan Fournel (piano)

[Harry]

Good morning all!

A secret Labyrinth.
CS 13.
Jacobus Gallus.
Opus  Musicum.
Missa super.
Sancta Maria.
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel.

Gallus is a welcome guest in my home. I like his music very much, and also this performance, albeit one remark I would like to place. In the Tribus Miraculis, a few of the soprano's due to the high tessitura fly out of the bend. Some nasty shrill tones. Here and there that happens during the performance, though it will not diminish my enthusiasm for this record.