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Mahler: Symphony No. 10 [Morris]





It is forever to be lamented that Mahler did not live to complete this work himself.

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Die Schone Mullerin [Haefliger/Bonneau]


   

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Aligreto!
   I like your new avatar (especially as I have a glass of Merlot in front of me at the moment).

                  I'm gettting ready to binge on Martha Argerich. Just loaded my 5 CD player with her Sony set, but have the DG and Warners in the wings, as well as a good portion of her EMI work and "Friends" sets.  Don't expect to play it all, by any means, but will be delving deeply for the next couple of days (Chinese New Years is on the horizon, so have even more free time than usual now).
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Aligreto!
   I like your new avatar (especially as I have a glass of Merlot in front of me at the moment).

                  I'm gettting ready to binge on Martha Argerich. Just loaded my 5 CD player with her Sony set, but have the DG and Warners in the wings, as well as a good portion of her EMI work and "Friends" sets.  Don't expect to play it all, by any means, but will be delving deeply for the next couple of days (Chinese New Years is on the horizon, so have even more free time than usual now).
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I hope with a  piece of old dutch cheese.

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Liszt

Suisse

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Lennox Berkeley: String Quartet No 2, Op 15 - Maggini Quartet

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Listening to Enesco's Symphony No. 2 in A major, op. 17, form this CD that arrived today:


IIRTC, I hadn't listened to this work for many years, and it's not difficult to realise why I've avoided it. There are some gorgeous sonorities (particularly in the slow middle movement, andante giusto), but this is Enesco at his wildest and most wayward as far as thematic treatment is concerned, with no real sense of form or development shining through. I'm actually dreading the third movement (which is just starting as I write): is this going to be another case in which the composer can't get a work's finale under control, and lets it drag on and on even when the musical ideas have been fully exhausted? 

EDIT: Confirmed  . One get's the impression Enesco couldn't figure out how to end the movement. When you think it's over with "bang", there's still 5 or 6 minutes of music ahead (with several more "bangs). Exasperating! 

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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 [Kondrashin]





This is an energetic, exciting and even thrilling performance of this wonderful work.

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Aligreto!
   I like your new avatar (especially as I have a glass of Merlot in front of me at the moment).

May your Merlot be smooth and well rounded and I hope that you enjoy it with your chosen musical accompaniment.

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Chopin

Piano Concertos 1 & 2

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal / Charles Dutoit

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Cheers.

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I have and enjoy this later version of that set

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This entire recording:

[Karl Henning]

Andrés Segovia

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Stravinsky
Mass
Myra Kroese (alto), Jelle Draijer (baritone), Michiel Ten Houte De Lange (tenor), Tannie Willemstijn (soprano), Robert Coupe (tenor)
Schönberg Ensemble, Netherlands Chamber Choir
Reinbert de Leeuw

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Duruflé: Requiem



Jeremy Backhouse leads the celbrated Vasari Singers, as well as star soloists Sarah Connolly and Christopher Maltman, in a performance of this alongside works by Duruflé's musical contemporary, Jean-Jaques Grunenwald.

A fine recording of the Requiem (organ version), and it is exceptionally nice to have the disc filled out with music by Grunenwald, a composer under represented in the recorded catalog.

[Tsaraslondon]

Fabulous playing from the wonderful Martha Argerich.

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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 [Kondrashin]





This is an energetic, exciting and even thrilling performance of this wonderful work.

One of my favourite Shostakovich LPs. The opening never fails to send shivers ...... Great to hear your wife is in good health.