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[Tsaraslondon]

Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30. Martha Argerich, Riccardo Chailly, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Fantastic performance of the Rachmaninov; one of the best in the catalogue.

[Maestro267]

Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No. 4
Hough (piano)/City of Birmingham SO/Foster

Saint-Säens: Piano Concerto No. 2
Ciccolini (piano)/Orchestre de Paris/Baudo

[Traverso]

 Mozart

piano sonatas 4-7-13-15  (1956)

Scarlatti

Sonatas pour Klavier   Kk,259-64-268-492   (1954)

[Harry]

BACKLOG 2014-2015.

Les Maîtres de L'Orgue François de Louis XIII à la Monarchie de Juillet.

Composers: Michel Corrette, Josse Francois-Joseph Benaut, Claude Balbastre, Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet Charpentier, Armand Louis Couperin,Gervais Francois Couperin, Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely.

Organs: Dom Bedos-1748
             Jean Boizard-1714.
             Riepp-Callinet-Sthier, 1754-1788-1830/56.
             Poirier-Lieberknecht-1862-64.

Organists:
Olivier Baumont, Andre Isoir, Francois Menissier.
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard.

Superb.

[Traverso]

 Shostakovich



Festive Overture, Op. 96

October - Symphonic Poem, Op.131
 
Symphony No. 2 in B Major, Op. 14 "To October"

Song of the Forests - Oratorio, Op.81

Glory

Brighton Festival Chorus, New London Children's Choir, Mikhail Kotliarov, Nikita Storojew, Royal Philharmonic

Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

[Papy Oli]

Revisting Charles Villiers Stanford's Irish rhapsodies for a possible purchase.

Enjoyed No.1 & No.3. No.2 Less so.

On to No.4 now.

[Maestro267]

Corigliano: A Dylan Thomas Trilogy
Allen (baritone), Jackson (boy soprano), Tessier (tenor)
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Nashville SO/Slatkin

Martinu: Symphony No. 1
Bamberg SO/N. Järvi

[Mirror Image]

Debussy
En blanc et noir, L 142
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L 87
Lindaraja, L 103
Nocturnes, L 98 (arr. Maurice Ravel)
Danse sacrée et danse profane, L 113
Coombs & Scott



A fabulous disc!

[aligreto]

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 [Haitink]





This is a wonderful, soul searching reading.

[aligreto]

A. O. (And Others) refers to Glinka, Taneyev, Rimsky-Korsakov and Hummel.

A belated thank you for that information.

[Karl Henning]

Shostakovich



Festive Overture, Op. 96

October - Symphonic Poem, Op.131
 
Symphony No. 2 in B Major, Op. 14 "To October"

Song of the Forests - Oratorio, Op.81

Glory

Brighton Festival Chorus, New London Children's Choir, Mikhail Kotliarov, Nikita Storojew, Royal Philharmonic

Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

The Song of the Forests, especially, I find a much better piece than the knee-jerk Cold-War-era musicological disdain allowed.

[Traverso]

Richard Strauss

What expresses better the change of an era than these songs,full of nostalgia but without cheap sentiment.
A beautiful last glimpse of a disappearing culture.
Listening to these songs make it futile to ask if Richard Strauss was a great conductor or not,for me he is very special.

[Harry]

NEW ARRIVAL.

46 years ago I bought with my hard earned money a LP with British music on it. I remember it was a DECCA recording made in the sixties with the ASMF under Neville Marriner. There was a piece from Holst on it, which grabbed me immediately, and haunted me for years. I was also going through a phase of listening to pop music, like Todd Rundgren, Hall and Oates, Ashford and Simpson, Toto, Foreigner and so many more. But my mind was not satisfied by this diet, and one day I sold all my pop music and started buying classical music, and I do ever since. Anyway to come back to Holst, I bought some Lyrita recordings, recommended by Jeffrey, with music exclusively by Gustav Holst.

Walt Whitman Overture, opus 7.
Suite de Ballet, in E flat major, opus 10
Suite in E flat major, opus 28, No. 1.
A Hampshire Suite, opus 28, No. 2.
A Moorside Suite.

London PO, Nicholas Braithwaite.

A fine Lyrita recording, like Chandos they have their own unique sound, and this one is no exception, its superb. There is not a piece on this CD that I did not like. Pushed, I would say that the Suite de Ballet caused shivers down my spine, not to mention the thrill I felt with all three Suites, marvelously orchestrated by another great, Gordon Jacob. He surpassed himself in doing that, and made me rejoice listening to them.
The performance leaves no wishes open.

I would love more recommendations concerning Holst, but please no vocal compositions, my mind will not adapt to that. I tried 46 years to get around this genre, but to no avail.

[Traverso]

The Song of the Forests, especially, I find a much better piece than the knee-jerk Cold-War-era musicological disdain allowed.

The Song of the Forests are indeed very enjoyable,I heard them for the first time this afternoon."we will clothe our homeland with forests" How appropriate in these times!

[aligreto]

Richard Strauss

What expresses better the change of an era than these songs,full of nostalgia but without cheap sentiment.
A beautiful last glimpse of a disappearing culture.
Listening to these songs make it futile to ask if Richard Strauss was a great conductor or not,for me he is very special.

+1.
Well said.
That one is still my favourite after many long years listening to those songs.

[steve ridgway]

Takemitsu : Rain Tree.

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[JBS]

NEW ARRIVAL.

46 years ago I bought with my hard earned money a LP with British music on it. I remember it was a DECCA recording made in the sixties with the ASMF under Neville Marriner. There was a piece from Holst on it, which grabbed me immediately, and haunted me for years. I was also going through a phase of listening to pop music, like Todd Rundgren, Hall and Oates, Ashford and Simpson, Toto, Foreigner and so many more. But my mind was not satisfied by this diet, and one day I sold all my pop music and started buying classical music, and I do ever since. Anyway to come back to Holst, I bought some Lyrita recordings, recommended by Jeffrey, with music exclusively by Gustav Holst.

Walt Whitman Overture, opus 7.
Suite de Ballet, in E flat major, opus 10
Suite in E flat major, opus 28, No. 1.
A Hampshire Suite, opus 28, No. 2.
A Moorside Suite.

London PO, Nicholas Braithwaite.

A fine Lyrita recording, like Chandos they have their own unique sound, and this one is no exception, its superb. There is not a piece on this CD that I did not like. Pushed, I would say that the Suite de Ballet caused shivers down my spine, not to mention the thrill I felt with all three Suites, marvelously orchestrated by another great, Gordon Jacob. He surpassed himself in doing that, and made me rejoice listening to them.
The performance leaves no wishes open.

I would love more recommendations concerning Holst, but please no vocal compositions, my mind will not adapt to that. I tried 46 years to get around this genre, but to no avail.

Off the top of my head
...the suites for military band
...St Paul's suite
...the Cotswolds Symphony
...ballet music from The Perfect Fool
...Hymns from the Rig Veda (choral version)

[SonicMan46]

Devienne, Francois (1759-1893) - Bassoon Chamber Music shown below - continuing my listening to this Parisian wind man!  Devienne primarily performed on a bassoon and also the flute, hence the dominance of these instruments in his list of compositions (c. 300 instrumental works).  Dave

   

[aukhawk]

Eagerly anticipating the shortly-to-be-released Prokofiev Sonatas 6,7 & 8 recorded by Steven Osborne, meanwhile I listened to the
Prokofiev : Violin Sonata No.1 : Osborne/Ibragimova


Prokofiev, two Violin Sonatas and 5 Melodies, Osborne/Ibragimova, Hyperion

Really surprised myself with this unfamiliar music (not a huge Prokofiev fan apart from the piano sonatas, and not a fan at all of violin sonatas as a genre) - but a beautiful partnership, perhaps a bit unexpected in Prokofiev, but this is a great success.

Coming soon ...

Sonatas 6,7,8, Osborne, Hyperion

[Harry]

Off the top of my head
...the suites for military band
...St Paul's suite
...the Cotswolds Symphony
...ballet music from The Perfect Fool
...Hymns from the Rig Veda (choral version)

Duly noted. Thank you!