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[SonicMan46]

Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924) - Piano Quartets & Quintets - duplicate sets below which I've kept over the years - really enjoy!  Reviews attached of most of the recordings for those interested - Dave

     

[aligreto]

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto [Szeryng/Munch]


   


This version lacks passion for me. It is not sterile and the playing from Szeryng is technically perfect but the performance lacks soul.

[Florestan]

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto [Szeryng/Munch]


   


This version lacks passion for me. It is not sterile and the playing from Szeryng is technically perfect but the performance lacks soul.

Haven't heard that but the worst Tchaikovsky VC I've ever heard is this:



Actually, to make this music sound as passionless, soulless and lifeless as Amoyal and Dutoit do is quite an achievement in itself.

[Symphonic Addict]

Haven't heard that but the worst Tchaikovsky VC I've ever heard is this:



Actually, to make this music sound as passionless, soulless and lifeless as Amoyal and Dutoit do is quite an achievement in itself.

Good to know. It must be terrible! What recording would you consider the antithesis of the Dutoit/Amoyal?

[Florestan]

Good to know. It must be terrible! What recording would you consider the antithesis of the Dutoit/Amoyal?

Two otomh.

Classic:



Modern:

[Symphonic Addict]

Symphony No. 3 and Piano Concerto No. 3

The Symphony is fantastic as the others. Its orchestration and threatening atmosphere remind me of the Bax's style. The PC is the most modern work I've heard by this composer, with a wide use of the orchestra. Fascinating works by their own right.

[Symphonic Addict]

Two otomh.

Classic:



Modern:

Thanks, Andrei. I think I have the Fischer somewhere, methinks.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Janacek - a Chandos CD of mostly early works for string orchestra.  I was particularly looking forward to the second work which was the premier recording of Suite:  On an Overgrown Path.  I love the solo piano arrangement but the string version didn't quite work for me; I felt like it didn't quite have that same haunting effect.  Has anyone else here heard this CD before and if so, what did you think of it.  The two other works are early Janacek and are pleasant enough.  Here, I think that I enjoyed the Idyll the best.  Also, I do possess a different recording of the Suite (on Panton which I seem to recall enjoying more so than here).

As a side note, the liner notes state that in 1901/02 Janacek composed fie movement for harmonium, which were published bearing the title 'Slavonic Melodies'.  These formed the basis for the ten-movement Series 1 of the piano cycle On an Overgrown Path, published in 1911.  Series 2, consisting of five movements, were published posthumously in 1942.  The Suite performed here combines the five 'Slavonic Melodies' in their original order, with a later movement from Series 1, 'Come Along!'.  This recording for string orchestra is based on a string quartet version made by Jarmil Burghauser in 1978, and adapted by Gregory Rose with his kind permission.  Above notes by Gregory Rose

Am curious too as to whether or not anyone has ever tried performing and/or recording them on a harmonium and what that sounds(ded) like?

Best,

PD

[Florestan]

Thanks, Andrei. I think I have the Fischer somewhere, methinks.

You're welcome, Cesar. And while we're at it, let me recommend you the most passionate, white hot performance of Tchaikovsky's PC1 I've ever heard: Lev Oborin / Alexander Gauk / USSR State Symphony Orchestra, 1946 (I think). It's in the Tchaikovsky big Brilliant Classics box and also on YT. If you can put up with the sound, which isn't unlistenable, you're in for a real treat, a mindblowing performance.

[Iota]

Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94bis


A great piece! Chaplin-esque in its vividness of character and mood. Argerich and Kremer doing brilliant cinema vamping duty.

[André]

Truly awesome symphonies. The slow movement from his Symphony No. 1 is an ethereal oasis of beauty with a tremendous climax near the ending. A good candidate for great symphonic slow movements. The Symphony No. 2 has an otherworldly atmosphere that intrigued me throughout. A mysterious and highly suggestive composition. The only bad thing is the acoustics of the recording venue. The music feels a bit distant.

+1

I concur with everything you say 

[André]

Symphony No. 3 and Piano Concerto No. 3

The Symphony is fantastic as the others. Its orchestration and threatening atmosphere remind me of the Bax's style. The PC is the most modern work I've heard by this composer, with a wide use of the orchestra. Fascinating works by their own right.

Two more great discs, the Lyrita in particular is a thing to treasure.

[vandermolen]

This marvellous symphony once again:

[André]

Heady late romanticism at its best. The four symphonic songs were composed btw 1898 and 1911. I find them closer to early Schoenberg, Delius or Scriabin than Mahler or Debussy. Diepenbrock (1862-1921) was self-taught as a composer, an amazing feat considering the sophistication of his orchestration and the structural originality of these elaborate songs.

[Mirror Image]

Szymanowski
9 Preludes, Op. 1
Radosław Sobczak



Exquisite work and performance.

[Daverz]

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto [Szeryng/Munch]


   


This version lacks passion for me. It is not sterile and the playing from Szeryng is technically perfect but the performance lacks soul.

Szeryng and Munch, no soul?  Perhaps try again after you finish that glass of wine?

Now playing:

Schnittke: Faust Cantata

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I admit that I skipped to the "Death of Faust".  What a gloriously wild noise.  This must be where Gogol Bordello got their sound.

Following up with the Tchaikovsky:

[San Antone]

John Tavener

[Mirror Image]

Dallapiccola
4 Liriche di Antonio Machado
Gillian Keith (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda



Gorgeous work and performance. Dallapiccola is certainly amongst my favorite Italian composers.

[Karl Henning]

Berg
Violin Concerto To the Memory of an angel (1935)
Szeryng
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Kubelik

[Karl Henning]

Schoenberg
Pf Concerto, Op. 42 (1942)
Brendel
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Kubelik

Schoenberg
Vn Concerto,Op. 36 (1934-36)
Zeitlin
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Kubelik