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Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125

[SimonNZ]

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First-Listen Saturdays

Triumphal Poem



Awesome work. This Melodiya set has some great performances, especially the ones conducted by the composer himself like this one. I wish his 1st symphony was included in this set as the composer conducted this work for the label in the 70s, but the performance of the 2nd is in this set and it's excellent.

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Korngold's VC



Mutter started this concerto off a bit different than I'm accustomed to hearing, but I warmed very quickly to her approach --- stunning performance. My current reference is James Ehnes on Onyx, but this one is giving him a run for his money. Of course, Previn had a natural affinity for Korngold's music. A winning performance I'd say.

[Carlo Gesualdo]

  These darn holes pigeon hole 10 meters long no cones no barrier I felt twice lately tonight  in them injuring myself so-so, almost skull crack, only injured on the skull two line of blood and behind my right ears, and bruise ishe... bleeding I put plaster all over I'm a bloody mess thank to that town idiot Montreal mayor Valery Plante and her idea of ''grandeure'', she wanted to repair the whole town in one year that so stupid, we almost got bankrupt , fire her, at once, It's obvious she incompetent...it's a good thing I,m not made of  biscuit , athletic strong body?


P.S Mandryka was right about something earl madrigals book Monteverdi 1-3 are more interesting than 4-9, sir you have all my respect and Jao Lourenço Rebelo a super composer know him Mandryka ,Traverso others?

Now let get to the platter of joy what am I listening Monteverdi book 2 Marco Longhinni direction(I love everything this Mister done for renaissance sake very good I say, good purchase, and Huelgas ensemble Rebelo album Lamentation & Psalms, it's brilliants sound wonderful from a composer I hardly knew.Now Tylenol codeine is relieving the pain, at least, have a nice day everyone 

[Madiel]

Fauré: streaming various versions of Mirages to find out who doesn't make it plodding.

Late Fauré is hard. A lot harder than it looks, or sounds. And I'm increasingly finding that an awful lot of people can't quite manage the subtleties of its liquid flow.

EDIT: After listening to a bunch of versions, the ones that I would put at the top of the pile are Thomas Oliemans and Thierry Félix.



Crebassa is also a contender.



Beyond that... there are a few that okay, and a lot that just aren't what I'm looking for. Giving the phrases shape and colour is an absolute must, otherwise this music can really sound rather dull.

[vandermolen]

First-Listen Saturdays

Triumphal Poem



Awesome work. This Melodiya set has some great performances, especially the ones conducted by the composer himself like this one. I wish his 1st symphony was included in this set as the composer conducted this work for the label in the 70s, but the performance of the 2nd is in this set and it's excellent.

I like the new avatar. Yes, that's a very nice set. Khachaturian's own recording of Symphony No.1 is good but not IMO as good as Tjeknavorian's first recording with the LSO, which has a unique epic sweep.
These are both fine CDs featuring the composer's own recording of Symphony No.1:

[Que]

Morning listening:



Edit: My, despite a wonderful contribution by Fretwork, the choir sounds a mess.... 

Switching it off...


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[Que]

Ensemble with a similar name and also with Fretwork, but much better! 

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[Maestro267]

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Berlin PO/Karajan

MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 1
Prutsman (piano)/NSO Ireland/Fagen

[Irons]

Inspired by a Hurwitz video, listened to a couple Elgar Symphony No. 2 recordings, Slatkin (one of his main recs) and Handley (not one of the recs, just one I already had)

You know, I'm not sure I like this music anymore. 

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(There's a new Sony box of the Slatkin recordings:

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https://www.youtube.com/v/pzs95_Qj9lk

With some surprise I found a non-national talking of a most national and misunderstood composer both refreshing and informative. I know little of Hurwitz or his publication, but he knows Elgar deeply, both music and the man, even if he buries it under a veneer of humour. I'm interested in the Colin Davis recording after viewing the video and thank you for posting it.

[aligreto]

https://www.youtube.com/v/pzs95_Qj9lk


I am always reminded of Orthodox icons when I see this type of set up from Hurwitz. Is he trying to present a particular image of himself to us? 

[Madiel]

Beethoven op.106



Pretty much what I hoped for from Goode, especially in the first 2 movements. An opera that Mozart would be excited by.

[aligreto]

JC Bach: Laudate pueri Dominum [Gaigg]





This is a very appealing and engaging work. The writing is very elegant and Gaigg delivers a very refined and poised presentation. It is light of touch and well paced with the requisite tone of devotion. The work has sections for solo tenor and solo soprano voices as well as sections which require both. When used together, the voices of both Kirkby and Schafer work well.

[Biffo]

'In Chains of Gold': The English Pre-Restoration Anthem Vol. 2 - Magdalena Consort, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, Fretwork - anthems, voluntaries etc by Cosyn, Morley, Hooper and Mundy

[Que]

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Doing a straight run of the two discs with the harpsichord sonatas, played by Mara Fanelli on a French-style harpsichord by Keith Hill after Pascal Taskin 1769.

These elaborate harpsichord sonatas in four movement by cavaliere (knight) Azzolini Bernardino Giuseppe Cristofano Maria Della Caia aka "the knight from Siena" are stunning IMO. And this is my 3rd recording!

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[amw]

Hisako Kawamura's 1.000 batting average so far continues to hold. Hope the streaming services put up more of these Japan-only CD issues.

[Daverz]

https://www.youtube.com/v/pzs95_Qj9lk


I am always reminded of Orthodox icons when I see this type of set up from Hurwitz. Is he trying to present a particular image of himself to us? 

Saint Tam-Tam

[Pohjolas Daughter]

With some surprise I found a non-national talking of a most national and misunderstood composer both refreshing and informative. I know little of Hurwitz or his publication, but he knows Elgar deeply, both music and the man, even if he buries it under a veneer of humour. I'm interested in the Colin Davis recording after viewing the video and thank you for posting it.

Irons,

I'll be interested in hearing how you like Colin Davis' recording of it; I bought it a number of years ago and should revisit it.

I hadn't watched any of Hurwitz's videos before now but found it to be quite interesting and it did seem like he felt quite comfortable with the music in his descriptions.  Wondering what the gong is for behind him?  Perhaps a bit of a joke--I thought of a silly program that was on the air in the States during the 1970's called The Gong Show in which contestants had a short amount of time to do their act; if the audience didn't boo them, I think that they then went onto the next round?  If they didn't pass the muster though, they were 'gonged' and removed from the stage.

Best,

PD

p.s.  Dave,  If I'm in the mood to listen to Elgar, I admit, I'll normally gravitate towards his violin or cello concerto rather than his symphonies.  Do you like any of his chamber music?  I am fond of it myself.   

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Beethoven Qt op 132
from here:
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