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[aligreto]

Beethoven: String Quartets [Gewandhaus Quartet]





String Quartet Op. 132

This is writing for a four stringed instrument ensemble that is magnificent, eternal and it sings to the ages. The music is always probing and searching, absorbing and compelling.

[Traverso]

Rob has fixed this now Harry - it was a problem with Paypal.

Now playing: Bantock 'Omar Khayám'

Hi Jeffrey ,is this Vernon Handley a first choice or is it the Lyrita BBC recording .Wich one  do you recommend ? 

[Traverso]

This disc is a real treasure trove !

[foxandpeng]

Einojuhani Rautavaara.

Symphonies 1-3.

Leipzig Radio SO, Max Pommer.

I did not expect from the likes of Max Pommer to deliver such pristine performances of Rautavaara's symphonies. But by Gad he did. A consideration for anyone wanting to have all three symphonies in a row. It certainly gets you through the motions in a very comprehensive manner. Pommer keeps the orchestra in a tight reign, and brings out the best of this composer. Sound is very good.

This has been my 'go to' for these symphonies for years, and helped me to really enjoy Rautavaara.

Great choice 🙂

[Traverso]

Ravel

Piano Concerto G-Dur
Menuet Antique
Piano Concerto for the left hand
Une barque sur L'océan
Fanfare from L'Eventail de Jeanne

Pascal Roger Piano

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Peter Mennin, SY3 (Doctoral dissertation.) Mitropoulos/NY Phil.

[vandermolen]

Hi Jeffrey ,is this Vernon Handley a first choice or is it the Lyrita BBC recording .Wich one  do you recommend ? 

I don't know either of them well enough Jan to make the comparison. I'm 'ploughing through' the Chandos recording in instalments at the moment (3CDs). I like Bantock's music but I'm not sure how often I'll be listening to 'Omar Khayám' because of its length. I'll report back in due course!
The Chandos has about 20 mins of cuts whereas the Lyrita is complete.

In the meantime this might help:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/Jul/Bantock_Khayyam_REAM2128.htm
and this;
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2007/sept07/Bantock_Omar_Khayyam_CHSA5051.htm

Now playing 'Grazhyna' by Lyatoshynsky:

[Biffo]

Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85 - André Navarra cello with the Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

[Carlo Gesualdo]

good morning I'm listening to a subjection ogf MusicTurner GmG menber, cool poster, in my Japanese confrontional  extre musique of Japan, try Iannis Xennakis, edition volume 9 Elctronics sound workd 2 , it's excellent dear MusicTurner ,you sure know you're stuff, thanks a lot nuddy.

[Mirror Image]

Hope it helps to make you feel better John - a good choice and I really like that boxed set with alternative recordings of Symphony No.6 etc.

Thanks, Jeffrey. It certainly perked me up for sure, especially that jovial final movement, which contains an earworm that never quite leaves my mind until well after a week. Yes, this Boult box is superb in all respects.

[Karl Henning]

Jealousy is in line with First-Listen-Friday!

CD 1

Janáček
Jealousy
Taras Bulba

Mark Elder

Strauss
Sinfonia domestica
Loren Maazel

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NP:

Saygun
Symphony No. 4, Op. 43
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Ari Rasilainen

[foxandpeng]

Sibelius
The Complete Symphonies
Osmo Vänskä
BIS

Back to back Sibelius symphonies to accompany a long working day before beginning a week of annual leave. I appreciate several cycles but this one is familiar and works for me.

[kyjo]

Dag Wiren - Symphony No.2

Pounds the table!

[kyjo]

Saygun Symphony No. 4 and the Violin Concerto, Rasilainen conducting the Rheinland-Pfalz




Sarge

What did you think??

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Sibelius
The Complete Symphonies
Osmo Vänskä
BIS



Back to back Sibelius symphonies to accompany a long working day before beginning a week of annual leave. I appreciate several cycles but this one is familiar and works for me.

Such an unbelievably great cycle. Vänskä has the full measure of this music and he brought a unique sound to Sibelius that even Colin Davis' three cycles couldn't match: the haunting and crushing sound of silence. This, of course, isn't to say that Vänskä ignores those big climatic moments, but he brought out those eerie silences better than any other conductor. Other favorite Sibelians in no particular order: Segerstam, Berglund, Bernstein, Saraste and lately I've been rather taken by Maazel (on Decca with the Wiener Philharmoniker).

[Roasted Swan]

This disc is a real treasure trove !

Absolutely!  A justly famous In the South and Tallis Fantasia for starters!

[Traverso]

Absolutely!  A justly famous In the South and Tallis Fantasia for starters!

It is a fine. Box,Silvestri was a fine director who did compose also some piano works..

[Mirror Image]

First-Listen Friday

Borodin
String Quartet No. 2 in D major
Borodin Quartet

[Irons]

Edward Elgar
Cockaigne Overture, op. 40
Cello Concerto in e minor, op. 80
Sea Pictures, op. 37
Jacqueline du Pré & Dame Janet Baker
LSO/Philharmonia - Sir John Barbirolli

Finishing up a brief survey of Elgar today.

Listening to a podcast of "Desert Island Discs" last week thought it interesting that Yo-Yo Ma picked Jackie's famous recording of the Elgar concerto. He also chose Dame Janet in the famous eight, not Elgar but Richard Strauss and "Morgen".