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[prémont]

Franz Haselböck playing Bach chorales

Organ built in 1778 by Johann Gottfried Malleck for Eisenstadt Cathedral

(I started listening thinking this was Martin Haselböck, now realizing it's his uncle playing  )

Franz Haselböck passed Febr.11 2024. He was brother to Hans Haselböck (another Austrian organist 1928-2021) who was Martin Haselböcks father.

[Spotted Horses]

Mozart, Symphonies 20, 31, 33, Pinnock



Nicely done, No 20, in particular, is a wonderfully festive performance of a work where Mozart uses trumpets to good effect. No 34 is a favorite of mine among the "middle" symphonies and I will probably try that next.

[SonicMan46]

Decided to go through my Bach collections which will take a while!  Starting w/ CPE Bach:

Bassoon Music - nearly all of this music are bassoon transcriptions done by Sergio Azzolini playing a Baroque instrument (probably my favorite performer on this instrument), except for some of the chamber pieces; the works and their H. & Wq. numbers given below for each disc - Gio on Amazon has an excellent more thorough discussion HERE, for those interested.  Dave

CD 1:  Source
H 432. Cello Concerto in A minor (Wq 170) (1750) (arrangement of H.430)
H 436. Cello Concerto in B flat major (Wq 171) (1751) (arrangement of H.434)
H 439. Cello Concerto in A major (Wq 172) (1753) (arrangement of H.437)

CD 2:
H 425. Keyboard Concerto in D minor (Wq 22) (1747)
H 479. Concerto for harpsichord & piano in E flat major (Wq 47) (1788)
H 444. Keyboard Concerto in G major (Wq 34) (1755)

CD 3:
H 416. Keyboard Concerto in D major (Wq 13) (1744)
H 588. Trio Sonata in F major (Wq 163)
H 446. Keyboard Concerto in E flat major (Wq 35) (1759)
H 520. Clarinet Sonata in E flat major (Wq 92:5)

[VonStupp]

Check out the only other complete recording by Igor Markevitch - a Boulanger specialist - and Andre Mallabrerra - the ideal French lyric tenor.  The recording may be murky, the orchestra 2nd rate and the soprano wobbling but the feel of the piece amazing.  I keep hoping this performance will make it to CD.

I can imagine. My entry to Boulanger was Markevitch on Everest, and still cherish it despite aging sonics. I see BBC Magazine had a recording of Faust under James Gaffigan. The work is still new to me, so I doubt I will be investing in anything else anytime soon.
VS

[Lisztianwagner]

Mily Balakirev
Symphony No.1 in C major

Herbert von Karajan & Philharmonia Orchestra

[Bachtoven]

Spectacular playing and sound. (DSD64 download)

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 6 in A Major, 1881 Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak, Kurt Eichhorn, Bruckner Orchester Linz

[ritter]

Some Wagnerian bleeding chunks tonight: Act I, scene 3 from Die Walküre, an excerpt from the prologue and "Siegfried's Rhine Journey" from Götterdämmerung. Helen Traubel (sop.), Lauritz Melchior (ten.), and Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra.

CD3 of this set:

[Lisztianwagner]

Charles Ives
Symphony No.4

Michael Tilson Thomas & Chicago Symphony Orchestra

[SonicMan46]

Bach, CPE - Cello Concertos w/ Bylsma, Altstaedt & Mate (in the 7-disc box) - these are all excellent performances - attached are numerous excellent reviews of Altstaedt's performance except for Dave Hurwitz's scathing comments (he must have been having a 'bad hair' day -    ) - Dave

[Karl Henning]

Taking a cue from the Bax thread:

[Linz]

Lully Dies Irae, Miserere,
Dumont Memorare, Choeur et Orchestre de la Chappelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, 1890 Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak,  Eugen Jochum, Bamberger Symphoniker

[Bachtoven]

[AnotherSpin]

Op. 106

[Symphonic Addict]

A fine HB CD. It was great to have a professional performance of the 10th Symphony although it didn't erase memories of the one featuring the Leicestershire Schools SO.

Even though I used to enjoy the 10th more before, I consider it a pretty interesting work all the same.

[Symphonic Addict]

Quite marvellous English late-Romanticism. Grey Galloway and The Demon Lover contain splendid music, whilst Coronach is mildly less engrossing.

[Bachtoven]

[Symphonic Addict]

More fine English late-Romanticism:

Elgar: In the South