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SonicMan46

#111020
May 23, 2024, 09:27:24 AM
Bach, JS - Brandenburg Concertos w/ Suzuki and Butt; also own the older recording w/ Leonhardt w/ quite a lineup of performers!   :D   Dave

P.S. Numerous reviews attached, all excellent except for Dubins 'bitching' about Butt - also a good discussion by Hurwitz at the bottom - he recommends numerous recordings (and there are MANY out there!) but seems to like the older Leonhardt the best.

   

Symphonic Addict

#111021
May 23, 2024, 09:35:20 AM
Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support for a good reason: they've no wealth, they've no power, so they've no rights.

Noam Chomsky

Linz

#111022
May 23, 2024, 10:41:43 AM
Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor. Op. 104
Martinů Cello Concerto, Christian Poltéra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Thomas Dausgaard

Mirror Image

#111023
May 23, 2024, 10:45:55 AM Last Edit: May 23, 2024, 12:30:11 PM by Mirror Image
Quote from: DavidW on May 23, 2024, 07:46:52 AM@Brian @Mirror Image I will have to check out those chamber works!  I'm a sucker for all things Martinu chamber music.

Yeah, the disc I was listening to on Supraphon and the disc that @Brian pointed out on BIS are excellent in all respects.
"What was great about the '50s is that, for one brief moment - maybe, say, six weeks - nobody understood art." ― Morton Feldman

Mirror Image

#111024
May 23, 2024, 10:47:12 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on May 23, 2024, 07:14:21 AMI didn't know Martinu had written a viola sonata. Interesting.

Yes, indeed and it is an excellent work. As @Brian points out, there is another recording of it on BIS that is also an awesome performance.
"What was great about the '50s is that, for one brief moment - maybe, say, six weeks - nobody understood art." ― Morton Feldman

Brian

#111025
May 23, 2024, 10:52:30 AM
Quote from: Spotted Horses on May 23, 2024, 08:36:53 AMPoking around I came across Adam Fischer's Brahms, which has to be the most god-awful thing I have ever heard! (Speaking only for myself, of course.)

Glad you didn't purchase that as you threatened to when I posted about it last year  ;D

Karl Henning

#111026
May 23, 2024, 10:53:11 AM
JSB
French Suite № 2 in c minor, BWV 813
Alan Curtis
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

#111027
May 23, 2024, 10:59:04 AM
Well, the c minor Suite really flies by ....

JSB
French Suite № 3 in b minor, BWV 814
Alan Curtis
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Mirror Image

#111028
May 23, 2024, 11:01:24 AM
NP:

Magnard
Hymne À La Justice, Op. 14
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Mark Stringer

From this OOP recording -



Outside of the symphonies, this entire disc is outstanding. The chamber works box set (also on Timpani) is worth seeking. Such a great composer.
"What was great about the '50s is that, for one brief moment - maybe, say, six weeks - nobody understood art." ― Morton Feldman

ritter

#111029
May 23, 2024, 11:05:09 AM Last Edit: May 23, 2024, 11:13:39 AM by ritter
I rarely listen to Richard Strauss' tone poems, but tonight I'm having a go at Ein Heldenleben. Karl Böhm's first DG recording, with the Staatskapelle Dresden.

CD 3 of this set:

Spotted Horses

#111030
May 23, 2024, 11:05:25 AM
Quote from: Brian on May 23, 2024, 10:52:30 AMGlad you didn't purchase that as you threatened to when I posted about it last year  ;D

I'm still trying to confirm that I didn't, in fact, purchase it. :)

(I vaguely suspected I had, but it is not on my hard disk.)
There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind. - Duke Ellington

Spotted Horses

#111031
May 23, 2024, 11:14:50 AM
Quote from: SonicMan46 on May 23, 2024, 09:27:24 AMBach, JS - Brandenburg Concertos w/ Suzuki and Butt; also own the older recording w/ Leonhardt w/ quite a lineup of performers!   :D   Dave

P.S. Numerous reviews attached, all excellent except for Dubins 'bitching' about Butt - also a good discussion by Hurwitz at the bottom - he recommends numerous recordings (and there are MANY out there!) but seems to like the older Leonhardt the best.

   


I skimmed Hurwitz' video and his mention of the cafe Zimmerman set is interesting, I liked the brief samples I listened to. He also lists Savall as a favorite, which is my current favorite along with Harnoncourt. Maybe I try that Seon set he also likes.

There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind. - Duke Ellington

Florestan

#111032
May 23, 2024, 11:20:06 AM
Quote from: Florestan on May 23, 2024, 01:47:50 AM

After listening to the first three, my conclusion is: a Brazilian Ravel-cum-Rachmaninoff.
There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. — Claude Debussy

AnotherSpin

#111033
May 23, 2024, 11:23:05 AM
Op. 106

ritter

#111034
May 23, 2024, 11:26:02 AM
Quote from: Florestan on May 23, 2024, 11:20:06 AMAfter listening to the first three, my conclusion is: a Brazilian Ravel-cum-Rachmaninoff.
The more I listened to Villa-Lobos, the less I liked his music, so I've given it a rest of several years...

Florestan

#111035
May 23, 2024, 11:34:59 AM
Quote from: ritter on May 23, 2024, 11:26:02 AMThe more I listened to Villa-Lobos, the less I liked his music, so I've given it a rest of several years...

I'm not surprised this time. I've noticed long ago that when it comes to modern music, I'm from Mars and you're from Venus.  ;D

Buenas noches, amigo!
There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. — Claude Debussy

Lisztianwagner

#111036
May 23, 2024, 11:44:28 AM
Roberto Gerhard
Concerto for Orchestra

Matthias Bamert & BBC Symphony Orchestra

"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

Linz

#111037
May 23, 2024, 11:48:23 AM
Reinhold Glière Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 8 and  Suite 'The Red Poppy',  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra,  Edward Downes

Mirror Image

#111038
May 23, 2024, 11:49:31 AM
NP:

Ropartz
Symphony No. 3
Isabelle Philippe, Elodie Mechain, Marc Laho, Jean Teitgen
Erik Satie Vocal Ensemble, Jacques Ibert Vocal Ensemble, Opus 37 Vocal Ensemble, Tours Region Center Symphony Orchestra
Jean-Yves Ossonce

From this OOP recording -

"What was great about the '50s is that, for one brief moment - maybe, say, six weeks - nobody understood art." ― Morton Feldman

Karl Henning

#111039
May 23, 2024, 12:02:06 PM
JSB

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV225
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot
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