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[AnotherSpin]

But streaming isn't lossless. Suddenly, something you've been able to stream for a long time may be lost without any explanation. 

If only it were just streaming. In the world of things, nothing lasts forever or remains unchanged. Every thing comes, perishes and inevitably goes

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

The World Of George Malcolm.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Benjamin Britten
String Quartet 1 in D Major, op. 25
String Quartet 2 in C Major, op. 36
String Quartet 3, op. 94
Takács Quartet

I am not overly familiar with Britten's quartets, but he certainly makes the genre his own.
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Red Hot Suffolk Winter by Mita Higton

Britten's SQs are amazing! Some of my favorite works from him. And that Takács recording is top-drawer. I may have to revisit it soon.

[SonicMan46]

Leclair, Jean-Marie (1697-1764) - Violin Sonatas, Bk. 1 on 3 CDs w/ Adrian Butterfield on Baroque Violin and others on Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord; also have Bk. 2 on two discs and Bk. 3 on three discs - reviews on these recordings attached.  Dave

   

[Irons]

The World Of George Malcolm.

A post that took me back to happy times. Decca's super budget LP label "The World of the Classics" a treasure trove of great performances in brilliant sound costing peanuts. Due to the success Decca designated a light blue colour label for "World of" series.

[prémont]

If only it were just streaming. In the world of things, nothing lasts forever or remains unchanged. Every thing comes, perishes and inevitably goes

Yes, but I didn't think of being so philosophical.

[Lisztianwagner]

On youtube:

Erkki Melartin
Symphony No.5

Ari Rasilainen & Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

[ritter]

Aldo Ciccolini plays Debussy: Preludes (Livre II), Six épigraphes antiques, and sundry pieces including La plus que lente, Hommage à Haydn, etc.

CD 3 of this magnificent (almost) complete traversal of Debussy music for solo piano:

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

On youtube:

Erkki Melartin
Symphony No.5

Ari Rasilainen & Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

How do you like the music?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

A post that took me back to happy times. Decca's super budget LP label "The World of the Classics" a treasure trove of great performances in brilliant sound costing peanuts. Due to the success Decca designated a light blue colour label for "World of" series.

This cover art looks much better! I will look for a discography of the World GC series.

[Spotted Horses]

Melartin, Symphony No 4, Grin (first two movements so far).



Confirming my impression on a previous listen (years ago) the work is generally too placid and lacking in conflict to suite my taste.

On a lark, listened to the first movement of Madetoja Symphony No 1. Neo-Romantic, skillfully done.

[Iota]

Aldo Ciccolini plays Debussy: Preludes (Livre II), Six épigraphes antiques, and sundry pieces including La plus que lente, Hommage à Haydn, etc.

CD 3 of this magnificent (almost) complete traversal of Debussy music for solo piano:

That sounds rather tempting.

Here:



Granados: Goyescas, Book 1
Alicia de Larrocha (piano)

Larrocha is so in her element in this music, it lives and breathes in her hands and she dismisses its technical difficulties with such gaiety, tenderness and ease it's hard to resist. I imagine the fact that Papá studied with Granados can't have done her feeling of comfort with it any harm.
I must admit the 1950's audio contributed to the positive experience for me, particularly so in the superb 'Quejas o la Maja y el Ruisenor'.

[Roasted Swan]

A post that took me back to happy times. Decca's super budget LP label "The World of the Classics" a treasure trove of great performances in brilliant sound costing peanuts. Due to the success Decca designated a light blue colour label for "World of" series.

The FIRST LP I ever bought was this "World of" disc.....



My carefully considered reason for buying this was based completely on the skeleton on the cover which I thought was pretty cool.  As you say this bargain label contained some of Decca's great recordings and this LP was just such a one;  Alexander Gibson's "Tam O'Shanter" has never been bettered and Ansermet's "Sorcerer's Apprentice" is a stonker too.  To be fair the whole LP is pretty great!  Happy days indeed.

[Spotted Horses]

Aldo Ciccolini plays Debussy: Preludes (Livre II), Six épigraphes antiques, and sundry pieces including La plus que lente, Hommage à Haydn, etc.

CD 3 of this magnificent (almost) complete traversal of Debussy music for solo piano:

Ciccolini was a master. Expressive without drawing attention to himself, and impeccable technique.

[Florestan]

Leclair, Jean-Marie (1697-1764) - Violin Sonatas, Bk. 1 on 3 CDs w/ Adrian Butterfield on Baroque Violin and others on Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord; also have Bk. 2 on two discs and Bk. 3 on three discs - reviews on these recordings attached.  Dave

   

Excellent music and recordings.

[SonicMan46]

Brahms, Johannes - String Sextets w/ Quatuor Sine Nomine - MP3 (320 kbps) DL from Prestomusic - reviews attached with our own Brian pitching in from MusicWeb. Dave

[Lisztianwagner]

How do you like the music?

I really love Melartin's symphonies and I was very curious about this new recording; I've listened to the 5th Symphony so far, in my opinion Rasilainen and the Turku Philharmonic did a very beautiful job, their interpretation is intense, mutable and suggestive and it unfolds the variety of the composition very well; right tempi and the sonorities are vivid. I had no doubts about Rasilainen as he recorded a great set for Atterberg's symphonies,he seems very natural with this kind of composers.

[Linz]

George Frideric Handel Amadiigi di Gaula Act I - Act II (beginning)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

[Toni Bernet]

Unknown sacred music, but .....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMKHXpXIi48

Christian Andreas Schulze: «Wie der Hirsch schreiet nach frischem Wasser» - "As the hart panteth after the water brooks," (Psalm 42) (c. 1680)

After the horrors of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), there was a great search for new sound spaces in which to support monodic singing. The psalm concert 'Wie der Hirsch schreiet nach frischem Wasser' (As the deer pants for streams of water) was probably composed in the 1680s in Meissen, where a certain Christian Andreas Schulze was city cantor. Influenced by Italian models, but deeply rooted in the German tradition of Protestant church music, Schulze succeeded in creating an expressive masterpiece and a moving psalm setting.

More and an Listening companion see:
https://www.discoveringsacredmusic.ch/16th-17th-century/schulze

[Que]

[...] with our own Brian pitching in from MusicWeb. Dave

I finally figured a while ago out that "our" Brian at Musicweb is actually a namesake, considerably older and he actually passed away a while ago... Fortunately our own Brian is still alive and kicking! 

Anyway, as to the recording: a while ago I did a comparative listening of the string quintets and Sine Nomine came on top... A performance that rocks!