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[AnotherSpin]

Trios from this 2CD set.

The problem with falling in love with a piece of music is that you immediately proceed to ruin it. You play it far too often, in every possible interpretation under the sun. You're insatiable. Obsessed. And then, without so much as a polite warning, it happens: you hit the wall. The magic's gone, the thrill has vanished, and you can't even bear to listen to it one more time.

That, alas, was the fate of Schubert's Trio Op. 100 in my hands (and ears). I overdid it.

Happily, Bylsma, Immerseel, and Beths came to the rescue. Their version? Sharp, fresh, delicate, perfectly balanced. And, crucially, not annoying - a minor miracle.

[Que]

The problem with falling in love with a piece of music is that you immediately proceed to ruin it. You play it far too often, in every possible interpretation under the sun. You're insatiable. Obsessed. And then, without so much as a polite warning, it happens: you hit the wall. The magic's gone, the thrill has vanished, and you can't even bear to listen to it one more time.

That, alas, was the fate of Schubert's Trio Op. 100 in my hands (and ears). I overdid it.

Happily, Bylsma, Immerseel, and Beths came to the rescue. Their version? Sharp, fresh, delicate, perfectly balanced. And, crucially, not annoying - a minor miracle.

Try also La Gaia Scienza:

[AnotherSpin]

Try also La Gaia Scienza:

Thank you for the recommendation. This recording was one of many dozens I listened to...

[Irons]

I personally like Igor Zhukov, Elena Kuschnerova, and Valery Kastelsky.

Zhukov made many fine recordings for Melodiya including a very good Prokofiev set as well as Scriabin. From the same stable, Vladimir Sofronitsky a specialist Scriabin pianist.

[Irons]

Trios from this 2CD set.

The problem with falling in love with a piece of music is that you immediately proceed to ruin it. You play it far too often, in every possible interpretation under the sun. You're insatiable. Obsessed. And then, without so much as a polite warning, it happens: you hit the wall. The magic's gone, the thrill has vanished, and you can't even bear to listen to it one more time.

That, alas, was the fate of Schubert's Trio Op. 100 in my hands (and ears). I overdid it.

Happily, Bylsma, Immerseel, and Beths came to the rescue. Their version? Sharp, fresh, delicate, perfectly balanced. And, crucially, not annoying - a minor miracle.

So true. Feels like losing a good friend.

[Cato]

For America's 249th Birthday:


Charles Ives: Symphony #2

[foxandpeng]

Cesar Guerra-Peixe
Symphonies 1 and 2
Neil Thomson
Goiania Symphony Choir
Goias PO
Goias Youth Symphony Choir
Naxos (The Music of Brazil)

I'm really surprised to have found these symphonies less than interesting. Maybe it is my mood or the fact that an inaugural hearing doesn't necessarily equate with long-term appreciation, but it all fell a bit flat. It was ok, I guess, but nothing of massive stature.

[Linz]

Alexander Zemlinsky symphony No. 1 in D minor
Waldgesprach, Fruhlingsbegrabnis, Narblumen blumen uberall
Edith Mathis, Roland Herman
Chor Symponieorchster des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Antony Beumont

[Traverso]

  Bach and  De Visée

[Roasted Swan]

Cesar Guerra-Peixe
Symphonies 1 and 2
Neil Thomson
Goiania Symphony Choir
Goias PO
Goias Youth Symphony Choir
Naxos (The Music of Brazil)

I'm really surprised to have found these symphonies less than interesting. Maybe it is my mood or the fact that an inaugural hearing doesn't necessarily equate with long-term appreciation, but it all fell a bit flat. It was ok, I guess, but nothing of massive stature.

I was relatively underwhelmed a bit as well.......

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Zhukov made many fine recordings for Melodiya including a very good Prokofiev set as well as Scriabin. From the same stable, Vladimir Sofronitsky a specialist Scriabin pianist.

I like those recordings from Melodiya. Too bad they are not available in digital or disc format. Sofronitzky's Scriabin music is solid.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Paul Creston SY2.

[Spotted Horses]

I diverted from my listening to Wellesz Symphonies to list to his Piano Concerto.



The best work of Wellesz I have heard, perhaps.

I continue to be impressed after a second listen. The work doesn't have a key signature, but I get the impression it makes free use of tonality. (Alas, streaming and no access to the CD notes.)

[nico1616]

This Jephtha is one of the rare recordings where Marriner gets it better than Gardiner.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major, 1878 Version Ed. Leopold Nowak
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy,
Maria Stadler, Soprano, , Helen Vanni, Mezzo- soprano, Stanley Kolk, Tenor. Donald Gramm, Bass Temple University Choir

[Lisztianwagner]

Johann Strauss II
Phänomene Op. 193
Romance No. 1 (For Cello And Orchestra) Op. 243
Kinderspiele (Polka Française) Op. 304
Du And Du Op. 367

Alfred Walter & CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

[Linz]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C Major "Jupiter" K.551
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B minor "Unfinished" D.759

[DavidW]

[Daverz]

I continue to be impressed after a second listen. The work doesn't have a key signature, but I get the impression it makes free use of tonality. (Alas, streaming and no access to the CD notes.)

Here's the booklet for the Wellesz concerto disc:

https://static.qobuz.com/goodies/93/000201939.pdf

By the way, there's another recording of the Piano Concerto on the Pan label:

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No . 4 in E Flat Major, 1880 (aka 1878/80) - Ed. Robert Haas
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Georg Tintner