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[AnotherSpin]

[Number Six]

Saturday Symphony!



Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Like many people, I give little time to the non 3,5,6,7,9 from LvB. I am not convinced I have ever intentionally listened to 1,2,4, or 8.

[Traverso]

Magda Tagliaferro

CD 1

[Cato]

@Cato It doth appear that this chap played all six the same day, during an AGO conference.

WOW!  What a musico-spiritual spirito-musical adventure that must have been!

 

[SonicMan46]

Fasch, Johann Friedrich (1688–1758) was a German violinist and composer. Much of his music is in the Baroque-Classical transitional style known as galant. He was quite prolific in nearly all genres - check his LINK - "This listing is based on Rüdiger Pfeiffer's now out-dated Fasch Werke Verzeichnis."

My current collection includes 14 CDs - see attachment - works listed (all instrumental) along with their catalog number and the corresponding recordings.  Below the first five up for the day, some of my favorites - Fasch is worth exploring if you like this early 18th century music in transition.  Dave

P.S. just saw a Vol. 4 of Tempesta di Mare on Amazon - need to check on pricing!

   

   

[Florestan]

Saturday Symphony!



Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Like many people, I give little time to the non 3,5,6,7,9 from LvB. I am not convinced I have ever intentionally listened to 1,2,4, or 8.

I'd take 4 and 8 over 3, 5, 7, 9 any time. 

[Karl Henning]

I'd take 4 and 8 over 3, 5, 7, 9 any time. 

To paraphrase Benedick: Thou art become an obstinate heretic in the despite of the Opp. 67 & 72. That said, I've always loved N^os. 4 & 8.

TD:
Vol. 7/CD 11

Shostakovich
Symphony № 13 in b^b minor, « Babi Yar » Op. 113 (1962)
Sergei Leiferkus
Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir
Kurt Masur

Britten
Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (1939-40)
Stefan Asbury

[Spotted Horses]

Saturday Symphony!



Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Like many people, I give little time to the non 3,5,6,7,9 from LvB. I am not convinced I have ever intentionally listened to 1,2,4, or 8.

I have loved 8 since I first heard it, as a "filler" on this LP.



Symphonies 2 and 4 only became beloved after I heard them on PI, Immerseel.

[JBS]

Saturday Symphony!



Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Like many people, I give little time to the non 3,5,6,7,9 from LvB. I am not convinced I have ever intentionally listened to 1,2,4, or 8.

Oh dear...
1 and 2 are understandable. But 4, 7, and 8 are his best symphonies.
[That doesn't mean 3 is not a great symphony. It means those three are even greater.]

[JBS]

CD 4
D810 in d minor (Death and the Maiden)
D74 in D major
D86 Minuet in D major

[Karl Henning]

TD:
Vol. 7/CD 11

Shostakovich
Symphony № 13 in b^b minor, « Babi Yar » Op. 113 (1962)
Sergei Leiferkus
Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir
Kurt Masur

Britten
Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (1939-40)
Stefan Asbury

Superb program (assembled onto the disc, to be sure, the performances from 12 May 2006 and 9 Mar 2007, respectively) and superb performances!

[Madiel]

Vivaldi: Bassoon concertos in F (RV 488) and B flat (RV 503)



The B flat one is particularly good.

I can go through new purchases quite quickly... when I'm conscious that 10 times as much is waiting behind it. 

One interesting thing I'm realising is that the numbering of the edition has varied considerably over its life. There wasn't a single "Vivaldi Edition" numbering for a long time. This was volume 5 of the concertos for wind instruments. It was also volume 45 of the "Treasures of Piedmont" series... which is mostly things in the Vivaldi Edition but also some things that are not. I did know about some of these other numbers, but what I didn't realise is that you just won't see the Vivaldi Edition number anywhere on the first 50+ releases!

[Linz]

Joseph Haydn Symphonies Volume  6 CD 2
Symphony 43  'Merkur'
Symphony 44 'Trauer'
The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

[Mister Sharpe]

"Too slow, chicken marengo!," rhymes the Cat in Red Dwarf (sorry, that series so impacted my mind that lines from the show - years after it aired - still ring loud and clear whenever they even vaguely appertain to events in daily life). Levi, like said chicken, takes Mathis much too slowly for my taste. Still, I've kept this CD for the rich textures in the score this performance reveals, aided and abetted by Telarc's fabled engineering. Along with "brown paper packages tied-up with string," Mathis is one of my favorite things; Lenny, Steinberg, and Szell are my preferred purveyors.  Still have not heard Järvi's, though it gets positive reviews.

     

[DavidW]

Like many people, I give little time to the non 3,5,6,7,9 from LvB. I am not convinced I have ever intentionally listened to 1,2,4, or 8.

The first and second were my introduction to classical music. If I didn't love them, I wouldn't be here today.

[prémont]

The first and second were my introduction to classical music. If I didn't love them, I wouldn't be here today.

The first was mine.

[Lisztianwagner]

Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto

Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Bernard Haitink & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, 1877 Linz version with revisions - Ed. Leopold Nowak
Staatskapelle Dresden, Eugen Jochum

[Cato]

Oh dear...
1 and 2 are understandable. But 4, 7, and 8 are his best symphonies.

[That doesn't mean 3 is not a great symphony. It means those three are even greater.]

As I recall, Igor Stravinsky thought the Symphony #4 was the best of the symphonies.


Carlos Kleiber is always a great choice:

[Mister Sharpe]

As I recall, Igor Stravinsky thought the Symphony #4 was the best of the symphonies.

Let's not forget, no less a figure than Jean-Paul Sartre considered the 7th the best.  Gets my vote, as well.