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Mixing my listening of Shostakovich symphonies with some other Shostakovich
Chailly and the Philadelphia orchestra :
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Highly enjoyable!

[mc ukrneal]

Mixing my listening of Shostakovich symphonies with some other Shostakovich
Chailly and the Philadelphia orchestra :
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Highly enjoyable!

Probably my single favorite Shostakovich disc right there.

[mc ukrneal]

Brahms Piano Quartet No.2 with the Leopold String Trio and Marc Andre Hamelin. Great music. Wonderful playing.
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[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Well this twofar can be considered as another success in Pieter-Jan Belder's discography. Seldom do I encounter a bad recording by him. Sometimes you will resent his approach, but I am sure there will be no resentment in this case, for the first Volume from The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, will deliver every notion you may have of these works, and if not this will be a marvellous introduction. Performed on two wonderful sounding harpsichords ( Cornelis Bom & Martin Skowroneck) in a most perfect recording 2010, this took my breath away. The grace and breath and presentation in a steady but never hurried pace makes for the feel of being actually transported back in that time, a huge accomplishment I would say.

Works by: John Bull, Giles Farnaby, Martin Peerson, William Byrd, Peter Philips, Giovanni Picchi, Thomas Tomkins.

Recommended.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Another Brilliant CD that came my way a few weeks ago are chamber works by Anton Wranitzky.

String Quintet in E flat, opus 8. No. 3.
String Sextet, in G.

Ensemble Cordia, is used by Brilliant for a variety of composers, and shown itself to be a dedicated group of musicians, who play with great integrity. The works on this CD, are not the best works in the genre, a bit flat in expression, and conventional in its outlay. That it is a pleasant passing of your time, is the merit of these musicians. Not really a necessary investment though. The recording is excellent. Another quibble I have is the duration of this disc, just 49 minutes, surely another work could have been recorded.

[Conor71]

Haydn: String Quartet No. 17 In Bb Major, Op. 9/5, H 3/23


I've been listening to this new set most of the day and now up to Disc 5 - also almost finished ripping the set to iTunes which is a tedious process with such a large box!.
This set is certainly better than my old Aeolian Quartet set of the works both in performance and the quality of the sound which is first rate!.
Overall I am very happy with my new purchase and think it will give me a lot of listening pleasure


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[Wanderer]

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(the SACD version)

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn String Quartet C minor op.17/4 played by the Auryn Quartet




Sarge

[mc ukrneal]

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(the SACD version)

I've always enjoyed this one tremendously. Does the SACD add much? The sound was already pretty good I thought.

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn String Quartet G major op.17/5 played by the Auryn Quartet


Sarge

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

You could safely say that Paganini raised the standard of the Violin technique to levels previously imaginable, and for many musicians a inspiration to follow. His Violin concertos are the main focus for music lovers all over the world. but he also wrote String quartets, well, essentially the melody line is for the first Violin, and other strings. . Although Paganini is less adventurous then, lets say Mozart, his SQ are nevertheless of a melodious and musical quality that will give as much pleasure as his Violin concerti.  The structure, phrasing and changes in harmony point directly to the mastery of Mozart. The Amati Ensemble is by all means up to the task, they play beautifully and in a very alert manner,  with some fine counterpoint. No drama here, but essentially happy tunes. It is recorded in a church nearby my home ( Fransum) and the sound is top notch!
I urge you to try them, it will give you many a happy moment when most needed.

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn String Quartet D major op.17/6 played by the Auryn Quartet


Sarge

[Lisztianwagner]

Again:
Neujahrskonzert 1989

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Kleiber and the Wiener Philharmoniker are absolutely amazing here, the concert is incredibly beautiful and brilliant!
I listened to the Bauern-Polka so many times in a row yesterday evening that now I can't get this piece out from my head....

[DieNacht]

Prokofiev: 2nd piano concerto - Ashkenazy, Kondrashin. Hall of Fame LP.

Not my favoured (like Krainev and Yundi Li), but a good one, though in rather poor mono. Predates Ashkenazy/Previn on decca, is slightly livelier.

[Henk]

Byrd - My Ladye Nevells Booke
Elizabeth Farr

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[Wanderer]

I've always enjoyed this one tremendously.

Me too. Regarding the SACD, this is one among a few SACD-only Sony releases (from the early days of the format when Sony thought it would be a good idea to antagonize the CD format), so no CD-layer available to me to compare. However, a pianist friend of mine (who also loves this interpretation and holds Perahia in very high esteem in general) has the CD release and has commented in the past upon listening to the SACD that it does have a fuller, more natural sound, whereas the CD version is more tin-sounding in places and has a drier piano tone, especially in the treble. A part of the perceived differences are to be expected because of the higher resolution of the SACD format; however, it doesn't help that the piano was very closely miked, which probably accentuated those differences.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Vincent d'Indy.

Symphonie sur un Chant montagnard 'Cevenole, opus 25, for Piano and Orchestra.

Christine Collard, Piano.
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Marek Janowski.

Very well done.

[Sergeant Rock]

Robert Simpson Symphony #4  (1970-72), Handley conducting the Bournemouth SO




Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Have you heard no.4 yet, Ilaria? I love that one so much, especially the scherzo!!!!

Yeah, the Fourth's scherzo (Presto) kicks ass    ...the Haydn and Beethoven allusions fascinating.

Sarge

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Natanael Berg.

Reverenza.

Suite, The Suitors of the Duchess.

To start with very sophisticated sound, and music that has to sink in, before I can say anything about it.