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[Sergeant Rock]

Shock the Monday!

Like the pun    Like that CD too. My first generation copy is missing the Paganini though.

Thread duty: encore performance of the Schnittke Fourth...loving it.

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Thread duty: encore performance of the Schnittke Fourth...loving it.

Yes! Almost cannot wait to get back home to listen to the Polyansky!

[TheGSMoeller]

Shock the Monday! a special division of Maiden-Listen Mondays!

Schnittke
Concerto Grosso № 1 (1976-77)
Gidon Kremer & Tatiana Grindenko, vns
Yuri Smirnov, hpschd & prepared pf
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Heinrich Schiff

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Another Schnittke disc on my wish list, nice to see it's mentioning. 

Thread duty...Decoration Day from...

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[BobsterLobster]

Interesting stuff:

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Thread duty...Decoration Day from...

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Now, there's a great recording...

[madaboutmahler]

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Daphnis et Chloe

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Daphnis et Chloe

Wunderbar! Lovely performance.

[Lisztianwagner]

Now:
Symphony No.6 - I Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig, aber markig
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The 5th symphony I listened to this afternoon was absolutely a thrilling, powerful performance, very beautiful! I particularly liked the 2nd and the 3rd movement, really outstanding

[BobsterLobster]

Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade for guitar and violin... Lindgard's violin playing is ravishing!

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Listening to Symphony No. 6. A really great performance.

[madaboutmahler]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 6. A really great performance.

This is great to hear, John. I have the Bertini set on my listening pile at the moment. I might try and listen to some before I start the Karajan Ring.
So, is this the first time you are actually enjoying the music? The beggining of a new era!

[Mirror Image]

This is great to hear, John. I have the Bertini set on my listening pile at the moment. I might try and listen to some before I start the Karajan Ring.
So, is this the first time you are actually enjoying the music? The beggining of a new era!

My goodness no, Daniel. I've always enjoyed Mahler's music. I went through a big Mahler phase several years ago. I just got interested in a lot of other composer's music and never looked back. This could be the beginning of a new era indeed!

[madaboutmahler]

My goodness no, Daniel. I've always enjoyed Mahler's music. I went through a big Mahler phase several years ago. I just got interested in a lot of other composer's music and never looked back. This could be the beginning of a new era indeed!

Very glad to hear this! Well, I look forward to witnessing you rediscovering your love for Mahler!

[North Star]

Very glad to hear this! Well, I look forward to witnessing you rediscovering your love for Mahler!

Daniel, have you made progress with the box?

[madaboutmahler]

Daniel, have you made progress with the box?

This weekend, I shall try and listen to at least all of disc 2!

[not edward]

I'm being a non-comformist.  I went with discs 1 & 3 (Preludes 1 and Images 1 & 2; Etudes, short works) to get a broader mix.  Crossley's style is most satisfying.  Haven't enjoyed a Debussy set this much since Rouvier.

Crossley's low profile has always baffled me, as he's struck me as consistently very impressive in pretty much anything he's recorded.

I suppose it's mostly because he hasn't recorded a lot outside of French and late-20th century music.

As for my listening: 3-6 from Herbert Blomstedt's excellent Sibelius cycle:

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[North Star]

Re: Crossley
His Janacek recordings are superb, available in Decca's box.

This weekend, I shall try and listen to at least all of disc 2!

Glorious performances of Jeux, Images, and Printemps await 


Thread duty
Tippett
Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli
Rudolf Barshai & Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Bath Festival Orchestra
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[SonicMan46]

Bach, JS Keyboard Works w/ Ivo Janssen - first 4 discs today; re-listening after a while - uniformly excellent interpretations on the piano - could live w/ this collection for a while; have all of these works on non-piano keyboards too, so nice to have an option depending on one's mood -

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Very glad to hear this! Well, I look forward to witnessing you rediscovering your love for Mahler!

I've always loved Mahler's 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 9th, so I'll definitely be revisiting these. I finished with the 6th and I'm taking a little break right now, so in the meantime I'm playing this:

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Listening to Bartok's The Miraculous Mandarin. Such powerful music and a great performance from Abbado.

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Listening to this disc:



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