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Now playing CD4 - Beethoven and Brahms from the following long neglected set for a first listen ...

[Sammy]

Krebs: Clavier-Ubung played by William Porter.  The music is very good, Porter and organ are wonderful.

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Pierre Boulez conducting Ensemble InterContemporain in Stravinsky Ebony Concerto with Michel Arrignon on clarinet.
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Antal Dorati conducting Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in an almost hysterical Rite of Spring

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[Coopmv]

Now playing CD6 - works of Bach, Scarlatti, Mozart and Debussy, etc. from the following set for a first listen ...

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B. Britten
War Requiem
Gianandrea Noseda / LSO
Bostridge, Keenlyside, Cvilak
LSO Live, 2 SACDs

How is this recording, Jens? How does it stack up against Hickox's or Britten's own (assuming you've heard these performances as well)?

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A new acquisition. This is already faring much better than Tippett's own recording, but we'll see how it does against Hickox which is my preferred performance of this most beautiful oratorio.

[TheGSMoeller]

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Max Richter: Infra

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD7 - works of Rachmaninoff and Brahms from the following set for a first listen ...

[Gold Knight]

On Spotify:

Franz Schubert--Symphony No.8 in B Minor, D.759 {"Unfinished"} and Symphony No.9 in C Major, D.944 {"Great"}, both performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker under the guidance of Herbert von Karajan.

[Todd]

Finishing up the third disc - symphonies 3 & 4 - and getting ready for the good symphonies.  The first is meh, the second is so-so, the third is quite good, and the fourth is not too bad at all. 

[Gold Knight]

Johannes Brahms--Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op.68 and Symphony No.3 in F Major, Op.90, both featuring the Berliner Philharmoniker and Herbert von Karajan.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky--Symphony No.1 in G Minor, Op.13 {"Winter Reveries"} and Symphony No.2 in C Minor, Op.17 {"Little Russian"}, both performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Igor Markevich.

[Lethevich]

Bits and bobs from -

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The Amazon review is quite silly, as so often.

Pierre Boulez conducting Ensemble InterContemporain in Stravinsky Ebony Concerto with Michel Arrignon on clarinet.
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A good one n__n

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD8 - works of Copland, Chopin, Mussorgsky, Schumann and Scarlatti from the following set for a first listen ...

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Listening to Sculthorpe's Music for Federation. So far, an enjoyable work.

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A thrilling performance of a turbulent work.

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD9, the last CD - works of JS Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms and Mendelssohn from the following set for a first listen ...

[springrite]

Finishing up the third disc - symphonies 3 & 4 - and getting ready for the good symphonies.  The first is meh, the second is so-so, the third is quite good, and the fourth is not too bad at all.

I'd love to hear you using differents words to describe all 9, and more!

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A new acquisition. Listening to Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Really good so far.

[Gold Knight]

On Spotify:

Robert Schumann--Symphony No.2 in C Major, Op.61 and Symphony No.4 in D Minor, Op.120 {1851 revised version}, both performed by the Cleveland Orchestra under the baton of George Szell.
Antonin Dvorak--Symphony No.7 in D Minor, Op.70, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra led by Pierre Monteux.
Antonin Dvorak--Symphony No.8 in G Major, Op.88, again featuring Maestro Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra.