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[Coopmv]

Now playing CD2 from the following twofer, not quite a recent arrival for a first listen ...

[listener]

ME TOO

There's a set at CDN$86.07 at amazon.ca right now, and the Canadian dollar is below par

[Coopmv]

Now playing the following CD for a second listen ...

[Gold Knight]

On Spotify:

Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.1 in F Minor, Op.10 and Symphony No.15 in A Major, Op.141, both performed by the Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev.
Robert Schumann--Symphony No.3 in E-Flat Major, Op.97 {"Rhenish"} and Symphony No.4 in D Minor, Op.120. Both works feature the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein.

[Mirror Image]

Now:

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Listening to Gloria. This box set is a treasure trove of goodies for the Poulenc fan and Dutoit was at his best in Poulenc.

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Now:

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One of the best Shosty 5th performances on record IMHO. Everything is handled with such an unbridled passion.

[Gold Knight]

On Spotify:

Dmitri Shostakovich--SQ # 1 in C Major, Op.49, SQ # 14 in F-Sharp Major, Op.142 and SQ # 15 in E-Flat Minor, Op.144, all featuring the Rubio Quartet.

[PaulR]

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[Todd]

Haven't listened in a while.  It's as good as I remember.

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Bernstein's The Planets is something else. Incredible performance.

[Brian]

Had a road trip vacation this weekend. Listened to this entire box set. Gurn will be proud!!

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Listening to the incredibly gorgeous Stabat Mater.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

The Appassionata.


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[Bogey]

[listener]

Richard Rodney BENNETT:  Diversions        Violin Concerto        Symphony no. 3
Vadim Gluzman, violin       Monte-Carlo Philharmonic      James de Priest, cond.
not very memorable.
JOLIVET: Chant de Linos    McKINLEY: Three Romances      GRIFFES  Poem
PIAZZOLLA  6 Études Tanguistiques (solo flute)
Stephanie Jutt, flute    Randall Hodgkinson, piano
This was quite enjoyable, the 7/8 rhythm in the Jolivet quite catchy.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Perfect before going to bed... (vol 13 of Naxos Grieg piano series)...
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This series is in my ears a very successful one, fastly underrated, and ignored by the experts in the field.

[Sadko]

Lokshin

Greek Epigrams (Symphony no. 2)

Bolshoi SO
Arvid Jansons

[mc ukrneal]

This series is in my ears a very successful one, fastly underrated, and ignored by the experts in the field.

I have now accumulated 9 of them (of 14) and all have been excellent so far (with #14 still to go - ripped, but not yet listened). I am missing 5-7 and 11-12.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Kartik Seshadri.

Illuminations.

Raga Anandi Kalyan.

01) Alap, Jor and Jhala.
02) Gat in Jhaptala.

A late evening melody belonging to the Kalyan group of Raga's, with shades of other popular raga's, Bihag and Nat. The raga uses both trivra, sharp, and komal, flat, Madhyam, Fourth notes. The movement of this raga is Vakra, zig-zag, roughly following this ascending and descending pattern.

Raga Basant Mukhari.

03) Aochar, slow and fast Gat in Teentala.

This is a morning Raga using Komal Swara (s), flat notes for Re, that's the second note, Dha, sixth note, and Ni, seventh note.

Kartik Seshadri, Sitar.
Arup Chatterjee, Tabla.
Anne Seshadri, Treble Tanpura.
Terry Longshore, Bass Tanpura.

Kartik Seshadri is a pupil of Ravi Shankar, and a renown Sitar player on his own, which you hear in these two beautifully performed Raga's. Its doesn't come much better! He sets the moods perfectly, and is accompanied perfectly. As far as Indian music concerns, this is a recommendation.
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[Sadko]

Anton Ferdinand Titz

String quartets 1, 3, 4, 5

Hoffmeister-Quartett

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Edit: I made made a mistake with the titles, the works are rather:

Quartett c-moll (Nr. 4 von Sechs Quartette 1781)
Quartett d-moll (Nr. 5 von Sechs Quartette 1781)
Quartett G-dur (Nr. 1 von Drei Quartette 1802)
Quartett a-moll (Nr. 3 von Drei Quartette 1802)

Very nice music. I like this composer, also this CD:

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Wikipedia says both spellings exist "Titz" and "Tietz".