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[Wakefield]

Franz Peter Schubert - Works for Fortepiano Volume II
Jan Vermeulen, pianoforte Nannette Streicher (1826)
Recorded April 2007, chamber music hall of the Lemmensinstituut Leuven
2 CD-set, ET'CETERA

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Just for period instruments nuts - another recordings using Streicher pianofortes are:

1814 Nannette Streicher Piano. Hyacinthe Jadin (1776-1800) Complete Sonatas for Fortepiano, Richard Fuller (Eroica).

1829 Nannette Streicher Grand Piano. Grieg 22 Lyric Pieces, Heidi Kommerell (MDG- 604 1271 2).

1829 Nannette Streicher Grand Piano. Mendelssohn Songs without Words, Heidi Kommerell (Audite 97.482).

1847 Johann Baptist Streicher Grand Piano. Brahms Die schöne Magelone, Op. 33, Christoph Prégardien, tenor; Andreas Staier (Teldec, released 2000)

1848 Johann Baptist Streicher Grand Piano. Schubert Sonatas D.845 & 959, Thomas Gunther (Cybele).

1851 Johann Baptist Streicher Grand Piano. Brahms Early Piano Works 1.  Hardy Rittner (MDG Germany).

1870 Johann Baptist Streicher Grand Piano. Brahms Violin Sonatas, Natalia Grigorieva, pianist, Ilja Korol, violin (Challenge Records).

1871 Johann Baptist Streicher Grand Piano. Brahms Late Piano Music, Ira Braus, pianist (Centaur).

[Que]

Apparently, two times weren't enough for Pieter Wispelwey, who has recorded (DVD included) for third time the Bach Cello Suites:

http://www.youtube.com/v/s7s4rCckyoc

It didn't get better the 2nd time - IMO

Curious what he will come up with this time! The sample doesn't sound bad..

Just for period instruments nuts - another recordings using Streicher pianofortes are:

Nice list. I'll check if I have something to add!

Q

[listener]

BALAKIREV   Piano Music:
Sonata in b^b Scherzo in b^b   Mazurka 6 in A^b  Mélodie espagnole
Ronald Smith, piano
Proficient enough playing that the Islamey doesn't sound like it' s being pounded out.
And it all sounds like reminscences of Borodin (an observation, not a complaint)

[Lisztianwagner]

Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser - Act 1^

[Brahmsian]

Again this morning!  Wonderful! 

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[North Star]

First listening.
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(love the matching album arts )

[Brahmsian]

First listening.
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(love the matching album arts )

[North Star]

Getting my first sampling of Väinö Raitio (1891-1945.)  Thanks, North Star!

First, from here:

Summer Scenes from Häme
Tuomas Ollila; Tapiola Sinfonietta

Music in a lighter vein - another obscure Finn, Kalervo Tuukkanen, comes to mind.  The 'Queen of the Flowers' movement is especially lovely.

Then, from here:

Fantasia estatica, op. 21
The Swans
Jukka-Pekka Saraste; Finnish Radio SO

The Fantasia is dark and dramatic - unmistakably influenced by the Scriabin of 'Prometheus' and 'Poem of Ecstasy'!  'Swans' is in a similar vein, beautifully orchestrated as well.  Probably my favorite of the three works.

There's a lot to like here!  I hope to listen to the remainder of these two discs in the coming days...

Good to know you like his music. I first heard of him when the local symphony orchestra played The Swans last autumn.

All the pieces I listed are in Youtube, too. Here's the Antigone trilogy (the same user has more Raitio)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLwqMcIrk6U

[k.vermont]

Dance of the Blessed Spirits: Romantic Music for Flute and Harp

[Sergeant Rock]

Bruckner Symphony #8 C minor, Welser-Möst conducting the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester



Sarge

[Opus106]

All that Schubert symphony talk has made me revisit this war-horse and remind myself of all the tunes.

Symphony in C major, D. 944
NYPO | Bernstein

[Lisztianwagner]

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No.7

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[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Its every bit as good as Que told us. A tremendous achievement from a hugely talented Harpsichord player called Alessandro Simonetto, and a even more surprising oeuvre composed by Pieter Bustijn. I never actually heard of him, but by what I heard so far, it was high time he was recorded. His Suittes are a revelation with meaning. Lucid and highly melodious, with depth and a wild touch of emotions at times. Very worthwhile, played on a beautiful instrument, build by William Horn in 2008 after Ruckers 1638. The recording is state of the art.

First listen.

[mahler10th]

Brilliant.  Thanks Ari!



Melodic, captivating, swashbuckling magic...

[Que]

Its every bit as good as Que told us. A tremendous achievement from a hugely talented Harpsichord player called Alessandro Simonetto, and a even more surprising oeuvre composed by Pieter Bustijn. I never actually heard of him, but by what I heard so far, it was high time he was recorded. His Suittes are a revelation with meaning. Lucid and highly melodious, with depth and a wild touch of emotions at times. Very worthwhile, played on a beautiful instrument, build by William Horn in 2008 after Ruckers 1638. The recording is state of the art.

First listen.

Ha! Absolutely great that you like it!

It's a surprising recording indeed.

Q

[Leon]

Brahms : String Quartet in C Minor

Manderling Quartett

[Lisztianwagner]

Gustav Holst
A Somerset Rhapsody

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[Conor71]

Atterberg: Symphony No. 8, Op. 48


^^John I am listening to the Atterberg Symphony set now too - I have only recently aquired it and am making my way through the Symphonies for the first time. I really like what I have heard so far and think this box will recieve plenty of plays! 


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[North Star]

Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1

Scriabin
Piano Concerto in F Sharp minor, Op. 20
Nikolai Demidenko, Alexander Lazarev & BBC SO

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[mahler10th]

Atterberg: Symphony No. 8, Op. 48
^^John I am listening to the Atterberg Symphony set now too - I have only recently aquired it and am making my way through the Symphonies for the first time. I really like what I have heard so far and think this box will recieve plenty of plays! 
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Great, Conor.  Brilliantly musical...I cannot recommend Atterberg enough.  He can swing like a pirate or coo like a dove.  It gets a lot of plays here, thats for sure!