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[mc ukrneal]

What an enchanting, delightful piece!
I don't know Butterworth's music very much, but I really love his English Idyll No.1.

That comes from the disc below. It's very nice, but the Butterworth is outstanding.
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[Coopmv]

I am not familiar with Butterworth's music.  I am only familiar with:

Canadian brand?       

[Conor71]

Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias


I recieved a lot of Discs yesterday including the last of my recently ordered Bach (which I have been greatly looking forward to!) - Now playing Goulds recording of the Inventions & Sinfonias and after this I will play my new set of the Keyboard Partitas. Later I will listen to the Musical Offering Disc which is also new

[Lisztianwagner]

I'm glad you enjoyed it so much too, Ilaria!
About the Rattle/BPO broadcast, here are the links to the first and second parts:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01m5lr8/BBC_Proms_2012_Season_Prom_63_Ligeti_Wagner_Sibelius/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01m5lwb/BBC_Proms_2012_Season_Prom_63_Debussy_Ravel/
These shall be available until Thursday.

Certainly, Ilaria! Unfortunately, Butterworth could only leave a very small output, as he was tragically killed so young in the First World War.... The music he did leave though is absolutely enchanting, as you say. Really beautiful!

Thank you, Daniel, I'll have a listen to them immediately!! I haven't heard Ligeti's Atmospheres yet, I'm quite curious.

Yes, poor Butterworth.....I discovered his music while I was looking for some Kleiber's performances on youtube; certainly agree it's splendid!

[Lisztianwagner]

I have the following recording of Buttersworth's works by William Boughton, who is now the conductor of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, which is some 40 miles from my house.

That comes from the disc below. It's very nice, but the Butterworth is outstanding.

It looks very beautiful indeed!

[Lisztianwagner]

From the BBC Proms:

Ligeti Atmospheres
Wagner, Lohengrin, Prelude to act 1^
Sibelius Symphony No.4
Debussy Jeux
Ravel Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No.2

Simon Rattle/Berliner Philharmoniker

[mahler10th]

...I was looking for some Kleiber's performances on youtube...

***pounds the table at this news****

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD11 - works of Mahler, Wagner and Mozart from the following set for a first listen ...

[Lisztianwagner]

***pounds the table at this news****

Haha! Here's Kleiber's recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pEwhe-3GXU

[Brahmsian]

Splendidness!

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[listener]

a couple of lps of French music for piano 4-hands
BIZET: Jeux d'enfants   DANIEL-LESUR: Le bouquet de Béatrice  FAURÉ: Dolly
DANDELOT: En Vacances    MILHAUD: Enfantines     RAVEL: Ma mère l'oye
CAPLET: Un tas de petites choses  SÉVERAC: En vacances
INGHELBRECHT: La Nursery - 5 extracts    VUILLEMIN Trois bluettes faciles
Philippe Corre, Edouard Exerjean, Bösendorffer piano
and then
GLINKA: Trio Pathétique  (clarinet, bassoon, piano)      RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF:  Piano Quintet in B^b
Leopold Wlach, clarinet  Karl Oehlberger, bassoon     Paul Badura-Skoda, piano  Roland Raupenstrauch, piano (R-K)
good stuff!  not over-charming

[DavidRoss]

Mahler Symphony #6  A minor, Chailly conducting the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (the recent Proms concert).

That was every bit as good as Daniel said. Perfect tempi, including the surprisingly fast and sparkling Alma theme. Makes me salivate for a Chailly/Leipzig cycle!

Splendidness!

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That looks yummy, Ray!

[Brahmsian]

That looks yummy, Ray!

It is! 

[North Star]

Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"
Zinman & Zürich
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[Brahmsian]

Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"
Zinman & Zürich
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Fantastic set! 

[North Star]

Fantastic set! 

Aye!
Next: No. 4

[madaboutmahler]

That was every bit as good as Daniel said. Perfect tempi, including the surprisingly fast and sparkling Alma theme. Makes me salivate for a Chailly/Leipzig cycle!

Glad you enjoyed it so much, Dave! Certainly, as I was saying to Sarge earlier, his new Leipzig 2 and 8 are on DVD already, perhaps, and hopefully, we could be hoping for a whole new Chailly/Leipzig DVD cycle! That would certainly be something to be extremely excited about!

Thread duty:
Just back from continuing the Tennstedt Mahler cycle, no.5 this evening:
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Haha! Here's Kleiber's recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pEwhe-3GXU

Kleiber? In British music? In Butterworth? Wow, something I was not expecting to hear tonight! Thank you for sharing, Ilaria!

[Wakefield]

The Complete Haydn String Quartets



CD6: Op. 9 Nos. 4, 1 & 3
CD7: Op. 9 Nos. 2, 5 & 6

After some discussion here, I have again listened to these two discs. My opinion is not different: these recordings will work out as a fine introduction to Haydn's string quartets, especially for people who don't like period instruments. I have noticed some stylistic changes from CD to CD in this ensemble, which it's a bit weird considering that this Op. 9 was recorded in the lapse of  just one year. Anyway, I liked very much the CD6, with the first part of the set. The second CD is less recommendable, IMO, especially because of the slow movements - quite over romanticized - with too long musical phrases, sometimes almost without Classical articulation.

[Lisztianwagner]

Certainly, as I was saying to Sarge earlier, his new Leipzig 2 and 8 are on DVD already, perhaps, and hopefully, we could be hoping for a whole new Chailly/Leipzig DVD cycle! That would certainly be something to be extremely excited about!

Kleiber? In British music? In Butterworth? Wow, something I was not expecting to hear tonight! Thank you for sharing, Ilaria!

Definitely, a new Chailly/Leipzig cycle would certainly great!

My pleasure Yes, I was very surprised when I saw it as well, it's a rather unusual choice for Kleiber.

[madaboutmahler]

Now to bring the night to a close,

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Bortkiewicz Piano Concerto no.1

Such beautiful, romantic, lyrical, uplifting music! Good night everyone!