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[Brian]

Most intriguing.  The little bit of Francaix that I have heard was most charming.  I may very well have to investigate this.

For $20ish on Amazon Marketplace, it's a great introduction. Almost all of his music sounds just about the same - his style was very much predicated on charm, lightness, wit, like the musical Cary Grant, but this box has surprised me a couple times - some astringent bagatelles which were more obviously of the late 20th century, and an arrangement of Mozart's piano quintet K452 for a nonet of wind and string players.

Of his orchestral works I've not heard many but this CD made a charming impression, too. The sample clips from tracks 2 and 19 should give you an idea.

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Britten
Serenade for tenor, horn and stings
Nocturne
Bostridge & Rattle
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Bartók
Piano Concertos nos. 2 & 3
Andsnes, Grimaud, Boulez
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Excellent! Can't go wrong with those Britten and Bartok recordings.

Now listening:

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A new acquisition. Really fantastic so far.

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HAYDN Symphonies 25-29 from this apparently quite ubiquitous (here on GMG) box...

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[Gold Knight]

On Spotify:

Walter Piston--Symphony No.1, performed by the Louisville Orchestra under the baton of Jorge Mester.
Walter Piston--Ricercare for Orchestra, once again featuring the Louisville Orchestra, however, this time they are led by Lawrence Leighton Smith.
Walter Piston--Symphonies Nos.4 and 6, both performed by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra with Gerard Schwarz at its helm.

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Some selections from disc 1 of

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[Gold Knight]

Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op.21 and Symphony No.3 in E-Flat Major, Op.55 {"Eroica"}, both featuring the Berliner Philharmoniker led by Herbert von Karajan.

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A new acquisition. Listening to Popov's Symphony No. 2. The opening Introduction kind of reminds of Gorecki's 3rd. Of course this symphony predates Gorecki's 3rd by some 34 years.

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ZEMLINSKY Die Seejungfrau; Symphony in D minor

to round out the evening's listening.

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[Que]

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[The new erato]

So much fun:

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Nice! It has been on my wish list for some time.

Now playing the first disc:

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[The new erato]

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Q

Great stuff - don't you think?

[Lisztianwagner]

Berg: Altenberglieder from this disc. Ashkenazy waving his stick with Brigitte Balleys on vocals.

Sounds pretty good! How is Ashkenazy in Berg?

[Lisztianwagner]

Sergei Rachmaninov
Morceaux de Fantasie

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[val]

MAX REGER:      Sonata for clarinet and piano n. 3             / Eduard Brunner, Gerhard Oppitz

The work has not the same degree of inspiration of the clarinet Quintet but Brunner and Oppits are superb.

[Que]

Great stuff - don't you think?

Definitely. 

Like I said before: Reichenauer is a true Bohemian Vivaldi. Reading the booklet, the Vivaldi connection is substantiated.

Thanks for recommending it! If the rest of the series is as good, we're in for a treat.

Q

[TheGSMoeller]

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No.70 from The Shire. Possibly my favorite Volume from the Fey series, all three symphonies are performed with excellence and Fey really injects some of his controversial interpretation choices in these pieces, more so than any other volume I own of his. This is the recording of No.70 that truly opened my ears to it, such a delightful and delicate Andante, reminds me a bit of Schubert's 9th Andante, minus the fortissimos. But the finale will take your breath away, Fey and Co. provide a sense of rage in this quick movement, but never insult Haydn's brilliance.

[Wakefield]

BWV 115 Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit (Come, prepare yourself, my soul):



Listening to this cantata, I thought of the great amount of wonderful soloist parts that Bach composed for the flute and other wind instruments, remarkably the oboe.

[The new erato]

Very fine disc for those of us into this kind of repertoire:

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[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Very fine disc for those of us into this kind of repertoire:

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Well I am !