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[TheGSMoeller]

I know I sound like a broken record, but the Brahms' violin sonatas are must haves.  As goes with every single one of his chamber works. 

Well, I am only lukewarm about one piece in Brahms' entire chamber oeuvre - his 2nd Piano Quartet, Op. 26.  For me, lukewarm for Brahms is red hot for others, so that's not saying much. 

I have several recordings of 1st and 3rd piano quartet, with the 3rd quickly emerging as one of my go-to chamber works, there's a climax midway through the opening Allegro Ma Non Troppo movement that forces me to nearly hop out of my seat.

Edit: Just realized I do own Violin S. in G major, it's on this disc...



...which I've listened to the Horn Trio multiple times and seemed to have stopped there. I promise to become a better Brahmsian.

[TheGSMoeller]

Just realized I own 12 (with perhaps one hiding somewhere) recordings of The Goldberg Variations. Guess I'll que one up for next, possibly Levin's...

[Gurn Blanston]

A little late Mozart, courtesy of Rene Jacobs and Co.:



I've always been quite taken with the Freiburgers renditions of these symphonies. As with any other music, there are others that please somone else, but these do quite nicely for me!   

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Listening to Pagan Symphony. A very nice work.

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back to a vinyl session so I can get to what's underneath
DEMACHY  Suites for viola da gamba  1 in d, 3 in g, 4 in G
Jordi Savall, 7-string viol da gamba, 17^th century French anon. maker
Arie Amorose, a Janet Baker recital with the ASMF, Marriner cond.
songs by Giordano, Paisiello, A. Scarlatti, Stradella, Martini
RUBINSTEIN: Sonata for Piano 4-hands op. 89  Nocturne in E op.50/1, March in C op. 50/6
Kenneth Broadway and Ralph Markham

[Brahmsian]

I have several recordings of 1st and 3rd piano quartet, with the 3rd quickly emerging as one of my go-to chamber works, there's a climax midway through the opening Allegro Ma Non Troppo movement that forces me to nearly hop out of my seat.

Edit: Just realized I do own Violin S. in G major.



...which I've listened to the Horn Trio multiple times and seemed to have stopped there. I promise to become a better Brahmsian.

Btw, the C minor 3rd Piano Quartet is likely my favourite single chamber work by Brahms.  I absolutely love this piece, and particularly enjoy the very modern (to my ears) 2nd movement.

I swear I've heard it decades ago (this 2nd mvt.), played by the organist at Winnipeg Jets games (either during warm-up or between whistle breaks).

[mc ukrneal]

Well, finishing up some 'first listens' to recently received boxes from Santa - again, most of these were 'fillers' to defray shipping charges - Weyse is new to me; an early Danish composer (1774-1842) (although born in present day northern Germany); despite his extension into the early Romantic era, these compositions are pretty much classical in form. 

 

I find both of those quite enjoyable. If you like it, there is a disc of songs I enjoy that has Weyse, Heise and Lange-Muller. This one:
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[TheGSMoeller]

Btw, the C minor 3rd Piano Quartet is likely my favourite single chamber work by Brahms.  I absolutely love this piece, and particularly enjoy the very modern (to my ears) 2nd movement.

I swear I've heard it decades ago (this 2nd mvt.), played by the organist at Winnipeg Jets games (either during warm-up or between whistle breaks).

3rd Piano Quartet, 2nd String Quintet, Clarinet Quintet, Clarinet Trio and Horn Trio have completely absorbed me. such amazing compositions. Been listening to his Symphonies for two decades now (have even performed no.4) but ashamed it took me this long to finally discover his treasure of chamber works.

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This recording from the Thomson RVW set:

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Fantastic performance all-around.

[Lake Swan]

Rachmaninov.

http://open.spotify.com/album/5JLBNZSBzT28JujT3QUlwX

[kishnevi]

I know I sound like a broken record, but the Brahms' violin sonatas are must haves.  As goes with every single one of his chamber works. 

Well, I am only lukewarm about one piece in Brahms' entire chamber oeuvre - his 2nd Piano Quartet, Op. 26.  For me, lukewarm for Brahms is red hot for others, so that's not saying much. 

Any preferred recordings?  A check of my shelves reveals only two:  Mutter and Znaider.

Thread duty:  Pyotr Ilyich.  Suites 1-4.  Antal Dorati/Novya Philharmonia

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Listening to Symphony No. 2.

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Listening to Symphony No. 2.

no spoilers ( ;) ), but that piece has one of my favourite endings to anything ever

(one of the few pieces that tops it is actually tippett's 1st symphony)

((now playing: Henri Lazarof, Spectrum))

[Brahmsian]

Any preferred recordings?  A check of my shelves reveals only two:  Mutter and Znaider.

RE: Brahms' violin sonatas

No, not really.  I only own one recording (that of Gyorgy Pauk with Roger Vignoles).

Although I have heard and really enjoy Schlomo Mintz with Itamar Golan.  And also Itzhak Perlman with Daniel Barenboim is pretty good (although I can many GMGers cringe when mentioning either Perlman and Barenboim - ie - Popular classical music artists that people LOVE to lay the poopoo on).

[kishnevi]

RE: Brahms' violin sonatas

No, not really.  I only own one recording (that of Gyorgy Pauk with Roger Vignoles).

Although I have heard and really enjoy Schlomo Mintz with Itamar Golan.  And also Itzhak Perlman with Daniel Barenboim is pretty good (although I can many GMGers cringe when mentioning either Perlman and Barenboim - ie - Popular classical music artists that people LOVE to lay the poopoo on).

I don't lay poopoo on them.  I don't particularly care for Barenboim's politics,  and Perlman does a good deal of crossover (for instance, his recent collaboration in cantorial (Jewish synagogal) music),  but they generally deliver a good product.   

Thread duty:
Returning to the Brilliant Schutz Edition with Capella Augustana/Messori
Kleine Geistliche Concerte SWV 282-305  CDs 8 and 9
Rather mysteriously, this is split into two CDs, even though the combined running time is 74 minutes,  so it could fit rather comfortably on a single disc.

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no spoilers ( ), but that piece has one of my favourite endings to anything ever

(one of the few pieces that tops it is actually tippett's 1st symphony)

You don't have to worry about spoilers concerning Tippett. He's one of my favorite composers. I'm quite familiar most of his music.

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Listening to Falstaff. I'm still trying to grasp this work. Barbirolli is the man for the job.

[Brahmsian]

'Tis the month (again)!

Shostakovich

String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 118

*Definitely always been one of my favourite DSCH quartets! 

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[Gold Knight]

Antonin Dvorak--Symphony No.8 in G Major, Op.88, performed by the Herbert Blomstedt led Staatskapelle Dresden.
Franz Schubert--Symphony No.6 in C Major, D 589, once again featuring the Staatskapelle Dresden under Maestro Blomstedt's baton.

[Opus106]

My version of GS by Verlet is on the Naïve label, which may be different from the version you were listening to ...

I can't say for sure, as they YT video did not contain information beyond her name. But given what Don says (below), it's probably the Naïve recording.

If you want an eccentric recording of BV 988, try Blandine Rannou.  The best  comparison I can make is to tell you to think of HJ Lim playing 1)harpsichord and 2)with the technical proficiency to actually execute her ideas.   The sharing of first name was in fact  enough to confuse me for a moment, and sent me off thinking the Youtube was from Rannou's recording and not Verlet.  (Is it perhaps possible whoever uploaded it to Youtube got his Blandines mixed up?)

I can just about imagine what Lim might do with a harpsichord, given what I've heard of others say about her playing (haven't had the pleasure of hearing her myslef).

Concerning Verlet's Goldbergs on the Naive label, I'm surprised you would consider her performance on the fast side.  I've heard hundreds of Goldbergs,

And I've heard just a few.

... and Verlet is not faster than the norm in any of the variations.  At 80 minutes, she's actually a little on the slow side.  I understand you thinking that her aria is eccentric, but she's just using a staggering of the musical lines.  As for variation 15, I feel the ethereal quality in her reading.  So listen some more; you just might end up liking it.

It's not exactly maddeningly fast. As I said, she seems 'quirky', for want of a better word, in places where I would have preferred a little more 'steady', calm playing. As I said, this is the first time I'm hearing her, so my preference might change on further exposure.

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Listening to Symphony No. 5 "Di tre re".