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Leoš Janáček - Káťa Kabanová
National Theatre Prague, 1959

I LOVE that opera, Fafner. The only recording I own is Mackerras' which has served me greatly. There's such passion in this opera.

[SonicMan46]

And continuing my Vanhal listening along w/ a work by Ditters (von Dittersdorf), and a different spelling of Vanhal's first/middle names in the SQ disc -

 

[Fafner]

I LOVE that opera, Fafner. The only recording I own is Mackerras' which has served me greatly. There's such passion in this opera.

Yes, it is probably his most passionate, which is incredible considering he was almost 70 at the time of the premiere.

[Fafner]

Yes, it is probably his most passionate, which is incredible considering he was almost 70 at the time of the premiere.

Of course, Verdi was 74 when he wrote Otello and that opera certainly abounds in passion, too.

[Mirror Image]

Yes, it is probably his most passionate, which is incredible considering he was almost 70 at the time of the premiere.

Yes, Janacek is regarded as one of the greatest late bloomers in classical music.

[Sadko]

Finished up this disc today.

Appasionata: I felt like Bruce Lee after hearing the Allegro assai.  Richter lit it up.  By the time that the third movement was over I had decided that listening to this cd, up to this point, had turned into an event.  Heck, I almost had to go air kung fu in my Honda Fit heading home.  Possibly my best commute ever!



Fantasy (Op. 80): Like I posted yesterday, my favorite LvB composition.  "Richterino" did an incredible job playing with an orchestra that sounded about as good as the Ralston Valley Orchestra I heard the other night. (For those of you that are not in the know, they are the high school orchestra up the hill from our house.)  The chorus was dreadful and sounded at times like the ending of an old Warner Brothers movie that needs a melodramatic chorus before the credits roll.  However, Richter kept his playing at a top level and was even professional enough to let the orchestra have its moments without cutting in....

That made me listen to it last night, and I'll repeat it now, really breathtaking

[Karl Henning]

I've not forgotten what month(s) it is!

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
String Quartet № 10 in A^b, Op.118
The Mandelring Quartet

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[Opus106]

After what Gurn said^[1], I had to hear a rendition of my currently favourite overture:

http://www.youtube.com/v/R8yX7ZZ4YYQ

I'm going to assume that it's the same version.




[1] See the 'Mozart' thread

[Karl Henning]

Wuorinen
Mass for the Restoration of St Luke in the Fields
New York Virtuoso Singers
The composer conducting

[Fafner]

PAGANINI, N.: Violin Concerto No. 5 / I palpiti (Pochekin, Russian Philharmonic, Yablonsky)

[Karl Henning]

Scelsi : String Quartet No. 4

String Quartet of the Klangforum Wien

Love that disc. (Just saying.)

[Karl Henning]

Scelsi
Anâgâmin
Klangforum Wien

[Lisztianwagner]

Allan Pettersson
Symphony No.7

http://www.youtube.com/v/KMG-QHu5QFs

[Brian]

This morning I saw an intriguing Dux CD of Moniuszko's string quartets. But, after logging on to Naxos Music Library, I discovered NML doesn't have it yet. So I'm compensating with an all-Polish day of delights!

Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No 2. Wanda Wilkomirska; Polish Radio SO, Witold Rowicki
*Zelenski: In the Tatra Mountains. Polish Radio SO; Witold Rowicki
*Dobrzynski: Freebooters overture. Sinfonia Varsovia; Grzegorz Nowak
Szymanowski: Symphony No 4. Louis Lortie; BBC SO, Edward Gardner
*Przybylski: A Varsovie. Polish Radio and TV Orch; Antoni Wit
*Bacewicz: Piano Quintet No 1. Lason Ensemble
*Zarebski: Piano Quintet. Lason Ensemble

*first listens

[jlaurson]

Franzerl Schubert
Symphonies
Minkowski / LMdLG
Naive
German link - UK link

I know I'm disappointed with the Fifth and partly the Fourth. The former is among my favorite symphonies, so I suppose it's easy to disappoint me... but such a drab performance? Was that necessary? Can't even begin to touch G.Wand or the Nikolic I had been listening to, earlier. Finale of the Fourth is very good, though!

[Fafner]

Witold Lutosławski

Paganini Variations
Symphony No. 3
Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio SO

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[Karl Henning]

Wuorinen
FIVE
Fred Sherry, vc
Orchestra of St Luke's
The composer conducting

[listener]

This morning I saw an intriguing Dux CD of Moniuszko's string quartets. But, after logging on to Naxos Music Library, I discovered NML doesn't have it yet.
*Zarebski: Piano Quintet. Lason Ensemble

*first listens

I bought it a couple days ago at: http://www.clicmusique.com/dobrzynski-moniuszko-quatuors-cordes-camerata-quartet-p-1979.html

...more Dobrzynski as well on that disc.     My first order ever with clic musique so I did not place a large one, will see what the service is like.

[Fafner]

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 14 and 23
Freddy Kempf

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[Sadko]

Just finished, and enjoyed:

Schumann

Fantasiestücke op. 12
Humoreske B-dur op. 20
Novelletten op. 21 - Nr. 1, 2, 8

Sviatoslav Richter

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