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Harry

#3320
May 23, 2007, 08:18:47 AM
Brahms.

Violin Sonatas 1,2,3.

Gyorgy Pauk, Violin, Stradivari 1714.
Roger Vignoles, Piano.

Nothing to say much but that it is fabulous. Pauk is playing the stars from heaven, and Vignoles is a very sensitive piano player.  The Andante tranquillo vivace from the second sonata is awesome. As the whole cd is.
Absolutely recommended. Sound is good, and the performance hard to beat. It belongs in the upper level of recordings.

Que

#3321
May 23, 2007, 09:07:08 AM


Bruckner IX, NYPO 1953 (Tahra)

Florestan

#3322
May 23, 2007, 10:33:53 AM
Quote from: Harry on May 23, 2007, 08:18:47 AM
Brahms.

Violin Sonatas 1,2,3.

Gyorgy Pauk, Violin, Stradivari 1714.
Roger Vignoles, Piano.

Nothing to say much but that it is fabulous. Pauk is playing the stars from heaven, and Vignoles is a very sensitive piano player.  The Andante tranquillo vivace from the second sonata is awesome. As the whole cd is.
Absolutely recommended. Sound is good, and the performance hard to beat. It belongs in the upper level of recordings.

So far, so good: agreed too. :)

"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

Robert

#3323
May 23, 2007, 10:43:27 AM
SCHNITTKE
CELLO CONCERTO 2
CONCERTO GROSSO 2
MARKIZ MALMO S.O.
BIS

The CG knocks me out especially the opening andantino....wow .....sucks  you right in.....

Kullervo

#3324
May 23, 2007, 10:49:37 AM Last Edit: May 23, 2007, 10:51:27 AM by Kullervo


Nusch-Nuschi Dances; Concert Music for Brass and Strings and the Harmonie der Welt symphony

The dances and the symphony are quite good, and the concert approaches greatness in my opinion.

Harry

#3325
May 23, 2007, 10:51:37 AM
Quote from: Robert on May 23, 2007, 10:43:27 AM
SCHNITTKE
CELLO CONCERTO 2
CONCERTO GROSSO 2
MARKIZ MALMO S.O.
BIS

The CG knocks me out especially the opening andantino....wow .....sucks  you right in.....

Will you believe it, I have absolutely nothing from this composer.
Horrid isn't it! ;D

Good day to you Robert.

karlhenning

#3326
May 23, 2007, 10:53:00 AM
Quote from: Kullervo on May 23, 2007, 10:49:37 AM
Nusch-Nuschi Dances; Concert Music for Brass and Strings and the Harmonie der Welt symphony

The dances and the symphony are quite good, and the concert approaches greatness in my opinion.

The Opus 50 Konzertmusik? One of the pillars of sonic civilization!

Harry

#3327
May 23, 2007, 10:54:05 AM
Quote from: Kullervo on May 23, 2007, 10:49:37 AM


Nusch-Nuschi Dances; Concert Music for Brass and Strings and the Harmonie der Welt symphony

The dances and the symphony are quite good, and the concert approaches greatness in my opinion.

Have the three boxes with the complete Orchestral works in my posession, and currently in the last of them, can only confirm IMO the greatness of this composer.
This of course is purely subjective and only applies to me, I think!

karlhenning

#3328
May 23, 2007, 10:56:48 AM
Quote from: Harry on May 23, 2007, 10:54:05 AM
Have the three boxes with the complete Orchestral works in my posession, and currently in the last of them, can only confirm IMO the greatness of this composer.
This of course is purely subjective and only applies to me, I think!

Don't be so selfish, Harry!  ;D

Hindemith is objectively a great composer  :)

Robert

#3329
May 23, 2007, 11:06:27 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 23, 2007, 10:53:00 AM
The Opus 50 Konzertmusik? One of the pillars of sonic civilization!
49 not bad either... ;)

Robert

#3330
May 23, 2007, 11:10:19 AM
Quote from: Harry on May 23, 2007, 10:51:37 AM
Will you believe it, I have absolutely nothing from this composer.
Horrid isn't it! ;D

Good day to you Robert.
Hi Harry,
....We could remedy this horror....I will give it some thought and post some suggestions.

rubio

#3331
May 23, 2007, 11:12:02 AM
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 performed by Karajan/BPO (His 2nd recording of this symphony). I like this performance a lot, and I think Karajan's style is especially suited to this DSCH symphony.

"One good thing about music, when it hits- you feel no pain" Bob Marley

karlhenning

#3332
May 23, 2007, 11:20:42 AM
Quote from: Robert on May 23, 2007, 11:06:27 AM
49 not bad either... ;)

Not bad? Why, it is also great!  :)

sonic1

#3333
May 23, 2007, 11:48:06 AM
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphony no. 7, Dances with Winds, Cantus Arcticus
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Naxos

Solitary Wanderer

#3334
May 23, 2007, 12:18:52 PM
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

sonic1

#3335
May 23, 2007, 12:40:12 PM
SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suites Nos. 1 - 2 / The Bolt / Tahiti Trot
Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Naxos

Danny

#3336
May 23, 2007, 12:48:31 PM
Beethoven Symphony No 9 (Szell with the Clevelanders).

He plays at a snappy pace and with less reverance or mystery than some of the other version I've heard.  If that makes sense.

orbital

#3337
May 23, 2007, 02:19:42 PM

The Schumann Fantasie talk made me want to listen to another great Fantasy in C
Except in minor, and by Mozart.

Guido

#3338
May 23, 2007, 04:32:43 PM
I have never been more convinced that Goldschmidt's cello concerto is a masterpiece as I am now (at 1.32 am!)
Geologist.

The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away

Lilas Pastia

#3339
May 23, 2007, 04:48:08 PM
Telemann, solo soprano cantatas. Beautiful and so yet so direct and simple music. From a Brilliant set.

Oliver Knussen and Kaija Saariaho: violin concertos. The Knussen is a compact work at about 15 minutes, the Saariaho is more expansive at 27. Both are of the acerbic kind but make interesting forays into more atmospheric sections. I enjoyed this Saariaho work more than any of hers I've yet listened to. IOW it was listenable my teeth didn't grind. Further listening is in order for a definitive idea.

Mark-Anthony Turnage, A Relic Of Memory. For choir and orchestra. On texts from Shakespeare and the Requiem Mass. The Shakespeare text is inintelliglible, but the Dies Irae at the end is startlingly clear and powerful.

The above are from concert performances. The Saariaho has been recorded commercially (Ondine and Sony), but I don't think the other two have.
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