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[RussellG]

I'm diggin' your new avatar!

I was planning on changing my sh.tv avatar once per year on the anniversary of my joining.  It would have become my violin hero Mr. Heifetz next Friday.  Thought I might as well kick off with him here  

[Coopmv]

I was planning on changing my sh.tv avatar once per year on the anniversary of my joining.  It would have become my violin hero Mr. Heifetz next Friday.  Thought I might as well kick off with him here  

I think sh.tv will soon be a fading memory for all of us who joined GMG today ...

[Keemun]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal).  It has been a while since I listened to this, but I was impressed when I first heard it.

[5-String]

Hey Chris! 

How is that CD?

I think it's excellent. The selection is very interesting, you have Robert/Clara Schumann and Brahms, although I would prefer Clara's Concerto to the Two Lieder, but still this is a winner.

The performances are extraordinary, but I would not expect anything less from Hélène Grimaud, Anne Sofie von Otter, Truls Mork and of course the Staatskapelle.

[George]

Good to hear, Chris!

[5-String]

Now playing

These Couperin with Hewitt are great. Are there more than three volumes?

[Coopmv]

These Couperin with Hewitt are great. Are there more than three volumes?

I don't believe so.  I also think these Couperin works were previously only recorded for harpsichord and not for piano.  I now have all 3 volumes.  It will be interesting to see if Hewitt and Hyperion will continue with this recording project.

[Coopmv]

Now playing, one of the SACD's that arrived yesterday from MDT ...

[imperfection]

Very dramatic, relentless, raw, but not very detailed and refined.

[karlhenning]

I think we could like it here, Stuart.

Welcome, Jay!

[Coopmv]

Karl Goldmark (1830-1915) - Piano Quintets w/ Oliver Triendl & Quatuor Sine Nomine - my second listen and not sure there is much comparative competition on the market; romantic piano/string writing - highly recommended in Fanfare (Jan-Feb '09 by Jerry Dubins) - 

CPO is the best when it comes to bringing works of little known composers to the masses.  I have discovered many gems in classical music this way.  The major labels just keep recording and re-recording all the warhorse pieces like Handel's Water Music and Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, not to mention the Beethoven Symphonies ...

[5-String]

CPO is the best when it comes to bringing works of little known composers to the masses.  I have discovered many gems in classical music this way.  The major labels just keep recording and re-recording all the warhorse pieces like Handel's Water Music and Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, not to mention the Beethoven Symphonies ...

A great series with mostly "unknown" composers is the THE ROMANTIC PIANO CONCERTO on Hyperion.

http://www.musicweb-international.com/Themed_releases/Hyperion_piano/Hyperion_Romantic_PC.htm

They now have 46 volumes. I have some of these and they are excellent.

Now listening, last one for tonight....

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Prokofiev, symphony no. 7, Smetacek conducting the Czech PO on Praga from 1970 (can't find a pic).

Not much of a roof-raiser, the 7th symphony. Smetacek realizes this and - with resolve - sets out to wring every last ounce of color and invention from the score. So detailed is his performance you'd swear the music had been put under a magnifying glass. I mean, we hear everything! But when the material is this good, it pays off. Magnificent. 

[Que]

Mullova is a wonderful violinist.  Modern violin can sound good too, though many of us have been brain-washed into believing only period instruments sound good.  Before the period instrument movement took off, there were Arthur Grumiaux and Henryk Szeryng, who were outstanding violinists. 

Mullova plays on period instruments as well.... 
And who would or could deny that many (most) of the greatest violinists ever are from the pre-HIP era? 

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[Opus106]

They're different recordings. Berky doesn't list tapes that didn't make it to commercial disc. This site gives Jochum's complete discography and the January 1987 9th is indeed his very last recording.

Thanks for the link, Lilas. I notice that the only S9 w/ the MP he has mentioned in all of the lists is from Jan. 1987. There is not a mention of a recording from '83. Strange.


But something else on that page made me laugh.

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[Opus106]

And hello to all the friends of George's who have joined here recently.

[Peregrine]

I'm listening to a selection of Bartok SQ's on my iPod/Zeppelin combo from these sets:

[Que]

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[Subotnick]

Cripes! Lots of posts to catch up on this morning! 

I felt like something totally new to me today. Seeing as I've been in string quartet mode for the past few days, I chose this. Never heard Hartmann before and I'm not too familiar with modern quartets. I picked well. This is a very exciting start to the day.

[Peregrine]