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[sidoze]

bach cello suites - Fournier / DG

[SonicMan46]

Ignaz Holzbauer.  5 Symphonies.  L'Orfeo Barockorchester/Michi Gaigg.

Harry - yes, Gurn started a thread in the old forum (near the transition) - CHECK HERE, for those interested - not long but some posts w/ links to reviews - I bought this disc early in the year, and agree w/ Harry & Gurn - excellent all the way! 

[sidoze]

Prokofiev sonata 8 - Richter in Moscow 1974 - crazy performance, that finale always lifts me up

[Drasko]

Sibelius - Luonnotar

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Helsinki Phil. - Tauno Hannikainen

live '55 Sibelius festival

[Mark]

You guessed it ... Rachmaninov's All-night Vigil. Again.

This time, the Naxos recording:



Some terrific ensemble singing (which, I'm sure, must sound even better on the SACD version), but if ever a recording of this work was let down by its soloists, it's this one. Waaaaaaaaaay too operatic for such a reverential work. This disc currently languishes second from bottom in my league table of 17 recordings, kept off the bottom spot only by this disaster:

[Daverz]

Now: Holst, The Planets - Boult/Philharmonia on an Angel Lp

Yesterday: Myslivecek symphonies - Concerto Koln on a DG CD.  Very nice works, if not paricularly memorable.  I like that the producers put long breaks in between the symphonies so they don't all just bleed into eachother.

[George]

Mozart
Eine kleine Nachtmusik K./KV 525
Divertimento In D, K./KV 136   
Ein Musikalischer Spass, K./KV 522
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields' Chamber Ensmble

Nice Bill! 

[Que]

CD 31: Kk 509 -519

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[val]

HAYDN:  Piano Trios 42, 43, 44 and 45 by Robert Levin, Vera Beths and Bylsma.

A very dynamic version but in a sort of baroque conception. This seems to me very unidimensional and even superficial, in special in the Trio 42, the last composed by Haydn and very close to Beethoven's first Trios (Haydn knew them very well).

[Que]

HAYDN:  Piano Trios 42, 43, 44 and 45 by Robert Levin, Vera Beths and Bylsma.

A very dynamic version but in a sort of baroque conception. This seems to me very unidimensional and even superficial, in special in the Trio 42, the last composed by Haydn and very close to Beethoven's first Trios (Haydn knew them very well).

Val, the Levin/Beths/Bijslma recording never really agreed with me either.

With the complete set by the Van Swieten Trio on Brilliant however, everything fell into place.
Heartily recommended - a real gem, irrespective of the low price!



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[val]

I must try to find that set. What a pity that Cohen, Höbarth and Coin didn't record the last four Trios !

[Harry]

Georg Christoph Wagenseil.

5 Symphonies.

L'Orfeo Barockorchester/Michi Gaigg,

Again a jewel in the crown of conductrice Gaigg. What fine music Wagenseil produced, and to get such a good performance and recording ditto. It has a nice drive and good sense for melodic content.

[johnQpublic]

I have that Wagenseil too, Harry!

NYC

Gershwin - Overture to "Primrose" (McGlinn/EMI)
Flagello - Piano Concerto #3 (Rankovich/Vox)
Copland - Quiet City (Bernstein/DG)
Reich - City Life (Ensemble Modern/RCA)

[Daverz]

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 6 - Boult/LSO on an Everest CD.

Brahms, Symphony No. 2 - Stokowski/National SO on a CBS Lp.

[Harry]

Hisato Ohzawa.

Piano Concerto No. 3, "Kamikaze".

Symphony No. 3, "Symphony of the Founding of Japan".

Ekatarina Saranceva, Piano.
Russian PO/Dmitry Yablonsky.

Impressive music, well played and recorded.
Tonal, propulsive, and highly enjoyable.

[Harry]

Alan Hovhaness.

Symphony No. 4.
Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places.
Symphony No.20. "Three Journeys to a Holy mountain".
Prayer of Saint Gregory.
Symphony No. 53. "Star Dawn".

John Wallace, Trumpet.

Stunning recording and performance.
For me Hovhaness is a marvelous composer, and I have yet to hear a work I dislike from him.
I am a fan, and not a admirer.
More of this please!

[Choo Choo]

[Scriptavolant]

Recently I've been occupied with Janacek's 2nd Quartet, "Intimate Letters". Awesome.

[Harry]

Johann Goldberg.(1727-1756)

Complete Harpsichord Concertos.

Waldemar Doling, Harpsichord.
Sofia Soloist/Emil Tabakov.

A forgotten composer alas, for hearing these concertos that is a pity. Well crafted concerti, and pleasant to listen too. The quality is consistently very high, and I would recommend this in the knowledge of this.
The performance and recording is first rate.