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[val]

BRUCKNER:      Symphonies 1 & 2             / Vienna Symphonic Orchestra, Volkmar Andrea

Recorded in 1953, this is an amazing set. Andrea had a perspective very different from most of Bruckner's interpreters (Jochum, Böhm, Barenboim, Haitink, van Beinum, Paavo Jarvi). His interpretations are centered in the dynamic, articulation and global balance. They are also very clear, avoiding the massive effects.

This version of the First Symphony (Linz version) is the best I ever heard, very dramatic and using a fast tempo. The 2nd is also remarkable even if I prefer Jochum in some moments of the first movement - the development - and Chailly in the Scherzo.

We don't find here the the greatness, the rhetoric and mysticism of other schools of interpretation. But we find dynamic, contrasts, a perfect articulation, and a very simple but intense poetry, in the slow movements.

[karlhenning]

It's been an "all Stravinsky" day for the past two days.

Très cool!

Agon (liked it much better having listened to this a second time)

Très cool encore une fois!

[karlhenning]

Time for an old favorite this dark, rainy Monday morning in Boston:

Дмитри Дмитриевич [Dmitri Dmitriyevich]
Симфония № 4 до минор, соч. 43
[Symphony № 4 in c minor, Opus 43]
Prague Symphony
Максим Дмитриевич [Maksim Dmitriyevich]

Complete Shostakovich Symphonies

[prémont]

My own collection of Bach's cello suites has grown larger than I anticipated, since I generally avoid too many multiple recordings - though these works are worth it. Sofar: Casals, Bijlsma II, Cocset, Beschi, and Pandolfo on viola da gamba.

I can count sixty-nine  

Wonder if these cellosuites by nature are self-supplementary

[Timmyb]

Predictably brilliant

[Sergeant Rock]

Comparing a few Elgar Seconds this morning: Solti/LPO, Tate/LSO and Elgar LSO.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Predictably brilliant

One of the last Szell concerts I attended featured that Mozart concerto. Curzon the soloist. I agree: brilliant.

Sarge

[Harry]

Music that surprised me as well in the good sense of course. A well performed and recorded release that gave me much to discover.

[Antoine Marchand]

I can count sixty-nine  

No surprise at all my friend. 

[Conor71]

Bach: Sonata For Solo Violin No. 2 In A Minor, BWV 1003



Listening to these again already, very enjoyable! .

[Antoine Marchand]

I definitely need that Sigiswald Kuijken as well - it's on the wishlist! My own collection of Bach's cello suites has grown larger than I anticipated, since I generally avoid too many multiple recordings - though these works are worth it. Sofar: Casals, Bijlsma II, Cocset, Beschi, and Pandolfo on viola da gamba. Sigiswald's violoncello da spalla would fit in nicely!

Sigiswald is a must-have, indeed.

Curiously, there are not coincidences among our versions, although sometimes I have considered Cocset and eventually Pandolfo. 

[DavidRoss]

Still a fave!!!

[Lethevich]

2

[Harry]

This is a more than competent performance of the Slavonic Dances. Exuberant, mind provoking interpretations, well recorded too.
It has me rocking on my chair.

[Antoine Marchand]

Still a fave!!!

Seconded. She is a great violinist and delightfully feminine. Besides, she is at home not only in Baroque repertoire, but also in classical works, like proves it her superb cycle of Mozart's violin sonatas with Gary Cooper.     

[Antoine Marchand]

This is a more than competent performance of the Slavonic Dances. Exuberant, mind provoking interpretations, well recorded too.
It has me rocking on my chair.

"Exuberant and mind provoking interpretations" sounds very enthusiastic, but "more than competent" suggests some quibbles. Am I right?

[mc ukrneal]

2

Boult is excellent in these. I have EMI versions - and am always enthralled. Hopefully you are enjoying these.

[Antoine Marchand]

I can count sixty-nine  

Wonder if these cellosuites by nature are self-supplementary

BTW, do you have any opinion about Boettcher?

I have listened to his set for the second time and it left me with a good taste in my mouth: rhythmically compelling and performed with, I'd say, certain natural straightforwardness... 

[Harry]

"Exuberant and mind provoking interpretations" sounds very enthusiastic, but "more than competent" suggests some quibbles. Am I right?

Only in the lower basses at times, nothing serious, interpretation is first class.

[karlhenning]

And, to refresh the memory:

Дмитри Дмитриевич [Dmitri Dmitriyevich]
Симфония № 4 до минор, соч. 43
[Symphony № 4 in c minor, Opus 43]
Moscow Phil
Кирилл Петрович [Kirill Petrovich]

Complete Shostakovich Symphonies