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[Antoine Marchand]

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This is an unreal 2-CD set. Szell's mastery of the orchestra is apparent from the opening measures of Symphony No. 7. These are amazing performances.

I totally agree, MI. Those two discs are just perfect. 

[listener]

HOLST: The Hymn of Jesus;  Short Festival Te Deum;  Ode to Death;  Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda II
London Philharmonic O.,  London Symphony Chorus,  St. Paul's Cathedral Chorus, Sir Charles Groves, cond.
The Hymn.. is, in my opinion, right up there with the Janacek Glagolitic Mass as 20th century choral high points.   Harmonically and rhythmically exciting and inventive  (lovely whole-tone chords at "Rest in me..').
COUPERIN Messe des Paroisses 
J-E. Isnard organ at Saint-Maximin en Provence played by Michel Chapuis.
De luxe lp presentation by Harmonia Mundi - 8 pages of notes and illustrations in readable 12x12 (inch) format.
COPLAND Piano Variations, 4 Piano Blues, 4 Episodes from Rodeo, 3 excerpts from Our Town,
Danzon Cubano  (original 2-piano version)
James Tocco, with Lukas Foss

[Opus106]

Franz Schubert - Impromptus
Alexei Lubimov, fortepianos
Instruments: Fortepianos built by Matthias Müller (1810)* & Joseph Schantz (1830)** both restaured and prepared by Edwin Beunk, Enschede, The Netherlands
Zig-Zag Territoires

Works: 4 Impromtus Op. 90 D 899 (1827)* - 4 Impromptus Op. 142 D 935 (1828)**

Oh, that's on a Fp, is it? Didn't see that... assumed it was just another recording of the works (on piano). How is it?

[pjme]

Unisono

Highly recommended disc for people who like contemporary music.

I totaly agree Henk! Have it since a couple of days and am very much impressed!
Peter

[Antoine Marchand]

Oh, that's on a Fp, is it? Didn't see that... assumed it was just another recording of the works (on piano). How is it?

Both the instruments and the performance are excellent here; nice recorded sound, too.

Lubimov is at the same time elegantly aristocratic and intense. 

[Opus106]

Both the instruments and the performance are excellent here; nice recorded sound, too.

Lubimov is at the same time elegantly aristocratic and intense. 

Wonderful to hear that. (The wallet doesn't think so, apparently.)

[Conor71]

[Disc 2]
Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No. 3, W 112
Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No. 8, W 446
Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No. 14, W 519

First listen to these quartets - the first Disc in this new set was excellent so I am looking forward to exploring these works .

[SonicMan46]

Any relation to the clavichordist, Dave?

Hi Navneeth - as you may have noticed in the recent pages of this thread, I just picked up several recordings w/ Jaroslav Tůma on the clavichord (Bach's WTC & Goldberg Variations - Antoine recommendations!) - from his bio in the liner notes (which I read too quickly), I did not notice mention of an ancestral relationship w/ the composer from the 18th century; but who knows? - they both are from the same area of Europe and I assume that the name is common?  The keyboardist has a website HERE - the bio notes are about the same as in my recently obtained liner notes - Dave 

[SonicMan46]

Martinu, Bohuslav - String Quartets w/ the Panocha Quartet - just arrived in the mail today and has received much attention in this thread and even more in the one devoted to this composer - have a lot of Martinu's chamber works but my first experience w/ his SQs - 

[Antoine Marchand]

Wonderful to hear that. (The wallet doesn't think so, apparently.)

IIRC, you're not allergic to You Tube; therefore, you will probably enjoy this link:

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

[Lethevich]

Disc 23: Phaedra, misc. songs, cantatas, transcriptions.

[Coopmv]

Good morning!

Q

Q,  Looks like you are enjoying the set.  Mine is on its way from MDT ...     

[Bulldog]

Gidon Kremer's ECM set of Bach's Partitas and Sonatas for Solo Violin.  Fantastic sound, thrilling fast movements such as the Presto from the Sonata No. 1 and a range of dynamic contrast second to none.  Perhaps a little over the top now and then.

[karlhenning]

. . . Perhaps a little over the top now and then.

You know, I can like that as an occasional thing. Reminds us that keeping Bach too tidy is too safe.

[Franco]

Gidon Kremer's ECM set of Bach's Partitas and Sonatas for Solo Violin.  Fantastic sound, thrilling fast movements such as the Presto from the Sonata No. 1 and a range of dynamic contrast second to none.  Perhaps a little over the top now and then.

I have that set and like it a lot.  I think I'll listen to it right now.

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD9 - works of Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky from this set ...

[karlhenning]

Martinů
Nonet, H. 374 (1959)
The Dartington Ensemble

Martinů – Chamber Music

[Scarpia]

Gidon Kremer's ECM set of Bach's Partitas and Sonatas for Solo Violin.  Fantastic sound, thrilling fast movements such as the Presto from the Sonata No. 1 and a range of dynamic contrast second to none.  Perhaps a little over the top now and then.

I loved that one in the excepts and purchased, but haven't listened yet.   

[George]

Now playing CD9 - works of Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky from this set ...

Can you please tell me when those recordings were made? Were they mostly from the 50s and 60s? Or later on in his career?

[Mirror Image]

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Listening to Prelude And Fugue right now. This is the best Britten box set in my opinion. Hard to beat the composer's own readings.