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[SonicMan46]

Oh man, this is a great, great disc! I gave it to my mom for Christmas last year, and it's one of her very favorite CDs. Yesterday she wrote to thank me again for it because she was "blasting it" on the stereo while doing some work. So I decided to put it on today and pretend I'm at home.  0:)

Brian - I have that recording and agree - it is what I think that the Baroque performers would have wanted to produce!  Love it, although I've seen some negative reviews likely from those who don't want the 'robustness' of of music which I enjoy - a great recording! 

[listener]

French organ music
CLERAMBAULT  Suites du première et du deuxième ton
d'AGINCOUR Suite du deuxième et du cinqième ton
Marie-Claire Alain          St.Théodorit d'Uzès Cathedral  orgab
on one of Erato's splendid vinyls with notes and registrations on a matching 12x12 inch insert.
VIERNE   Symphony no.3, op. 28  and 4 pieces from op.31
Arthur Wills,    Ely Cathedral organ 

[Conor71]

Like this Disc a lot .

[George]

Bedtime! But first, a post-midnight marathon of sorts for me...

Rachmaninov: Prelude Op 32 No 12 in G sharp minor. Santiago Rodriguez, piano
Rachmaninov: Prelude Op 32 No 12 in G sharp minor. Sergei Rachmaninov, piano
Rachmaninov: Prelude Op 32 No 12 in G sharp minor. Eldar Nebolsin, piano
Rachmaninov: Prelude Op 32 No 12 in G sharp minor. Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Rachmaninov: Prelude Op 32 No 12 in G sharp minor. Vladimir Horowitz, piano

Omitted Steven Osborne, Constance Keene and Wladyslaw Szpilman. Oh well. Tired and ready to sleep.

Any standouts?

Whose complete set do you like best?

[Mirror Image]

Perhaps this is why I find it the best work in that particular box.

I find it the most obvious work in the box. The Ponce VC is a nice work, but when I hear a Latin American composer, I want to hear those Latin rhythms of their own countries. Revueltas and Chavez are the standouts of this box set in my opinion.

[Coopmv]

Oh man, this is a great, great disc! I gave it to my mom for Christmas last year, and it's one of her very favorite CDs. Yesterday she wrote to thank me again for it because she was "blasting it" on the stereo while doing some work. So I decided to put it on today and pretend I'm at home.  0:)

P.S. Yes, my mom is a HIPster. She also loves the Hogwood Beethoven CDs and Jordi Savall's Istanbul is her favorite Turkish music CD, which is pretty amazing because she's Turkish herself. Hmmm... now I just gotta decide what to get her this Christmas...!

Agree.  I bought this recording midyear last year.

[Scarpia]

Like this Disc a lot .

I have an older issue of it, "Galleria" I think.  I wonder if there is any improvement in sound in the "originals" edition of the Prokofiev.

[Mirror Image]

Awesome! Listening to Earth Cry. I love the didgeridoo solo in this work. Gives it such a tribal, ritualistic type of feeling and the more lyrical sections of the work invoke the rugged beauty of the Outback.

[Sid]

...Awesome! Listening to Earth Cry. I love the didgeridoo solo in this work. Gives it such a tribal, ritualistic type of feeling and the more lyrical sections of the work invoke the rugged beauty of the Outback.

Yes, great to see the two Aussie soloists mixing it with the kiwis. Who says our two countries can't get along? We might be sworn enemies in sports, but not so with music!...

Thread duty:

Last night's listening went like this. First the Verdi choruses, which I always enjoy. Then some piano sonatas by Ives, Janacek & Berg. I particularly enjoyed the Ives, with that first piano sonata, he seemed to have anticipated some of the trends of the C20th - from a jazzy feel, to Americana, to atonality and minimalism. & it was written in about 1905! I like the pianist's Peter Lawson's playing here, it is very forceful but not without colour...

Verdi: Opera choruses
La Scala/Muti


Ives: 1st sonata
Peter Lawson, piano


Janacek: Sonata I.X.1905 "From the Street"
Rudolf Firkusny, piano


Berg: Sonata
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano

[Mirror Image]

Yes, great to see the two Aussie soloists mixing it with the kiwis. Who says our two countries can't get along? We might be sworn enemies in sports, but not so with music!...

I've always had an interest in Australian classical music much like I have English classical music. I think the parallels musically between Australia, United States, and England are quite interesting. I am going to be exploring more composers from your country very soon like Ross Edwards, Richard Meale, Brett Dean, among others. Sculthorpe and Vine are keeping me pretty busy right now.

[Sid]

I've always had an interest in Australian classical music much like I have English classical music. I think the parallels musically between Australia, United States, and England are quite interesting. I am going to be exploring more composers from your country very soon like Ross Edwards, Richard Meale, Brett Dean, among others. Sculthorpe and Vine are keeping me pretty busy right now.

Edwards' choral music is notable. With Meale, start with his chamber work Incredible Floridas (probably his finest work). & with Dean, I am looking at getting the recent BIS disc at some stage that has a good selection of his stuff, including the work Carlo, which has taped parts. Apart from Sculthorpe, I've heard more of these other guys stuff live in concert or from radio broadcasts than I actually own on cd. So much of their stuff is pretty new to me as well...

[Mirror Image]

Edwards' choral music is notable. With Meale, start with his chamber work Incredible Floridas (probably his finest work). & with Dean, I am looking at getting the recent BIS disc at some stage that has a good selection of his stuff, including the work Carlo, which has taped parts. Apart from Sculthorpe, I've heard more of these other guys stuff live in concert or from radio broadcasts than I actually own on cd. So much of their stuff is pretty new to me as well...

Thanks for the recommendations, Sid. Have you heard any of Vine's symphonies?

[Sid]

Thanks for the recommendations, Sid. Have you heard any of Vine's symphonies?

Yes, have heard a few on radio, but they didn't strike me as much as some of the other Aussie composers perhaps. But I am planning to go to the premiere of Vine's violin concerto in the middle of next year, here with the Australian Youth Orchestra (who I've seen before, they're great), with Dene Olding as soloist and conducted by the Danish Dausgaard guy. That's one I'm looking forward to, and tickets are surprisingly dirt cheap...

[Mirror Image]

Yes, have heard a few on radio, but they didn't strike me as much as some of the other Aussie composers perhaps. But I am planning to go to the premiere of Vine's violin concerto in the middle of next year, here with the Australian Youth Orchestra (who I've seen before, they're great), with Dene Olding as soloist and conducted by the Danish Dausgaard guy. That's one I'm looking forward to, and tickets are surprisingly dirt cheap...

Like a lot of music, Vine's symphonies reward in repeated listening. They didn't strike me as much at all either until I really listened to them. I think they're some of the finest of the last 20 years. He has recently finished his Symphony No. 7, which I'm waiting eagerly to hear a performance of.

You're going to see the premiere of Vine's Violin Concerto? You're so fortunate.

P.S. The conductor's name is Thomas Dausgaard. He's an excellent conductor.

[Que]

Morning.

Q

[Harry]

A disc which I am enjoying more and more, being filled with unknown works for Clarinet and SQ. The playing is most excellent, not a foot put wrong here, and as for sheer musicality, and joy, one doesn't have to look further, it has a wow factor all over it!

[Harry]

A CD I bought also in the please buy me series, and which has surprised me in many ways. Its approachable, and sometimes deeply felt. A magical world this one, perfectly played by Dennis Lee. and recorded by Simon Weir, in a fine acoustic.

[mc ukrneal]

Here's something you won't see often: Boieldieu's La Dame Blanche. It's conducted by Minkowski. Well, this is a marvel! The music is joy itself with a bit of dark magic thrown in. Tremendous fun! Choruses were strong. The music reminded me a lot of Rossini, just in French, so always inventive. Soloists were strong for the most part especially the women. Tenor was a bit nasel, but was mostly fine. So very light fare, but somehow irrisistable!


EDIT: What catchy tunes there are here too - one after another. It's infectious music.

[Philoctetes]

ECM

Motian: I Have the Room Above Her
Rypdal: Vossabrygg
Garbarek/Brahem/Hussain: Madar
Lislevand: Nuove Musiche
Torn: Prezens
Wheeler: Deer Wan

[SonicMan46]

Mozart - Horn Concertos w/ Lowell Greer on a natural horn - my 3rd disc of these works on a natural horn - exchanged several e-mails w/ Mr. Greer (which included some pics of his current horn - check out Gurn's Classical thread, if interested) -