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[Rinaldo]

Discovering Respighi

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and being blown away in the process. The Church Windows are stunning!

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Samuel Coleridge Taylor.

Symphony in A minor.

Aarhus SO, Douglas Bostock.

A really fine work, and very well performed.

[Antoine Marchand]

Via NML:



Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887, Op. 161

Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135

New Orford String Quartet
Jonathan Crow, violin
Andrew Wan, violin
Eric Nowlin, viola
Brian Manker, cello
BRIDGE 9363

In spite of sharing the same city streets during the same epoch and making acquaintances with many of the same people, Schubert and Beethoven never had any direct contact. By the time Schubert was beginning his musical career, Beethoven was almost completely deaf, and because of this, increasingly shut off from society. The two masterful quartets on this disc were composed in the same year, 1826; in the same city, Vienna. They are performed here by the superb New Orford String Quartet. Forty-five years ago a new Canadian string quartet was formed at the Jeunesses-Musicales du Canada (today the Orford Arts Centre). Through its many recordings and tours both at home and abroad, the Orford String Quartet became one of Canada's best-known and most illustrious musical ensembles. After 26 years and more than 2000 concerts on six continents, the Quartet disbanded, giving its last concert on July 28, 1991. In July 2009 the New Orford String Quartet arose from the fame and tradition of its glorious predecessor, giving its first concert for a sold-out audience at the Orford Arts Centre. This disc marks the New Orford's debut recording.

Sample: http://www.bridgerecords.com/catpage.php?call=9363

[The new erato]

I am going through the list on the Chamber music thread and listening to the works which I am not familiar with:

Taneyev: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30
Fidler, Tamara - piano
Taneyev Quartet 

Seems a waste that she is fiddling on the piano when she could be a real fiddler!

[bhodges]

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Labèque's / Chailly / Cleveland) - Sparkling all around, and probably my fave performance of the piece.

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--Bruce

[springrite]

Bach Goldberg Variation (Karl Richter)

I am ordering more Bach on harpsichord next week, a dozen or so CDs by Hantai, Egarr, Hill, etc. I am beginning to like Bach on harpsichord...

[Antoine Marchand]

I am ordering more Bach on harpsichord next week, a dozen or so CDs by Hantai, Egarr, Hill, etc. I am beginning to like Bach on harpsichord...

... which is frequently a one-way street. 

You have chosen some interesting names there, especially Robert Hill. Hantaï is sometimes superb (his Goldberg, both versions), but in other occasions not too much satisfactory (his Bk. 1 from the WTC, f.i.). I like Egarr, but his recordings have not been frequently acclaimed here. 

[SonicMan46]

Taneyev: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30   Fidler, Tamara - piano - Taneyev Quartet 

 

Hey All concerning the recordings above - fell off my 'radar screen' but was interested; both are 2-CD sets, now at MDT for $30 each (w/o VAT) - are these worth pursuing?  If so, any cheaper pricing (CD vs. downloads both acceptable) - thanks. 

[Mirror Image]

Discovering Respighi

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and being blown away in the process. The Church Windows are stunning!

I haven't heard this recording, but I agree that Church Windows is a stunning work. One of my favorites by Respighi.

[The new erato]

A beautiful disc well befitting current circumstances in Norway.

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[TheGSMoeller]

now...

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Gould (1955) and Perahia are my two favorite Goldberg recordings, but lately the Perahia has found more airtime on my speakers.

[Bulldog]

now...

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Gould (1955) and Perahia are my two favorite Goldberg recordings, but lately the Perahia has found more airtime on my speakers.

Perahia's Goldbergs is okay, but it usually just collects dust in my home.

[Antoine Marchand]

Perahia's Goldbergs is okay, but it usually just collects dust in my home.

Did you lose the duster? 

Did you listen to Jory Vinikour, Don? Do you have any opinion?

[TheGSMoeller]

Perahia's Goldbergs is okay, but it usually just collects dust in my home.

I'm always up for exploring, what are your recommendations?

[Antoine Marchand]

I'm always up for exploring, what are your recommendations?

http://www.bach-cantatas.com/NonVocal/Klavier-Goldberg-Part1.htm

[TheGSMoeller]

http://www.bach-cantatas.com/NonVocal/Klavier-Goldberg-Part1.htm

Thanks, tonito 

[Antoine Marchand]

Thanks, tonito 

You're welcome! Don is one of our more informed and interesting reviewers on Bach's recordings (both played on piano and harpsichord, which is quite uncommon). 

[listener]

3 discs of TCHAIKOWSKY (or TCHAIKOVSY, or......)
mainly early piano music (to op. 19, and the Études op. 40) played by Michael Ponti
and the Violin Concerto     Aaron Rosand,  Luxembourg Radio Orch.  Louis de Froment cond.
transfers from Vox LP's to a CD set
and for a rest, some unexpected transcriptions for trumpet and orch., including TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations, SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso,  and GERSHWIN  Rhapsody in Blue.
Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet and flugelhorn      The Philharmonia          Ashkenazy, cond.

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD1 - T1 and T2 from the following set, which arrived a number of weeks ago for a first listen ...

[Drasko]

After first spin I found it pale affair altogether, on second I have better opinion of it but still hugely dislike choreography and direction of singers, both of which make this excellent opera a somewhat tiresome to watch. If I give it a third watching sometime soon I'll try to write full review, for now Philoctetes type scoring:

opera itself (5 of 5)
orchestral & chorus (5 of 5)
singing (4 of 5) Finnur Bjarnason's (Castor) throaty tenor doesn't do much for me
costumes (5 of 5)
sets & lighting (3 of 5)
choreography (1 of 5)
direction (2 of 5)

total (3.5 of 5)