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[Coopmv]

Hi Stuart - I just finished going through this box set for the second time - really wonderful & sedate music - somewhere I posted about a movie which was a bio of Marais w/ the French actor w/ the big nose (his son played the 'younger' Marais) - worth a definite watch after acquiring this Savall peformance (who played the pieces in the film) - Dave

"Sedate" is definitely one of the qualities of these works.  I have so far only listened through 4 of the 5 SACD's, which all have wonderful sound in spite of some of the recordings having been made in the mid 70's ...

[Coopmv]

It's really excellent. You haven't heard it yet?

I have but only once ...

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I have but only once ...

Ah, okay, do you generally enjoy Bruckner's music? I started off very unenthusiastic about his music, but I gradually, with the help of Gunter Wand, understood his music more after repeated listening. My first exposure to Bruckner was through Jochum and many people still cherish his recordings, but I have say after going through Wand's Cologne cycle, Chailly's cycle, and the many different, separate recordings I've heard by Bohm, Giulini, and Karajan (DG remakes of the 7th and 8th especially), I realized how it wasn't the music that was bogging me down, it was the conducting from Jochum.

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First listen (to this recording)

How is this recording, Corey?

[Coopmv]

Ah, okay, do you generally enjoy Bruckner's music? I started off very unenthusiastic about his music, but I gradually, with the help of Gunter Wand, understood his music more after repeated listening. My first exposure to Bruckner was through Jochum and many people still cherish his recordings, but I have say after going through Wand's Cologne cycle, Chailly's cycle, and the many different, separate recordings I've heard by Bohm, Giulini, and Karajan (DG remakes of the 7th and 8th especially), I realized how it wasn't the music that was bogging me down, it was the conducting from Jochum.

I have four complete Bruckner Symphonies cycles and a 5th performed by various orchestras.   

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I have four complete Bruckner Symphonies cycles and a 5th performed by various orchestras.   

Well, I take it you like the music then?

I've got a ton of Bruckner recordings too. Maybe all the available cycles? Gobs of individual recordings many of which are out-of-print now. I've had my eye on this recording of the 6th:

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One Amazon reviewer called this recording the "Holy Grail of Bruckner 6ths." That might be going a bit over-the-top, but the 6th has been one of my favorite Bruckner symphonies for a long time. Seems to me that this symphony doesn't get much attention. I don't really know why, it's got some fascinating usage of rhythm and that Adagio is just heartbreakingly beautiful.

[Coopmv]

Well, I take it you like the music then?

I've got a ton of Bruckner recordings too. Maybe all the available cycles? Gobs of individual recordings many of which are out-of-print now. I've had my eye on this recording of the 6th:

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One Amazon reviewer called this recording the "Holy Grail of Bruckner 6ths." That might be going a bit over-the-top, but the 6th has been one of my favorite Bruckner symphonies for a long time. Seems to me that this symphony doesn't get much attention. I don't really know why, it's got some fascinating usage of rhythm and that Adagio is just heartbreakingly beautiful.

Who was the conductor for this Eloquence recording?

[listener]

ROSLAVETS    Piano Sonatas 1, 2, 5; assorted Preludes, Études and other pieces
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
very much like another disc of Scriabin, played with sensitivity instead of aggression.
SCHUBERT Lieder - includes a lot of his "greatest hits" in the genre, including 'The Shepherd on the Rock' and 'The Trout'
Lynda Russell, sop., Peter Hill,, piano   David Campbell, clarinet
text and translations included, would be a good introductory disc

[KeithW]

Lunchtime with Haydn

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Who was the conductor for this Eloquence recording?

Horst Stein.

[Coopmv]

Horst Stein.

I have vaguely heard of that name before but really am not familiar with him ...

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I have vaguely heard of that name before but really am not familiar with him ...

Me either, the reviewers on Amazon gave it superlative marks all the way across the board. I'll probably get it since I love the 6th so much and it's not symphony that get performed all that often.

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD1 from the following twofer for a first listen.  Kathryn Stott has been the concert partner of Yo Yo Ma for many international tours ...

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Now onto some Villa-Lobos:

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Listening to Choros No. 10. I love this work and all of VL's Choros works.

[Lethevich]

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[Coopmv]

Now playing CD2 from the following twofer for a first listen ...

[Que]

Entering unknown territory with music by Spanish Renaissance composer Ginés Pérez de la Parra.

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[KeithW]

I have vaguely heard of that name before but really am not familiar with him ...

I have a set of Beethoven's piano concertos - Stein conducting the Vienna PO and Friedrich Gulda.  I have enjoyed them immensely - well reviewed on Amazon.

[KeithW]

I adore the Assyrian Women Mourners on this disc
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BARBER: Orchestral Music conducted by David Zinman

Maybe I am in an unusually receptive mood today, but after listening to Barber's First Essay for Orchestra, followed by the Scene from Shelley, I can't help feeling I've just heard the Sibelius 8th and 9th!