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[bhodges]

Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 2 in G and Piano Trio No. 3 in C-minor (Kalichstein / Laredo / Robinson) - Excellent, sparkling readings.  These three musicians are a model of what great chamber music playing should be.

--Bruce

[Don]

Maria Tipo playing Bach's Keyboard Partitas on EMI Gemini.  Very attractive interpretations that are somewhat lacking in drive and power.

[not edward]

Beethoven 8 (Concertgebouw, Monteux, download).
Kinda crummy sound quality, but the performance makes up for it. I wonder if this was ever released officially?

[Que]

Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 2 in G and Piano Trio No. 3 in C-minor (Kalichstein / Laredo / Robinson) - Excellent, sparkling readings.  These three musicians are a model of what great chamber music playing should be.

--Bruce

A great ensemble - and greatly underrated.
Worthy of comparison with the BAT and the Florestan Trio.
And I actually might prefer them to both (save the early BAT) - real chemistry going on.

Q

[bhodges]

A great ensemble - and greatly underrated.
Worthy of comparison with the BAT and the Florestan Trio.
And I actually would prefer them to both (save the early BAT).

Q

I have heard Beaux Arts in other repertoire (e.g., Shostakovich) but not these, and I don't know the Florestan's work at all.  (May have to fix that, since I'd not heard these trios, especially Nos. 2 and 3, in some time.)  One small caveat: the recording date and venue are nowhere to be found, anywhere on the 2-CD set and the eight-panel extensive liner notes.  (I'm a bit of a geek about these things.  )

Now listening to:

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 (Haitink/Concertgebouw) - Hard to argue with the swiftness and power of the performance, and the blazing, in-your-face sonics.

Daniel Rothman: La mùsica: mujer desnuda--corriendo loca por la noche pura (1986) (Eric Huebner, piano) - The composer is new to me; the pianist is excellent and well-known on the New York new music scene.  This work seems inspired by Feldman, at least so far, with sparse notes surrounded by silence.

--Bruce

[Robert]

I have heard Beaux Arts in other repertoire (e.g., Shostakovich) but not these, and I don't know the Florestan's work at all.  (May have to fix that, since I'd not heard these trios, especially Nos. 2 and 3, in some time.)  One small caveat: the recording date and venue are nowhere to be found, anywhere on the 2-CD set and the eight-panel extensive liner notes.  (I'm a bit of a geek about these things.  )

Now listening to:

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 (Haitink/Concertgebouw) - Hard to argue with the swiftness and power of the performance, and the blazing, in-your-face sonics.

Daniel Rothman: La mùsica: mujer desnuda--corriendo loca por la noche pura (1986) (Eric Huebner, piano) - The composer is new to me; the pianist is excellent and well-known on the New York new music scene.  This work seems inspired by Feldman, at least so far, with sparse notes surrounded by silence.

--Bruce

Bruce,
Thanks for reminding me to put some Morty on......I think it will be a Morty, Ligeti day...

[Que]

Q

[bhodges]

Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 (Orion String Quartet) - Keenly attentive reading, and another excellent recording by Adam Abeshouse.

--Bruce

[sound67]

ERNEST JOHN MOERAN: Rhapsody No.2, for Orchestra; Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Rhapsody in F-sharp for Piano and Orchestra (Lyrita)

This is the third recording I purchased of Moeran's lovely Violin Concerto (the others are Campoli/Boult and Mordkovitch/Handley), again under Vernon Handley. John Georgiadis was a London concertmaster, and in all fairness his playing does not quite measure up against his more celebrated colleagues, the sound he generates has a rough edge to it.

Thomas

[Solitary Wanderer]

This is a fave from my first wave of discovering classical music as a 19 year old. Brings back fond memories

[bhodges]

Verdi: Falstaff, Act III (Terfel/Abbado/BPO) - So pleasurable, from Terfel and the rest of the sparkling cast to Abbado's magnificent work with the orchestra.

--Bruce

[karlhenning]

Now listening to:

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 (Haitink/Concertgebouw) - Hard to argue with the swiftness and power of the performance, and the blazing, in-your-face sonics.

Bruce, is that the Decca release, or is it from one of your huge live-goodies boxes? :-)

[bhodges]

Bruce, is that the Decca release, or is it from one of your huge live-goodies boxes? :-)

It is the original release - and I do mean the original, with that fantastic cover art! 

--Bruce

[karlhenning]

It is the original release - and I do mean the original, with that fantastic cover art! 

With the bleached olive and the onion ring, right? 

Listening to:

Pyotr Ilyich
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Little Russian, Opus 17
LSO / Markevich

[bhodges]

With the bleached olive and the onion ring, right? 

No, no... ...that's the reissue.  The 1984 original has a Russian war poster with (in Cyrillic) "Forward! Victory is Near!" on it, with a close-up of a soldier in the foreground, with tanks, airplanes and red flags in the back.  I don't have time to scan a copy and post it at the moment, but if you'll remind me, I will. 

--Bruce

[Kullervo]

[SonicMan46]

Dave you get forgetfull my friend, t'was I that recommended the Fantastic Style, and bought it quite some while ago.
I played it last evening, and its worth every penny of the money invested.
I am glad that you like the Spohr 2 far, which I recommended also, its a great bargain, and fine recordings.

Harry - thanks for the reminder (did not go back in the tread to check) - listened to the first CD, which is basically 17th century Italian violin music - changing style for the times & superb; will listen to the second CD tomorrow - Dave 

[Kullervo]

Ravel - Piano Music (Louis Lortie)

Disc 2: Gaspard, Menuets, A la maniere de..., Prelude, Miroirs, Sonatine

[not edward]

Kabelac: Mystery of Time (CzPO/Ancerl)
Ives: Orchestral Set No 2 (Cleveland/Dohnanyi)

[Solitary Wanderer]

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