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Harry

#20160
March 10, 2008, 03:29:46 AM
This music is really well played and recorded, more than a match to the Naxos recordings, actually much better.

karlhenning

#20161
March 10, 2008, 03:38:35 AM
Quote from: Brian on March 09, 2008, 08:15:45 PM
. . . I've just finished the Brahms, and want to go to sleep . . . .

Oh, we've all been there!  8)

ChamberNut

#20162
March 10, 2008, 04:05:22 AM
Beethoven

Cello Sonatas 1, 2 and 3

Barenboim/Du Pre
EMI Classics

Bogey

#20163
March 10, 2008, 04:45:03 AM
Bruckner Symphony No. 4
HvK/BPO
EMI

Good morning folks.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

karlhenning

#20164
March 10, 2008, 04:46:44 AM
Good morrow, Bill!

Bogey

#20165
March 10, 2008, 04:53:10 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 10, 2008, 04:46:44 AM
Good morrow, Bill!

Hope all is well in "The Pulse" Karl.

Next up:

Dvorak Symphony No. 7
Harnoncourt /RCO
Teldec
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Hector

#20166
March 10, 2008, 05:40:11 AM
Herzogenberg's Symphonies 1 and 2 played by the NDR band under Frank Beermann on CPO.

I think that if this had been a pound or £1.50 dearer I would not have bought it.

This is reasonably tuneful stuff in a Brahmsian way but the problem with second-raters like this is that they have no idea when to stop.

Also, if you wish confirmation as to how great dear old Johannes was, buy this!

Harry

#20167
March 10, 2008, 05:59:12 AM
I rather like this music very much, and it is well performed.

Harry

#20168
March 10, 2008, 06:42:36 AM
Another cd, that gave me pleasure, not in the least because this is really a good performance, but also a topnotch recording.
The music is light on the feet, but o so melodious, and well....Rossini I guess.

Sergeant Rock

#20170
March 10, 2008, 07:06:42 AM
Mozart PC 27




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Harry

#20171
March 10, 2008, 07:27:37 AM
Symphony No. 1

Sergeant Rock

#20172
March 10, 2008, 07:48:17 AM Last Edit: March 10, 2008, 08:05:40 AM by Sergeant Rock



I saw Batiashvili play the Sibelius last year. Stunning fiddling, and she makes a really beautiful, beatiful sound which is nicely captured on this recording. Unfortunately she's balanced too closely for my taste. At the beginning of the first movement the orchestra is very recessed, almost inaudible. I prefer soloist and orchestra to be equal partners.

Sarge

Edit: on further listening: the problem isn't the recording balance. The problem seems to be the conductor, Oramo, who has his orchestra play way too quietly during some passages.
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

karlhenning

#20173
March 10, 2008, 07:52:21 AM
What's the Lindberg Concerto like, Sarge?

Sergeant Rock

#20174
March 10, 2008, 07:57:08 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 10, 2008, 07:52:21 AM
What's the Lindberg Concerto like, Sarge?

Haven't heard it yet, Karl. The Sibelius keeps drawing me back to the repeat button.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Harry

#20175
March 10, 2008, 08:01:50 AM
Symphony No. 4 "Symphonia Comica".
Gudrun Overture

Brian

#20176
March 10, 2008, 08:07:40 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 10, 2008, 03:38:35 AM
Oh, we've all been there!  8)
;D

Bill, how is Harnoncourt's way with Dvorak? The matching is certainly intriguing!

Sergeant Rock

#20177
March 10, 2008, 08:27:07 AM
Inspired by Marvin's Schubert 4 thread: Mozart Symphony No.4 in D major, K.19.





Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Harry

#20178
March 10, 2008, 08:32:58 AM
Some Handel, to get some rest in my soul....

mahler10th

#20179
March 10, 2008, 08:43:07 AM
Janacek - Taras Bulba
Slovak PO
Zdenek Kosler

I have a Naxos release by Ondrej Lenárd and the Slovak RSO (1993) - this beats it hands down.
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