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[Drasko]

5th, my favorite of the bunch, beautifully singing Allemande.

[ChamberNut]

Prokofiev

Romeo & Juliet, Suites 1 & 2, Op. 64

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi
Telarc

So awesome.  I can't wait to see the performance of the ballet, which I think is in March 2009.   

[karlhenning]

Prokofiev

Romeo & Juliet, Suites 1 & 2, Op. 64

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi
Telarc

So awesome.  I can't wait to see the performance of the ballet, which I think is in March 2009.   

Excellent!

[mn dave]

[imperfection]

[ChamberNut]

Franck

Violin Sonata in A major

Pierre Amoyal, violin
Pascal Roge, piano
Decca

[OzRadio]

Received Brilliant's complete Beethoven set today. I know board members are mixed on the Brilliant sets but I've thoroughly enjoyed the Mozart and Bach sets. Beethoven is my favorite of the three. I'm not really familiar with much of his work beyond the symphonies but am eager to listen to all the pieces praised on the boards. So much to listen to that I didn't know where to start, so I pulled out disc 1 and away we go. Heaven in a box.
Ryan

[Que]

Good morning!

Q

[val]

SCHÖNBERG:    Piano Concerto opus 42          / Gould, CBC Orchestra, Craft  (SONY)

A splendid version, with a superb dynamic. But I would like more emotion in the Adagio. After all, Schönberg composed this work under the shock of WW II and the Holocaust.

[Harry]

Good morning to ya all.

Joseph Haydn.
Complete Piano Trio's.
Volume II.
Hoboken XV/6/7/34/35/f1.
Van Swieten Trio.
Bart van Oort, Fortepiano after Walter (1795) by Chris Maene, Ruiselede 2000.
Remy Baudet, Violin.
Jaap ter Linden, Cello.

Recorded at the Dutch Reformed Church, Rhoon, 2005.

This box proves to be a reference recording in all respects.

[Que]

Q

[Florestan]

Good morning, Harry, Q and all!

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dream"

Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker

Perfect for a cold November morning.

[Que]

KV 330-332 (Nos. 10-12)

Q

[Harry]

Good morning, Harry, Q and all!

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dream"

Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker

Perfect for a cold November morning.

And for me this is the most perfect performance of the "Winter Dream".

[Harry]

I was so impressed with the performance of the first Symphony in D minor by Martucci, that again I play this for the third time.

[Harry]

Symphony No. 2. "Resurrection".
Helen Donath, Soprano.
Doris Soffel, Alto.
Chorus of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Hamburg.
Dale Warland Singers

I am mightily impressed by Inbals take on this monumental work. Lucid, transparent to every detail, and a scrupulous attention to every little turn of phrase. Perfectly recorded 

[Que]

La Betulia liberata, K 118 (74c)
Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201 (186a)
Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"
Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, K 191 (186e)
Andante for Flute and Orchestra in C major, K 315 (285e)

Concerto Köln with Lorenzo Alpert, bassoon, and Cordula Breuer, flute.

Q

[Catison]

I promise I have no intentions of killing my wife.

[karlhenning]

After all, Schönberg composed this work under the shock of WW II and the Holocaust.

Oh, come on!  You want even the Piano Concerto (a piano concerto for Mercy's sake) to be "about the Holocaust"?  For that Schoenberg wrote A Survivor from Warsaw.  It is a shallow artist who only creates work which is a knee-jerk reaction to his times.

[karlhenning]

I promise I have no intentions of killing my wife.

Anyway, if that had been the case, I should have written the Opus 93 very differently