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[ragman1970]

[ChamberNut]

Taneyev

Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30

Vadim Repin, violin
Ilya Gringolts, violin
Noburko Imai, viola
Lynn Harrell, cello
Mikhail Pletnev, piano

DG

[ChamberNut]

Taneyev

Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30

Vadim Repin, violin
Ilya Gringolts, violin
Noburko Imai, viola
Lynn Harrell, cello
Mikhail Pletnev, piano

DG

Fantastic!  Don, I'm going to assume you've heard this one?   

[Fëanor]

I think you mean that Carter lacks the complexity of Birtwistle's compositions

Theseus Game is a difficult work, much more interesting if you see it performed live and the way the group interacts. I think the complexity makes a lot more sense then -- I couldn't listen to it at home. Actually the only Birtwistle work I'd listen to at home would be the one with Celan poems

Thanks for you comments.

I hadn't thought of Carter as lacking complexity but I'm not really a judge of such things.

The chances of me hearding Birtwistle around this benighted wilderness are precisely zero unfortunately, so I'll have to be content with the recording.  Can you recall the work with Celan poems?  I'd like to check it out but can't find a reference.

[Fëanor]

Taneyev

Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30

Vadim Repin, violin
Ilya Gringolts, violin
Noburko Imai, viola
Lynn Harrell, cello
Mikhail Pletnev, piano

DG

Well, I've heard it and I think it's exellent, for whatever my opinion is worth.

[ChamberNut]

Well, I've heard it and I think it's exellent, for whatever my opinion is worth.

Thank you for commenting, Feanor!   

I wish someday some of Taneyev's works become part of the standard repertoire.  This is as wonderful Russian Chamber Music as I've ever heard.   

[ChamberNut]

Haydn

String Quartet No. 28 in E flat major, Op. 20/1

Kodaly Quartet
Naxos

[Lethevich]

Bruckner - Chorale mass in F (thanks to Demonoid for this total obscurity)

[Bulldog]

Fantastic!  Don, I'm going to assume you've heard this one?   

Yes, I have that Pletnev and the All-Stars disc, but I'm not very fond of it.  For me, it's emotional overkill and lots of showboating.  They kind of play Taneyev as if he's Tchaikovsky, but that's not Taneyev's essence.

[Daverz]

Yes, I have that Pletnev and the All-Stars disc, but I'm not very fond of it.  For me, it's emotional overkill and lots of showboating.  They kind of play Taneyev as if he's Tchaikovsky, but that's not Taneyev's essence.

There's an wonderful recording of the Taneyev piano trio by the Odeon Trio, but unfortunately it's one of those OOP CDs that Amazon sellers want silly money for:

http://www.amazon.com/Taneyev-Tcherepnin-Piano-Trios/dp/B000274SUE/

I have it on Lp, but it was pressed way off center.  Gotta love vinyl.

[Senta]

Just doesn't get much more than perfect than that. Listening to this I wish I could go back in time to see him live....



Performed by composer.

Haven't got to it yet, looking forward to in a minute here...

[Lethevich]

Schnittke - Quasi Una Sonata

Liking this much more than previous listens. I used to consider it a very minor work, but this is neato.

[ezodisy]

Thanks for you comments.

I hadn't thought of Carter as lacking complexity but I'm not really a judge of such things.

The chances of me hearding Birtwistle around this benighted wilderness are precisely zero unfortunately, so I'll have to be content with the recording.  Can you recall the work with Celan poems?  I'd like to check it out but can't find a reference.

Yes the Celan work is called Pulse Shadows. This is the only commercial recording as far as I know:

http://www.amazon.com/Pulse-Shadows/dp/B000050KFO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1227685807&sr=1-3

I should really get around to seeing that Minotaur DVD. Supposed to be very good.

[Harry]

Good morning all!

From this box Disc III.

Works by: Claudio Merulo, Andrea & Giovanni Gabrieli, Cesare Bendinelli, Orlande de Lassus.
Gabrieli Consort, Choir and Players, Paul McCreesh.
Recorded in 1996, on DGG.

This box goes easily in my best buy list this year. The performance quality is outstanding, and the recording at times sensational.
There is not a adverse remark about this whole project that Brilliant brought to us for 13,- euro.

[The new erato]

Good morning all!

From this box Disc III.

Works by: Claudio Merulo, Andrea & Giovanni Gabrieli, Cesare Bendinelli, Orlande de Lassus.
Gabrieli Consort, Choir and Players, Paul McCreesh.
Recorded in 1996, on DGG.

This box goes easily in my best buy list this year. The performance quality is outstanding, and the recording at times sensational.
There is not a adverse remark about this whole project that Brilliant brought to us for 13,- euro.

Well, in reality it was DG Archiv that brought this project to us - Brilliant just picked it up cheap after Archivs loyal customer base had given Archiv sufficient payback. Good work Brilliant, but the honor for the superb quality of the set goes elsewhere IMO. 

[Harry]

Well, in reality it was DG Archiv that brought this project to us - Brilliant just picked it up cheap after Archivs loyal customer base had given Archiv sufficient payback. Good work Brilliant, but the honor for the superb quality of the set goes elsewhere IMO. 

Well I did not say that the honor was Brilliant's, I only said they gave us the set for so little money, that's all.

[wintersway]

Good morning/day to all!

[Fëanor]

Yes the Celan work is called Pulse Shadows. This is the only commercial recording as far as I know:

http://www.amazon.com/Pulse-Shadows/dp/B000050KFO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1227685807&sr=1-3
...

Ah! Of course!  I forgot the Celan source: dah!     Thanks.  I have that recording and enjoy it very much

[pjme]

Morton Gould : Cowboy rhapsody
Cecil Effinger : Little symphony
Douglas Moore: Symphony nr 2
Roy Harris : symphony nr 11

On Albany Troy 1042

Sinfonia Varsovia / Ian Hobson

A really good program. Rare American repertoire, a Polish orchestra....No heavy, dramatic works , but lots of fun and fresh sounding, refined music.

Peter

[Bogey]

Good morning Harry!

Now:
Medieval Songs of Travel-The Way of the Pilgrim
The Toronto Consort/David Fallis
Dorian 93214
2000