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[Opus106]

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Paul Kletzki

(Recorded 1957-58)

[karlhenning]

Cage
Suite for Toy Piano (1948)
Margaret Leng Tan, toy piano

[rubio]

The Moments Musicaux are great but the Rach 3 is meh. I haven't heard the rest yet. I'll post my thoughts here when I do.

Thread duty (2 days late)  

Beethoven
Symphony 9
Mengelberg/Concertgebouw
50th Anniversary Box
Philips

Got to hear the first three movements on the way to work. Very good first and third movement, excellent second. I'll finish this off at lunch. Thanks for the recommendation, LL!  

Where did you find this set, George?

[DavidRoss]

[George]

Beethoven
Symphony 9
Mengelberg/Concertgebouw
50th Anniversary Box
Philips

Finished this one off at lunch. Sorry, LL, it doesn't make it into my favorites, but it was most enjoyable nonetheless.

[ChamberNut]

Schubert

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D.759 Unfinished
Symphony No. 9 in C major, D.944 The Great

Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic
EMI Classics

[Opus106]

Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209 'Italian Cantata'
Nancy Argenta/Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Hugget

The first, completely instrumental movement reminds me of the first movement of one of his concerti... I think it's the one for flute, violin & harpsichord (BWV 1044).

[Jay F]

[Dr. Dread]

lvb diabellis ashkenazy

[karlhenning]

First listen!

Sergei Sergeyevich
Egyptian Nights, Opus 61
Russian State Symphony
Valeri Polyansky

[Lethevich]

Figure humaine. Motets.



Despite the large text on the front, 3 of the 5 discs on this are choral music, and very fine music indeed. The performances are a bit rougher than I would like, and when comparing them to other performances these tend to sound far more austere, but overall it still sounds rather good. Poulenc was an unlikely figure to be a (relatively) sincere composer of religious music, but there is both sufficient invention and conviction to consider this great sacred music.

[karlhenning]

Figure humaine. Motets.

We tried to work up two of the Nativity motets at St Paul's (under the direction of someone who isn't equal to the task of preparing them).  Fine pieces, and I look forward to singing them in a proper choir someday . . . goodness knows, they were musical trainwrecks on Tremont Street . . . .

[karlhenning]

Another first listen!

Sergei Sergeyevich
Hamlet, Opus 77
Tatiana Sharova, sop
Andrei Baturkin, bar
Russian State Symphony
Valeri Polyansky

[Que]

Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209 'Italian Cantata'
Nancy Argenta/Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Hugget

The first, completely instrumental movement reminds me of the first movement of one of his concerti... I think it's the one for flute, violin & harpsichord (BWV 1044).

This is one of those instances when Alfred Dürr's Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach comes in handy.  According to him the first mvt is not re-used - Bach's authorship of this cantate has even been doubted - but he indicates great similarities with Suite BWV 1067.

Q

[Benji]

I didn't think it likely that I'd ever find a recording of the 5th that I prefer to Handleys account with the RLSO but I think I have a winner.

That is a beauty indeed, as is the Handley. I think I probably go to Previn more often for the 5th though. 

[prémont]

This is one of those instances when Alfred Dürr's Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach comes in handy.  According to him the first mvt is not re-used - Bach's authorship of this cantate has even been doubted - but he indicates great similarities with Suite BWV 1067.

Q

Oh well, yes, but not to the degree, that he recirculates the thematic material to any extent. The pieces (Suite for flute traversiere and strings and the Cantata Sinfonia are in the same key, probably most because h-minor is a natural key for the flute, and they have got somewhat the same character (affect).

[Solitary Wanderer]

Good morning everyone!

Starting this lovely Autumn morning with:



Disc.1.

[Dr. Dread]

Good morning everyone!

Starting this lovely Autumn morning with:



Disc.1.

How is it?

[Benji]

What I want to listen to is William Schuman's Violin Concerto. What I can't do is find any of my recordings of it. Grrrrr.  

[Opus106]

This is one of those instances when Alfred Dürr's Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach comes in handy.  According to him the first mvt is not re-used - Bach's authorship of this cantate has even been doubted - but he indicates great similarities with Suite BWV 1067.

Q

Oh well, yes, but not to the degree, that he recirculates the thematic material to any extent. The pieces (Suite for flute traversiere and strings and the Cantata Sinfonia are in the same key, probably most because h-minor is a natural key for the flute, and they have got somewhat the same character (affect).

Thanks for that information, Que. As I said, it just reminds me of that particular concerto, and I think premont may well have the answer as to why it does so.


Thread duty:

Dmitri Shostakovich
Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87
Konstantin Scherbakov

Actually, I'm sampling them randomly. I've begun with the C major, though.