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[ChamberNut]

From the library

Beethoven

String Quartet No. 15 in F major, op. 135

Takacs Qt.
Decca

WOW!     A great performance, one that I actually prefer over my beloved Quartetto Italiano.  This is the late string quartet that I least enjoy (I still really enjoy Op. 135, don't get me wrong).

My favorite movement of this quartet has always been the quirky Vivace 2nd movement.  It is absolutely kick ass with the Takacs Qt.!!!!  Brilliant 

[Dr. Dread]

OK, nice going.  

Now this:  http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570519

[Haffner]

From the library

Beethoven

String Quartet No. 15 in F major, op. 135

Takacs Qt.
Decca

WOW!     A great performance, one that I actually prefer over my beloved Quartetto Italiano.  This is the late string quartet that I least enjoy (I still really enjoy Op. 135, don't get me wrong).

My favorite movement of this quartet has always been the quirky Vivace 2nd movement.  It is absolutely kick ass with the Takacs Qt.!!!!  Brilliant 

An excellent set, you should grab it.They do the late string quartets really well, the best of their set.

[George]

Now this:  http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570519

Sheesh, make us work for the info. 

[George]

D 894

[RussellG]

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD5 from this set ...

[Coopmv]

So Ashy is now the conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO?).  Any plan to make some new recordings with his orchestra?

[RussellG]

So Ashy is now the conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO?).  Any plan to make some new recordings with his orchestra?

I have been hearing plenty of recordings by this new partnership on the radio, including bits of an Elgar festival from late last year just before he officially took up the mantle of chief conductor, plus a performance of Rachmaninov's 3rd Symphony on TV a couple of weeks ago.  I don't know if anything has been officially released on CD.

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD6, the last CD from this set.  I also have all the single CD's that make up this set, though I have not played them in a number of years ...

[George]

Now playing CD6, the last CD from this set.  I also have all the single CD's that make up this set, though I have not played them in a number of years ...

Did you get the box set as a space saver?

[Coopmv]

Did you get the box set as a space saver?

No, I have had all the single CD's that make up this set for years.  I thought some of the original discs have gotten less silver over the years and am worried that they will go bad on me ...

[George]

No, I have had all the single CD's that make up this set for years.  I thought some of the original discs have gotten less silver over the years and am worried that they will go bad on me ...

Oh, I see.

[Coopmv]

Oh, I see.

I do not buy the argument that CD lasts forever.  When it comes to my favorite CD's, I do not hesitate to get second copies.  That is the logic behind getting those mega boxes.  Then there is the economic argument such as the Karajan Symphony Edition where getting the box minus the original CD artworks will help me build out the Bruckner and Haydn symphonies I do not have but would have cost me a lot money to get the original releases, if they are even available.

[Que]

Q

[Lethevich]

11 has a very striking finale, a wonderful sweep with great brass writing. Its energetic section in the middle reminds me a bit of Dopper's 7th.

Interesting how the composer seems to have settled on the Bax-style 3 movement form (and lengthy tempo markings) for these later symphonies.

[Christo]

I suppose that there is one way to solve this: listen to them more

You are doing so, already, to my delight! 

[Lethevich]

:3

On 12 now. One very appealing thing about these later symphonies compared to 6 and 7 is that the neoclassical elements are stronger, but without losing any drama from the earlier works. There are plenty of Romantic sounding devices and atmospheres, but coupled with wonderful Brittenesque xylophone underpinning, perky string writing, and a sense of restraint entwined in the wonderful arching themes. It's a very successful hybrid, and I have not heard anything like it before. I like neoclassicism, but find that it tends to fall into either either spiky or puckish categories, neither of which can describe these symphonies, which are quite stirring and emotional (in a slightly measured way).

[Dr. Dread]

Sheesh, make us work for the info. 

Baby.

[marvinbrown]

  It's Prokofiev Time  ! Two ballets, back to back oh my!

 

  marvin