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[O Delvig]

bach on the baritone sax

[Brian]

BARTOK | Concerto for Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach

[The new erato]

This guy's style really hits the spot for me - a shame how unpopular it is nowadays

I do proclaim the greatness of his string quartets available on the Daphne label. 4 absolutely glorious quartets in Nordic neoclassical, ocassionally neoromantic style with the occasional 20th angst thrown in for excitement. Lyrical, cantabile music, at times quite original.

We need the complete symphonies from cpo!

[Harry]

Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck.
First Book of Psalms, CD I, II, III.
Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, Harry van der Kamp.

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This set comes with a fabulous book, very detailed and well researched. The music is of a heavenly character, and so is the performance. This was one of the most sensible acquisitions last year, and this year.

[Christo]

Give them all more air time. I was listening to Holmboe's Symphonic Metamorphosis this week, 4 pieces written independently of each other at different times. As nielsenian as could be, and all the better for it. I think Holmboe picks up where Nielsen left and has held up the master's aesthetic on the same level.

Seconded. Thanks to a superb evaluation by Kentel of Holmboe's complete output on the Holmboe thread, I'm now playing the quintessential Holmboe: his magnificent set of ten `Preludes' for small ensemble or Sinfonietta.

Some of the most evocative and poetic instrumental music I've ever heard. And indeed, as Kentel suggests, the best introduction into Holmboe's musical universe.

                       

[val]

BRAHMS:       Piano Concerto n. 2              / Gilels, Berlin Philharmonic, Jochum

A beautiful version. The direction of Jochum is extraordinary, heroic but also lyrical, with a remarkable attention to the details. Compared to Arrau, Gilels seems a bit pale, more artificial, but he gives a good dialogue with the orchestra.
Certain moments of this version are unforgettable: the development of the first movement, the central part of the 2nd. The Andante, however, is too slow.

[The new erato]

A Steve Reich disc with Different Trains, Tehillim and Eight Lines. I'm sorry to say, this is music of such mindnumbing dullness and repetitiveness that the mind boggles. And minimalism as such is OK by me, I don't particularly mind the concept, but give me Stockhausens Stimmung any time.

[CD]

Honegger - String Quartets (Erato SQ)

[karlhenning]

Mozart Sym #39 - Karajan

My turn to disapprove!

[karlhenning]

BARTOK | Concerto for Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach

How is it, Brian?

[karlhenning]

The whole discussion: C'mon. What is this? Sophistry?

All your post fair enough.

BTW, of course, most listeners think that Stockhausen sucks dead water buffalo gonads.  Yes, there are exceptions. And they do put the rule to the test. But the rule stands.

Thread duty: First Listen Fridays!

Partch
Barstow
San Francisco
The Letter
U.S. Highball
Newband
Dean Drummond

[Henk]

disc 6, 7.

[Conor71]

Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 In B Major, Op. 8

[CD]

Ture Rangström - Symphonies 3 and 4

[Keemun]

Bruckner
Symphony No. 4
Christoph von Dohnanyi
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Live, December 2009

[CD]

Kurt Atterberg - Symphonies 3 and 6 (Rasalainen/Hanover RSO)

[Harry]

Evgeny Svetlanov.

Poeme Symphonique "Le Sorbier rouge", ( a la memoire de Vosily Shuksin).
Concerto pour piano en ut mineur.
Refelections Symphoniques, Preludes.
Poeme Symphonique "Daugava".

[karlhenning]

First Listen Fridays, in cooperation with We Love Morty, brings me:

Feldman
Crippled Symmetry
The California EAR Unit

[MN Dave]

[CD]

Oooh, me likey already. :3