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[kishnevi]

Bruckner Sy.No.5 Benny Zander Philharmonia Orchestra & Discussion Telarc                                                        .

A bit chatty, in the discussion, but I don't really mind. We'll see about the performance.

I suspect you will like it.  I am not a Bruckner fan; sometimes I suspect that he wrote the same symphony nine times in a row; other times I think we can name him godfather of film score composing--which is why I don't have that many Bruckner CDs, but this recording made me sit up and say "Ah, that was great! I want to hear that again!" even before I played the discussion CD.

[listener]

1-act opera by Wilhelm KILLMAYER  - Yolimba
Alan Titus, Maria Venuti  are the principal singers
Mad magician would rid the world of love, but is himself destroyed by his creation in a series of short scenes presenting a variety of typical (light and not so-) opera forms.

[zorzynek]

Bach: Cantatas Vol 7 (BWV 61, 63, 132, 172) /Bach Collegium Japan * Suzuki

[Brian]

PROKOFIEV | Alexander Nevsky Cantata
Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra
Karel Ancerl

For me this piece will always be inextricably linked with my first listen - in live performance. As hugely enjoyable as this is at home, hearing the Nevsky Cantata live was just a mind-blowing experience. There's a lot of 20th-century music that's that way. Two of my favorites, Janacek's Sinfonietta and Sibelius' Fifth, are also pieces I heard for the first time at a live concert. I'm going to cross-post this in the Chat thread so we can talk about it a bit.

[Coopmv]

I like it very very much. An impressive and powerful reading.
Just ended another fine listening session of about 85 minutes, whilst copying it to one of my 'travelling friends': an old-fashioned MiniDisc (walkman).

My first Complete Bach Organ Works set was the Rogg's LP set on EMI Electrola.

[Coopmv]

Now playing this CD, which just arrived from Germany today?  I had no clue when I ordered the CD from this Amazon MP vendor that this CD would be shipped from Berlin ...   

[Conor71]

Havent given this set a spin in a while - I am still not so familiar with Bruckners works and admit to having a hard time maintaining concentration across an entire piece, but I do like him!  0:).
This set is excellent (also have the Jochum EMI) and is in very fine sound:

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 In Eb Major, WAB 104, "Romantic"

[karlhenning]

First Listen!

Chávez
Fuga HAG, C (Hommage à Goddard, Columbia)
String Quartet № 2
Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Chávez – La obra completa para cuerda de Carlos Chávez

[Que]

Good morning all.



Q

[Lethevich]

'morning.

Bax:
November Woods
The Happy Forest
The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew

It's a green kind of morning ;_:

[Harry]

CD III
Sonata in B flat. G12/In A G13/In E flat G14/In G G15/In E flat G16/In C G17/In C minor

[Antoine Marchand]

HIP and very beautiful. Samples at ARTA Records.

Q

Also HIP and very beautiful:

Dvořák - Symphony N°9 From the New World
Schumann - Konzertstück for 4 horns and orchestra in f major Opus 86
La Chambre Philharmonique (on period instruments)
David Guerrier, Antoine Dreyfuss, Emmanuel Padieu, Bernard Schirrer (horns)
Emmanuel Krivine (conductor)
Total Timing: 60'
Naïve, 2008

[Wanderer]

[Harry]

Symphony No. 1 in E flat, opus 28.

[Harry]

Symphony No. 2 in F minor.

[Lethevich]

Inspired by Kental rating the disc so highly:

[karlhenning]

Last night, and it had been a dog's age since I last listened to this recording . . .

Сергей Сергеевич [Sergei Sergeyevich]
Symphony № 1 in D (Classical), Opus 25
Symphony № 4 (revised 1947 version), Opus 112
RSNO
Neeme Järvi

On the whole, the Classical here is very good;  there are four or five brief moments where, underneath the rapid textures, the nervous energy is paramount, but the assurance of a solid beat feels rather up for grabs.  Nothing 'fatal', though as a result I am still apt to prefer both Ozawa (a match in elegance, and the band are always tight) and Ančerl (even speedier and more nervous, and always tight, nothwithstanding).

The Fourth and I are continuing rather a curious dance.  I am warming to it more and more with each hearing (the two several versions, and different recordings), but the deal is somehow not quite sealing.  In last night's listen, I felt that I liked the Opus 112 first movement the best I ever have, and so applause to Järvi.  The last movement here, though, doesn't have the focus which I find so signally refreshing in the Ozawa set.  To repeat a thought, the middle movements are musically lovely;  and yet the whole enchilada falls only just short of winning me over, for whatever reason.

Overall, I am continuing of the opinion that the Second is a stunning achievement;  and that, while the Third and Fourth are fine successes in their way, it is the Fifth with which Prokofiev incontestably finds his symphonic footing again.

[Harry]

Symphony No. 3 in E opus 51.

[MN Dave]

Wake up. It's Friday!

[George]

Witty and playful but lacking some depth and beauty in the slow movements. Overall, very good. If it turns out to be the worst CD in the set, I'll be pleased.