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[Coopmv]

Marais, Marin (1656-1728) - Pieces en Trio w/ Musica Pacifica - recommended on the forum by Harry, I believe, and my first CD(s) of this French Baroque composer.  The works are basically French dance suites played by four to seven musicians on various period instruments, including recorders, oboe, viola da gamba, archlute, and harpsichord.  Highly recommended bargain package for those interested in this genre of music - brief but outstanding reviews on their website HERE  - 


 

Dave,  This set is only available direct from the website you posted? 

[Lethevich]

This sounds ridiculously impressive. A world away from the recording I usually return to (Kubelik/DG) in terms of sonic depth. The performance so far seems to have a rare quality: a quite relaxed pace, but with great tension. So many conductors fail miserably at this.

[karlhenning]

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 In G Minor, Op. 135



First listen to this recently arrived set, have been looking forward to it! - Starting with Symphony No. 14, which is one of the few works Ive heard from Shostakovich that I havent really warmed to yet  .

That is a fine account of the symphony (Fischer-Dieskau's dodgy Russian pronunciation notwithstanding).

[karlhenning]

Cool! - now playing Symphony No. 7 too 

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 In C Major, Op. 60, "Leningrad"

And Haitink's account of the Opus 60 is very fine, too.

[Sergeant Rock]

Bruckner's chamber works:



Sarge

[The new erato]

This is such an incredibly fine disc with superb performances of some of the most sensitive keyboard music ever, like some kind of baroque Chopin.

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD3 from Wagner Parsifal ...

[Henk]

Brandenburg Concertos 4, 5.

[Novi]

Blomstedt's Sibelius 4
It's pretty cold and bleak here tonight.

[SonicMan46]

Dave,  This set is only available direct from the website you posted? RE:  Marais - Pieces en Trio

Stuart - well, I purchased my set from the Amazon US Marketplace for $17 total, so would check there first - Dave

[listener]

Sounds right to start a morning - Poulenc chamber music with James Levine as the pianist       (Clarinet, flute sonatas, Horn Elegie, trio for oboe bassoon piano, sextuor)

[SonicMan46]

Beethoven - Hummel - Hoffmann - Mandolin & Fortepiano Duets w/ Galfetti & Fasolis - 

[Lethevich]

Martinů - Elegy for violin and piano

Sounds right to start a morning - Poulenc chamber music with James Levine as the pianist       (Clarinet, flute sonatas, Horn Elegie, trio for oboe bassoon piano, sextuor)

That's a super disc.

[Papy Oli]

Good evening,

Just finished :
Mahler 10th - Adagio - Tennstedt / LPO

now :
Mahler 9th - same forces

[karlhenning]

First listen! (To this recording . . . .)

Сергей Сергеевич [Sergei Sergeyevich]
Piano Concerto № 3 in C, Opus 26
Horacio Gutiérrez, pf
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

[Coopmv]

Stuart - well, I purchased my set from the Amazon US Marketplace for $17 total, so would check there first - Dave

The set is on Veritas, a Virgin Classics label and should be readily available from many e-tailers.  That was what I thought.

[Coopmv]

Taking a little break before playing CD4, the last CD from Wagner Parsifal.  Wagner opera is just too heavy to listen through the whole set with no break ...     

[Drasko]

[Brian]

In memory.

[Lethevich]

Looking back, it was slightly bizarre for Gade to have been one of the first composers I heard when I was first getting into classical music, but at the time the music opened a lot of doors for me. These CDs were new at the time, and I was fascinated by this chap who had produced numerous symphonies having almost no mentions online compared to the other famous composers I had heard. I was doubly fascinated at the notion of discarded movements to these symphonies which were then recorded as party of this cycle - it was that which hooked me. There was music to be "discovered", it wasn't all the stuff written down in the history books. Thanks, Niels, for writing too many movements for your symphonies