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[MN Dave]

bachfrenchsuitesgould

[Harry]

First listen

[Bulldog]

bachfrenchsuitesgould

That's one very long word.

[MN Dave]

That's one very long word.

It must be said.

[karlhenning]

Anti-disenbachfrenchsuitesgouldianism

[DavidW]

Bach English Suites-- Perahia
Penderecki-- Symphony #3 + odds and ends
Dvorak 7th-- Harnoncourt
Bach Cantatas bwv 140 etc-- Harnoncourt (amazing!!!  desert island quality I love it!!!!!)



My Sallinen cd arrived yesterday, haven't had a chance to listen to it yet though.

[karlhenning]

Only the second listen so far!:

Dallapiccola
Variazioni per orchestra (1953-54)
Frammenti sinfonici dal balletto « Marsia » (1942-43; 1947)
BBC Phil
Noseda

Dallapiccola – Tartiniana; Due Pezzi; Variazioni per orchestra; Piccola musica notturna; Frammenti sinfonici dal balle

[karlhenning]

Sara, the « Marsia » ballet excerpts feel like something of a 'fraternal twin' to Copland's Appalachian Spring.  And, of course, part of the pleasure is in the similiarities, part of the pleasure is in what is distinctive.

Only the second listen so far!:

Dallapiccola
Variazioni per orchestra (1953-54)
Frammenti sinfonici dal balletto « Marsia » (1942-43; 1947)
BBC Phil
Noseda

Dallapiccola – Tartiniana; Due Pezzi; Variazioni per orchestra; Piccola musica notturna; Frammenti sinfonici dal balle

[Lethevich]

After Vranicky, I wanted something light and fun. What could be better than Offenbach! Picked Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein. Currently listening to pif, paf pouf (track 6)! It's something only Offenbach could make work. I can't help tapping along...

I love this recording. It's one of those things where the performance and the music itself compliment each other to product a dizzying experience - something less easy to experience with more widely-recorded works.

Anti-disenbachfrenchsuitesgouldianism

(I want my angel emoticon back!)

[Harry]

First listen.

CD III

[karlhenning]

First-listen Fridays!:

Taneyev
Cantata on Pushkin's Exigi Monumentum (1880)
Canzona per clarinetto solo ed orchestra (1883)
Overture in d minor (1875)
Stanislav Jankowsky, cl
Novosibirsk State Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Novosibirsk State Philharmonic Orchestra
Thos Sanderling

Taneyev – Orchestral Works: Oresteia Overture, &c.

[karlhenning]

[/font]Chopin
Mazurkas, Opp. 6, 7, 17, 24, 30, 33 & 41
Garrick Ohlsson

[Brahmsian]

First-listen Fridays!:

Taneyev
Cantata on Pushkin's Exigi Monumentum (1880)
Canzona per clarinetto solo ed orchestra (1883)
Overture in d minor (1875)
Stanislav Jankowsky, cl
Novosibirsk State Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Novosibirsk State Philharmonic Orchestra
Thos Sanderling

Taneyev – Orchestral Works: Oresteia Overture, &c.

How do you like these, Karl? 

[karlhenning]

The Cantata and the Overture very well.  The Canzona is very pleasant.  The whole disc is terrific, and fully vindicates Cato's table-pounding.

[Brahmsian]

The Cantata and the Overture very well.  The Canzona is very pleasant.  The whole disc is terrific, and fully vindicates Cato's table-pounding.

I loved all the pieces too Karl, especially that massive Oresteia Overture (very impressed by it!), and also the Overture on a Russian Theme.

[listener]

Which recording is this.

Günter Kehr (1920 - 1987) (and the Mainzer Kammerorkester) recorded the Brandenburg concertos for Vox twice.

Second recording was made 1982 on period instruments, the soloists are credited and rather well known (Susanne Lautenbacher violin, Helmut Hucke oboe, Friedeman Immer tromba, Günter Höller recorder and traverso, Christoph Lehmann harpsichord, Günter Kehr violin et.c. - I can PM you the complete list if you want). This recording was also rereleased by Vox ( ca 1990), but it was difficult to get hold of then and has since long been OOP. A few years ago I asked the owner of the rights to the Vox repertoire about this recording, but he did not know it, and he could not find it, so the mastertapes may have disappeared. 

Probably that one.  P & C dates on the MMG/Vox Prima wallet are both 1986 by Moss Music Group. 
Timings for the concertos are: 21:27, 12:22, 11:15, 16:28, 21:33, 19:07

So today another set of J.S. BACH Brandenburgs, with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi conducting.   Modern instruments, 1985 recording    Soloists not listed.
Trumpet's having problems with the highest notes in Number 2.  Some brisk tempos, but they feel natural.   Timings:  21:44, 11:38, 11:45, 15:31, 20:44, 18:13
Timings for no.3 can vary widely depending on how the two-chord bridge between the last two movements is treated.  Sometimes an entire movement from another concert is interpolated.
When I get to the LP'S there'll be Collegium Aureum, Ristenpart, and Harnoncourt.

Then some ALKAN by Bernard Ringeissen 1977recording on Harmonia Mundi
Sonatine, Zorzico, Scherzo diabolico, Nocturne 2, Marches 1, Barcarolle, Saltarelle

[MN Dave]

[MN Dave]

[karlhenning]

Not bad, Dave.  Les préludes, I admit I have to be in just the mood for;  Mazeppa is better than many give it credit for;  and I haven't the shred of a complaint for any of the Rhapsodies.

[MN Dave]

It's a "legendary recording", dammit.