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[Opus106]

And I noticed that it was live only during that moment in the Surprise Symphony where their reaction of, well, surprise, is inevitably part of the recording.

This must be on the list of HIPpest Recordings Ever! I'm going to listen to that in the link Drasko provided earlier.

[Christo]

Inspired by the Underestimated Symphony thread: another wartime symphony, Armstrong Gibbs' Symphony No. 3 `Westmorland'.

Gibbs' third symphony was completed in 1944, following the death of his son who was killed in action in Italy, while he himsel was living as a war evacuee in the Lake District, hence its title. The symphony has it all: tragedy and ultimate beauty of the most consoling kind.

                                   

[Coopmv]

They also fulfill the orchestral duties on Naxos' box of the Complete Haydn Concertos  that I've finally finished giving a first time listen (the Complete Masses and that Gardiner Bach set sort of got in the way)--in general, uniformly good.

Thread duty (just finished):
Chopin Ballades and Scherzos Rubinstein (1959 recording)

Indeed, because the Cologne Chamber Orchestra and Helmut Muller Bruhl do not record for large labels, they are not particularly well known to people who do not buy Naxos.  I discovered the ensemble back in 2001 or 2002 when I bought all the Bach orchestral works recorded on Naxos by the ensemble.  I particularly enjoyed the Telemann Darmstadt Overtures by the ensemble.  In fact, I think CCO outperformed Harnoncourt's Concentus Musicus ...

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD2 - English Suites from this 6-CD set, which arrived late last week ...

[Bogey]

[Coopmv]

Back to early music, now playing CD1 from this set, which arrived late last week ...

[SonicMan46]

Lickl, Georg (1769-1843) - String Quartets w/ the Authentic Quartet - Lickl was Austrain and spent about 20 years of his early time in Vienna, studied w/ Albrectsberger & Haydn - these works were composed in the 1790s and are well written; the sound is also recorded well, but this Quartet just does not seem to have the 'spit, polish, and vim'!  I have a handful of their recordings now and am always left wanting other period instrument groups taking a round, such as the Festetics (who did a great job on a CD that I showed yesterday, i.e. Druschetsky SQs!) - now, this group has received some 'mixed' reviews both in this forum and elsewhere - Fanfare Review HERE & Don's Thoughts HERE - bottom line for me; good string writing, well produced, somewhat indifferent and occasionally 'erratic' performances?

Herzogenbert, Heinrich von (1843-1900) - String Quintet, Op. 77 & String Quartet, Op. 18 w/ Minguet Quartett - coming up next and expect to enjoy; this will be my 8th disc or so of this late Romantic Brahmsian composer - Op. 77 was written in solace after his wife died - will the work be somber, joyful, or both - will shortly hear for myself - 

 

[Papy Oli]

1st listen to :



oh my...

[Coopmv]

1st listen to :



oh my...

Great performance and a worthy addition to my collection I made last year ...

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD10 from this set ...

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD11, the last CD from this set, leading off with S40, my favorite Mozart Symphony ...

[George]

There are a number of new works on here that hadn't been released before by the pianist. Enjoyable CD in dim sound with no real revelations here, much like the rest of the series.

[George]

Nice stuff here. Rubinstein sounds youthful and frisky. 

[Antoine Marchand]

Bach - Clavier-Büchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach, 1722
Mario Videla (harpsichord, clavichord, organ)
Instruments:
Harpsichord Adlam-Burnett (Finchcocks, Kent, England, 1979) after Nicolas et François Blanchet (1730)
Clavichord E. Merzdorf (Deutschland) after Hieronymus Hass (1740)
Organ: Orgelbauwerkstatt Mühleisen, Leonberg
Edition Bachakademie Vol 135
Recording: 07/1999, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 09/1999, Stuttgart
Hänssler

Among the autograph manuscripts of Johann Sebastian Bach´s music we find three so-called Clavier-Büchlein. The first was started in 1720; Bach wrote it for his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, born at Weimar in 1710. This collection was mainly intended for the boy´s musical instruction. It was followed in 1722 by the second Clavier-Büchlein, which was for Anna Magdalena, a talented pianist, whom Bach had married at Köthen in 1721 - after the death of his first wife Maria Barbara. In 1725 Bach finally started his third Clavier-Büchlein; again intended for Anna Magdalena.

Beautiful recording: calm and intimate.

[jhar26]

[Coopmv]

Now playing this CD from my Bach collection.  This has to be the best recording of this work with Elly Ameling and Gustav Leonhardt ...

I think Q will wholeheartedly agree ...     

[listener]

ALWYN  String Quartet 3;  Rhapsody for Piano Quartet; String Trio
       Quartet of London,   David Willison, piano

ARNOLD    Piano Trio, Violin Sonatas 1 & 2, Fantasy for Cello,  5 Pieces for Violin and Piano
       English Piano Trio:  Timothy Ravenscroft, piano; Jane Faulkner, violin;  Justin Pearson, cello

[Lethevich]

6 & 7

That thing is super expensive

[UB]

Thanks to RAI I just listened to last nights world premieres of works by three leading Italian composers played by Ensemble Musik Fabrik.  The Battistelli and Francesconi appealed to me immediately. I think I will have to listen to the Fedele a few times before becoming comfortable with it.

Giorgio Battistelli | Inventis facile est addere (2009)
Uraufführung | für Ensemble


Luca Francesconi | Attraverso (2009)
Uraufführung | für Sopran solo und Ensemble

Ivan Fedele | Thanatoseros (2009)
Uraufführung | für Sopran, Tenor und Ensemble



Valentina Coladonato | Sopran
Sandro Naglia | Tenor

Peter Rundel | Dirigent

[Christo]

That thing is super expensive

It used to be very inexpensive ...