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[Peregrine]

Mackerras Mozart rarely disappoints.

Definitely. A fabulous Mozart conductor.

[Conor71]

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 In Bb Major, K 207



Have listened to this Disc quite a few times since purchasing it a few weeks ago - one of the only HIP recordings I own .

[listener]

lp's
PAGANINI - KREISLER   Concerto in One Movement for Violin and Orchestra
    Kreisler's arrangement of the 1st movement of Paganini's Violin Concerto 1 written in E^b with the violin tuned a half-tone sharp to play in D to take advantage of open string resonance and facilitate the use of harmonics.
SAINT-SAËNS   Violin Concerto 3
    Campoli, violin      London S.O.       Pierino Gamba cond.
PALMGREN: Piano Concerto n.2 "The River"   a portrait of the river Kokemöenjoki  (1933), written in one movement  and based on the old folk melody "Näckens Polska"
ENGLUND Piano Concerto (1955)   The fist and last movements use folk elements: a Lappish "jojkku" .
   Izumi Tateno, piano      Helsinki Philharmonic O.    Jorma Panula, cond.

[MN Dave]

haydn
sym no. 82
fischer/ahho

[Novi]

Wow, a lot of Mozart happening! Me too:

Symphony No. 25 (Harnoncourt, RCO)

I like Harnoncourt's vigour, but I suspect if I'm not in the right mood, the forcefulness and heavy accents might be a little tiring.

Also, Huberman's Tchaikovsky:



Whoa - portamento-induced vertigo! But actually, this performance is growing on me.

[Lethevich]

I love how the British contingent of GMG all seem to be terminal insomniacs. You, me, Renfield and John all end up posting in the small hours.

[Coopmv]

Sadly it's sounding faintly ridiculous on such a sunny day.

I have this excellent set.  Birgit Nilsson was great ...

[Brahmsian]

I have this excellent set.  Birgit Nilsson was great ...

I have this set too, Stuart.  Wonderful! 

[Novi]

I love how the British contingent of GMG all seem to be terminal insomniacs. You, me, Renfield and John all end up posting in the small hours.

Hello! *waves*

Incidentally, a propos your listening, I'm still finding Vaughan Williams a hard nut to crack. I had another go a couple of days ago with Job and the 4th, but it's still not happening for me. Oh well, I'll try again later.

[George]

[Peregrine]

Crap sound? 

[George]

Crap sound? 

Hey man! 

It's a mixed bag. I reposted my review today on another forum. More info here

[Wanderer]

Good morning, everyone! 

In anticipation of some newly ordered items, I'm dusting off the Hyperion romantic piano concerto series; at the moment listening to:

[Opus106]

Incidentally, a propos your listening, I'm still finding Vaughan Williams a hard nut to crack. I had another go a couple of days ago with Job and the 4th, but it's still not happening for me. Oh well, I'll try again later.

I recently "cracked" the 4th with this recording of a broadcast.

[Peregrine]

Hey man! 

It's a mixed bag. I reposted my review today on another forum. More info here

Cheers, George!

Listening to:

[Lethevich]

It took my ears a while to tune into what Kempff was doing here, it sounded a touch rough at first. It became more enjoyable as each movement passed, and the final two sonatas had me wondering why I haven't listened to these works in getting on for a year

Hello! *waves*

Incidentally, a propos your listening, I'm still finding Vaughan Williams a hard nut to crack. I had another go a couple of days ago with Job and the 4th, but it's still not happening for me. Oh well, I'll try again later.

Hehe! Those would be some of the first pieces I would suggest to somebody with "RVW-trouble", under the assumption that all those yellow fields were giving them hayfever. There's a lot of meat in both of those pieces, and it's well-worth plugging away, although the Beethovenian struggle of the 4th is perhaps more appreciable with an existing taste for his more harmonically effortless surrounding symphonies - kind of like two sides to a coin. You wouldn't be alone if you never end up enjoying him - a lot of people find him even at his more complex to be lacking in some depth, more focused on surface happenings. It's partly true but I'm not bothered by it

[Sergeant Rock]

In the Fen Country just finished, moving on now to The Lark Ascending, Boult conducting, Hugh Bean fiddling. Both performances from the big box:




Sarge

[Antoine Marchand]

Schumann - Cello Concerto/ Works for Cello and Piano
Anne Gastinel, violoncelle, testore 1690 prêt du fonds instrumental français
Claire Desert, piano
Liège Philharmonic Orchestra
Louis Langrée, direction

Works:

Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (1850)

Phantasiestücke (3 Fantasy Pieces) for clarinet (or cello or violin) & piano, Op. 73 (1849)

Stücke im Volkston (5) for cello (or violin) & piano, Op. 102 (1849)

Adagio & Allegro for horn (or violin or cello) & piano in A flat major, Op. 70 (1849)



Anne Gastinel never disappoints me. 

[jlaurson]

In the Fen Country just finished, moving on now to The Lark Ascending, Boult conducting, Hugh Bean fiddling. Both performances from the big box:

Sarge

Sir,

you don't have time for this now. You have Mahler's 8th to listen to.

BTW: So far I *love* Norrington's 9th. It had the advantage of first being listened to on headphones, which will usually give recordings that are already good another boost in perception... but I found even on the second listening that I've not yet heard so much Mahler 10 in the first movement of the 9th. So THAT's why Bernstein called it the gate to modernism. (Why didn't Bernstein play it like that, then??)

[cosmicj]

Purchasing and listening to a 30(!)-CD set to me is both daunting and prospectively exhausting.  I actually stay away from big box sets to avoid too much "surface grazing."  My hats off to you, Sarge.