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[Sergeant Rock]

Stenhammar Serenade op.31



Sarge

[karlhenning]

Hi Karl, where was the mention by Cato? 

Where the tones twirble, Ray : )

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn String Quartet in G op.77/1, The Lindsays




Sarge

[karlhenning]

A GMG exclusive!

Raff

March from Symphony № 5
arr. for organ solo by Cato

Michael Sanders

[Lethevich]

For some reason Havergal Brian's Te Deum was my royal wedding day music, but these things don't have to make sense - my barbeque today by default became a royal barbeque: far more interesting than a normal one. Chicken became royal chicken, then royal salad, royal sausages, royal corn on the cob, etc.

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[Todd]

A second listen to the Aviv Quartet's recording of Erwin Schulhoff's two numbered quartets and the Five Pieces for String Quartet.  The music is splendid, and the works have been among my favorite 20th Century chamber works for years, so I'm always on the lookout for a good recording.  The Aviv play well enough, and they bring nice verve, but they cannot match the vitality and precision of the Petersen Quartet.  They are much better than the dreadful Schoenberg Quartet, though.  Sound is not up to modern snuff, though.  A good disc that could have been better, I think.  Now I should probably try the Kocian Quartet,

[Lethevich]

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[Scarpia]

Some Sallinen

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The symphony No 6 has lots of gorgeous sonorities, and snatches of melody.  The cello concerto, which I listened to previously, is also a superb piece.

[Cato]

Actually, today has been the day for Bruckner's last three symphonies as conducted by Eugen Jochum, but I cannot find images for the LP cardboard covers from the 1960's.  The above was actually the first Bruckner symphony I bought: I found it at a department store in downtown Dayton.

After saving my pennies, I ordered the entire set, which cost $40.00 back in the good old days, an enormous amount, and it seemingly weighed at least 10 pounds!   0:)

[Sadko]

Marin Marais: Les Folies d'Espagne etc. (Ensemble Spirale, Marianne Muller)

[Brian]

First Listen Friday!

WALTON | Belshazzar's Feast
Choruses from Leeds and Huddersfield
English Northern Philharmonia
Paul Daniel

[Bulldog]

Listening right now to Perahia/Haitink playing Beethoven's Piano Concertos.[asin]B000P7VOXU[/asin]

[Conor71]

Now Playing:


Schubert: Winterreise

Good morning - first Classical listen of the day .
I'm not really into Art Song but I do like this Song Cycle and am enjoying the recording.

[Lethevich]

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I like this disc a lot. I keep going to play the 7th thinking "ghost music", but it's more symphonic than that - Schnittke has yet to reach the "fuck it" point of the 8th symphony. There is no real intention to alienate the listener, it's a nice piece of writing.

Then when the 1st cello concerto is reached I wonder why I seem to neglect it - it is one of the most typical Schnittke pieces. I am more familiar with the 2nd, which is quite a horrible and compellingly tortured piece of music, but while the 1st has a substantial element of unease, it has more fire in its belly and goes through more places. The first movement alone is a wonderful journey and highlights Schnittke's way of making the orchestra produce quite unusual textural effects (roars, crashes) without really sounding like he's trying to break the mould - it's still idiomatic orchestral music, but delivered with a distinctive stylistic fingerprint.

[Sadko]

Bach: The Welltempered Clavier I (André Volkonsky, harpsichord)



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His name reminded me of Prince Andrey Volkonsky from War and Peace, and I found that he actually was Prince Andrey Mikhaylovich Volkonsky, but did not use the title.

[Lethevich]

Sadko: for some reason I'm always intrigued by Bach played by pianists I've never heard of before I don't get this urge with other composers, I wonder why.

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[Harry Powell]

Now Playing:


Schubert: Winterreise

Good morning - first Classical listen of the day .
I'm not really into Art Song but I do like this Song Cycle and am enjoying the recording.

I'm not a fan of Pears' voice, but this is an illuminating rendition.

[Antoine Marchand]

This Horowitz:

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Now:

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Fantastic!

[Sadko]

Continuing:

Bach: The Welltempered Clavier II (André Volkonsky, harpsichord)