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[karlhenning]

Good morning, all!

Maiden-Listen Mondays (this recording)!

Elgar
The Music Makers, Op. 69
"Ode"by Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Jean Rigby, mezzo
BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis

[DavidW]

Good morning, all!

Karl, you're just way too chipper on a Monday morning!

[karlhenning]

Beautiful morning! The storm has passed, and the sky is a lovely cerulean.

[DavidW]

I enjoy a dark, quiet morning too.  Mostly because the rest of the day will be loud, hot and bright.

[TheGSMoeller]

Beautiful morning! The storm has passed, and the sky is a lovely cerulean.

Agreed! And I am off from work today, so an added bonus!

Listening now to...

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This is my only recording of Monteverdi: Vespers, not that I'm complaining, it's quite good, but any suggestions for good second recording of the piece?

[karlhenning]

That's a fine one, Greg; and our local boys & gals, of course . . . .

[karlhenning]

Maiden-Listen Mondays!

Elgar
Dream Children, Op. 43
two pieces after Chas Lamb for small orchestra
Andante
Allegretto piacevole
BBC Symphony
Sir Andrew Davis

[mc ukrneal]

Maiden-Listen Mondays!

Elgar
Dream Children, Op. 43
two pieces after Chas Lamb for small orchestra
Andante
Allegretto piacevole
BBC Symphony
Sir Andrew Davis

So what did you think of the Music Makers?

[karlhenning]

Well, this was re-visitation after a long interval.  As a piece generally, I enjoy it as a concert choral work; compositionally, I also enjoy it as a sort of gloss upon the Enigma Variations. I could see being annoyed with a 40-minute piece being a single track on a CD . . . but that's not Elgar's fault.

[Keemun]

Delius
Brigg Fair
Barbirolli
Halle Orchestra

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[Sergeant Rock]

Delius
Brigg Fair
Barbirolli
Halle Orchestra

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It must be EMI twofer day    I'm listening to Elgar's great First Symphony.




Sarge

[Brian]

It must be EMI twofer day    I'm listening to Elgar's great First Symphony.

How is that twofer Sarge? I think I'll join the gEMIni party:



Goldmark's Violin Concerto and Rustic Wedding Symphony
Dohnanyi's Nursery Variations and Konzertstuck for Cello

[Opus106]

I don't have any objection against the theorbo as a solo instrument. On the contrary, its sound is wonderful and it never results dull in this recording. Compared with the lute its basses are naturally more prominent and probably this feature does easier to recall the original. As I said before, Monteilhet delivers some extraordinary versions of these pieces and, IMO, his recording is not artistically inferior to Nigel North, who  transcribed and recorded these complete suites on Linn Records, but on lute (BTW, it's funny because the physical discs are labeled as "Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Cello").

P.S. 2: After this I will probably purchase the second volume of these suites recorded by Monteilhet (BWV 1010-1012):

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Much appreciated, Antoine. And thanks for also bringing the ZZT disc to my attention.

[Keemun]

It must be EMI twofer day    I'm listening to Elgar's great First Symphony.

It must be.     But I've since switched to Brilliant Classics:

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4
Muti
Philharmonia Orchestra

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[TheGSMoeller]

Just arrived today...

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Now:

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Listening to Symphony No. 5. My favorite of Parry's symphonies.

[DavidW]

Queyras, Dvorak

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Queyras shows beauty and grace, but the orchestral playing is bland.  The piano trio however is a top notch performance from everyone involved!

[mc ukrneal]

Just arrived today...

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Cool picture! I'd buy it just for that!

[listener]

Ely Cathedral on the cover, has nothing to do with
Florent SCHMITT:  Psalm 47, op. 38    and La Tragédie de Salomé  op. 50
French National Radio Orch. & Chorus      Jean Martinon, cond.
or CHERUBINI  Requiem in d for Male Chorus and Orch.
Ambrosian Singers       Riccardo Muti, cond.
and from an old disc DVORAK   Czech Suite  op. 39  and Suite in A, op. 98b
Czech Philharmonic      Alois Klima, Karel Sejna  cond.

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Now:

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Listening to Symphony No. 5. I must have a thing for 5th symphonies today.