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[Coopmv]

Now playing CD2 - English Suites Nos 1-3 from the following German set, a recent arrival from jpc for a first listen ...

[Coopmv]

Yes, the more reviewers, the better chance one has of figuring out whether they want the recording(s) or not.

Personally, I think some of the reviewers on Amazon really know what they are talking about, even though they may only do reviews on Amazon ...

[KeithW]

Ars Nova Copenhagen/Hillier - Schutz Matthaus Passion
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[listener]

Venetian Polychoral Music c.1600
GABRIELI (mainly) and TAEGGIO, GUSSAGO, GIOVANELLI, GRILLO
capella antiqua Munich, Konrad Ruhland cond.   acc with a consort of viols
- rather startled to think the consort of viols sounded like an accordion!
Glees from Georgian England   WEBBE, WALMISLEY, BEALE, ATTWOOD, LINLEY, i.a.
The Scholars

[Mirror Image]

Now:

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Such an awesome recording. I really like Lindberg's newer style. I'm glad he abandoned that heady mixture of Darmstadt and Murail. I mean I know these composers still have influenced him, but it's good to see him head in more of a tonal direction. Honestly, I think he's been heading this way all along, but he had to get that more experimental side of him out of the way in order to pursue something more accessible.

[KeithW]

Shostakovich - SQ No. 8 with the Borodin Quartet, and Piano Quintet with the Borodin Quartet and Richter
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[The new erato]

Ars Nova Copenhagen/Hillier - Schutz Matthaus Passion
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For anybody interested in this, note that a boxed set of all their 4 Schutz discs is abut to be released for the price of 2. It's on  my list.......

[Antoine Marchand]

This:

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It's a superb interpretation recommended by Premont some months ago.

[KeithW]

For anybody interested in this, note that a boxed set of all their 4 Schutz discs is abut to be released for the price of 2. It's on  my list.......

That's good news - the disks are all very good.  I prefer the Capella Augustana on Brilliant Classics, and they outperform the Dresdner cycle in my opinion, but as a brief survey the Hillier set is recommended.

[Antoine Marchand]

Yes, I tend to favor recordings that aren't praised to the hills. I don't do this on purpose of course, but it seems that I usually like a recording that 30 (just to throw a number out there) other people can't stand. But I'm at peace with that. We all can't enjoy the same things. Anyway, I see that I've got something pondering on this matter to do.

From this viewpoint, maybe you should consider this set:

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Jean-Yves Thibaudet ranks very high in my preferences (his set is excellent), but he is, say, more "conventional" than Reinbert de Leeuw, who, for instance, prefers slower tempi, sometimes even defiantly slow.

[Antoine Marchand]

I've heard nearly all of the Satie sets. The one I give my highest recommendation to is Aldo. I feel that he has the best sense of Satie. All of them are quite good though.

Yes, Ciccolini is excellent and probably, if such a thing existed, he should be considered like a sort of canonical interpreter of Satie. That said, my personal preference is de Leeuw.

[Lethevich]

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[Conor71]

[Conor71]

Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 7

[karlhenning]

Good morning, all!

Chopin
Concerto for Pf & Orchestra № 1 in e minor, Op.11
Martha Argerich, pf
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Kaspszyk

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[TheGSMoeller]

Good morning, all!

Morning, Karl.

Inspired by a Mahler cycle thread.
Listening to...


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[The new erato]

Morning, Karl.

Inspired by a Mahler cycle thread.
Listening to...


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The one I have in the cycle (+ the disc with various songs). I stopped buying while the going was good and decided to wait for the inevitable box. When that happens, this 6th will be up for grabs.

[karlhenning]

LvB
Sonata for Vn & Pf № 10 in G, Op.96
Gidon Kremer, vn
Martha Argerich, pf

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[AndanteCantabile]

Prokofiev, Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 135

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[SonicMan46]

From this viewpoint, maybe you should consider this set:

 

Jean-Yves Thibaudet ranks very high in my preferences (his set is excellent), but he is, say, more "conventional" than Reinbert de Leeuw, who, for instance, prefers slower tempi, sometimes even defiantly slow.

For years I owned a number of Satie discs w/ Roge & Ciccolini, but enjoyed the Thibaudet single disc release a while back, which prompted purchase of his 5-CD box set which I do enjoy; no longer have the others.  For those still making a decision for a larger Satie collection - check out the review by Jerry Dubins in Fanfare from 2004 - which I've attached!

Now I also have the 2-disc set w/ Reinbert de Leeuw - different from Thibaudet but I like his approach, also; the set of him shown above seems to be 3 CDs + 1 DVD (from the Amazon description) - any comments on this packaging, esp. the DVD?  Thanks -