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[madaboutmahler]

And again:

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[DieNacht]

James, it´s an impressive series of Stockhausen you have presented in this thread - any highlights ?

[Sergeant Rock]

Magnard Symphony #2 E major, Ossonce conducting the BBC Scottish




Sarge

[Antoine Marchand]

The six string quartets Op. 33, usually known as "Russian Quartets":

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Totally to my taste and masterly played by the Tátrai Quartet: the sound is a bit "rough" in the Hungarian tradition, but supremely careful of the miryad of melodic inner cells that Haydn puts in every piece. Great interplay among the performers and excellent sound quality (this set was recorded in 1976).

Highly recommended. 

[BobsterLobster]

1st listen:

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I was anticipating the discovery of exciting new piano repertoire, but I'm disappointed with this music.
The genre is Debussy/Ravel with sprinklings of Scriabin... right up my street, but none of it held my attention. There are nice moments, bur it just doesn't hang together in an interesting way for me. I did wonder while listening to some of his orchestral pieces if it was the orchestration that held the music together, and perhaps this is the case. Also, I wasn't really convinced by the quality of the piano writing... it doesn't sound to me like Novak was a pianist.

[stingo]

Going Elizabethan...

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Faire, Sweet & Cruell: Elizabethan Songs for Soprano and Lute
Christina Hogman, soprano
Jakob Lindberg, lute

[stingo]

And now, Sonata No. 5 from

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BEETHOVEN  Complete Violin Sonatas
Aaron Rosand, violin
Eileen Flissler, piano

[Erinofskye]

Now playing....


First listen to this recording. Symphonie Fantastique is just as beguiling the tenth time as it is the first, perhaps more so and the Philharmonia Orchestra sounds wonderful to my ears. Next up on this listen, La Damnation De Faust. Op. 24 performed by the Halle Orchestra...... a first listen of this piece for me.

[Conor71]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 In Eb Major, WAB 104, "Romantic"

Again with this recording!

[listener]

the 2^nd disc in the BACH lute music set:
Suite in c, BWV 997, Prelude in c BWV 999, Fugue uin g, BWV 1000, Suite in E BWV 1006a arraned from the violin partita no.3
Narciso Yepes,  theorbo-lute
HAYDN   Symphonies 12 in E, 13 in D, 14 in Afrom the Max Goberman / Vienna Opera Orch. series

[Karl Henning]

. . . Next up on this listen, La Damnation De Faust. Op. 24 performed by the Halle Orchestra...... a first listen of this piece for me.

One of my favorite Berlioz pieces, Reena.

[Ataraxia]

CHOPIN
Michelangeli

[kishnevi]

Going Elizabethan...

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Faire, Sweet & Cruell: Elizabethan Songs for Soprano and Lute
Christina Hogman, soprano
Jakob Lindberg, lute

You might like Lindberg's complete Dowland for lute, which is available from Brilliant for a song (so to speak).

Thread duty:  Handel, Chaconne in G HWV 435. from CD 3 of Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin, Michael Borgstede, harpsichord.

[Todd]

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Magnard Symphony #2 E major, Ossonce conducting the BBC Scottish




Sarge

Excellent cycle! My favorite. I like Sanderling's recordings, but I like Ossonce's multi-layered approach to each symphony better.

[Lethevich]

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Festive, attractive music not to dissimilar from Malcolm Arnold's less edgy moments, but with a less lean and more rounded, plush sound.

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Now listening:

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Listening to Symphony No. 4. Wonderful music.

[listener]

I'll join in with the MAGNARD   Symphony no. 4, here coupled with the Chant funèbre, op. 9
Orchestre du Capitôle de Toulouse / Michel Plasson   1983 recording
and SUK:  Praga - Symphonic Poem op. 26  and A Fairy-Tale = Suite from  the music for Raduz and Mahulena, op. 16
Petr Skvor, violin (op. 16)  Czech Philharmonic        8/ Libor Pesek

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Now in a Lisztian mood:



A mighty fine collection conducted beautifully by HvK. Listening to Tasso, Lamento e trionfo.

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Now:

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Listening to Sinfonietta conducted masterfully by Sir Charles Mackerras with the VPO.