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[AndanteCantabile]

Tchaikovsky: Incidental Music to The Snow Maiden, Op. 12

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[Todd]

More Jean Philippe Collard, this time playing Ravel.  Liking what I'm hearing.

[madaboutmahler]

Ran out of time for Nielsen 5 earlier, so started another listening project instead: The Prokofiev symphonies.

Started with no.1 of course. A piece that is impossible not to adore!

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Looking forward to no.2 now, which I know is in a completely different world to the 1st. Shall listen to that tommorow, along with some more of the Debussy orchestral works.

[nesf]

Ran out of time for Nielsen 5 earlier, so started another listening project instead: The Prokofiev symphonies.

Started with no.1 of course. A piece that is impossible not to adore!

1 is lovely, even my 2 year old seems to like it a lot. Trying number 7 on her now as she unwinds playing in her room (yes, my kids sleep late).

[North Star]

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Fantasy
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[Antoine Marchand]

For years my favorite cycle of Shostakovich's string quartets was the incomplete first cycle by the  Borodins. But currently I think it's the Shostakovich Quartet: complete and simply perfect to me.

Now playing:

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Vol II. - CD1:
Two pieces for String Quartet, Op. 36 (1931)
String Quartet Nº 1 in C Major, Op. 49 (1938)
String Quartet Nº 5 in Bb Major, Op. 92 (1952)
String Quartet Nº 9 in Eb Major, Op. 117 (1964)

Recorded in Moscow, 1980-1985.
Licensed from Olympia CD, UK.

[mc ukrneal]

Tchaikovsky: Incidental Music to The Snow Maiden, Op. 12

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A very nice one indeed!

[Ataraxia]

C.P.E. Bach
Piano Concertos Wq. 23; Wq. 112/1; Wq. 31
Rische/Leipziger Kammerorchester/Schuldt-Jensen

I think Beethoven had heard that opening movement. 

[nesf]

Psst, what did you think of the Prokofiev Seventh in the Järvi box? Personally, it is not my preference, but . . . .

Second listen there, caveat: on Macbook Pro speakers so not the best, and it didn't do much for me to be honest.

[Lisztianwagner]

Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloe

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[Henk]

I'm listening, among other stuff, to this disc:

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Bouchara is a great composition imo. I like the soberness of this kind of modern music.

Another modern work I listened to is "...miserere..." by Andriessen. It's a nice composition. I'm not a real fan of Andriessen, but he has an own voice. Much of his compositions are failures however imo, he experiments with elements and sounds but it doesn´t work (to my ears at least).

Henk

[nesf]

Second listen there, caveat: on Macbook Pro speakers so not the best, and it didn't do much for me to be honest.

Actually, scratch that, Beethoven's 9th sounds flat to me at the moment. Mood's taken a nose dive.

[Henk]

For Grilly
Lied

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[Ataraxia]

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[nesf]

[Henk]

From the Donatoni cd I played another work, called "Lumen". Really nice works, subtile and refined with strong compositional development.

After that I listened to:

De Raaff - Piano Concerto

Great work from a very interesting composer. Large style in music I think.

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[nesf]

Cello Concerto:



Not wowing me, I think I need to find a better version of this.

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD5 from the following set for a first listen ...

[Brian]

I know little about this music and have never heard any other versions, but god. The Warsaw Philharmonic Choir/Orchestra sound rich and full and tonally glorious in every single note. As they always do. Again, this is my first listen, but an orchestral sound worth swooning over. Magic.

EDIT: It does seem to be true that, unsurprisingly, these are slower readings than normal. Alto Rhapsody 14:51 (Rilling, Vonk, and Boult, on NML, are all at about 12).

[KeithW]

Not wowing me, I think I need to find a better version of this.

Try this one - my favourite

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