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[Conor71]

Agricola: Salve Regina


I listened to Discs Nos. 3-5 of this set today at work - the first Disc was some more medieval music. I have'nt had much exposure to this type of music before getting the boxset, having only 1 Disc of Hildegard Of Bingen. I like it and its growing on me I think.
Disc 4 was probably the best Disc of the day and I repeated it 3 times for full effect - this Disc was multi-part choral music with Tallis Spem In Alium kicking off proceedings.
The last Disc I listened to was works by Alexander Agricola, a new composer to me - again I repeated the Disc 3 times to try and take it all in. I enjoyed my day spent listening to this set very much. Tomorrow I will work my way through another 3 or 4 Discs from the set all of them unheard .

[Conor71]

Haydn: String Quartet No. 50 In C Major, Op. 64/1, H 3/65


Im continuing to make rapid progress through this recently arrived box and think i will finish it by the end of this week.
Listening to this set confirms in my mind what wonderful music this is and what a master of the quartet Haydn was!.
Im not going to pair this listen up with a Disc of the Piano Trios today as I want to listen to some early music after this but tomorrow I will make time for a Haydn double session again 

[Sadko]

Bach

Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I

Till Fellner

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[mahler10th]

Bruckner: Symphony 3
Eugen Jochum
Staatskapelle Dresden



This set is rough and ready - Jochum is as economical with things as you can get with Bruckner, and there's something of a vivid characteristic in the playing.  Big, broad and sweeping it is not - colourful and tempramental it certainly is.  There is an 'old school' style of playing too.  If I had to choose between this and Barenboim, which IS  spread across a huge canvas and mighty in its delivery, for some reason I would choose this.

[mc ukrneal]

It's not my favorite of the group, but still wonderful music from the Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto series (Marx and Korngold). Hamelin playing here with the BBC Scottish SO under the baton of Osmo Vanska. Delightful stuff, and the Korngold is for the left hand (commissioned for the same guy who got Ravel to write a concerto for the left hand).
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[mahler10th]

Vaughan Williams
Symphony No 6
Previn
LSO



Previn was brilliant with RVW.  I know Boult is the aknowledged master, but Previn holds nothing back, he lets things rip.  Also, the dynamic range is good.  Actually it is a set I have got, so the cover is different, but same performance.  The opening of 6 is like a 3d monster suddenly coming at you from everywhere all at once.

[Ataraxia]

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Good day.

[Karl Henning]

Mmm, nice, Dave! I always knew you could emerge from the Beethoven ghetto, when you've a mind to ; )

[Ataraxia]

Mmm, nice, Dave! I always knew you could emerge from the Beethoven ghetto, when you've a mind to ; )

I like these Naxos choral discs.

[Opus106]

I always knew you could emerge from the Beethoven ghetto...

The politically correct term is shed.

[DieNacht]

Janacek: On an Overgrown Path Set I + II / Austbø / brilliant 2CD

Continuing the investigation of Janacek´s "On the Overgrown Path" piano cycle, now with the 4th of my 5 versions. Austbø is somewhat in the middle between Palenicek´s rather torn and Bernathova´s lyrical cycles, along with Kvapil. The very opening is given some interesting and atmospheric phrasing. Overall, his version is good. At times I find it slightly too leisurely, missing a bit of tension and pointilistic effects in the rendering.  I also checked some reviews on the web, and found that ClassicsToday gave it a 10/10 which is too much IMO, but the piano sound is very well recorded and overall it is a beautiful set, also benefitting from being the most complete collection of Janacek´s piano works available. In Set II´s 2nd piece, he gives the piece some particularly charming, whirling effects.

[Karl Henning]

 Quote from: Opus106 on Today at 09:44:12 AM

The politically correct term is

shed.
   
Free your mind, and your bagatelles will soon follow.

Thread duty:

Walton
Coronation Te Deum
Choir of Winchester Cathedral
Waynflete Singers
Timothy Byram-Wigfield, org
Bournemouth Symphony (I think)
David Hill, conductor

[Karl Henning]

BTW, I feel pretty cool, listening to this obscure composer . . . .

[Karl Henning]

Not nearly as obscure . . .

Holst
The Planets, Op.32
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Boult
Recorded in Kingsway Hall , London 21 & 22 July 1966

[Lisztianwagner]

Holst
The Planets, Op.32

Excellent choice 

[Karl Henning]

 Quote from: Lisztianwagner on Today at 10:38:52 AM

Excellent choice 

 
It's a while since I've listened to it.  Played it in a school orchestra, back when : )

[Opus106]

One advantage of the compartmentalised structure of Bruckner's symphonies is, if you are bored to death of it, you can stop the music at one of the "break points" and not feel bad that you have abruptly brought the music to a halt.

Thread Duty: Tristan und Isolde: Act I - Prelude | Karl Böhm leads the Vienna Philharmonic.

[TheGSMoeller]

Quote from: Lisztianwagner on Today at 10:38:52 AM

Excellent choice 

 
It's a while since I've listened to it.  Played it in a school orchestra, back when : )

Funny, I've seen The Planets performed by school ensembles (NJ All-state Hish School Band for one) more than professional orchestras.

[Karl Henning]

Here in Boston, it tends to be programmed on Pops concerts.  Arguably, that's a good way to avoid saturation, for what is really a fine piece . . . .

[TheGSMoeller]

A contemporary piece by Richard Einhorn to accompany Dreyer's silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc. The work, however, can stand alone without the images, a successful merge of Renaissance with modern style. Features Anonymous 4, several movements with solo gamba, and a full choir, soloists and orchestra. The Criterion Collection release of Dreyer's film includes this piece as an audio track along with the film, it's quite stunning and emotionally effective.