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Nice!  I actually have (had) the Brilliant Classics incarnation (without DVD), which was had very cheap from JPC in 2006 or 2007, but is out of print now.

Agreed on the Seattle Symphony, and I like Schwarz for the most part.  I remember hearing a while ago that many in the orchestra disliked him, and there was much tension between the pro-Schwarz and anti-Schwarz musicians!  Not sure if that's been resolved, but either way, he gets good results.  The disc with Piston's Second and Sixth Symphonies (I had the original Delos recording) is great!  I need to see them in concert again - I last went in 2008.  Maybe when the kids are a little older...

I bought the VL SQ Dorian set for so cheap that I couldn't even consider buying anything else. I believe this set has been remastered too, which is always a nice little bonus.

Schwarz has turned in several good performances. He's not a favorite of mine, mind you, I just admire his courage to conduct rarely heard American music. He's our answer to UK's Handley or Hickox in terms of advocating their country's own music.

[PaulR]

speaking of Piston #2....
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[classicalgeek]

speaking of Piston #2....
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That's the one!

The disc with Piston's Second and Sixth Symphonies (I had the original Delos recording) is great! 

I love the finales in particular.

Thread duty: second movement of the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante.  Another wistful C minor slow movement in a Mozart Concerto in E-flat major - this one is in the same spirit as those of the K 271 and K 482 piano concertos.  They're all wonderful!

[Antoine Marchand]

Purchased some hours ago at a local store:

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[classicalgeek]

Just finished: some delightful film music from none other than Sir Arnold Bax:


Bax   
Oliver Twist: Fagin's Romp and Finale   
Bernard Herrmann; National PO

[Mirror Image]

Taking a break from Stavinsky's The Rake's Progress and I'm listening to this one now:

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This is my favorite Hahn recording. Listening to Barber's VC. This is certainly one of the best performances I've heard of it.

[PaulR]

Taking a break from Stavinsky's The Rake's Progress and I'm listening to this one now:

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This is my favorite Hahn recording. Listening to Barber's VC. This is certainly one of the best performances I've heard of it.

What do you think of the Meyer concerto?  I know of his Double Bass concerto....because I am a double bassist.......but don't know the violin concerto

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What do you think of the Meyer concerto?  I know of his Double Bass concerto....because I am a double bassist.......but don't know the violin concerto

It's actually a nice work, Paul. Some have criticized it for whatever reasons, but taken purely on it's own merits, which is the only to listen to a piece of music anyway, it's accessible and quite lyrical. It contains some quite hypnotic musical passages. It's like quasi-Minimalism, but I don't think I'm doing it any favors by putting into some kind of bubble. I will say that it's not a work I would listen to very often. I think I may have only heard it twice and I've owned this recording since '09. The Barber, obviously, is the main attraction.

[TheGSMoeller]

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Schnittke: Minnesang

Bought this primarily for the Choir Concerto, but Minnesang, a canon-style piece for choir set to Medieval poems, is majestic and terrifying, worth the price of the disc alone.

[listener]

WAGNER (Richard)            The Piano Music
Martin Galling
Sonata in A   Sonata in B^b     Fantaisie in f#
Albumblatt in E^b  Album-Sonata in A^b   Albumblatt in C
Albumblatt - Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwänen

[Mirror Image]

My listening plans got sidetracked today but that's okay...

Now listening:



Listening to Symphony No. 2. I love this symphony so much and I've listened to this recording probably four or five times already. Symphony No. 4 also receives a splendid performance and certainly rivals Hickox's on Chandos.

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Now listening:

[Coco]

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in F major, Hoboken XVIII, No. 3.
Concerto for Organ and Orchestra in C major, Hoboken XVIII, No. 8.

Two fine Concerti. As a body the concerti were not considered a big deal, and not much thought went into it, Haydn's compositions are a exception on the rule, they are, well at least most of them, composed for accomplished keyboard players. He did not wrote many of them alas! Performance and sound as said before are exemplary.

[mc ukrneal]

Edward German: March Rhapsody on Original Themes, Symphonic Suite, and Symphony #2 performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra under John Wilson. A fine way to start the day!
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[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

If you like the music from this period, I would say this is a firm recommendation. It is well conceived, played and recorded with the choicest music made in that time, "Pavans, Galliards, Almains and other short Aeirs, both grave, and light, in five parts, and Courtly Masquing Ayres, framed only for instruments of which kind these are the first that have ever been printed, London 1599 and 1621."
Fine works by Anthony Holborne, John Adson & Thomas Simpson. This music calms your stressed mind, and is a excellent morning dish. Artistically I rate this production very high!

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Edward German: March Rhapsody on Original Themes, Symphonic Suite, and Symphony #2 performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra under John Wilson. A fine way to start the day!
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I have the MP recordings, but realize I must get these too! I ordered them before, but they were cancelled. After this I forgot, well lets await some lower prices for them.

[Conor71]

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 In D Minor

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[mc ukrneal]

I have the MP recordings, but realize I must get these too! I ordered them before, but they were cancelled. After this I forgot, well lets await some lower prices for them.

Presto seems to have the lowest regular prices on Dutton, so I am hoping they will have a Dutton sale one of these days. I have a number of them I'd like, including the newest Edward German disc just released.

[The new erato]

Tchaikovsky songs:

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