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[madaboutmahler]

Happy Easter to you too!
I've also got a HMV CLASSICS Mahler - Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with Sir Charles Mackerras conducting.
Again i also like this but to my ears its ok!!
I dont know if you've heard this recording!

Thank you, Mark!
I have not heard the Mackerras performance of Mahler 5 yet, but shall hopefully hear it some time in the future! As you may have guessed, I am a person who wants to own as many Mahler recordings as possible!
If you ever want another recording of Mahler's 5th symphony, I would highly recommend Riccardo Chailly's which is on the Decca label. It is perfect to me.

And if you are interested to hear more Mahler, I would recommend turning to his 1st symphony next. I recommend Solti's recording with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra which is on Decca.

THREAD DUTY:
Daniel Hogan: Fantasie for chamber orchestra

(completed yesterday, I am very very happy with it! )

[Lisztianwagner]

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No.3
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[kishnevi]

Easter listening

Bach: Easter Oratorio/Ascension Oratorio   Rilling and Co. from the Hanssler Bach box
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem   Gardiner/ORR etc. 
Bach:  Easter Oratorio  Koopman and Co. from the Teldec Bach box
Currently:
Mahler: Symphony No. 2   Vonk/Residentie Orchestra The Hague, etc.  from Brilliant's hotch potch Mahler cycle (as found in the 100 CD Symphonies box)
On deck:
Handel:  Israel in Egypt  Harry Christophers and Co. 

About the Brahms--interesting performance, with aural differences I presume are due to the HIP approach, and overall to good effect.  Only weak spot is the soprano, Kathleen Fuge, who seemed fine on the Bach Cantata CDs in which she appeared, but on this one comes across shallow voiced and weak, particularly in the upper register.

[Henk]

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Book I.

One of my favourite recordings in my collection.

[Drasko]

Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola K364

Victor Pikaizen / Igor Oistrakh / Moscow Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

Melodiya LP

[Sadko]

By chance also something Russian:

Bach

The Art of Fugue

Sergey Dizhur
(Schuke organ at the Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory)

[sheffmark]

Thank you, Mark!
I have not heard the Mackerras performance of Mahler 5 yet, but shall hopefully hear it some time in the future! As you may have guessed, I am a person who wants to own as many Mahler recordings as possible!
If you ever want another recording of Mahler's 5th symphony, I would highly recommend Riccardo Chailly's which is on the Decca label. It is perfect to me.

And if you are interested to hear more Mahler, I would recommend turning to his 1st symphony next. I recommend Solti's recording with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra which is on Decca.

THREAD DUTY:
Daniel Hogan: Fantasie for chamber orchestra

(completed yesterday, I am very very happy with it! )

Thanks for the info madaboutmahler!
Is this the one you mean?


And this one?

[Lisztianwagner]

Thanks for the info madaboutmahler!
Is this the one you mean?


And this one?

Excellent choices, both these recording are very, very beautiful, althought I think Bernstein's versions of Mahler symphonies are almost unbeatable.

[Coopmv]

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[Conor71]

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I really like this set and have been listening to it this week too - I hope you are enjoying the music!

[Conor71]

Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 In Eb Major, Op. 12

Now listening to Disc 05 of this set performed by the Sharon Quartet - its a bit odd that the SQ's in this set are split between 3 different ensembles but it all sounds pretty homogenous in style to me which is good!. This box was one of my better purchases of last year and I have listened to it a fair bit - it seems to be out of print already which is a shame! 

[Conor71]

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 In A Major, Op. 101

Continuing my re-visit of Barenboim's first set of Complete Beethoven Sonatas and now listening to Disc 09 which has PS No. 28 and the Hammerklavier on it. After this I will listen to Magaloff's Chopin set Disc 06 which features Mazurkas Nos. 1-29.

[listener]

TITELOUZE: Magnificat du I^er ton, Veni Creator, Pange Lingua, Ave Maris Stella, Exultet Coelum
André Isoir, organ (J.G. Koenig, Sarre-Union)
SAINT-SAËNS  Morceau de concert - for harp with orch. accomp.  op.154  (in G, for those to whom it matters). TAILLEFERRE Concertino for Harp and Orch.,     GINASTERA Harp Concerto
Nicanor Zabaleta, harp   Paris ORTF Orchestra,  Jean Martinon, cond.
Richard DONOVAN Music for 6   BERGER chamber music for 16 players
Columbia Chamber Ens.,  Gunter Schuller
BERGER 3 Pieces for 2 Pianos       
Paul Jacobs, Gilbert Kalish
DONOVAN 5 Elizabethan Lyrics for soprano and string quartet
Adele Addison, sop.,  Galimir String Quartet

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to War Requiem.

[Lethevich]

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[pi2000]

Fauré
Jean Doyen Trio Pasquier

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[Que]

Thanks for that Opus106!
Newcomers to classical music dont really have a clue what its "Supposed" to sound like.Its wierd!
I suppose the beauty is in the ear of the listener isn't it?
Different people will like different variations i suppose.

Thanks for the info madaboutmahler!
Is this the one you mean?


And this one?

Excellent choices, both these recording are very, very beautiful, althought I think Bernstein's versions of Mahler symphonies are almost unbeatable.

Chailly, Solti, Bernstein, Wit, Mackerras... Indeed there are many tastes in music - Mahler is no exception. Swift and lean, broad and brooding, 20th c. analytical style, Viennese avant-garde, Romantic and Brucknerian, rooted in Bohemian tradition - you name it! And every conductor has his individual style.

What your taste in Mahler will be is anyone's guess, so any recommendation at this moment will be rather random in that respect.  First you get to know a compose better, and then you'll develop a mental image of what you feel he should sound like. That will be your touchstone when hearing and judging a recording. It can also work the other way around: you hear a recording and then you think: that is it!!

You could go about this by exploring work by work, starting with the 4th symphony, for instance. Another approach is to buy a good but not so expensive symphony cycle to get a wider grip on Mahler as a composer, and go from there. The disadvantage of that is that the total of Mahler symphonies is a lot to take in - it could be a bit overwhelming. 

Worthwhile alternative versions of the 4th can be found in the giant Mahler thread on the forum: Mahler Mania Rebooted. And there is a nice overview to be found HERE. I personally like performances that remain close to Mahler's roots: Bruno Walter (Sony), George Szell (Sony), Haitink/RCO/Amelink (Universal) and Kubelik (DG). (And Willem Mengelberg of course, but that's another story since it is an historical recording...)

Good cycles are IMO: Bernstein (DG), Chailly (Decca), Kubelik (DG) and Haitink/RCO (Universal). All in good sound, Chailly in superlative sound - if that is a consideration. But I wouldn't go that route just now - save it for a bit later.

Good luck...and have fun!

Q

[pi2000]

Fauré
Quintetts
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[nesf]

Haydn Cello Concertos No. 1 & 2

Jacqueline du Pré

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[Wanderer]

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Looking forward to listening to Siegfried now!

Non tardar! (from a different opera)