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[kishnevi]

Finished this set tonight
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I will hereby repeat the assertion I made a couple of days ago:  that while Shostakovich wrote some of the most emotionally expressive string quartets of the 20th century (indeed, of all time),  Villa Lobos produced, in terms of inventiveness and musical quality, the best string quartet cycle of the 20th century.

And even if I'm wrong, this set should be considered a mandatory listen for anyone interested in the genre of string quartets.

[KeithW]

Finished this set tonight
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I will hereby repeat the assertion I made a couple of days ago:  that while Shostakovich wrote some of the most emotionally expressive string quartets of the 20th century (indeed, of all time),  Villa Lobos produced, in terms of inventiveness and musical quality, the best string quartet cycle of the 20th century.

And even if I'm wrong, this set should be considered a mandatory listen for anyone interested in the genre of string quartets.

I endorse this. I listened to the entire set whilst away last week. Profound, moving, powerful stuff.

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Finished this set tonight
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I will hereby repeat the assertion I made a couple of days ago:  that while Shostakovich wrote some of the most emotionally expressive string quartets of the 20th century (indeed, of all time),  Villa Lobos produced, in terms of inventiveness and musical quality, the best string quartet cycle of the 20th century.

And even if I'm wrong, this set should be considered a mandatory listen for anyone interested in the genre of string quartets.

Have you heard any of VL's other music, Jeffrey?

[kishnevi]

Have you heard any of VL's other music, Jeffrey?

I've got the BIS box of the Coros and Bachianas; the Sao Paolo Symphony recording of the Forestas do Amazonas,  and the Michael Tilson Thomas recording of some of the Bachianas.  Since the MTT recording features my local orchestra (the New World Symphony)  it's obviously the best of them all   And I've got Hamelin's recording of some of the piano music.

I have my eye on the box sets of the symphonies and piano music, but the price points on those are high enough I've not yet pulled the trigger on them.

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I've got the BIS box of the Coros and Bachianas; the Sao Paolo Symphony recording of the Forestas do Amazonas,  and the Michael Tilson Thomas recording of some of the Bachianas.  Since the MTT recording features my local orchestra (the New World Symphony)  it's obviously the best of them all   And I've got Hamelin's recording of some of the piano music.

I have my eye on the box sets of the symphonies and piano music, but the price points on those are high enough I've not yet pulled the trigger on them.

Good to hear you're familiar with his music and are obviously an admirer of it. I would seriously track down Roberto Duarte's Marco Polo recordings if you can. You can find them on the used market. The symphony set is great. The complete piano music is also an essential acquisition for the VL fan.

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Listening to Harmonielehre. This is my fourth or fifth time listening to this recording.

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[Sammy]

Listening to Telemann's Donner Ode, my favorite Telemann choral work.  Hickox and company are exceptional.

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[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Good morning to all!

John Danyel ( 1564-1625/26)
The Complete Songs and Lute music.

This CD grows on me, for in all its quietness its very impressive, not least because of the expert performance and recording. All the soloist belong to the top of their days. John Danyel's songs are not as good as say Downland, but they come pretty close. See review 19-4-2012.

[listener]

I went out tonight to hear WEBER Der Freischütz Overture,  DVORAK   Cello Concerto,  BRAHMS   Symphony no. 2.  - as the orch.'s asst. cond said in a pre-concert talk, sometimes the program comes out like an audition, tonight everything had substantial parts for the horns.  Exposition repeat taken in the Brahms.  It's many years since I laast heard  the Dvorak, it was quite splendid and the audience was unusually quiet.
Christoph Koenig, cond.,  Jan Vogler cello  (Vancouver S.O.)
Thread duty: a concert of "elated entertainment music"
FEDOV   Moldavia Suite  Joh. STRAUSS Intermezzo from "1001 Nights"     Felice CARENA Secrets of the Etsch
Ernst FISCHER South of the Alps     Hans BUND  Memory of a Night Ball
Graunke Symphony Orch., Richard Müller-Lampertz

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Arthur Rubinstein plays Ballades and Scherzos by Chopin
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[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Organ Music in France and the Southern Netherlands.

Jacques Boyvin. 1649-1706.*
Jean Adam Guillaume Guilan. 1702-1739.*
Johann Krieger. 1652-1735.*
Abraham van den Kerckhoven. 1618-1701.*
Johann Kaspar Kerll. 1627-1693.
Carl Luython. 1557-1620.*
Johann Jacob Froberger. 1616-1667.
Lambert Chaumont. 1630-1712.*

Quite a few of the composers (*) on this disc are unknown to me, and I heard them for the first time. And having a unerring trust in Leonhardt as a musician who knows what is worth the effort they did not disappoint me. In fact many of the pieces charmed the deuce out of me, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. The playing is impeccable, as is the recording. The instruments used are gorgeous examples of mastery. Notre dame de Guibray, Falaise. and St Jan de Doper, Begijnhof church, Leuven. All recorded in 1993.



CD V.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Symphony No 2 in B flat major opus 4.

A wonderful symphony which I had to play yet again. Every movement is special, and the writing is as always perfect. These are for me the best performances I have of these Symphonies. But many are a close match too.

CD II.

[Lisztianwagner]

Just finished studying......time to listen to some music

Richard Wagner
Götterdämmerung, act 3^

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From the Trauermarsch to the finale.......

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Symphony No. 2 in F sharp minor, opus 16.

Well I can be short about this performance, its the best on the market and equals and sometimes surpasses Neeme Jarvi. Sound is a great improvement considering the old Orfeo recordings, so that's a plus, and the inner tempi work better for Serebrier then Jarvi, although Serebrier misses the genuine Russian feel that Jarvi gets at every turning. But its give and take, I am very happy so far about this set.



CD II

[KeithW]

Adolf Wiklund / Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor / Martin Sturfält (piano), Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor)

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[Karl Henning]

Finished this set tonight
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I will hereby repeat the assertion I made a couple of days ago:  that while Shostakovich wrote some of the most emotionally expressive string quartets of the 20th century (indeed, of all time),  Villa Lobos produced, in terms of inventiveness and musical quality, the best string quartet cycle of the 20th century.

And even if I'm wrong, this set should be considered a mandatory listen for anyone interested in the genre of string quartets.

Jeffrey, that is a most interesting assertion/opinion!  I cannot comment on it, as I have yet to dig into the Villa-Lobos cycle properly.  But I vow to take your assertion seriously : )

[Leon]

Jeffrey, that is a most interesting assertion/opinion!  I cannot comment on it, as I have yet to dig into the Villa-Lobos cycle properly.  But I vow to take your assertion seriously : )

I have that set (in a previous incarnation) and while Villa-Lobos' quartets are certainly very good, and some of his best music IMO, I think it hyperbole that they should be considered the greatest string quartets of the 20th century over Bartok's or Shostakovich's.

[Karl Henning]

On the face of it, I am inclined to think the claim o'ermuch; but I shall try to consider the question, aloof : )

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Preparing for more Nielsen in-coming . . . .

Symphony № 6, « Sinfonia semplice » FS116
Royal Scottish Orchestra
Bryden Thomson

[Karl Henning]

Александр Николаевич [ Alexander Nikolayevich (Skryabin) ]
Sonata № 10, Op.70
Maria Lettberg

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