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[Brahmsian]

Sibelius

Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

Hilary Hahn, violin

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen

DG

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*Wow, all I can really say is WOW!  This recording has turned this into my favourite Violin Concerto, upending my two long standing favourites (***Beethoven's and Brahms).  Just thinking about it.....I wasn't even a fan of the Sibelius violin concerto until about 4 years ago. 

Simply amazing work, and performance.

I also love Hahn's performance in the Schoenberg concerto, and her recording of Ives' violin sonatas!

***This is not a misprint, and my computer has NOT been hacked.  This is a ChamberNut authenticated post, and ChamberNut approved.   

[mahler10th]

Surprise surprise ...
Symphony 2 from this:

[mahler10th]

Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Hilary Hahn, violin
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen
DG
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*Wow, all I can really say is WOW!  This recording has turned this into my favourite Violin Concerto, upending my two long standing favourites (***Beethoven's and Brahms).  Just thinking about it.....I wasn't even a fan of the Sibelius violin concerto until about 4 years ago. 

Simply amazing work, and performance.

I also love Hahn's performance in the Schoenberg concerto, and her recording of Ives' violin sonatas!

***This is not a misprint, and my computer has NOT been hacked.  This is a ChamberNut authenticated post, and ChamberNut approved.   

You might have at least tried to get even a wee bit excited about it.  I mean, either you like it or don't - clearly you are in two minds.  Your review makes it sound very boring and disgracefully humdrum when it is better than that.   You should try and get more excited about things.       

***checks Amazon for immediate purchase***

[madaboutmahler]

 

Earlier:

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Enigma Variations

A favourite. Such a beautiful, passionate performance.

[springrite]

Magda Olivero: Various arias

For someone the Chairman of EIAR (predecessor of RAI) had said after an audition "This girl had never a voice, nor musicality, nor personality. She had nothing!", she sure did well for a career (well, make that two careers, since she left music behind for many years after her marriage and then came back). I like this voice a lot!

[TheGSMoeller]

Earlier:

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Enigma Variations

A favourite. Such a beautiful, passionate performance.

With the 24 minute Nimrod? 
It is a good disc for sure. Have you heard Lenny's Dvorak 9th with Israel Phil and the loooooong second movement?

[springrite]

You might have at least tried to get even a wee bit excited about it.  I mean, either you like it or don't - clearly you are in two minds.  Your review makes it sound very boring and disgracefully humdrum when it is better than that.   You should try and get more excited about things.       

At least he likes Salonen's accompaniment...

[madaboutmahler]

With the 24 minute Nimrod? 
It is a good disc for sure. Have you heard Lenny's Dvorak 9th with Israel Phil and the loooooong second movement?

haha

What a coinsidence, I was actually looking and sampling that disc on amazon just a few minutes ago! I haven't heard the performance yet though, although the samples did sound very good, I can imagine it being a great performance.

And listening to the samples of the Slavonic Dances on that same disc has led me into a very 'Slavonic Dances mood' so I am now sampling John Farrer's recording with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra which sounds very good indeed, I might have to purchase this! (It's only 90p on the Amazon MP)

[The Raven]

A different take. For the next 60 listening hours I'll be listening to these concerto recordings in this order:

Beethoven PC 5 Perahia Haitink
Beethoven PC 4 Perahia Haitink
Beethoven PC 3 Shelley
Beethoven PC 2 Perahia Haitink
Beethoven PC 1 Perahia Haitink
Brahms PC 2 Gilels
Bach PC 1 Perahia
Bach PC 2 Perahia
Bach PC 3 Perahia
Bach PC 4 Perahia
Bach PC 5 Perahia
Bach PC 6 Perahia
Bach PC 7 Perahia
Chopin PC 1 Zimerman PFO
Chopin PC 2 Zimerman Giulini
Dvorak PC Richter Kleiber
Grieg PC Perahia
Haydn PC H18-11 Argerich
Hummel PC Op 85 Hough
Hummel PC Op 89 Hough
Hummel PC Op 73 Shelley
Hummel PC Op 110 Shelley
Field PC 1 O'Rourke
Field PC 2 O'Rourke
Field PC 3 O'Rourke
Field PC 4 O'Rourke
Field PC 5 O'Rourke
Field PC 6 O'Rourke
Field PC 7 O'Rourke
Liszt PC 1 Zimerman
Mendelssohn PC 1 Thibaudet
Mendelssohn PC 2 Thibaudet
Bach CPE PC Wq 43-1 Staier
Bach CPE PC Wq 43-2 Staier
Bach CPE PC Wq 43-3 Staier
Bach CPE PC Wq 43-4 Staier
Bach CPE PC Wq 43-5 Staier
Bach CPE PC Wq 43-6 Staier
Mozart PC 09 Perahia
Mozart PC 18 Perahia
Mozart PC 20 Brendel Mackerras
Mozart PC 21 Perahia
Mozart PC 22 Brendel Mackerras
Mozart PC 23 Moravec
Mozart PC 24 Brendel Mackerras
Mozart PC 25 Brendel Mackerras
Mozart PC 26 Perahia
Mozart PC 27 Gilels
Mozart PC for 2P Gilels
Mozart PC for 3P Perahia
Rachmaninoff PC 2 Zimerman
Rachmaninoff PC 3 Lugansky Oramo
Saint-Saens PC 2 Hough
Saint-Saens PC 5 Hough
Schumann PC Perahia
Tchaikovsky PC 1 Gilels Maazel
Weber PC 1 Rosel
Weber PC 2 Rosel
Bach VC 1 Manze
Bach VC 2 Manze
Bach VC for 2V Manze
Beethoven VC Faust Abbado
Brahms VC Hahn
Bruch VC 1 Perlman
Dvorak VC Perlman
Elgar VC Hahn
Haydn VC H 7a-1 Accardo
Haydn VC H 7a-3 Accardo
Haydn VC H 7a-4 Accardo
Hummel VC Ehnes
Mendelssohn VC Lin
Mozart VC 3 Perlman
Mozart VC 5 Perlman
Paganini VC 1 Hahn
Saint-Saens VC 3 Chung
Sibelius VC Kavakos
Tchaikovsky VC Chung
Bach CPE CC 1 Suzuki
Bach CPE CC 2 Suzuki
Bach CPE CC 3 Suzuki
Boccherini CC 9 du Pre
Dvorak CC Rostropovich
Elgar CC du Pre
Haydn CC 1 du Pre
Haydn CC 2 du Pre
Lalo CC Ma
Saint-Saens CC 1 Ma
Schuman CC Rostropovich
Bach Ob&V C 1060 Vogel
Bach F&V&H C 1044 Pinnock
Beethoven P&V&C C Rostropovich
Beethoven Romance for V 1 Grumiaux
Beethoven Romance for V 2 Grumiaux
Brahms V&C C Shaham
Hummel DC for VP Op 17 Shelley
Mozart F&Hr C Grafenauer & Graf
Mozart SyCe Perlman
Telemann F&Ob C TV53E1 Pahud
Telemann R&F C TV52E1 Bagliano
Vivaldi C for 2O&B&2H&V RV 574 Black
Vivaldi C For 2V&L RV93 Orlandi
Vivaldi L&VdA Yepes
Weber Konzertstuck Op 79 Rosel
Hummel Rondo Brillant Op 56 Shelley
Hummel Rondo Brillant Op 98 Shelley
Mozart Rondo K 386 Perahia
Mozart Rondo K 382 Perahia
Rachmaninoff RoToP Lugansky Oramo
Vivaldi C For 2V&L RV93 Yepes
Hummel MC Ochi
Vivaldi C for 2M Orlandi
Vivaldi MC Orlandi
Vivaldi VdA&LC RV540 Biondi
Vivaldi VdA&WC RV97 Biondi
Vivaldi VdAC RV392 Biondi
Vivaldi VdAC RV393 Biondi
Vivaldi VdAC RV394 Biondi
Vivaldi VdAC RV395 Biondi
Vivaldi VdAC RV395 Biondi
Vivaldi VdAC RV396 Biondi
Vivaldi VdAC RV397 Biondi
Hummel Grand C for Bassoon Werba
Mozart BC Zeman
Vivaldi BC RV 498 Gatt
Weber BC Turkovic
Mozart ClC King
Weber ClC 1 Meyer
Weber ClC 2 Meyer
Weber ClCtno Meyer
Mozart FC 1 Galway
Mozart FC 2 Pahud
Quantz FC 216 Brown
Quantz FC 256 Brown
Quantz FC 29 Brown
Quantz FC 290 Brown
Quantz FC 5 Brown
Telemann C for 2F TV53A1 Pahud
Telemann FC TV51D2 Pahud
Telemann FC TV51G2 Pahud
Telemann FC TV51C1 Bagliano
Telemann FC TV52B1 Bagliano
Telemann RC TV51F1 Rothert
Vivaldi FC 10-1 Gazzelloni
Vivaldi FC 10-2 Gazzelloni
Vivaldi FC 10-3 Preston
Vivaldi FC 10-4 Pahud
Vivaldi FC 10-5 Pahud
Vivaldi FC 10-6 Pahud
Vivaldi FC RV429 Pahud
Vivaldi FC RV440 Pahud
Mozart HoC 4 Tuckwell
Albinoni ObC 7-3 Robson
Albinoni ObC 9-2 Robson
Hummel Concertino for Oboe Consortium Classicum
Mozart ObC Ogrintchouk
Mozart ObC Ogrintchouk
Vivaldi ObC for 2Ob RV 535 Black
Vivaldi ObC RV 456 Black
Vivaldi ObC RV454 Holliger
Vivaldi ObC RV461 Pierlot
Vivaldi PiC RV443 Petri
Vivaldi RC RV433 Laurin
Vivaldi RC RV434 Laurin
Vivaldi RC RV439 Laurin
Vivaldi RC RV441 Laurin
Vivaldi RC RV443 Laurin
Vivaldi RC RV444 Laurin
Haydn TC Marsalis
Hummel TC Marsalis
Telemann TC TV51D7 Andre
Vivaldi C for 2T Hardenberger

[marvinbrown]

  This set is marvellous.  For many days now I have been listening to Haydn's symphonies for the first time and throughly enjoying them. Just finished the London and Paris Symphonies and those few caught in between.  Currently on CD24 Symphonies 79, 80 and 81.  This set is such a delight, great sound, wonderfull playing:

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  marvin

[springrite]

Do take a nap somewhere during those 60 hours or som unless  ...  Are the Fields, Telemann, etc. scheduled for that purpose? 

[Karl Henning]

(* chortle *)

[springrite]

Freddy Chopin:
Etudes (complete); Sonata 2 &3; Impromptus (Fialkowska)

After listening to the recital CD last week, I knew I like her playing! This one (2 CDs) is wonderful as well!

Why is there no mention of her when people talk about great Canadian pianists?

[Lisztianwagner]

Franz Liszt
Fantasia on a theme of Beethoven's 'Ruins of Athens'

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Now: Piano Concerto No.1

[TheGSMoeller]

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Two for the road, some insanely beautiful music with remarkable performances.

[North Star]

Shostakovich
String Quartets nos. 1 & 2
Emersons
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[TheGSMoeller]

Schubert's G major has been creeping up on "Death" as my favorite of the SQs, and this performance by Kuss Quartet is speeding that process up.
The Berg on this disc is also mighty fine.

[Leon]

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A period instrument (PI) string quartet doing a nice selection of Haydn quartets from middle to late.  Definitely a valuable addition to the available recordings, and it looks as if they are embarking on a cycle since there is a "Vol. 2" out there as well.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

He was one of the most productive and versatile composers of all times. His name was famous throughout Europe from France to Russia, and from Italy to England. He was elevated to nobility. His burial cortège was like a Royal Funeral procession. But none of this could keep Peter von Winter from quickly and completely falling into oblivion! It was certainly not the quality of the music, which is quite remarkable. This is the first time I hear anything from this composer, and it makes me want to hear more. All works on this CD are World Premières, and the fact that this CD has landed in the budget level doesn't bode well for future recordings of his work. Werther we like it or not, it seems almost certain that this waking up call will miss its mark.  Moesus is making the most he can of these works, they emit a charm and a tendency for beautiful melodies which is captivating. Its not the kind of music that blows you away, but it has a lingering quality, that keeps you listening. I consider him a worthwhile composer, and this CD will be played often. The performance is good, sound quality is hard to determine, since I play on a laptop drive and Bose speakers. 


Sinfonie a grand Orchestre, No. 1.
Ouverture a grand Orchestre opus 24.
From Six Entr'Actes.
Sinfonia "Schweriner".

[bhodges]

Nicolas Bacri: Pièces pour Clarinette (Florent Héau, clarinet / European Camerata / Laurent Quénelle) - Engaging works, mostly from the 1990s, by this composer born in 1961. Style might be described as Neoclassical (someone compared the Concerto da Camera to Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto), and Florent Héau and the ensemble have a light, supple sound.

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--Bruce