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[Brahmsian]

Mozart

*Sonata in D major, K.284 'Durnitz'

Eschenbach, piano

DG

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*The Andante - Theme & Variations final movement is so beautiful.

Sometimes I need a palate cleanser after listening to all that Shostakovich.  While sometimes, Shostakovich IS my palate cleanser! 

[Coopmv]

Now playing this twofer, which arrived months ago for the rest of the evening for a first listen ...

[Lake Swan]

What are your thoughts, Mr. MNDave? I may need to get this. I just purchased the Anima Eterna/Immerseel set of Schubert's complete, which is solid from beginning to end, but I have really enjoyed the few Kleiber recordings.

I'd say go for it. Actually I was listening to it as part of the DG Kleiber box set.

[Gold Knight]

Robert Schumann--Symphony No.3 in E-Flat Major, Op.97 {"Rhenish"} and Symphony No.4 in D Minor, Op.120, both works featuring the Berliner Philharmoniker led by Herbert von Karajan.
Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op.21 and Symphony No.6 in F Major, Op.68 {"Pastoral"}, both performed by the George Szell led Cleveland Orchestra.

[Brahmsian]

Schubert

Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D417 'Tragic'
Symphony No. 5 in B flat, D485
Overture 'Fierabras', D796

Kertesz
Wiener Philharmoniker

Decca

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**Paging Sock Monkey Man! 

[Mirror Image]

First-Listen Fridays!

Schnittke
Peer Gynt
Prologue; Acts I & II

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Yes! What did you think about the work, Karl?

[TheGSMoeller]

Schubert

Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D417 'Tragic'
Symphony No. 5 in B flat, D485
Overture 'Fierabras', D796

Kertesz
Wiener Philharmoniker

Decca

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**Paging Sock Monkey Man! 

You rang?

If I remember correctly, Ray, this Kertesz is your cup of tea.

[Brahmsian]

You rang?

If I remember correctly, Ray, this Kertesz is your cup of tea.

Oh yes, I really love this set.  Abbado's is good too, but I much prefer this set and the brisk tempi.  Especially for the earlier symphonies (1-6)

[mc ukrneal]

Oh yes, I really love this set.  Abbado's is good too, but I much prefer this set and the brisk tempi.  Especially for the earlier symphonies (1-6)

Gosh I wish that jpc package would hurry up and get here so I could listen to this set!!!

[Brahmsian]

Gosh I wish that jpc package would hurry up and get here so I could listen to this set!!!

Hi Neal, I did not realize that you had purchased it.  It will be worth the wait, 'tis my hunch!  Look forward to your impressions. 

[TheGSMoeller]

Oh yes, I really love this set.  Abbado's is good too, but I much prefer this set and the brisk tempi.  Especially for the earlier symphonies (1-6)

Cool. I have some of the single discs from Abbado, good stuff, should be getting Immerseel's set here tomorrow. Perhaps I'll get to the Kertesz soon.

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[mc ukrneal]

Hi Neal, I did not realize that you had purchased it.  It will be worth the wait, 'tis my hunch!  Look forward to your impressions. 

Yeah - I threw it in since it was so cheap (with the discount voucher they sent me). Of course, I had to buy like 20+ items to make the shipping worth it, but somehow I managed!   I am really looking forward to it - I love Schubert's symphonies, but I almost never listen to them, because I dislike my current set.

[Brahmsian]

Yeah - I threw it in since it was so cheap (with the discount voucher they sent me). Of course, I had to buy like 20+ items to make the shipping worth it, but somehow I managed!   I am really looking forward to it - I love Schubert's symphonies, but I almost never listen to them, because I dislike my current set.

Sorry to hear that.  Which set is that, may I ask?

BTW, Christmas is gone, but we should have found a Santa hat for your panther! 

[Octave]

I love that Kertesz Schubert set; I'll be damned if Schubert didn't look like the 19c pre-incarnation of Jim O'Rourke. 

Speaking of Kertesz, I'm cheating because I just received this, but my next listening session will be devoted to:


Brahms: SYMPHONIES/SERENADES (István Kertész w/LSO and VPO - Eloquence, 4cd, 2012)

Just reissued; I need to open the thing to see what the remastering situation is....

Also recently got Eloquence's 4cd bx of Ansermet's Brahms (symphonies and REQUIEM); I've been very happy with that.

[listener]

Josquin DESPREZ:  Motets and Chansons¸
including Veni Santi Spiritus, Ave Maria gratia plena, De profundis clamavi, and La Déploration sur la mort de J. Ockeghem
The Hilliard Consort     Paul Hillier, cond.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Debussy, Images and various individual pieces.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 2. Such an outstanding performance.

[Sadko]

No more music for me for one week at least I guess: I guess the graphics card of my desktop computer died, which is also my music player, and my work tool ... 

[Mirror Image]

No more music for me for one week at least I guess: I guess the graphics card of my desktop computer died, which is also my music player, and my work tool ... 

A good reason why I continue to buy CDs and make copies of them. There's no malfunctioning parts that I have to deal with unless the laser quits working on my Sony CD player, which I've had for 15 years, so I don't think it's going anywhere any time soon.

[Sadko]

A good reason why I continue to buy CDs and make copies of them. There's no malfunctioning parts that I have to deal with unless the laser quits working on my Sony CD player, which I've had for 15 years, so I don't think it's going anywhere any time soon.

My CDs are only for archiving, I find listening from my (silent) computer so much more convenient. And my CD players were less reliable than the computers, after about 5 years they often started to get reading problems, including the last one, a Sony too.