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Listening to Symphony No. 2. A great performance.

[Sergeant Rock]

Fauré String Quartet E minor op.121 played by the Quatuor Ebène




Sarge

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD17 - all Tchaikovsky's programs - Symphony No. 6, Capriccio italien and Marche slave from the following set while continue cleaning up the clutter in my study/computer room ...

[Opus106]

Funny. Well, the Aria certainly is at places.

http://www.youtube.com/v/X9bpkJd2rNI

Verlet - BWV 988

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Listening to In the South. Not bad at all. Better than I remembered. Will be listening to the rest of this set. The recording quality is also very good.

[TheGSMoeller]

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Listening to In the South. Not bad at all. Better than I remembered. Will be listening to the rest of this set. The recording quality is also very good.

Oh, John, your friends here at GMG would never lead you astray  You should definitely find much to appreciate in the orchestral works, I have not heard the concertos (I own the separate discs, not the box)
But glad you're giving it another go.

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Listening to In the South. Not bad at all. Better than I remembered. Will be listening to the rest of this set. The recording quality is also very good.

Now, this may be worth getting.  I kind of like the late Leonard Slatkin and his SLS ...

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Oh, John, your friends here at GMG would never lead you astray  You should definitely find much to appreciate in the orchestral works, I have not heard the concertos (I own the separate discs, not the box)
But glad you're giving it another go.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I find this performance of In the South quite dull compared to other ones I've heard, and enjoyed. The recording quality, again, has hindered this performance a lot for me. Where's the energy and drive this work needs? The whole performance was lethargic and characterless. My opinion of Slatkin remains unchanged. Definitely not a first-rank conductor IMHO.

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while in the season...
M.-A. CHARPENTIER  Noëls and Motets
Aradia Ensemble    Kevin Mallon, cond.
original instruments, pitch a'=415, so much easier for the tenors
and ROPARTZ: Le Miracle de Saint Nicolas
Psalm 136 (By the Waters of Babylon), Dimanche, Les Vêpres sonnent, Nocturne
Choeur Régional Vittoria dÎle de France,  Orchestre Symphonique de Nancy
Michel Piquemal, cond.
and more SCHOBERT: 2 Violin Sonatas, 2 Trios, 2 Quartets
Luciano Sgrizzi, piano (Fritz, 1820)  Chiara Bancini, violin  Véronique Méjean, violin 2   Philip Bosbach, cello  (Ensemble 415 - named for the pitch?)

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Listening to Symphony No. 4 with Berglund conducting the RPO. A fine performance. The opening crashes of the first movement were terrifying. Good stuff.

[Brahmsian]

Happy New Year all at GMG. 

Greg (sock dude), this one's for you! 

Brahms

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor
*F.A.E. sonata movement in C minor

Gyorgy Pauk, violin
Roger Vignoles, piano

Tasmin Little, violin *
John Lenehan, piano *

Brilliant Classics Brahms monolith!

[Opus106]

(Ensemble 415 - named for the pitch?)

Indeed. I have one work from the Schobert disc in the Big HM Lumières box.

TD: Still letting Verlet play the GV in the background, despite not liking much of it.

[Coopmv]

Indeed. I have one work from the Schobert disc in the Big HM Lumières box.

TD: Still letting Verlet play the GV in the background, despite not liking much of it.

What not to like about Blandine Verlet playing of GV?  She is an outstanding harpsichordist ...   

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD8 from the following set for a first listen ...

[Opus106]

What not to like about Blandine Verlet playing of GV?  She is an outstanding harpsichordist ...   

Apart from the obviously eccentric aria, she rushes a bit much for my liking. She's fast where she needs to be, but also fast where I would have preferred a bit of 'clarity', some breathing space, so to say. There's also this...um, 'weird' way she plays. And anyone who spoils the ethereal quality of variation 15 is a no-no in my book. Perhaps it's just a case of getting used to a different style, since this is the first time I hearing a recording of hers (well, apart from the E minor toccata which was featured in a Blind Comparison some months ago).

[Coopmv]

Apart from the obviously eccentric aria, she rushes a bit much for my liking. She's fast where she needs to be, but also fast where I would have preferred a bit of 'clarity', some breathing space, so to say. There's also this...um, 'weird' way she plays. And anyone who spoils the ethereal quality of variation 15 is a no-no in my book. Perhaps it's just a case of getting used to a different style, since this is the first time I hearing a recording of hers (well, apart from the E minor toccata which was featured in a Blind Comparison some months ago).

Looks like you are looking for perfect execution in every movement ...     

[Opus106]

Looks like you are looking for perfect execution in every movement ...     

Do you mean that I want a performer to "stick to the score" always? Not in the least. I'm very much in favour of artists taking flights of fancy (appropriate ones) with their interpretations, more so with baroque keyboard music and the virtuoso stuff from later periods; it's just this particular performance, for now, doesn't quite captivate me.

[Coopmv]

Do you mean that I want a performer to "stick to the score" always? Not in the least. I'm very much in favour of artists taking flights of fancy (appropriate ones) with their interpretations, more so with baroque keyboard music and the virtuoso stuff from later periods; it's just this particular performance, for now, doesn't quite captivate me.

My version of GS by Verlet is on the Naïve label, which may be different from the version you were listening to ...

[Lisztianwagner]

Just finished watching the Neujahrskonzert of the Wiener Philharmoniker again, after still seeing it in the afternoon. Such a wonderful concert it was, it expresses a very joyous, powerful atmosphere!! All the pieces were beautifully played by the orchestra, with great elegance, brilliance and intensity! And I'm also very happy they decided to include Lohengrin's Prelude to celebrate Wagner (although timpani and bass drum were slightly too dull in the first theme).

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Edward Elgar
Overture Cockaigne

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[TheGSMoeller]

Listening to In the South. Not bad at all. Better than I remembered. Will be listening to the rest of this set. The recording quality is also very good.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I find this performance of In the South quite dull compared to other ones I've heard, and enjoyed. The recording quality, again, has hindered this performance a lot for me. Where's the energy and drive this work needs? The whole performance was lethargic and characterless. My opinion of Slatkin remains unchanged. Definitely not a first-rank conductor IMHO.

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