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[mahler10th]

Spatacus
Adagio
KHATCHATURIAN
Yuri Siminov
Moscow Orchestra

It blows the babies of Sparta clean off the map.
Never heard this played so good.
It cannot be improved. 

[Conor71]

Britten: The Prince Of Pagodas, Op. 57


This box-set has my full attention at the moment - I like this ballet and have played it a few times today.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

CD 11 from this set of 12.

Violin sonatas No 1-3.
Scherzo in C minor.

Krysia Osostowicz, Violin.
Susan Tomes, Piano. (sonatas)
Simon Crawford Phillips, Piano. (Scherzo)

Perfect performances.

[listener]

This just appeared on the shelf, some days after someone else posted it as a download - another reason for playing out and filing the collection..
MARTIRANO: L's GA for gassed masked politico, helium bomb and 2-channel tape
- Michael Holloway
Ballad;  Octet
STRAVINSKY: Le Rossignol
Opera Society of Washington,  Stravinsky cond.
LAWES, DOWLAND, Robt. JOHNSON, PERI, MERULA et al.
17th Century Pastoral Dialogues
Emma Kirkby and David Thomas, with Anthony Rooley, lute and Trevor Jones, bass viol
SHOSTAKOVICH  Symphony no. 10 in e
Czech Philharmonic   Ancerl, cond.

[Fafner]

Hello and good day!

Now:

The BEST of Delius
Conductor(s): Fredman, Myer; Lloyd-Jones, David; Studt, Richard
Orchestra(s): Bournemouth Sinfonietta; English Northern Philharmonia; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

From this box CD III.

No 27 in G major.
No. 32 in C major.
No. 37 in C major.
No. 107 in B flat major. ( Partita)

[Lisztianwagner]

Maurice Ravel
La Valse

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[Fafner]

The BEST of Delius
Conductor(s): Fredman, Myer; Lloyd-Jones, David; Studt, Richard
Orchestra(s): Bournemouth Sinfonietta; English Northern Philharmonia; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

I cannot say Delius swept me off my feet on first listen, but I have a general idea and I will give his music another chance in the future.

Now:

Josef Suk - Asrael
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra,  Vladimir Ashkenazy

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[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

CD 17 from this set.

Music from: Wesley, Stanley, Monn, Haydn,Fiocco, Rinck,Mendelssohn, Hauff, jr, Dubois, Mozart, Hummel, Beethoven, Czerny.

[Wakefield]

On Spotify:

Joseph Haydn--Symphony No.43 in E-Flat Major {"Mercury"}, Symphony No.44 in E Minor {"Mourning"} and Symphony No.45 in F-Sharp Minor {"Farewell"}. All three works feature the Stefan Sanderling led Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. First listen ever to these symphonies; can't really say that any of them really "grabbed" me in any way. Some people have commented on other forums that much of Mozart's or Vivaldi's music sounds similar  to their ears. For me, this comment/observation would seem at least as applicable--if not more so--to this composer, at least based on these three symphonies. Or perhaps I am missing something here?

To be sure, I'd recommend to try this one, if it's available on Spotify:

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Symphonies Nos. 43 (CD4); 44 (CD5) & 46 (CD6)

Then I'd recommend Symphonies 6, 7 & 8, performed by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra (Freiburger Barockorchester) or conducted by Harnoncourt or Haselbock or Kuijken.

I mean: try period instruments. It's a totally different Haydn experience, compared with the same composer performed by a modern orchestra and playing modern instruments. Word. 

[Wakefield]

Schubert - Complete String Quartets
String Quartets 2
Auryn Quartett
CPO, 3 CDs


CD4:
Quartet No. 3 D. 36
Quartet No. 4 D. 46
Quartet No. 9 D. 173

So far all performances included in these four discs have been excellent.

The Auryn Quartett together with the Leipziger Streichquartett are easy references in Schubert. 

[mahler10th]

This Beethoven 9 is a real gem.



It is waiting to be discovered.

[mahler10th]

This Beethoven 9 is a real gem.

It is waiting to be discovered.

Aye, well, I posted that near the end, and now it's Haydn.
I christen this day a Haydn day.
It will be Haydn all the way...

[Fafner]

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Symphony in F sharp
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgards

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[Karl Henning]

Our Brian is partly to "blame" in this, but I've been living with this for a couple of days:

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Wonderful, penetrating stuff.

[Leo K.]

Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

Played by Steuart Bedford and the London Symphony Orchestra.

Marvelous performance!

[mahler10th]

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Symphony in F sharp
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgards
[asin]B004P96WWM[/asin]

I heard some Sibelius by John Storgards.  It was very...robust.    I liked it.  Bet that Korngold is pretty 'robust' too.   

Thread DUTY:

Haydn
Symphony 25
Dorati, etc

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

CD III, Organ works.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

CD II of this set.

Volume VI..

Sonata in B flat for Piano forte opus 46.
Twelve Monferrinas for the Piano forte, opus 49.

[mahler10th]

HAYDN
Symphony 06 in D Major 'Le Matin'
Dorati, etc

How daring and insolent this brilliant wee symphony is.