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[Robert SchumannSymphonic EtudesPianist: Vladimir Ashkenazy]

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Lisztianwagner - Today at 01:30:55 PM

Robert Schumann
Symphonic Etudes

Pianist: Vladimir Ashkenazy

[Carl Orff]

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Linz - Today at 01:24:09 PM

Carl Orff Carmina Burana, Gunter Wand, Symphonie-Orchester des NDR

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Musical depictions of the ...

Last post by Dima - Today at 01:10:07 PM

Thanks Dima, for taking the trouble to make a  translation.

Fuat Mansurov conducts the USSR Ministry of culture symphony orchestra. (1982 recording)

It is not Fuat Mansurov. It is another unpublished recording of symphony Ocean.

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Favourite pianist who emer...

Last post by Todd - Today at 01:08:46 PM

It was his first CD paired with the Mackenzie concerto 1998 and it's a long time since I listened to it.

It does appear that was his first CD. 

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The Diner / Re: The football (soccer) thre...

Last post by Holden - Today at 12:59:13 PM

Being a Chelsea fan I'm not talking about football at the moment!
 

You've got no worries compared to me.

Until the debacle that was the Mason Greenwood affair I was a Man U supporter. I've never seen a sporting club in any discipline shoot itself in the foot so many times. With Greenwood they had a chance to stand up and state the obvious which was that the police and the original complainant (who is now the mother of his child) had dropped all charges so what's the issue? However, they let the woke brigade and the media vultures determine what was going to happen.

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Favourite pianist who emer...

Last post by Hobby - Today at 12:57:20 PM

How is Osborne's Tovey?

It was his first CD paired with the Mackenzie concerto 1998 and it's a long time since I listened to it.
His first solo CD was the unusual and highly rated Kapustin in 2000. He visited Kapustin to get hitherto unpublished scores. Given one of Osborne's early heros was the jazz pianist Keith Jarrett the choice of Kapustin for his first solo album makes some sense.

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Favourite pianist who emer...

Last post by Holden - Today at 12:52:18 PM

Naida Cole introduced me to a range of composers I'd not really bothered to listen to with Cecile Chaminade really standing out. I rate both her musicianship and technique very highly. A pity she went back to her medical career as she was only just starting out.

That Ojiro Op28/15 is superb and I might be hard pressed to find a better interpretation.

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: "New" Music Log

Last post by Brian - Today at 12:44:19 PM

The Te Deum is my "secret" favorite Dvorak, a true hidden gem from the opening polyrhythms to the glittering full circle conclusion. The Wit performance is up to his standard, but the piece can be a little faster, and I wish he was still paired up with his amazing Warsaw band.

Wit is also responsible for the only Dvorak Requiem I'd put up against Ancerl, if you get curious.

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The Diner / Re: The Cat Thread

Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 12:15:39 PM

World peace kitty gives morning meows.

   

Very sweet kitty!  And politely, but insistently, asking for their human to get up and feed them. 

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: BIS Records taken over by ...

Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 12:10:39 PM

essentially, they discontinued the catalog other than Sibelius works..

So, I guess that the moral of the story is buy those old Finlandia discs when you come across them.

PD