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[Sergeant Rock]

Elgar The Apostles, Hickox conducting the LSO




Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Perhaps it's imprinting, but I give the palm to the recording I first heard:  Rostropovich/LSO.

Rostropovich is my favorite Shosty 11th too.

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Perhaps it's imprinting, but I give the palm to the recording I first heard:  Rostropovich/LSO.
Although Kondrashin comes extremely close.

Thanks for the reminder:

Shostakovich
Symphony # 11 in g minor
LSO Live with Slava

[Karl Henning]

Hardly imprinting whenever I didn't like the work much when I first heard it. Karl and I were in a similar boat concerning the 11th.

Jeffrey meant, that he perhaps imprinted with the Slava/LSO recording.

[Mirror Image]

Jeffrey meant, that he perhaps imprinted with the Slava/LSO recording.

Ah yes, you know that's a very good performance, too (Rostropovich/LSO).

[SimonNZ]

[André]

That's a nice set!

[SimonNZ]

That's a nice set!

Yes! A first listen and I'm immediately impressed.

[aukhawk]

That is the only Kullervo image I've ever seen which doesn't feature the knight on his horse.

[dissily Mordentroge]

Although not a 'believer' this has me under it's spell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzOmPUu-F_M&feature=emb_title

[Que]

That's a nice set!

Yes! A first listen and I'm immediately impressed.

Noted! 

[Mirror Image]

That is the only Kullervo image I've ever seen which doesn't feature the knight on his horse.

A few Kullervo covers that don't have a knight on horseback:











And I'm sure there's more...

[San Antone]

Schumann Project: Complete Chamber Music With Piano
Eric Le Sage

[Mirror Image]

Jean Sibelius: Kullervo, op.7. Osmo Vänskä, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki University Chorus. This is an amazing performance. I'm currently on the final movement, I've never made it this far into Kullervo before, usually stopping after the first few movements. I must admit that this is a lot better than the other recording I have, Robert Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony. I have much love for the home team but it takes a Finn to really bring this one home, I guess.

You should hear Berglund's Kullervo with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. One of the better performances of the works I've heard. Vänskä has recorded this work twice: one with the Lahti SO and the other with the Minnesota Orchestra. To be honest, I haven't heard the Minnesota performance and I've owned it since it's release. Perhaps I should remedy this rather soon.

The other Vänskä Kullervo:

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[Karl Henning]

Ah yes, you know that's a very good performance, too (Rostropovich/LSO).

Now, I know 

[Karl Henning]

Nielsen
Symphonies # 4 & 5
SFSO
Blomstedt

[ChopinBroccoli]

Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
En Saga, Op. 9
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
Gothenburg SO



A new acquisition. So far, this is shaping up to be an incredible performance of the 1st (haven't got to En Saga yet). Rouvali brings a surge of energy to this music and I feel that he's a rather eccentric fellow (in the best way imaginable). Some of his choices in tempi in places is fascinating. The Gothenburgers, of course, play this music as well as their Finnish and Danish rivals. Rouvali is going places and, from what I've read, this is the start of his Sibelius cycle, so I'll really be interested in getting all of the subsequent releases.

Good to see Peter Frampton branching out into the classical world

[Mirror Image]

Now, I know 

[Mirror Image]

Good to see Peter Frampton branching out into the classical world

A Finnish Peter Frampton that is.

[Karl Henning]

Good to see Peter Frampton branching out into the classical world

Do you feel like we do?!