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[The new erato]

Q

Could you say something about this? I have recently been looking a little into Fasch and Fux (Fuga Libera, Carus) and I am out to expand my knowledge, preferably from cheap discs.    I always seem to associate Clemencic with older recordings, a little bit rough and ready, but may be out of date here (?)

[Harry]

Could you say something about this? I have recently been looking a little into Fasch and Fux (Fuga Libera, Carus) and I am out to expand my knowledge, preferably from cheap discs.    I always seem to associate Clemencic with older recordings, a little bit rough and ready, but may be out of date here (?)

Rough and ready, yes, that is why I put it in the refusal bin.
Thanks for clearing that up.

[Wanderer]

Good morning, everyone! 

Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus RV.594 (Marshall/Murray/Collins/Rolfe-Johnson/Holl/English Chamber Orchestra/Negri).

Since I put that one in the Refusal bin, I am a little puzzled why you bought this on, and why you play it that often?
Could you explain this to me?

Harry, I enjoy this recording a lot, as well. I thought you gave it away because you had two copies of it, not because you didn't like it. Is there an alternative recording of this work that's more to your taste or is it the work itself you don't find satisfying?

[Sean]

The sound of machine gun fire and screams of the dying all around me, in an internet cafe. These games are really horrendous- goodness knows what it's doing to young minds.

[val]

SCHUMANN:  Album für die Jugend          / Karl Engel (VALOIS)

One of the best piano works of Schumann's last years (1848). Karl Engel, very poetic, gives the best version I know of this set of easy and not so easy pieces.

[Harry]

Good morning, everyone! 

Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus RV.594 (Marshall/Murray/Collins/Rolfe-Johnson/Holl/English Chamber Orchestra/Negri).

Harry, I enjoy this recording a lot, as well. I thought you gave it away because you had two copies of it, not because you didn't like it. Is there an alternative recording of this work that's more to your taste or is it the work itself you don't find satisfying?

First and foremost its the recording that put me off, secondly the performance. Thin in the voices, insistent in a very irritating way. Sort of a disrupted Eb and Flow situation. Furthermore the Clemencic singers are not my favourite group in this respect.
Still have no alternative although I have many vocal works from Fux that I like immensely.
I like the Requiem a lot Tasos
And a fine morning to you!

[Que]

Goodmorning Que.

Since I put that one in the Refusal bin, I am a little puzzled why you bought this on, and why you play it that often?
Could you explain this to me?

Rough and ready, yes, that is why I put it in the refusal bin.
Thanks for clearing that up.

Could you say something about this? I have recently been looking a little into Fasch and Fux (Fuga Libera, Carus) and I am out to expand my knowledge, preferably from cheap discs.    I always seem to associate Clemencic with older recordings, a little bit rough and ready, but may be out of date here (?)

Good morning, Harry, and erato and Wanderer - a nice Fux round-up this morning!
Only the second spin, and the first proper one, since I was getting ready for work the first time. The performance doesn't sound rough to me. I imagined you might object more to the spacious, slighty distant recording (from 1991). The performance is clearly from an early music approach: sober, detached but rather nicely done. I'd like a more intensive, "grand" and upbeat baroque take on this. The music itself is quite nice but not the most interesting in the repertoire, I feel.

Q

[Harry]

Good morning, Harry, and erato and Wanderer - a nice Fux round-up this morning!
Only the second spin, and the first proper one, since I was getting ready for work the first time. The performance doesn't sound rough to me. I imagined you might object more to the spacious, slighty distant recording (from 1991). The performance is clearly from an early music approach: sober, detached but rather nicely done. I'd like a more intensive, "grand" and upbeat baroque take on this. The music itself is quite nice but not the most interesting in the repertoire, I feel.

Q

Thanks Que.
The recording was a major put off for me, true!

[Que]

Any Vivaldi doubters present? 
I think this terrific set could convince you otherwise:



Q

[The new erato]

Any Vivaldi doubters present? 
I think this terrific set could convince you otherwise:



Q

Went straight to my wish list at mdt (they have a Vivaldi promotion running to 28th april).

As I just have received some discs and for good measure just have ordered two volumes of Sonys Ligeti Edition as well as a disc of Chavez string quartets from cduniverse, it will have to wait some.

Now playing: Shostakovich Odna on Naxos (I also have the notquite complete Capricco version). Very (!) good sound and some quite original orchestration. Well worth hearing.

[Que]

Went straight to my wish list at mdt (they have a Vivaldi promotion running to 28th april).

I think you will be pleased. This recording has been widely/univerally praised and rightly so - It's one of my favourite Vivaldi recordings. Alesandrini's reconstruction of the musical programming for Vespers is very succesful: a great varied mix of vocal and instrumental music that still forms a perfect unity, in spirited, top-notch performances.

Q

[The new erato]

Have a few of them, primarily "Orlando Finto Pazza" and "Juditha Triumphans", but have never gotten around to this.

[FideLeo]

The sound of machine gun fire and screams of the dying all around me, in an internet cafe. These games are really horrendous- goodness knows what it's doing to young minds.

The young mass-murderer at the Virginia Tech killing spree was an immigrant originally from South Korea.

[FideLeo]

[Que]

The sound of machine gun fire and screams of the dying all around me, in an internet cafe. These games are really horrendous- goodness knows what it's doing to young minds.

The young mass-murderer at the Virginia Tech killing spree was an immigrant originally from South Korea.

 

Q

[johnQpublic]

Sommerfeldt - Little Overture (Engeset/Naxos)
Grieg - Two Elegiac Melodies (Jarvi/DG)
Sinding - Symphony #1 (Dausgaard/cpo)

[DavidRoss]

A fine recording of splendid performances of lovely contemporary Latin American guitar music.  (You might add this one to your list, Bill.)

[Bogey]

A fine recording of splendid performances of lovely contemporary Latin American guitar music.  (You might add this one to your list, Bill.)

Loved the John Williams you recommended a while back David, so will do this pronto.  And speaking of "back", welcome back my friend.

[The new erato]

Weinberg/Vainbergs 6th. A really fine symphony in a definitive performance under Kondrashin, at least equal to the best of Miaskovsky. Have both the LP (since 1975) and the CD (the Olympia issue though, now no longer available).

[Sergeant Rock]

Suites from the ballet The Legend of Ohrid by Stevan Hristic (thanks, Drasko)

Sarge