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[Wanderer]

Good evening Tasos!

Hey, Harry, good evening! It's one of those Wagner Athenian nights.

Do you have the EMI one?

Yes, I do. Gloriously great stuff. Comparisons with the DG set would be quite interesting.

[pjme]

I gave myself a treat :

2 Lyrita : great performances by Boult - very lovely music

              ( at last! ..13.55 US dollar at CD Universe)
             
              mainly for de Frumerie and Atterberg...

P.

[SonicMan46]

Well, stimulated by the George Enescu thread, put in a couple of requests from the Amazon Marketplace today:

Rhapsodies & Suites on a 2-CD Ultima Erato - had to go w/ a 'used' set, so hope that the discs play? 

Symphonies, Nos. 1-3 w/ Lawrence Foster directing several French orchestras - reviewed HERE - 

 

[not edward]

This looked like an interesting coupling of two composers I want to know better:



And this means I have a cheap King Roger, plus some alternative readings of major works:

[Novi]

And this means I have a cheap King Roger, plus some alternative readings of major works:

Edward, can you report back when you get a chance?

I'm looking for a King Roger as well and there are not many available. I'm seeing it in August (Gergiev and the Mariinsky lot) and would like to get to know it first. Cheers.

[Kullervo]

Thanks for reminding me of this. How do you like it?

Just arrived in the post today! (that was quick)

Will post my impressions as soon as I listen to it.

[Sergeant Rock]

Let us know of your findings! I'm also considering this box.

Will do. I plan to listen to the Third tomorrow.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

I gave myself a treat :

2 Lyrita : great performances by Boult - very lovely music

              ( at last! ..13.55 US dollar at CD Universe)

Yes, you did give yourself a treat. I sometimes think Brian's 16th is his greatest symphony. And I was just listening to Butterworth's The Banks of Green Willow...listening over and over again actually. What beautiful, soothing music that is. (I own the Hickox/LSO version, coupled with the Vaughan Williams Second.)

Sarge

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Yes, you did give yourself a treat. I sometimes think Brian's 16th is his greatest symphony.

Perhaps. It seems to contain all the kinds of music Brian was superbly capable of - the slow introduction, the massive contrapuntal development, the touching slow movement, the bizarrerie of a very unacademic fugue and an awe-inspiringly powerful Coda, where a rocket seems to plunge heroically into infinity. A symphony that certainly comes near is - and I agree with MacDonald - No. 30, whose Coda is simply worthy of Bruckner, though very different in spirit.

[Maciek]

Edward, can you report back when you get a chance?

I'm looking for a King Roger as well and there are not many available. I'm seeing it in August (Gergiev and the Mariinsky lot) and would like to get to know it first. Cheers.

I'm not Edward but I'll join in anyway.

There were some good King Roger discussions in the old forum (links in this thread - but what of it, they don't work anyway! ).

I definitely prefer the Kaspszyk recording pictured below to the Rattle one - in more ways than one (better soloists, prefer the choir & orchestra, better diction! ):


(Bit of strange trivia: Ostensibly, the picture above was added to amazon by the Polish contemporary composer Benedykt Konowalski... Huh? )

[Sergeant Rock]

Perhaps. It seems to contain all the kinds of music Brian was superbly capable of - the slow introduction, the massive contrapuntal development, the touching slow movement, the bizarrerie of a very unacademic fugue and an awe-inspiringly powerful Coda, where a rocket seems to plunge heroically into infinity. A symphony that certainly comes near is - and I agree with MacDonald - No. 30, whose Coda is simply worthy of Bruckner, though very different in spirit.

And thanks to you, Johan, a couple of keyboard clicks and I can hear that ending. Once again, thank you. You've given me a truly great gift: Brian's symphonies.

Sarge

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Thank you, Sarge. Let's hope we can experience him in a concert-hall again very soon, because hearing Brian live is quite something. Even my wife was bowled over by it (Violin Concerto in London, and music from 'Turandot')...

[Novi]

I'm not Edward but I'll join in anyway.

There were some good King Roger discussions in the old forum (links in this thread - but what of it, they don't work anyway! ).

I definitely prefer the Kaspszyk recording pictured below to the Rattle one - in more ways than one (better soloists, prefer the choir & orchestra, better diction! ):


(Bit of strange trivia: Ostensibly, the picture above was added to amazon by the Polish contemporary composer Benedykt Konowalski... Huh? )

Ah, thanks for that, Maciek. I did a search and found your Szymanowski thread with all the links to the now defunct board as well .

Wow, your uploads from last year are still working, so I'm going to have a listen to the cantatas as well. Aside from the first violin concerto and a handful of solo piano pieces, Szymanowski is quite new to me. Thanks again .

[Sergeant Rock]

Thank you, Sarge. Let's hope we can experience him in a concert-hall again very soon, because hearing Brian live is quite something. Even my wife was bowled over by it (Violin Concerto in London, and music from 'Turandot')...

I'd like to experience Brian at least once in the concert hall. I still haven't heard his music live.

Sarge

[Brian]

I'd like to experience Brian at least once in the concert hall.

*is REALLY tempted to crack a joke here, but is all too aware of how cheap it would be*

In all fairness, I am a bit odd to be around in the concert hall, as my listening style includes moving around in my seat a LOT and adopting facial expressions that match the music.

[George]

*is REALLY tempted to crack a joke here, but is all too aware of how cheap it would be*

We are all very proud of you for not taking any cheap shots here, Hedy! 

[mn dave]

...I am a bit odd to be around in the concert hall, as my listening style includes moving around in my seat a LOT and adopting facial expressions that match the music.

Like this one?

[Renfield]

*is REALLY tempted to crack a joke here, but is all too aware of how cheap it would be*

In all fairness, I am a bit odd to be around in the concert hall, as my listening style includes moving around in my seat a LOT and adopting facial expressions that match the music.

Well, it's not like people ought to be focusing on you, anyway, with those folks toiling at their instruments and that other fellow on the rostrum also "moving around [...] a LOT and adopting facial expressions that match the music"!

[George]

Brian conducting -