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A great set. Listening to Ponce's Piano Concerto.

[Marc]

Missed out on a concert tonight, due to .... personal matters.

So, I also missed an arrangement for brassband of Shostakovich 8th String Quartet.

Guess I'll have to do with the original version at home, played by the Rubio Quartet (Brilliant Classics):

[Conor71]

Debussy; Ravel: Chamber Music .

[Coopmv]

That set is even better than his Mozart set IMO!

Q

Yeah, The Mozart and Haydn sets on BIS by Brautigam are my introduction to this excellent pianist.  These sets of 25 CD's have gotten increasingly difficult to find in the US and I also got them at great prices at Presto Classical ...   

[Coopmv]

Good evening George.  Are you also enjoying this set?

[George]

Good evening George.  Are you also enjoying this set?

Yes, I still find it hard to really enjoy the sound of a fortepiano, but I do enjoy Brautigam's playing.

[Coopmv]

Yes, I still find it hard to really enjoy the sound of a fortepiano, but I do enjoy Brautigam's playing.

I have not played the Haydn sonatas on HM performed by Andreas Staier on fortepiano for years.  My recollection is I did not enjoy those 2 CD's too much because the tone of the fortepiano sounded a bit dull.  But the Brautigam's BIS set sounds so different.   

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[dave b]

I just discovered one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard. Hubert Parry's Lady Radnor's Suite, Slow Minuet. I looked it up on you tube and a high school orchestra plays it wonderfully. Round Rock High School Symphony Orchestra. This is one of the main reasons I listen to classical music all the time, in the hopes of discovering hidden gems and relatively unknown pieces embedded within the works of the major composers.

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD2 from this set for a first listen ...

[Conor71]

Some string quartets with the Emerson Quartet - I especially like the Borodin and Sibelius works .

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD7 from this set for a first listen ...

[Conor71]

Mozart: PC's #'s 20, 21 & 1
Haydn: SQ's #'s 11-13

[val]

ALBAN BERG:            3 Pieces opus 6

/ LSO, Abbado (1971)

/ VPO, Abbado (1995)


The 2nd version has an extraordinary interpretation of the Praeludium, but takes the fragmentation of the motifs to the extreme limit, making difficult to perceive many thematic references, in special those related to Mahler.

So, in general, I prefer the version of 1971, more balanced and dramatic.

[listener]

SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concertos 3 & 5
Jean-Philippe Collard    Royal Philharmonic      Previn
I'm particularly interested in no. 5 -"Egyptian".   Have to make some budget decisions, next week there's the Elgar Cello Concerto...  and then the Schumann (Robert) Violin Concerto + Shostakovich Symphony 10!     I did hear Lorin Hollander play no.5 several years ago and liked it, will probably never have a chance to hear it live again.  The Daphnis and Chloé suites fill the program (no chorus needed).
Violin and Piano Sonatas by Quincy Porter,  Walter Piston,  Aaron Copland
Linda Rosenthal, violin       Lisa Bergmann piano

[Sergeant Rock]

A dark and chilly Saturday afternoon...perfect for a Sibelius Fourth.



Sarge

[Que]

Que, I'm considering Brautigams Mozart set as it's quickly going OOP. Do you prefer another set to this one?

No, I don't - as far as HIP complete sets go, which are still scarce. 

I do own the Lubimov set as well (Erato) but prefer Brautigam, though Antoine for instance prefers the Lubimov, I believe. Brautigam is nothing less than excellent, but since he is not as 100% natural in Mozart as in Beethoven or especially Haydn, I do expect his interpretations to be superseded at some point in time. By the sound of it, Christian Bezuidenhout's projected series (HM) seems a serious contender in that respect.

Q

[Harry]

A dark and chilly Saturday afternoon...perfect for a Sibelius Fourth.



Sarge

I just played Neeme Jarvi's take on This Symphony on BIS, recorded a while ago, and completely forgot how marvelous it is.

[AndyD.]

I really liked that set.

Bach The Art of Fugue (Juillard SQ)

[Sergeant Rock]

I just played Neeme Jarvi's take on This Symphony on BIS, recorded a while ago, and completely forgot how marvelous it is.

I have the Järvi cycle too but haven't played it in years. Time to dust it off and have another listen. But first, some happy music after the dark Fourth 



Sarge