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[PaulR]

PDQ Bach-The Stoned Guest with Peter Schickele

Hilarious music........

[not edward]

Scelsi's Natura renovatur

Great piece. Which recording?

I'm now playing Honegger symphonies in reverse order of composition: conductors being Markevitch, Hogwood, Karajan, Jansons, Dutoit.

[SonicMan46]

Chopin 19 Nocturnes-Disc 1 Rubinstein (RCA)

Bill - welcome to the new GMG Forum!    Hope to see you posting, buddy - Dave

[George]

Chopin 19 Nocturnes-Disc 1 Rubinstein (RCA)

Chopin 19 Nocturnes-Disc 1 Moravec (Nonesuch)


The planets align again, Bill! 

[Maciek]

Great piece.

I wholeheartedly agree!!! (I love Scelsi in general. )

Which recording?

It was on the radio. Didn't catch the performers...

Maciek

[SonicMan46]

Indeed I will Dave....and thank you for your initial effort on the non-classical thread.

Yes, we had to get that thread started quickly, so many of us love this non-classical music - need 'our space'!   

Not sure that you're into this early 'mountain music' which of course evolved into Bill Monroe's Bluegrass & the many followers, but that Flippen disc is a great introductory gem - Dave

[Gurn Blanston]

6 Quartets for Clarinet, Flute, Horn & Bassoon - G 262 & 263 - Luigi Boccherini - Consortium Classicum. A wind lover's bonanza!  I have scarcely heard any Boccherini wind music, now I am sorry that he didn't write more of it.
(Orfeo - C 322941 A)

[George]

And how does it compare to the Rubinstein, George....as you have my full attention.

I believe you have the later stereo set, right?

[Bogey]

I believe you have the later stereo set, right?

Correct, the 1965 recordings....much to the chagrin of Que.

[George]

Correct, the 1965 recordings....much to the chagrin of Que.

Yeah, I may like the middle recording better, but not much better. The middles (49-50) come with his middle period Scherzos and are different enough to keep it from being redundant with respect to his stereo Nocturnes. I recommend both sets for this reason. Hey, I just saw Holden Fourth name the Stereo Nocturnes and the Moravec as his two favorite Nocturnes in the Chopin thread.


Moravec's Chopin is more understated than Rubinstein's. He plays these works with a sublime tone and delicate poetry. It's like being in a dream.

If Rubinstein's Nocturnes are suitable for early evening, Moravec's are suitable for late evening. This is a performance to savor, as it's rich and mysterious.


More praise can be found here (two of the reviewers place Moravec ahead of Rubinstein in these works):

http://www.ivanmoravec.net/albums/al-9792332.html

[SonicMan46]

6 Quartets for Clarinet, Flute, Horn & Bassoon - G 262 & 263 - Luigi Boccherini - Consortium Classicum. A wind lover's bonanza!  I have scarcely heard any Boccherini wind music, now I am sorry that he didn't write more of it.
(Orfeo - C 322941 A)

Gurn - I'll have to look into that one; Luigi always seems to be a mostly 'string man' in his chamber works - and when he writes for 'winds', still seems to be one wind instrument w/ strings; I do have a couple of such 'wind' chamber works that might be of interest:

Flute Quintets on CPO w/ Faust & the Aurym Quartet (G. 431-36)

Oboe Quintets in the 10-CD Capriccio Box (shown below) w/ Lencses & Parisii Quartet (G. 431-36)

TRICK QUESTION - please look at the G. Nos. - same - these works were written for either wind instrument, so pick the one that you like the best (I couldn't decide, so own both!  ) - great stuff at any rate!

 

[Gurn Blanston]

Sonic,
Yes, that little trick seems to work quite well with composers of Boccherini's scope. Of course, flutes and oboes were not only interchangeable in the music, they were frequently played by the same persons, thus some of Mozart's works have the oboists laying donw their instruments after the first movement and picking up flutes for the next.

But back to Boccherini, note well that the piano quintets are the same as the guitar quintets...

Right now it is Marais: Pieces for 3 Viols Book IV - Wieland Kuikijen / Les Voix Humaines - courtesy of a rec by the redoubtable Lilas Pastia, who, when he isn't serving up beer in the tavern, has an inside scoop on neat Baroque chamber music.

[Drasko]

[PaulR]

PDQ Bach-1712 Overture Walter Bruno/The Greater Hoople Area Off-season Philharmonic

(:-P)

[Bogey]

Beethoven Choral Fantasy Op. 80 Harnoncourt/Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Piano-Aimard

[TheJoe]

Ives - Symphony No. 4 (Christoph Von Dohnányi)

[Bogey]

Ives - Symphony No. 4 (Christoph Von Dohnányi)

When you get a chance, who is the ensmble here Joe?

[Bogey]

Sorry, I should have specified - it's the Cleveland Orchestra (and Chorus).

I take it that you are enjoying it? 

[Drasko]

[facehugger]

janacek violin sonata.     
Frantisek Maly, piano / Jana Vlachova, violin

HOW HAVE LIVED THIS LONG WITHOUT KNOWING THIS PIECE?