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[Sadko]

Brahms: Symphonies 1 & 4, for piano

Duo Crommelynck



Not a must have, the playing sounds listlessly hammered and uninspired, and the sound is very muffled.

Switched to something better:



Schumann: Spanisches Liederspiel, Minnespiel, Spanische Liebeslieder
Marlis Petersen et al.

The image suddenly reminded me of Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf

[Todd]

 



Second listen to a couple nice chamber sets. 

[Lethevich]

[nesf]

First serious listen to Concerto No. 4

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Making my through VL's Bachianas Brasileiras again. Listening to No. 4. This really is an excellent set. I prefer it to Minczuk's on BIS.

[KeithW]

Mahler 5th - Gergiev.  Sublime - a worthy rival to my Solti and Karajan recordings. 

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[Rinaldo]

Cold night.

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Sublime.

[Bogey]

Second listen to a couple nice chamber sets.

How was the Op. 18, No. 4 Todd?

[Antoine Marchand]

Teldec Gustav Leonhardt Edition

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Gustav Leonhardt, organ [Christian Müller 1733-34, Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam*] & harpsichord [Martin Skowroneck, Bremen, 1961, after Italian models)
Recording: Bennebroeck, Holland, February 1970

* Leonhardt was organist there between 1959-1982, being J. van Oortmerssen his successor and current organist of that church.

BTW, the funeral service of Mr. Leonhardt will be celebrated at the Westerkerk in Amsterdam on Tuesday the 24th at 3pm (condolences from 1pm).

[TheGSMoeller]

Listening now to...

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A very nice album. The title is misleading, it's not "only" for children. 

[TheGSMoeller]

Cold night.

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Sublime.

Great choice, Rinaldo. Best contemporary piece I've heard, David Lang has my attention with some wonderful recordings lately.

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I love this disc! Top-notch Martinu!

[Que]

Online sampling this during breakfast. Seems on a higher octane-level than the Mortensen I have (Naxos), freer style, more embellished. Attractive...but do I need more recordings of Buxtehude's harpsichord works? And what about Ton Koopman's recordings (Challenge Classics)?

hmmm...decisions...decisions...

Q

[listener]

Did you manage to get some?
Mahler 2 'live' is always a prospect to long for!

"sold out" except for the prime seats, BUT I knew there were a lot of comps given out and that they would have been hard to give away, so with patience I waited by the boxoffice and was approached by a patron who had four and was happy to pass them on.   Not my usual balcony area, but a rear side downstairs.  Sound a bit different, harps certainly more prominent.    It sounded rehearsed and very well balanced, but not excessively soft at the ppppp marking (might be good acoustics?).  Brass were in exceptionally good form for a change.  As with Bruckner, a live performance seems so much better, maybe I'll try a Beethoven 9^th which I usually dislike.
Now to decide which Mahler 1 to follow with (will probably do all of them): Boult, Ozawa, Horenstein, Kubelik, Litton or Leinsdorf.
In the meantime, William ALWYN: Suite of Scottish Dances (what's A Trip to Italy doing there?), Concerto Grosso no.1, Overture to a Mosque#### sorry Masque, 5 Preludes, Tragic Interlude, Autumn Legend and Pastoral Fantasia
Royal Liverpool Phil.,    David Lloyd-Jones, cond.

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Listening to Symphony No. 2 which will be followed by Symphony No. 5. Both of which I haven't heard Kitajenko's performances of yet.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Teldec Gustav Leonhardt Edition

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Gustav Leonhardt, organ [Christian Müller 1733-34, Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam*] & harpsichord [Martin Skowroneck, Bremen, 1961, after Italian models)
Recording: Bennebroeck, Holland, February 1970

* Leonhardt was organist there between 1959-1982, being J. van Oortmerssen his successor and current organist of that church.

BTW, the funeral service of Mr. Leonhardt will be celebrated at the Westerkerk in Amsterdam on Tuesday the 24th at 3pm (condolences from 1pm).

The very sad thing is, although he was one of the best Harpsichord players in the world, and a Dutchman, the attention given to him after he died, on radio and TV and paper, was minimal. Just a small space in my paper. Clearly Dutch people had more attention for the dead of a actor for the masses, who died on the same day. Gustav Leonhardt was nothing to the majority in my country, but happily he got all the attention he deserved in the rest of the world. RIP.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Online sampling this during breakfast. Seems on a higher octane-level than the Mortensen I have (Naxos), freer style, more embellished. Attractive...but do I need more recordings of Buxtehude's harpsichord works? And what about Ton Koopman's recordings (Challenge Classics)?

hmmm...decisions...decisions...

Q

Believe me Que, YOU NEED THIS SET.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

A set of which I think should be in everyone's collection. The music is smashing, the performance superb, and the sound ideal!

CD I & II.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

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I love this disc! Top-notch Martinu!

On its way to me! 

[mc ukrneal]

A bit of Beethoven (Variations) and Schumann (Noveletten) piano music from Regis (and Richter). I don't remember listening to it, though my files show I did! It's really quite wonderful.