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Certainly one of the finest 5th performances I've heard. Previn's 5th with the CSO on EMI proved to be quite good, but it seems like every 5th I hear I can't help but compare the performance to Bernstein's.

[Sammy]

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Certainly one of the finest 5th performances I've heard. Previn's 5th with the CSO on EMI proved to be quite good, but it seems like every 5th I hear I can't help but compare the performance to Bernstein's.

There it is - a four movement symphony.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

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There it is - a four movement symphony.

[listener]

a left-over from July 4:
COWELL: Homage to Iran, Six Casual Developments, Set of Five, Piece for Piano and Strings, and some pieces for piano
Continuum
and a first listen: RONCALLI :  6 Suites for Spanish Guitar  (Capricci Armmonici)
Giacomo Parimbelli, guitar (6 strings made by Pasquale Vinaccia of Naples, 1878, tuned to A=415)

[Zizekian]

...and?

It was my first time hearing each of these symphonies. No. 8 was outstanding and I really look forward to giving it another listen! No. 1 had plenty of great moments and overall was very interesting. No. 3 didn't do much for me...I think that some of the use of percussion (in the third movement, if I remember correctly) was a bit repetitive and occasionally annoying. The final movement seemed somewhat lackluster, especially the vocal elements. I will give it another listen at some point.

[Mirror Image]

It was my first time hearing each of these symphonies. No. 8 was outstanding and I really look forward to giving it another listen! No. 1 had plenty of great moments and overall was very interesting. No. 3 didn't do much for me...I think that some of the use of percussion (in the third movement, if I remember correctly) was a bit repetitive and occasionally annoying. The final movement seemed somewhat lackluster, especially the vocal elements. I will give it another listen at some point.

Very good ear. Shostakovich's 2nd and 3rd are generally regarded as his weakest symphonies. They're almost nothing in the world but propaganda works. Like of today's radio jingle for example. They're trying to sell something. Truth be told, I like the 2nd better than the 3rd. The 8th is a masterwork. I look forward to more of your commentary.

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[jlaurson]

The test bits sound interesting, I put the disc on my wish list.

It's just been re-released on that "Piano Classics" (or something of that sort) label.

[Conor71]

Berwald: Symphony No. 3 In C Major, "Sinfonie Singuliere"


Playing this newly arrived Disc for the first time - midway through the first Symphony in the set which is No. 3. This Composer is new to me. First impressions are good and the music is'nt hard to like - It seems influenced by Mendelssohn and Mozart and those guys, pretty sunny and upbeat!. I will listen to Disc 1 of the Berwald then I will listen to Disc 5 of my Villa-Lobos set, also for a first listen.

[Karl Henning]

. . . Shostakovich's 2nd and 3rd are [...] almost nothing in the world but propaganda works.

Note to self: Explain to John why his brush here is too damned broad.

[Lisztianwagner]

Yes, I really thought so as well, but the whole performance is outstanding. Didn't you say you bought the recording? I know Daniel did.

I said that I was considering to buy the recording, but that before I wanted to have a listen to it to hear what it was like. The third and the four movement are stunning, now I'm really looking forward to listening to the whole performance!

[Lisztianwagner]

On youtube, now:

George Gershwin
Rhapsody in blue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxb7yNG0DGc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgPV0jLmdSM&feature=relmfu

[Lisztianwagner]

Ilaria, thank you!  There's a lot of music there that I don't have or woujld appreciate having alternative performances.   I see that the Gnomenreigen gets no less than three performances! 

My pleasure, Jeffrey; yeah, the set contains many beautiful, impressive recordings! Some of them, like Ovchinnikov's Etudes d'execution transcendante, are even the finest performances I've ever heard so far.

[jlaurson]

first:


C. Nielsen
Symphonies 3 & 5
Lennie / NYP
Sony (Royal Edition)
German link - UK link

now:


J.S. Bach
The Motets
Gardiner / Monteverdi Choir
SDG
German link - UK link

[mc ukrneal]

Great disc of Scharwenka and Sauer! One of the first I ever got in the Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Series and a real winner.
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[Sergeant Rock]

I said that I was considering to buy the recording, but that before I wanted to have a listen to it to hear what it was like. The third and the four movement are stunning, now I'm really looking forward to listening to the whole performance!

Pay particular attention to Lenny's first movement second theme, the strings like aural ice: so detached and emotionally chilling.

Sarge

[jwinter]

Last night...
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This morning, Symphony #8 from...

[Sergeant Rock]

Shostakovich Symphony #5 D minor, Bernstein conducting the New York Phil live in Tokyo




Sarge

[Sadko]

Sounds like it's time to remedy this then.

If I happen to hear something by chance