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[Lisztianwagner]

Leos Janacek
Tema con variazioni

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[madaboutmahler]

Glad you enjoyed your set Daniel!    - Yes, I really enjoyed this one too especially the Swan Lake. Good performances and real nice sound as well 

Thanks, Conor! Glad you enjoyed these too! I would say Swan Lake would have to be my favourite too. Incredible music. And the performances were so fantastic, what a beautiful, exciting, magical sound the LSO and Previn gave!

Going to create a Tchaikovsky ballet poll now!

[prémont]

Unfortunately I don't know her English Suites, but her Partitas are quite remarkable, indeed.

BTW, did you know the existence of this?



It would be great if these harpsichord partitas were so good as his French Suites. 

No, where did you find them, - and did you find a CD link for Mustonens partitas?

[Conor71]

I have only gone through Swan Lake in this set so far ...

The Sleeping beauty and Nutcracker are both good too I think - The Sleeping Beauty in this set is meant to have a section removed from it so that it fits on 2 Discs but I didnt notice. Hope you enjoy your set when you have a chance to hear it (I know your too be listened to pile is huge!)

[prémont]

I have listened to some of Koopman´s Partitas here. Bach without tension I would say.

http://www.7digital.com/artist/ton-koopman/release/j-s-bach-six-partitas-for-harpsichord-clavier-ubung-i-bwv-825-830

[Coopmv]

Back to early music now, now playing the following CD, which arrived just before Christmas from across the pond for a first listen ...

[Conor71]

Stockhausen: In Freundschaft


I want to listen to some of my modern Classical music today after spending an enjoyable day listening to Ligeti yesterday. First up I am playing Disc 2 of the Stockhausen set - I have come to really like this set. I am going to give another chance to Stocky's Gruppen which I had previously written off as not being my cup of tea. Before Gruppen I will listen to Disc 2 of the Ligeti set which has various works for full orchestra and Organ on it. I had to listen to this Disc a few times yesterday as its so good, especially the Live perormances of the big Orchestral pieces - very exciting!

[KeithW]

Back to early now, now playing the following CD, which arrived just before Christmas from across the pond for a first listen ...

I'll join you - I bought this on release, started to listen at the time, and was interrupted.  I've been meaning to go back to it, so thanks for the reminder. 

[Coopmv]

I'll join you - I bought this on release, started to listen at the time, and was interrupted.  I've been meaning to go back to it, so thanks for the reminder. 

This might be one of the most recent releases by the Tallis Scholars ...

[North Star]

Puccini
Butterfly
Tebaldi, Campora & al.,  Erede & Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
The 1951 sound doesn't do this recording any favors, but Tebaldi is superb in the title role.

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[Coopmv]

Now playing the following SACD, another recent arrival from across the pond just before Christmas for a first listen.  I read that Matthew Halls will replace Helmut Rilling as the next music director for the annual Oregon Bach Festival ...

[KeithW]

This might be one of the most recent releases by the Tallis Scholars ...

It is - I bought it around the start of October when it was released.  The Tallis Scholars are one of those groups whose works I buy pretty much automatically on release.

And this one is stunning - great recording, as you would expect, but the Scholars exceed even their high performance standards this time.

[Wakefield]

No, where did you find them, - and did you find a CD link for Mustonens partitas?

I saw them on the website of Challenge.

You can purchase Mustonen's partitas on her webpage. Nicely, it's offered to add an autograph or even a dedication on the booklet:

http://www.elinamustonen.com/en/recordings.html

[Wakefield]

A quite unknown harpsichordist named Jovanka Marville:

http://www.youtube.com/v/FvNEESP2a10

A former student of Christiane Jaccottet, her disc with excerpts from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book was a great discover this year.     

[Coopmv]

I own her English suites. Good, but not remarcable. However, she may have improved since they were recorded.
She is a pupil of Koopman, and she prefers Kroesbergen like Koopman himself and another loyal Koopman pupil (Suzuki).

Don't seem to be able to find this recording on Amazon ...

[Coopmv]

Now playing the following SACD, another recent arrival from across the pond just before Christmas for a first listen.  I read that Matthew Halls will replace Helmut Rilling as the next music director for the annual Oregon Bach Festival ...

Pretty virtuosic performance with modern sound, the only surround hybrid SACD format I have on these works, which I have many versions.  However, the version by Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert is still the gold standard ...

[SonicMan46]

Don't seem to be able to find this recording on Amazon ...

RE: Bach - English Suites w/ Elina Mustonen.

Stuart - I just ordered that 2-CD recording on BRO for $14 - the reviews were excellent so hoping for a better listening experience than reported in a previous post - I already own 3 sets of these works on the harpsichord, so will be interested in some comparison - Dave

[Gold Knight]

Felix Mendelssohn--Symphony No.3 in A Minor, Op.56 {"Scottish"} and Symphony No.4 in A Major, Op.90 {"Italian"}, both featuring the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Herbert von Karajan.
Ludwig Van Beethoven--Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op.21 and Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.36, both works performed by the John Eliot Gardiner led Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique.

[Coopmv]

RE: Bach - English Suites w/ Elina Mustonen.

Stuart - I just ordered that 2-CD recording on BRO for $14 - the reviews were excellent so hoping for a better listening experience than reported in a previous post - I already own 3 sets of these works on the harpsichord, so will be interested in some comparison - Dave

Dave,  I saw the twofer on English Suites by Elina Mustonen on BRO and will get to them one of these days.  I still do not place many orders with BRO, probably 2 or 3 times a year but they are usually pretty large orders.  I am just intrigued by not being able to find that twofer by her on the Partitas on Amazon ...

[Coopmv]

Now playing the following SACD - led by Monica Huggett, another recent arrival from across the pond just before Christmas for a first listen ...