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#1200
April 21, 2007, 03:09:44 PM
Elgar - Marches - New Zealand symphony Orchestra/James Judd - Naxos 8.557273
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not edward

#1201
April 21, 2007, 03:11:42 PM
Schnittke's three violin sonatas. Mark Lubotsky the violinist, with Ralf Gothoni pianist in the first two and Irina Schnittke in the third. A strong cycle, though the blistering Second remains my favourite by some distance.

Nielsen's last four symphonies: Bernstein in the 3rd and 5th, Martinon in the 4th, Ormandy in the 6th. I don't care much for the first two in the cycle, but these four are stunning.
"I don't at all mind actively disliking a piece of contemporary music, but in order to feel happy about it I must consciously understand why I dislike it. Otherwise it remains in my mind as unfinished business."
-- Aaron Copland, The Pleasures of Music

Solitary Wanderer

#1202
April 21, 2007, 03:12:22 PM


Excellent piano concertos expertly performed. Hidden gems.
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

Maciek

#1203
April 21, 2007, 03:28:03 PM
Quote from: Robert on April 21, 2007, 12:29:45 PM
Violin Concertos 1-2 Danczowska  Thanks to a rec by my buddy Maciek.....ahhh life is sweet....

They shipped it quite fast, didn't they? I'm glad you like it - it's one of the best I've heard (on par with Wilkomirska - but that one is OOP). But then I haven't heard that many.

And hey, Thomas, Christo, Andy! I'm another one of those Glass anti-fans. Though I do find his SQs enjoyable, and some of his organ music. But it's best taken in very small doses.

And here's what I've been listening too since I last posted on this thread:

Bruckner 4th and 5th (KCO/Haitink)
C.P.E. Bach Sinfonia in D, Wq 183 No.1, Sinfonia in E flat, Wq 183 No.2, Sinfonia in F, Wq 183 No.3, Sinfonia in G, Wq 183 No.4 (Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter)
J.S. Bach 20 Sacred Songs from the Schemelli Song Book (Peter Schreier, Karl Richter)
Duparc Chanson triste (Ewa Podleś, Ewa Pobłocka)
Michel Van der Aa Imprint
Pousseur Scambi for tape
Lithuanian folk songs for voice and kantele
Francisco de Lacerda Instrumental Solfeggio (Lacerda Quartet)
Penderecki Psalms of David (National Philharmonic, Warsaw Percussion Group/Penderecki)
Paweł Szymański Kyrie (Polish Radio Orchestra and Choir in Cracow/Rychert)
Ryszard Bukowski Piano Sonata No. 2 (Tomasz Lupa)
Ligeti Volumina
Szymanowski Two Mazurkas op. 68 (Jerzy Godziszewski)
Xavier Alvarez Temascal (Orquesta de Instrumentos Autoctonos y Nuevas/Alejandor Iglesias Rossi)
Cage One (Ictus)
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński String Quintet op. 20 (Camerata Vistula)
Andrzej Dobrowolski Music for Orchestra No. 6 (Polish Radio Orchestra in Cracow/Wit)
Arnulf Hermann Terzenseele
Enrico Chapela Inguesu
Aleksander Tansman Symphony No. 4 (Filharmonia Podlaska/Marcin Nałęcz-Niesiołowski)
Andrzej Kurylewicz Do snu (Wanda Warska, Andrzej Kurylewicz Trio)
Karol Kurpiński Overture to the opera Zamek na Czorsztynie (Polish Radio Orchestra in Cracow/Krzysztof Missona)

(I should post in this thread more often, I know... :P)

Bogey

#1204
April 21, 2007, 04:32:14 PM


....and enjoying it greatly.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#1205
April 21, 2007, 05:27:24 PM Last Edit: April 21, 2007, 05:57:43 PM by Bill
Mozart Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 Walter Klien (Vox)

Thanks again for this set George.  We are enjoying it as I type. :)
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Solitary Wanderer

#1206
April 21, 2007, 06:10:57 PM
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

Solitary Wanderer

#1207
April 21, 2007, 07:09:33 PM
berlioz ~ symphonie fantastique andre cluytens
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

George

#1208
April 21, 2007, 07:13:17 PM
Quote from: Bill on April 21, 2007, 05:27:24 PM
Mozart Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 Walter Klien (Vox)

Thanks again for this set George.  We are enjoying it as I type. :)

;)

RebLem

#1209
April 21, 2007, 08:47:25 PM
The week ending Saturday, April 21, 2007 was a light listening week for me. Only 6 CDs, and all but one consists entirely of music written before Beethoven was born, as follows:

1. 10/10 Scarlatti, Domenico: Te Deum (5:26) |Iste Confessor [Witness of the Lord] (3:18 ) |Missa Breve "La stella" (24:10) |Stabat Mater (25:39)--Harry Christophers, cond., The Sixteen--CORO CD.

2. 10/10 Bach, J.S.: Cantatas 83, 84, 85, 86--Helmuth Rilling, cond. usual suspects--hanssler CD, Vol. 27 of CBE.

3. 10/10 Haydn, F.J.: Syms 1-12--Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica. CDs 1-3 of 33 CD London set of all Haydn's symphonies--Many people think, without justification, IMO, of these early symphonies as unworthy of their attention. I find that right from the beginning, Haydn's symphonies are imbued with a lively, cheerful spirit, and reveal a mastery of form and development. Everywhere, he is unpredictable, exciting, and challenging. Even these early symphonies are a delight. I think it can be truly said, that for a large body of work which consistently demonstrates greatness and mastery of form, the Haydn symphonies are outdone only by the Bach cantatas. I found the initial Adagio cantabile of Sym 11 and the Presto Finale of the Sym 12 particularly interesting.

4. 10/10 Bruch: 3 posthumously published chamber works--String Octet (24:48 ) |Piano Quintet (28:11) |String Quintet (25:51)--Ensemble Ulf Hoelscher--cpo CD. I find these chamber works altogether more interesting, more tuneful, and more sophisticated than most of Bruch's more popular orchestral music.
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Solitary Wanderer

#1210
April 21, 2007, 09:10:31 PM
Beethoven ~ Symph #3 Karajan '62
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

Bogey

#1211
April 21, 2007, 09:36:10 PM
On the radio:

Carter Pann Antares Antares (Innova)
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Que

#1212
April 21, 2007, 10:30:56 PM
Good morning, I'll need more of this! :)

Q

Harry

#1213
April 21, 2007, 11:08:19 PM
Goodmorning Q. :)
Ordered a Accent cd with his music, easily one of my fav, composers.
Harry

Robert

#1214
April 21, 2007, 11:11:36 PM
Quote from: Harry on April 21, 2007, 11:08:19 PM
Goodmorning Q. :)
Ordered a Accent cd with his music, easily one of my fav, composers.
Harry
Good morning Harry, Its now my bedtime...I noticed you were on so I wanted to send you greetings....my best to your wife.....

Robert

Harry

#1215
April 21, 2007, 11:14:14 PM
Quote from: Robert on April 21, 2007, 11:11:36 PM
Good morning Harry, Its now my bedtime...I noticed you were on so I wanted to send you greetings....my best to your wife.....

Robert

Thanks Robert, I am up for church.
Sleep well my friend, and my best to your family too.
Harry

Que

#1216
April 22, 2007, 12:18:42 AM Last Edit: April 22, 2007, 12:23:08 AM by Que
Some seriously non-HIP Bach! ;D

When in comes to pre-HIP Bach on the violin my favourites are Milstein and Szigeti.

Q 8)


Que

#1217
April 22, 2007, 12:56:07 AM


(hefty cover! ;D)

Q

sound67

#1218
April 22, 2007, 01:31:20 AM

ERNEST JOHN MOERAN: Sinfonietta; Symphony in G minor; Overture to a Masque
London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult (Lyrita)

Arguably the greatest of the first series of new releases by Lyrita, these energetic performances of two of Moeran's finest works are now the first choice - one that neither Lloyd-Jones nor even Boult's master pupil Vernon Handley quite managed to emulate.

The Sinfonietta in particular gets a terrific, no-holds-barred treatment. It's a colorful and beautifully concise work, maybe Moeran's greatest achievement. Boult brings out the work's neo-classicist character better than Del Mar (on Chandos), and the playing of the LPO here is terrific - and so is the recorded sound. Unfortunately, the sound in the large-scale Symphony in G minor is much morte distant.

Thomas
"Vivaldi didn't compose 500 concertos. He composed the same concerto 500 times" - Igor Stravinsky

"Mozart is a menace to musical progress, a relic of rituals that were losing relevance in his own time and are meaningless to ours." - Norman Lebrecht

Daverz

#1219
April 22, 2007, 02:31:34 AM
Oh, Lyritas, very tony.



Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 - Monteux/LSO



Ravel, Daphnis et Chloe - Munch/Boston SO/1961.  Wow, absolutely fantastic.  Kicks the ass of very other D&C I have for both playing and sound.
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