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[PerfectWagnerite]

Yes, I really like that symphony too!

I have Szell/Cleveland.   

While we are on the subject I really like this one:



the sound is unbelievable, I can only imagine if you have high end equipment...

[Haffner]

While we are on the subject I really like this one:



the sound is unbelievable, I can only imagine if you have high end equipment...

I think Frederica is on both the Szell and this one (which is good news, in my opinion!).

[Robert]

Great recording. Since I got it (about my sixth Mahler 4) I've never felt the need to look for another.



Mostly minor Nielsen, but idiomatically performed.

Edward,
If these little works are minor other than his symphonies what do you consider major?

[Robert]

The below OOP disc from the library including Chopin's Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
(Argerich, Rostropovich), Polonaise brillante for cello & piano in C major, Op. 3 (Argerich, Rostropovich), Ballade No. 3 and No. 4 (Richter). Especially I liked the Polonaise brillante and the Ballades played by Richter.

burn baby burn

[George]

burn baby burn

Disco Inferno... 

[Harry]

Mozart

String Quartet in G minor, K. 516

Eder Quartet

Naxos


It has been far too long since I've heard this gem. The sound and performance are superb! 

Good Morning, my friends!! 

And to you!

[PerfectWagnerite]

From this:



Sym#3, 5, and 2

After listening to some of this set it becomes quite clear why some think this is a great set of Beethoven symphonies. Klemperer's sense of harmonic underpinning of these works is unmatched. I know it sounds cliche but you DO hear every instrument from the basses to the piccolo clearly and differentiated. He doesn't hold anything back. When it is a forte he lets you know it. The harmonic richness and rhythmic vitality of these pieces come through loud and clear. For those who are naysayers please just listen to the 2nd movement of the Eroica and tell me if it is not the most tragic and noble funeral march yo hear. The grinding fugue is so probing it is painful to listen to. The performance of the 5th is just as good. Each chord crashing through like Zeus' thunderbolts and you are just transfixed. The contrabasson in the finale is the wildest I have ever heard.

My only quibble is that #2 is a bit joyless. For a lighter touch on modern instruments I prefer Blomstedt. But I think as a whole for old-school Beethoven this set is a must-have. The sound, I am not quite sure when exactly this was recorded, is quite remarkable and yields nothing to modern DDD cycles.

[George]

From this:



Sym#3, 5, and 2

After listening to some of this set it becomes quite clear why some think this is a great set of Beethoven symphonies. Klemperer's sense of harmonic underpinning of these works is unmatched. I know it sounds cliche but you DO hear every instrument from the basses to the piccolo clearly and differentiated. He doesn't hold anything back. When it is a forte he lets you know it. The harmonic richness and rhythmic vitality of these pieces come through loud and clear. For those who are naysayers please just listen to the 2nd movement of the Eroica and tell me if it is not the most tragic and noble funeral march yo hear. The grinding fugue is so probing it is painful to listen to. The performance of the 5th is just as good. Each chord crashing through like Zeus' thunderbolts and you are just transfixed. The contrabasson in the finale is the wildest I have ever heard.

My only quibble is that #2 is a bit joyless. For a lighter touch on modern instruments I prefer Blomstedt. But I think as a whole for old-school Beethoven this set is a must-have. The sound, I am not quite sure when exactly this was recorded, is quite remarkable and yields nothing to modern DDD cycles.

Thanks for the review, I've added it to my bulging wish list! 

[Robert]

Prokofiev sym 5
Bartok Concerto for Orch
Szell  Cleveland orch
One of the BEST fifths, the Bartok unfortunately not in the running

Prokofiev Violin sonatas, Cinq Melodies  Sitkovetsky

one of the best.....

[PerfectWagnerite]

I think Frederica is on both the Szell and this one (which is good news, in my opinion!).

Unless Judith Raskin changed her name to Frederica Von Stade...

In any event how SONY let the Szell Mahler 4th go out of print is criminal.

[not edward]

Edward,
If these little works are minor other than his symphonies what do you consider major?

The concertos, Lucifer Suite, Three Piano Pieces, Wind Quintet, Second Violin Sonata, Maskerade, the choral works.

[Haffner]

Disco Inferno... 

Burn that motha down!

[Robert]

The concertos, Lucifer Suite, Three Piano Pieces, Wind Quintet, Second Violin Sonata, Maskerade, the choral works.

thanks Edward.
You listed Maskerade as minor and I myself don't consider that or Helios minor....Besides those there is plenty of meat, as you have already mentioned.....

[not edward]

I also forgot to mention Commotio, which certainly isn't minor.

[SonicMan46]

Non-Bach cantatas all morning!  Bruhns, Buxtehude, & Telemann - pics & comments posted in the non-Bach cantata thread, for those interested - 

[Wanderer]

Ravel: Piano Concerto for the left hand (Fleischer/BPO/Prêtre).

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (BPO/Prêtre).

[marvinbrown]

   I just finished listening to Gotterdammerung Wagner's ring Levine MET dvd:


   

   As promised I have reviewed this fine production (in fragments) under opera dvd (opera and vocal), a fine production indeed.  I feel I need to take a break from opera so the listening programme for next week shall be Mozart's complete piano concertos....27 glorious peices and yes I am aware no.1-4 were variations on existing melodies but give the guy a break he was child when he wrote those:


   

   marvin

 

[rubio]

Handel "La Resurrezione" as performed by Hogwood. Nice music, but I feel it became a bit repetitive after a while, or at least it didn't manage to hold my attention all the way through.

[Danny]

Bach WTC Book 1 played by Glenn Gould.

[not edward]

A very fine disc.