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[TheGSMoeller]

Nope (at least I don't think so.. 0:))!  I am curious about Gardiner's HIP performance. Have you listened to it?

Try Minkowski, and then Norrington with London Classical Players. Both are fine HIP takes.
Then put on Solti's early 1970s fantastique with Chicago (pixelated drummer demon on cover), turn up the volume and revel in the devilish tones of the lower brass. Best performance of the Tuba in a fantastique recording. This performance really is on fire.

[Ken B]

Lenny's lecture on SF is fun. It's in the big box ... 

[TheGSMoeller]

Lenny's lecture on SF is fun. It's in the big box ... 

Berlioz takes a Trip?

[Ken B]

Berlioz takes a Trip?

Exactly.

[TheGSMoeller]

Exactly.

HERE!!!

[listener]

the Brilliant 11-disc of 2-6 pianos minimalist music  (box. 2 of 2?) at my local B&M Sikoras
GLASS, FELDMAN , McPHEE, etc. 
I'm told that I can get through this quickly by playing the Feldman with other discs as there will rarely be any duplication of sound.
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[Moonfish]

Lenny's lecture on SF is fun. It's in the big box ... 

Yes, it is great fun. I think that I actually have that on video as well (part of those Sunday Bernstein concerts with the NYP)! 

[Madiel]

At the risk of angering the crazy Holmboe guy , I didn't really like the CC (at least, not nearly as much as I liked the 3rd symphony).

The crazy Holmboe guy doesn't yet know the Cello Concerto well enough himself to know whether to be deeply outraged or not.

But MI is right, there's a hell of a gap between the CC and the 3rd symphony. It's actually quite startling for me now to go back to the first symphonies and the chamber concertos, they still sound good but they also often sound so... straightforward. All those steady folk rhythms.

[Todd]

I'm curious, Todd: have you listened to Slávka Pěchočová playing Janáček (Praga Digitals)?

I have not.  Her background - PhD on Janacek, studying with Moravec - seems promising.  (Her web-site's 2023 copyright date inspires less confidence.  Ok, that's not important, just amusing.)  I may sample her set.

[Sadko]

... Her web-site's 2023 copyright date inspires less confidence. ...

She's avant-garde.

[André]

Thanks to a friendly tip  I was alerted to the last of the latest réincarnations of Solti's Ring, i.e. the 2012 remastering minus the Culshaw book and libretti. It cost me a mere 46$ (Can) instead of 250$+ fot the 2012 über deluxe presentation.

[listener]

Solti's Ring, i.e. the 2012 remastering minus the Culshaw book and libretti. It cost me a mere 46$ (Can)

Use http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=Ring+Resounding  for a less expensive copy of the book.

[EigenUser]

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[Ken B]

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It could be very fresh and clean!

[Karl Henning]

Just landed:

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[jlaurson]

I was so impressed with Markevitch's earlier 1954 recording (below) that I simply had to get his later stereo rendition! It seems like the latter has a very good reputation. Considering how much I enjoyed the earlier performance I cannot wait to hear it! 

I'm not a fan of the work, admittedly, but I found Jansons' recording absolutely amazing me. Laser-like, brutal, unsentimental, and played to the hilt. Not very much like Jansons (or his cliche), except for the precision, but amazing in any case. http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2015/01/best-recordings-of-2014-3.html

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[Karl Henning]

Landed today:

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[Ken B]

The ICON box of John Ogdon.
So much unusual repertoire, or stuff I lack, such as the Busoni.

[Mirror Image]

Just bought:



One interesting note about this recording of misc. orchestral works is Rozhdestvensky's Helios is the slowest on record clocking in over 14 minutes. Ah, the Celibidache approach.