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[Moonfish]

I need to fill the Borodin gap in my Shostakovich pile....   

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[Sergeant Rock]

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.

I ordered this immediately after I read your comment, John. It arrived this morning.




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

I ordered this immediately after I read your comment, John. It arrived this morning.



Sarge

Curiously, that seems to have only a portion of the Paraphrase on "Nearer, My God, to Thee."

Still, as much as I enjoy the Langgaard disc conducted by Геннадий Николаевич, this is a CD for me to consider well.

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Bunches of CDs picked-up on my recent trip, inc. these.  Perhaps in the future music purchasers will also buy time, which I've little of at the moment ("time is money," after all) to listen to their treasures :

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[Harry]

Despite the heat outside I ordered a few very interesting items. Take heed all lovers of old music, 6 cd's for 17 euros, performed by top performers.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/07/despite-heatwave-i-ordered-few-discs.html?spref=tw

[Karl Henning]

Cheers, Harry!  Keep cool!   

[Mirror Image]

I ordered this immediately after I read your comment, John. It arrived this morning.




Sarge

Excellent, Sarge. This disc certainly had me interested. It seems the Celibidache-approach applies to several of these works.

[Sergeant Rock]

Curiously, that seems to have only a portion of the Paraphrase on "Nearer, My God, to Thee."

It's a puzzle. The only other recording I have is Bostock's. After the iceberg collision, he returns to the hymn. The piece lasts five minutes. Rozhdestvensky ends the piece with the timpani solo for a total time of three minutes and 35 seconds. The sleeve notes on the Bostock disc say it's been arranged by Knut Ketting. I wonder, then, if the return of the hymn is not pure Nielsen. Maybe the shorter Rozh version is the way Nielsen conceived it. Thoughts?

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

It's a puzzle. The only other recording I have is Bostock's. After the iceberg collision, he returns to the hymn. The piece lasts five minutes. Rozhdestvensky ends the piece with the timpani solo for a total time of three minutes and 35 seconds. The sleeve notes on the Bostock disc say it's been arranged by Knut Ketting. I wonder, then, if the return of the hymn is not pure Nielsen. Maybe the shorter Rozh version is the way Nielsen conceived it. Thoughts?

Sarge

I'm going to check the notes and score in the Carl Nielsen Edition, be back to you!

[aligreto]

I need to fill the Borodin gap in my Shostakovich pile....   

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That Borodin Quartet cycle is still the only complete set of the Shostakovich String Quartets that I have; never felt the need for anything else although for variety I am considering this set....

[aligreto]

[Karl Henning]

I'm going to check the notes and score in the Carl Nielsen Edition, be back to you!

This is fascinating, does not actually spell out the answer to the mystery, Sarge, but sets the stage perfectly nicely.  (Still transcribing, hang on.)

[Wakefield]

That Borodin Quartet cycle is still the only complete set of the Shostakovich String Quartets that I have; never felt the need for anything else although for variety I am considering this set....

This was my first Shostakovich set, imported from Amazon in the second half of the 90s, when I was still in my 20s. It's excellent, but I would recommend you to try this, too: 

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It's quite more intense and melodramatic (Russian) than the Fitzwilliam.

[Karl Henning]

It's a puzzle. The only other recording I have is Bostock's. After the iceberg collision, he returns to the hymn. The piece lasts five minutes. Rozhdestvensky ends the piece with the timpani solo for a total time of three minutes and 35 seconds. The sleeve notes on the Bostock disc say it's been arranged by Knut Ketting. I wonder, then, if the return of the hymn is not pure Nielsen. Maybe the shorter Rozh version is the way Nielsen conceived it. Thoughts?

Sarge

Here's the story as best I know it.

[Sergeant Rock]

Thanks, Karl.

Sarge

[kishnevi]

That Borodin Quartet cycle is still the only complete set of the Shostakovich String Quartets that I have; never felt the need for anything else although for variety I am considering this set....

That is my least favorite.  The Borodin cycle is my favorite.  Gordo's suggestion is good in isolation...but they sound to me like a slightly muted Borodin so not much of a contrast.

I would suggest instead the Emersons, and also the partial cycle by the Jerusalem Quartet.  In fact, I would get the latter before anything else.

[aligreto]

This was my first Shostakovich set, imported from Amazon in the second half of the 90s, when I was still in my 20s. It's excellent, but I would recommend you to try this, too: 

[asin]B004C4IK8O[/asin]

It's quite more intense and melodramatic (Russian) than the Fitzwilliam.

That description interests me so thank you for that recommeddation.

[aligreto]

That is my least favorite.  The Borodin cycle is my favorite.  Gordo's suggestion is good in isolation...but they sound to me like a slightly muted Borodin so not much of a contrast.

I would suggest instead the Emersons, and also the partial cycle by the Jerusalem Quartet.  In fact, I would get the latter before anything else.

Yes, contrast is good so I will also check out those recommendations; thank you.

[Moonfish]

This was my first Shostakovich set, imported from Amazon in the second half of the 90s, when I was still in my 20s. It's excellent, but I would recommend you to try this, too: 

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It's quite more intense and melodramatic (Russian) than the Fitzwilliam.

I sampled those recordings and liked them quite a bit!    They have a raw quality that brings power to the music.

[Moonfish]

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