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[Lisztianwagner]

For me, the Scherzo is slightly too fast. But we get so much passion in return, especially in the Andante

Absolutely Anyway, about Mahler's symphonies, I think the Bernstein recordings are the closest to perfection, such outstanding performances!

[North Star]

Shostakovich
Symphony no. 3
Mariss Jansons
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[madaboutmahler]

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.7 - I, Langsam – Allegro risoluto, ma non troppo

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*pounds the table*

I'm joining in with Solti's CSO 6th, wonderful performance!

Glad to hear that you enjoyed Solti's 6th, Nico!

[madaboutmahler]

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Pan og Syrinx

Brilliant music!

[North Star]

Shostakovich
Symphony no. 4
Mariss Jansons
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[marvinbrown]

  Continuing my exploration of unjustly neglected late romantic composers (funny how they all seem to be Scandenavian ) Just finished Symphony no.1 and starting on the 2nd symphony.

  Again beautifully orchestrated late romantic music. Music with oozing, no gushing emotional melodies........ 0:):

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  marvin

[madaboutmahler]

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Rapsodie Espagnole

Such brilliant, exciting music!

Good night everyone!

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Rapsodie Espagnole

Such brilliant, exciting music!

Good night everyone!

LISTEN TO THE DUTOIT, DANIEL!!!! You're not in school, so LISTEN TO THE DUTOIT DAPHNIS ET CHLOE!!! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!!!!!

[Lisztianwagner]

Shostakovich
Symphony no. 4
Mariss Jansons
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I adore this particular Shostakovich's symphony, absolutely beautiful and haunting music; I think Jansons did an excellent job in this recording, that's certainly amazing.

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Listening to Sinfonia da Requiem. Certainly one of Britten's finest orchestral works IMHO. Great performances from Britten and the New Philharmonia.

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Definitely one of the worst recordings of the Petrenko Shostakovich series. He didn't have a clue what to do with the 2nd and he seemed disinterested with the 15th. Not very satisfactory performances. There are better 2nd and 15th performances to had else where. A recent 15th that I've enjoyed is Boreyko's on Hanssler. For the 2nd, it's still hard to match the intensity of Haitink.

[TheGSMoeller]

A day of the 6th. Three newly acquired no.6 recordings. The Slatkin is passable, very good playing from The National SO, but very little excitement or emotion, although the Hebrew Themes and Love of Three Oranges suite are enjoyable. The Previn/LAPhil is a good one, playful and desolate, but with the occasional engineering head-scratcher of missed notes and obviouos clicks and edits.
But the true winner here is Rostropovich, many lines and harmonies not present in other performance find importance here, and the Vivace is not taken at such a hectic pace that sloppy play becomes a factor. Orchestre National De France is zoned in with superior playing.
I've always thought of Ozawa holding the best 6th, but he now has strong competition with Rostropovich.

[TheGSMoeller]

Onto Dvorak no.8 streaming live now at www.wfmt.com by the Grant Park Orchestra.

[Karl Henning]

I adore this particular Shostakovich's symphony, absolutely beautiful and haunting music; I think Jansons did an excellent job in this recording, that's certainly amazing.

Splendid, Ilaria! The Fourth always ranks high among my favorites, too.

[DavidRoss]

Brahms | Serenade in D Major, Op. 11
New York Chamber Ensemble

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Nice music, bad cover art ...

There's an app...er...thread for that: http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,239.0/topicseen.html

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A day of the 6th. Three newly acquired no.6 recordings. The Slatkin is passable, very good playing from The National SO, but very little excitement or emotion, although the Hebrew Themes and Love of Three Oranges suite are enjoyable. The Previn/LAPhil is a good one, playful and desolate, but with the occasional engineering head-scratcher of missed notes and obviouos clicks and edits.
But the true winner here is Rostropovich, many lines and harmonies not present in other performance find importance here, and the Vivace is not taken at such a hectic pace that sloppy play becomes a factor. Orchestre National De France is zoned in with superior playing.
I've always thought of Ozawa holding the best 6th, but he now has strong competition with Rostropovich.

I, too, prefer Rostropovich to many others in Prokofiev symphonies. There's something so honest in his conducting. He let's the music speak for itself. I figured the Slatkin wasn't that good. I wasn't too crazy about his Shostakovich 8th either. Sorry Greg, but I found Slatkin to be lacking a lot of emotion. He doesn't have the intensity of Haitink, Barshai, Kondrashin, Petrenko, and Gergiev. Anyway, Rostropovich's Prokofiev is a must-have set. Too bad he didn't conduct more of the composer's music outside of the symphonies. I know he conducted Prokofiev's VCs (w/ Vengerov) and a recording of the Romeo & Juliet Suites, but I think that's it. Oh well, we're lucky to have what we have.

[TheGSMoeller]

I, too, prefer Rostropovich to many others in Prokofiev symphonies. There's something so honest in his conducting. He let's the music speak for itself. I figured the Slatkin wasn't that good. I wasn't too crazy about his Shostakovich 8th either. Sorry Greg, but I found Slatkin to be lacking a lot of emotion. He doesn't have the intensity of Haitink, Barshai, Kondrashin, Petrenko, and Gergiev. Anyway, Rostropovich's Prokofiev is a must-have set. Too bad he didn't conduct more of the composer's music outside of the symphonies. I know he conducted Prokofiev's VCs (w/ Vengerov) and a recording of the Romeo & Juliet Suites, but I think that's it. Oh well, we're lucky to have what we have.

Don't ever apologize for not liking a recording, John 

I'm not surprised about the Rostropovich 6th, his 5th and 7th disc is wonderful. And I'm a fan of Rostropovich's DSCH performances.

[Gold Knight]

On Spotify:

Alexandr Borodin--Symphony No.1 in E-Flat Major and Symphony No.2 in B Minor, both featuring the Malmo Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Junichi Hirokami.
Malcolm Arnold--Symphony No.1, Op.22 and Symphony No.2, Op.40, both performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland with Andrew Penny conducting.
Malcolm Arnold--Symphony No.3, featuring its composer leading, in this instance, the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Don't ever apologize for not liking a recording, John 

I'm not surprised about the Rostropovich 6th, his 5th and 7th disc is wonderful. And I'm a fan of Rostropovich's DSCH performances.

Absolutely, Greg.

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Listening to Symphony No. 8.

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Fantastic recording. Right now, my favorite recording of Shosty's piano concerti.