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Post by jandl100 on Jun 4, 2015 6:46:54 GMT
 -- ah, I do love a bit of RVW  -- interesting, reminds me a little of Maxwell Davies-lite. Which is no bad thing at all, as I generally find him a bit heavy! I'm familiar with McCabe as a pianist but hadn't realised he was a fine composer as well. Thanks Martin. |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 4, 2015 10:16:07 GMT
 There's not much I can surprise you with, Jerry! |
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 6, 2015 7:02:36 GMT
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1 & 2 - Rozhdestvensky - USSR State Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra. From a complete set via Tidal streaming.
Wonderful. -- I spent a while trying excerpts on Tidal from many versions before settling down with this one.
Recorded in 1972 & 74 in superb Melodiya sound. Ooo, those plangent Russkie woodwinds and blatty brass, you cannae beat 'em in Russkie music. |
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 6, 2015 20:49:13 GMT
Yay - a new Pavlova symphony album from Naxos.  I do like her soundworld, quite distinctively interesting if you don't mind laidback and melancholy. |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 7, 2015 11:02:11 GMT
As I previously suspected from the Spotify stream, the new McCabe release on Naxos CD is transcribed from the LP. I wonder what happened to the master tapes?
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Post by John on Jun 7, 2015 15:04:24 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 8, 2015 20:19:28 GMT
 - I like this series of bargain-priced CDs. Russian provincial orchestras, and none the worse for that.  |
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 9, 2015 8:22:10 GMT
Malcolm Arnold - concertos for clarinet, harmonica and guitar. -- the first two are good, the geetar concerto I can manage without hearing again, I think. The idea of an harmonica concerto sounds a bit strange, but this is powerful stuff! All listened to on headphones via portable minidisc player while sloshing on wood preservative to one end of my wood-clad dwelling. |
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Post by dvh on Jun 10, 2015 11:22:20 GMT
Vivaldi: Avanti l'opera; Christopher Hogwood/L'Arte dell' Arco
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 11, 2015 7:46:15 GMT
 - Starker & Schneiderhan & Fricsay - quite possibly the most powerful version of the Brahms Double Concerto I have ever heard. |
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 12, 2015 6:38:39 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jun 12, 2015 6:53:06 GMT
--- oooo, yum, classical sax, love it! Poulenc uses it in the Stabat Mater, as I recall. |
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 12, 2015 6:56:17 GMT
Hmm, I'm not fan of Poulenc.
I know you rate his music highly but it just irritates me!
Whitbourn uses the sax in a more traditional jazz way.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 12, 2015 7:01:27 GMT
Ah, shame. I must admit his music does connect with me, I've always loved the Organ Concerto, Concerto Champetre, Stabat Mater and Gloria.
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 12, 2015 11:12:42 GMT
Hmm - I don't usually got for Bliss's music, but this is very good ....  I shall have to investigate more. |
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Post by dvh on Jun 13, 2015 11:20:20 GMT
Vivaldi: Four Seasons. Neville Marriner/Academy of St Martin's in the Fields
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 13, 2015 12:43:31 GMT
Ah, shame. I must admit his music does connect with me, I've always loved the Organ Concerto, Concerto Champetre, Stabat Mater and Gloria. used to sing Poulenc as a chorister - loved it then and still do ... |
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 13, 2015 13:25:07 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 13, 2015 19:00:38 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jun 13, 2015 20:01:05 GMT
Martin I have a 'must buy' lp for you Thanks, Jules! Strange site, I've tried to order it but it just takes note of the details and they will contact me back. |
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