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Post by julesd68 on Jun 14, 2015 8:46:43 GMT
The site is very strange indeed - they have some keen prices though... Never ordered from them myself. Let us know how you get on and whether we can add them to list of recommended sellers...
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Post by MartinT on Jun 15, 2015 17:39:03 GMT
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique, Concertgebouw, Davis, Philips
What a superb performance this is. 
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 16, 2015 7:25:59 GMT
Currently listening to ....  Modern, mostly tonal, very enjoyable. |
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Post by Slinger on Jun 16, 2015 11:57:43 GMT
Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre (Dutoit/Philharmonia Orchestra & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Kyung-Wha Chung)
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Post by daytona600 on Jun 17, 2015 8:52:07 GMT
 Hindemith / Prokofiev - Miraculous Metamorphoses - Michael Stern : Kansas City Symphony - SACD |
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 17, 2015 9:09:31 GMT
 -- enjoyable, upbeat, a bit annoyingly insistent at times! Generally good.  :format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-5939803-1416562076-5001.jpeg.jpg) -- from Bach to Shostakovich - quite superb! |
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 19, 2015 6:55:17 GMT
A Shosty 7 day   As so often with the 7th, it sounds de-Shostied to me. Too romanticised, some of the bite is removed. There's no heartstopping terror in the implacable advance of the Nazi war machine, just pretty la-de-da in that part of the 1st mvt for the most part. Mantovani and his 101 Syrupy Strings. -- some folks really rate this recording, though, so YMMV  Bernstein does much better ...  -- like Nanut, spine tinglingly, hair raisingly awesome at the climax of the ostinato passage, but too slow at other times for me, though. Jansons surprised me how well he did it ...  There are so many 7ths these days! ... but of those I have heard, despite 2nd rate orchestra and somewhat edgy sound, the Nanut remains the performance of choice for me. I can feel the dread and the terror of being trapped in a city in the path of the 3rd Reich's war machine.  & then, in a somewhat lighter vein ...  -- the V-L preludes are my favourite guitar music. A very beautiful hommage to Bach.  -- I just love his string quartets, too. They are a bit 'generic string quartet' but I can listen to them for hours! |
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 20, 2015 7:37:17 GMT
 -- Mozart Requiem --- for string quartet ! Actually, it's rather good. |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 20, 2015 10:21:42 GMT
No choir? Aaaargh! I don't think that would work for me.
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 20, 2015 19:55:45 GMT
tsk - you're such a purist  |
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Post by Dave on Jun 20, 2015 20:38:55 GMT
I recently discovered Shostakovitch and noticed immediately that his style of composition has influenced the work of many a modern film score composer and in particular, Gerry Goldsmith. I'm loving what I've listened to so far.
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 21, 2015 7:07:53 GMT
 -- superbly played and excellent sq. But as with his Sibelius recordings, for me Vanska manages to extract the essence of the composer from the performance. It all sounds pointless and uninvolving to me, an academic exercise not a musical one. Give me Bohm, Karajan, Wand, Tintner etc, anytime. They've got the Bruckner mojo in spades. |
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 21, 2015 14:54:50 GMT
 -- violin sonatas opp 12,1-3  |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 21, 2015 14:59:04 GMT
Do you find that Bruckner is especially needful of empathetic performances? I don't like workmanlike interpretations of his music. But give it to Wand, to take one of your examples, and magic happens.
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 22, 2015 7:02:25 GMT
Yes, I agree. And Vanska is a prime example of a conductor who doesn't 'interpret', just plays the notes as straight forwardly as he can. Which misses the point entirely as far as I am concerned! Characterless music - but I know that some folks rate his Sibelius cycle very highly - I loathe it with a passion! But, as luck would have it, here he is again. This time playing the clarinet in some very modern classical which I am unfamiliar with. -- at least I assume it is the same Osmo Vanska. Seems quite likely!  -- a bit dissonant and a bit weird - but still quite tuneful and certainly interesting and thoughtful. Hmm - I'll be investigating some more of Kalevi Aho's music, I think. |
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 23, 2015 9:36:54 GMT
Yesterday .... A Musical Offering from this set  Then a short search for a suitable recording of Bach keyboard partitas ...  -- hmm, no, too disjointed and the sq is a bit murky.  -- beautifiul playing, but too smooth. Ahhh - this set hit the spot --  |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 23, 2015 12:13:48 GMT
A Musical Offering from this set Does that include the two Ricercar pieces, Jerry? What are the performances and SQ like? |
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 25, 2015 5:32:00 GMT
Yes, two Ricercars - Top notch Bach, Martin, best 'orchestral' (as opposed to solo or chamber) versions of both pieces I have heard. The sq is good, too, very clear and detailed, & lovely tone (as my dear old mum would have said!).
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This is great Bach playing, imo - pacing is just right, no silly phrasing distortions, delicate as well as wonderfully magisterial when required.
I've listened to several volumes in the cycle now and they are all good.
Great sq, too.
-- Fratres, Tabula Rasa, 3rd symphony Good stuff.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 25, 2015 6:02:27 GMT
Thanks, Jerry. Interestingly, it's on the Decca label now rather than Philips. Strange how Polygram mess around like that.
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 26, 2015 14:25:01 GMT
oh wow - totally utterly yummy - 20th Century Choral Masterpieces on DG ...  Also good ...  I seem to be in choral mood. |
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