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  1. Daedalus

    Daedalus I haven't heard it all.....

    Now listening.[​IMG]
     
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  2. George P

    George P Notable Member Thread Starter

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    Now enjoying some Mozart this morning. Mozart wrote only the introduction to symphony 37, but I am glad to have it here, since it isn't included in any of my late Mozart sets.
     
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  3. dale 88

    dale 88 Errand Boy for Rhythm

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    I wonder what his contemporaries thought of Les Elemens? Especially that opening chord. The wiki source calls it "a tone cluster and includes all the notes of the D harmonic minor scale."
    Jean-Fery Rebel (18 April 1666 – 2 January 1747)
    Les Elemens
    Telemann
    Sonata (Septet) in E minor
    Gluck
    Alessandro

    Musica Antiqua Koln
    Reinhard Goebel
    Archiv, 1995
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  4. drh

    drh Talking Machine

    One of those "wasn't even on my radar screen" things has popped up in the past few days: a song collection by Enrique Granados called Collección de tonadillas escritas en estilo antiguo. Oddly, the 12 songs are published in two different orders and hence have two numbering systems. No matter; the ones I've heard (most but not all of the set) have been uniformly delightful. The records that have brought them to my attention are 78s by Conchita Supervia and (one song only) Sofia del Campo, about whom a cursory web search has revealed--well, basically nothing. Delightful singer, though, with lots of personality shining through. In more recent times, Victoria de los Angeles and Elly Ameling have recorded one or another of them. I don't have a complete set by anyone, but I suppose now I have an excuse to look for one. :angel:

    Anyhow, worth a listen if you are susceptible to Spanish songcraft.
     
  5. George P

    George P Notable Member Thread Starter

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    Continuing on my journey through the Mozart symphonies with Nos 21-24 from this wonderful set.
     
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  6. John DeAngelis

    John DeAngelis Senior Member

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    I just listened to these recordings yesterday! Quite good!
     
  7. dale 88

    dale 88 Errand Boy for Rhythm

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    Dvorak
    Legends; Czech Suite
    WDR Sinfonieorchester
    Cristian Macelaru
    Linn, 2022

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    I don't get this release from Linn. It was evidently from a broadcast. The engineer didn't place the microphones in the best place for a recording. There is not enough life in the performance to keep me awake. It was a waste of money.
     
  8. George P

    George P Notable Member Thread Starter

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    Having just enjoyed this new 2CD release, I highly recommend it! Great transfers and performances. Her Chopin is particularly special.
     
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  9. dale 88

    dale 88 Errand Boy for Rhythm

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    Had never heard this 1975 recording with Galway and Argerich
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    It was reissued with a less interesting cover in 1997 and adding a Reinecke sonata with Phillip Moll, piano, recorded in 1981.
    [​IMG]
     
  10. mBen989

    mBen989 Senior Member

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    I bought that DVD set of the Boulez/Chéreau centenary production of Der Ring des Nibelungen from Wonder Book.

    I also found these two Telarc CDs at the Salvation Army today.

    HANDEL: Messiah - Boston Baroque conduced by Martin Pearlman (that makes it my 3rd copy of the oratorio on CD)
    MOZART: The Magic Flute - Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras
     
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  11. dale 88

    dale 88 Errand Boy for Rhythm

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    Now enjoying
    Handel
    Oboe Concertos
    Andrius Puskunigis, oboe
    Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra
    Vincent Bernhardt
    Brilliant Classics, 2022
    If you like Handel, you might want to sample this. It is extremely well done.
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  12. George P

    George P Notable Member Thread Starter

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    Morning, all! :wave:

    Now enjoying a spin of this sadly neglected set. It contains some of the Budapest's 1940s LvB recordings in great transfers by Seth Winner.
     
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  13. dale 88

    dale 88 Errand Boy for Rhythm

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    I enjoyed this disc of Massenet songs with orchestra. Besides the well known Veronique Gens, the voices of Jodie Devos and Cyrille Dubois were impressive.
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    Bru Zane, 2022
     
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  14. drh

    drh Talking Machine

    My very first Pathe center-start 78 was a Massenet song, albeit piano-accompanied: "Chant Provencal (Mireille)," sung by tenor Albert Vaguet. I bought it in Paris during my one and only venture abroad, back in 1978, at a little 78 RPM antique record specialty shop that--at the time, to a teen recent high school graduate--seemed uniformly astronomically priced. A little 8.5" disc, and pretty well worn, it was about the cheapest such record the place had, and I was determined to buy one as a souvenir of my trip, center-start Pathes being pretty close to unobtanium in my part of the United States in those pre-Internet days. Vaguet, who made a multitude of records for Pathe, had a somewhat odd career otherwise: after a stint with the Paris Opera, he was forced to retire by some sort of mysterious vocal affliction that supposedly left him unable to sing for more than a short period at a time. Luckily for him, records in those days lasted no more than around 4-and-a-half minutes per side.

    Oh, yes, that "78," like all Pathe center-start discs, actually would have run near or above 90 RPM. Backing the Massenet song was an aria from Planquette's Le Cloches de Corneville (i.e., The Chimes of Normandy). I still have the record, which has long since ceased to be a "star" of my collection but still retains lots of sentimental attachment.
     
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  15. dale 88

    dale 88 Errand Boy for Rhythm

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    That song is included in this sampling of Massenet's songs! The singer here is a soprano with a wide vibrato. They estimate that Massenet composed around a thousand of these short songs. By the way, evidently the orchestral backing was also composed by Massenet.
    1- Pensée de printemps [Cyrille Dubois]
    2- Le Poète et le Fantôme [Véronique Gens]
    3- Hymne d’amour [Étienne Dupuis]
    4- Amoureuse [Nicole Car]
    5- Si tu veux, Mignonne [Jodie Devos]
    6- Chant provençal [Chantal Santon Jeffery]
    7- Rêverie de Colombine (from Le Roman d’Arlequin) [instr.]
    8- Souvenez-vous, Vierge Marie ! – Prière de Saint Bernard [Véronique Gens]
    9- Les Enfants [Jodie Devos]
    10- Pensée d’automne [Cyrille Dubois]
    11- Baiser-Impromptu [Chantal Santon Jeffery]
    12- Je t’aime [Nicole Car]
    13- À Colombine [Étienne Dupuis]
    14- Scène religieuse (from Les Érinnyes) (instr.)
    15- Sœur d’élection [Véronique Gens]
    16- Crépuscule (from Poème pastoral) [Jodie Devos]
    17- Aurore (from Poème pastoral) [Chantal Santon Jeffery]
    18- Pitchounette [Cyrille Dubois]
    19- L’improvisatore – Rimembranza di Trastevere [Nicole Car]
    20- Les Fleurs [Nicole Car, Étienne Dupuis]
    21- Menuet d’amour (from Thérèse) [instr.]
    22- Marquise [Chantal Santon Jeffery]
    23- On dit ! [Véronique Gens]
    24- Musette (from Poème pastoral) [Jodie Devos]
    25- La Chanson de Musette (from La Vie de Bohème) [Cyrille Dubois]
     
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  16. dale 88

    dale 88 Errand Boy for Rhythm

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    Schubert: Piano Trio, Op 99
    Milhaud: Pastorale
    Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik
    Boston Chamber Players
    RCA Red Seal, 1970
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    The Schubert trio is wonderful.
     
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  17. dale 88

    dale 88 Errand Boy for Rhythm

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    Charpentier
    Musique sacree
    Vokalensemble Koln
    Musica Antiqua Koln
    Reinhard Goebel
    Archiv, 2003
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  18. dale 88

    dale 88 Errand Boy for Rhythm

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    Borodin
    Symphony No. 2
    In the Steppes of Central Asia
    Tchaikovsky
    Romeo & Juliet Overture
    Staatskapelle Dresden
    Kurt Sanderling
    Berlin Classics, 1998
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    The Borodin symphony is the thing on this recording! It has very impressive sound also. It is available for download a couple of places including Presto. My download was from 7digital.
     
  19. dale 88

    dale 88 Errand Boy for Rhythm

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    now enjoying
    Bartok: Music for Strings, percussion, and celesta
    Honegger: Symphony No. 3
    Stravinsky: Agon
    Leningrad Philharmonic
    Yevgeny Mravinsky
    Praga, 1967, 2021
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  20. dale 88

    dale 88 Errand Boy for Rhythm

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    new from Mitsuko Uchida, a revealing interpretation
    Beethoven
    Diabelli Variations

    Decca, 2022
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  21. Rose River Bear

    Rose River Bear Senior Member

    I have a bunch of Borodin #2 but I have never heard that one.
     
  22. dale 88

    dale 88 Errand Boy for Rhythm

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    now listening to
    Berlioz
    La Damnation de Faust
    Edith Mathis; Stuart Burrows; Donald McIntyre; Thomas Paul; Tanglewood Chorus
    Boston Symphony
    Seiji Ozawa
    DG, 1974
    2CDs
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  23. drh

    drh Talking Machine

    If you like this work, it's worth chasing out an earlier recording by the Boston SO: the one under Charles Munch on RCA, which was among RCA's first stereo recordings.
     
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  24. Daedalus

    Daedalus I haven't heard it all.....

    Back home from our trip. Today’s listening:[​IMG]
     
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  25. George P

    George P Notable Member Thread Starter

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