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Erkki-Sven Tuur - Crysallisatio - Tonu Kaljuste

October 20, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Erkki-Sven Tuur
Requiem for soprano, tenor, choir, triangle, piano and strings
Crysallisatio for flutes, glockenspiel, strings and electronics
Passion for strings
Architectonics VI for flute, clarinet, vibraphone and strings
Illusion for strings
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Kaia Urb soprano
Tit Kogermann tenor
Tonu Kaljuste 
ECM 1996

Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür (b. 1959) started his musical career in a progressive rock group, but the music on this disc is quite far removed from that style. Indeed, it is difficult to categorize Tüür's music. It is clearly contemporary, but yet has elements of many musical eras as structural elements, but yet without at all sounding like a mere concatenation of styles. This is music that is boldly original, striking in sonority, and although it may seem off-putting at first hearing, it is very, very compelling, pulling the listener into a new universe of sound. The first few measures of the first cut, Architectonics VI, announce that this is music not quite like anything else you have heard before. The five selections on this CD vary in musical style and setting, ranging from orchestral to chamber to choral settings, but all are filled with vision, imagination, and wonder. How exciting and wonderful to it is to herald a major new composer! (Amazon review)

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Richard Strauss - Complete Tone Poems and Concertos - Decca Collectors Edition

September 26, 2020, 4:00 pm
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 Richard Strauss (1864 - 1947)

Decca celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Richard Strauss with this new Collector edition containing many of the composer's most popular works in acclaimed performances.

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CD 1

Also sprach Zarathustra, op.30
Ein Heldenleben, op.40
San Francisco Symphony · Herbert Blomstedt

CD 2
Don Juan, op.20
Eine Alpensinfonie, op.64
San Francisco Symphony · Herbert Blomstedt

CD 3
Macbeth, op.23
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Antal Dorati
Tod und Verklärung, op.24
Metamorphosen - Study for twenty-three solo strings
San Francisco Symphony · Herbert Blomstedt

CD 4
Don Quixote, op.35
Romance in F major for cello and orchestra
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.18
Heinrich Schiff · Gewandhausorchester · Kurt Masur

CD 5
Aus Italien, op.16
The Cleveland Orchestra · Vladimir Ashkenazy
Sonatina for 16 wind instruments No.2 in E flat major
(entitled Symphony for Wind Instruments "The Happy Workshop")
Netherlands Wind Ensemble · Edo de Waart

CD 6
Sinfonia domestica, op.53
Parergon zur Sinfonia domestica, op.73
for piano (left hand) and orchestra
Gary Graffman · Wiener Philharmoniker · André Previn

CD 7
Josephslegende, op.63
Staatskapelle Dresden · Giuseppe Sinopoli

CD 8
Horn Concerto No.1 in E flat major, op.11
Mondscheinmusik from "Capriccio", op.85
Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat major, TRV 283
Barry Tuckwell · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Vladimir Ashkenazy
Sextet from "Capriccio"
Burleske for piano and orchestra in D minor, TRV 145
Jean-Yves Thibaudet · Gewandhausorchester Leipzig · Herbert Blomstedt

CD 9
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.8
Oboe Concerto in D major
Duett-Concertino, TRV 293
for clarinet and bassoon, string orchestra and harp
Boris Belkin violin · Gordon Hunt oboe
Kim Walker bassoon · Dmitri Ashkenazy clarinet
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Vladimir Ashkenazy

CD 10
Serenade for 13 wind instruments in E flat major, op.7
Suite for 13 wind instruments in B flat major, op.4
Sonatina No.1 for 16 wind instruments in F major
"From an Invalid's Workshop", TRV 288
Netherlands Wind Ensemble · Edo de Waart

CD 11
Tanzsuite nach Couperin, AV 107
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme - suite, op.60
Der Burger als Edelmann
Sinfonietta de Montréal · Charles Dutoit

CD 12
Concert Suite from "Der Rosenkavalier"
arr. Antal Dorati
Fantasie from "Die Frau ohne Schatten"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Antal Dorati
Salomes Tanz der sieben Schleier ("Salome"), op.54
Dance of the Seven Veils
The Cleveland Orchestra · Vladimir Ashkenazy
Rosenkavalier Waltzes - First Waltz Sequence
Rosenkavalier Walrzes - Second Waltz Sequence
Gewandhausorchester · Herbert Blomstedt

CD 13
Festliches Präludium, op.61
Berliner Philharmoniker · Karl Böhm
Festmusik der Stadt Wien, TRV 286
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Panathenäenzug, op.74
Pan-Athenian procession, symphonic studies
in the form of a passacaglia, for piano (left hand) and orchestra
Anna Gourani · Bamberger Symphoniker · Karl Anton Rickenbacher
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Stokowski conducts Boris Godunov highlights

October 21, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Leopold Stokowski conducts
Mussorgsky BORIS GODUNOV operatic highlights

Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (bass), Lawrence Mason (tenor)
Robert Cauwet (boy soprano)

San Francisco Opera Chorus
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

dir : Leopold Stokowski


dell'Arte DA 9002 mono LP [P] 1982
Licensed from RCA (LM-1764)

Recorded on December 8 and 10, 1952

Individual mono FLAC files + scan of album cover, Gramophone review

01 Prologue - In The Courtyard Of The Novodievitch Monastery - Coronation Scene
02 Act I - Tchudov Monastery - Varlaam's Song
03 Act II - 'I Have Attained The Greatest Power'
04 Act II - The Clock Scene; Act III - Polonaise
05 Act IV - Revolutionary Scene
06 Farewell And Death Of Boris



Gramophone Review - Edward Greenfield, November 1981

This is no mere collection of excerpts but a Boris cantata presented with all the flair of Stokowski in his prime.  Even with Nicola Rossi-Lemini as Boris - the finest recorded performance I have heard from this bass, whose records have generally been disappointing - it is the conductor who stands very much at the centre of the performance.  Freely expressive as Stokowski generally was in his conducting, here he prefers more often than not to present even the monologues at a steady tempo, brisker than usual.  The result is a performance of extraordinary intensity and energy with Stokowski making the Rimsky-Korsakov orchestration sound even richer and more brilliant than usual, for the mono sound by 1952 standards has been most impressively transferred, with some roughness and lack of depth in the big choral tuttis but with fine immediacy.

The recording was made after three concert performances of these excerpts in the San Francisco Memorial Opera House.  That was where concurrently Rossi-Lemeni was taking part in the staged production of the opera under a different conductor, and was being widely acclaimed as the finest Boris since Chaliapin.  Hustled as he may be, Rossi-Lemeni (half-Russian, half-Italian) gives a fair idea of the power of his assumption.  So soon after Nesterenko's record of excerpts, the flutter in the voice is often distracting, but the top focuses superbly with a fine climactic F in the Coronation Scene.

The excerpts start with the chorus which  ends the preceding scene, leading on.  In the Coronation Scene itself Stokowski whips the chorus up in unmarked accelerandos, and though - very surprisingly - it was he who conducted the first American performance of Boris in the original orchestration, he plainly relishes the Rimsky colourings, as for example in the use of piano in some of the bell-like ostinatos of the Coronation Scene or the almost Wagnerian magic-fire sound before Varlaam's monologue.  Stokowski's sewing together of sections is at times bold, but for such a project one would have to be very purist to object, for example, to the organization of the Simpleton episodes into a coherent movement (Lawrence Mason a clear-toned tenor).  To make the choruses end more effectively Stokowski in several places gets the sopranos singing an unwritten top C, but no one who is primarily concerned with authenticity is going to subscribe to this belated issue.  Admirers of Stokowski should and will.
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Christopher Hogwood - Corelli, Bach, Tippett and Holst

October 22, 2020, 5:00 pm
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Decca/London 440 376-2

01. Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto grosso in F major, op.6 no.2 [8'43]
02. - 05. Arcangelo Corelli - Trio Sonata in B minor, op.3 no.4* [5'27]
06. Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Christopher Hogwood) - Fugue in B minor on a theme by Corelli, BWV.579^ [4'09]
07. Michael Tippett - Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli [18'39]
08. - 10. Gustav Holst - Fugal Concerto for flute, oboe and strings, op.40 [7'19]     
11. - 14. Gustav Holst - St. Paul's Suite, op.29 no.2 [12'43]

Romuald Tecco- violin, Joshua Koestenbaum-cello, James Layton-organ and Leslie Shank- violin*; The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Christopher Hogwood

Decca/London 440 376-2  (recorded May 1982 & January 1983; CD issued 1994)

(digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and part booklet scans)

Recording venue: Ordway Hall, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Recording engineer: John Dunkerley*^ & Jonathan Stokes; Producer: Paul Myers

This imaginatively selected programme includes both of the Corelli works (the Trio Sonata played by members of the orchestra) on which Michael Tippett based his Fantasia. Christopher Hogwood offers an effective strings orchestration of Bach's organ fugue which was based on the Vivace movement from the Corelli Trio Sonata. In this performance, the spirit of Corelli hangs over Holst's neo-classical Fugal Concerto and at least the 'fill-up' Holst suite is related to the orchestra - if only by name.

Hogwood brings his HIP credentials into play in all of these works and the Tippett sounds more like Corelli than in many performances. The booklet notes make claims for this being the first recording of the St. Paul's Suite in the "full orchestral" version (with added wind and percussion parts - no enhancement of the usual version in my opinion) but the orchestra here definitely sounds like a chamber orchestra and in no way "big".

Unfortunately, as is so often the case, the digital download came without any documentation so the booklet pages here were the best that I could assemble from internet sources.

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More Altered States - Part - Hindemith - Norgard - Schubert - Britten - Martinu - Beethoven

October 23, 2020, 8:00 pm
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Arvo Part
Credo
John Corigliano
Fantasia on an Ostinato
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 17 "The Tempest"
Fantasia op. 80
Hélène Grimaud piano
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Esa-Pekka Salonen
DG 2003


Per Norgard
Concerto in due tempi
Symphony No. 3
Per Salo piano
Danish National Radio SO and Choir
Leif Segerstam
Chandos 1996






Benjamin Britten
Cello Symphony
Suite from Death in Venice
Raphael Wallfisch cello
English Chamber Orchestra
Stuart Bedford
Chandos 1985






Bohuslav Martinu
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Ivan Kusnjer baritone
Stefan Margita tenor
Ludek Vele bass
Zdenek Kosler
Marco Polo 1990
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Paul Hindemith
Amor und Psyche
Symphonie "Mathis der Maler"
Die Vier Temperamente
Bruno Canino piano
Hiroko Suzuki violin
Basler Sinfonie-Orchester
Sir Charles Mackerras
Novalis 1995




F.ranz Schubert - Hans Zender
Winterreise
A Composed Interpretation
Hans Peter Blowchitz tenor
Ensemble Modern
Hans Zender
RCA 1995





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Rossini - Overtures- Roy Goodman conducts The Hanover Band

September 28, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Overtures
La gazza ladra
Semiramide
Le siège de Corinth
Guillaume Tell
La scala di seta
L´Italiana in Algeri
Il barbiere di Sivigla
The Hanover Band/ Roy Goodman
RCA 1995

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There isn't exactly a shortage of Rossini overture recordings on the market, but there are surprisingly few of them done on period instruments in historically informed performances. For the past couple of decades the two leading contenders in this specialized field have been Roy Goodman's recording with the Hanover Band,  and Roger Norrington's renditions with the London Classical Players on EMI. Of the two, Norrington is probably the more refined, more cultured, but I've never been entirely sure that was what every prospective buyer of a period-instruments recording wanted. Goodman's accounts appear just as well played but a bit more rustic and bucolic. 
Goodman provides seven of Rossini's most-famous overtures including La scala di seta ("The Silken Ladder"), L'Italiana in Algeri ("The Italian Girl in Algiers"), Il barbiere di Siviglia ("The Barber of Seville"), La gazza ladra ("The Thieving Magpie"), Semiramide, Le siege de Corinthe ("The Siege of Corinth"), and Guillaume Tell ("William Tell"). It's interesting to note that most of Rossini's overtures have become more popular and receive more performances than the operas from which they come.
Anyway, the program begins with La scala di seta, which pretty much sets the stage for the rest of the selections. Not only do we hear the characteristic sound of a period ensemble, especially from the strings and percussion, but we get tempos that seem neither exaggerated nor tedious. In fact, they always sound just right, with any variations needed to provide contrast. What's more, the orchestra play with admirable virtuosity and zeal, and the audio engineers capturing them in a well-balanced manner. This is a far cry from some shrill, raggedy-Annie period performances with claims to historical accuracy at the expense of listenability.
And so it goes throughout the program. I particularly enjoyed the dynamic impact in L'Italiana in Algeri, the spirited enthusiasm in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and those blazing timpani in La gazza ladra. Goodman's performances are bold yet pleasingly stylish, providing thrills and thought in equal measure.
Which brings us to the William Tell overture, whose celebrated closing galop ("March of the Swiss Soldiers") stirred every kid's imagination in The Lone Ranger. The piece begins with three sections describing the prelude to a storm, the storm itself, and the calm following the storm. Goodman handles these segments in appropriately colorful interpretations, the storm getting a remarkably blustery treatment. And that final heroic galop? While it may not convey all the visceral excitement of some other renditions, it should prove gracefully enduring.
Producer Andrew Keener and engineer Tony Faulkner recorded the music for RCA (BMG Classics) at Abbey Road Studios, London, in 1994. In terms of sonic quality, naturalness and clarity are the orders of the day. Definition sounds commendable and dynamics are wide and strong, while an overall smoothness ensures that the proceedings go as realistically as possible. A modest hall resonance helps, along with a moderately distanced miking arrangement. Additionally, there is a fair amount of orchestral depth and spaciousness to add to the illusion. It makes for an appealing audio experience, maybe not quite as transparent as the sound for Norrington on EMI but not quite as bright or aggressive, either.(Classical Candor review)
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Antonio Vivaldi - Concertos op. 3 "L´Estro Armonico" - Fabio Biondi - Europa Galante

October 24, 2020, 8:00 pm
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Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
L´Estro Armonico
12 Concertos op. 3
Fabio Biondi
Europa Galante
Virgin Veritas 1998

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This was the great collection of 12 varied and exciting violin concertos that turned Bach on to concerto writing. In fact, he transcribed several of these works for solo harpsichord, organ--even for harpsichords and orchestra. What fascinated him most was the balanced, three-movement form, the brilliance of the solo passages, the tunefulness of the music generally, and Vivaldi's seemingly inexhaustible storehouse of invention. When a composer ventured to publish a collection such as this, he was making a major statement. This is one of the really big ones in Baroque music, and it's performed with splendid authority and an unrivaled sense of sheer joy. (David Hurwitz)


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Schubert: Arias & Overtures (Daniel Behle)

October 25, 2020, 9:00 pm
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Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
Die Zauberharfe, D. 644
Claudine von Villa Bella, D. 239
Die Freunde von Salamanka, D. 326
Adrast, D. 137; Lazarus, D. 689
Alfonso und Estrella, D. 732
Fierabras, D. 796
Das Zauberglöckchen, D. 723
Michi Gaigg, L'Orfeo Barockorchetser
(Period Instruments)
DHM 88985407212 (2017)

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Spohr: Geliebte Dorette - Works for Violin & Harp (Arpala)

October 26, 2020, 9:00 pm
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Ludwig Spohr (1784-1859)
Sonate Concertante, Op. 115
Fantasie sur des themes de Handel et Abbe Vogler, Op. 118
Sonate, WoO. 23
Grande Sonate, Op. 16
Davide Monti< Violin
Maria Christina Cleary, Harp
Arpala (Period Instruments)
Stradivarius STR 37072 (2017)


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Vir Heroicus Sublimis: Günter Wand conducts the Brahms Symphonies

October 27, 2020, 9:20 pm
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Symphony No. 1 op. 68
Symphony No. 2 op. 73
Symphony No. 3 op. 90
Symphony No. 4 op. 98
NDR Sinfonieorchester
Günter Wand
Live recordings 1995-1997, Hamburg
             RCA 1998
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Like Barnett Newman's famous painting, this second commercial recording of the Brahms symphonies by Günter Wand and his trusty Hamburg Orchestra proposes an immersive and vibrant vision, where the highest lyricism merges with the controlled power of rhetorical discourse in a climax which marks the zenith of 400 years of western musical art.
I dedicate this post to all my friends at MIMIC and the music lovers who visit us, hoping that they will find solace in this music during this apocalyptic time that we have chosen to live.
(This box was posted here at MIMIC nine years ago by Chamaeleo. As the links don´t work anymore and the CDs are out of print and hard to find, I have  decided to post it again.)  

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Nielsen: Orchestral Works - Thomas Dausgaard

October 29, 2020, 5:00 pm
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Dacapo 6.220518Carl Nielsen:
01. Maskarade - Ouverture* [4'21]
02. Maskarade - Cockerel's Dance [5'42]
03. Sir Olaf, He Rides - Prelude [5'38]
04. - 08. Snefrid. Suite for orchestra [13'01]
09. Saul and David - Prelude to Act Two [5'08]
10. An imaginary journey to the Faroe Islands. Rhapsodic overture, FS.123* [10'17]
11. Willemoes - Prelude to Act Three [2'11]
12. Pan and Syrinx, op.49 [8'43]
13. Cupid and the Poet, op.54 - Overture [5'22]
14. Helios Overture, op.17 [11'55]

Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Dausgaard

Dacapo 6.220518  (recorded May, August & September 2006; CD issued 2006)

(digital download; flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans)

Recording venue: Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen
Recording engineer: Jan Oldrup; Producers: Chris Hazell & Preben Iwan*

This is an exceptionally fine set of recordings of Nielsen's shorter orchestral works - both familiar and less well-known - which makes for a very balanced programme for continuous listening. The works are drawn from all stages of Nielsen's composing career. At the time of recording, Dausgaard hadn't recorded much (if any) Nielsen and this recording was a revelation. He has, of course, gone on to record the symphonies - with more mixed results. Orchestral playing and recorded sound are all very fine.

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Gliere ~ Symphony No 2 ~ Macal ~ New Jersey SO

October 30, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Reinhold Glière (1875-1956)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor op. 25
The Red Poppy Ballet Suite op. 70
Zdenek Macal conducts the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Delos VR 1996
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Every now and then there comes a recording with that special something, an elusive quality perhaps, which marks it as a recording for the ages. This recording of Gliere's second symphony by Zdenek Macal and the New Jersey Symphony orchestra seems, to me at least, to be one of those recordings.
Reinhold Gliere's most well-known and widely recorded piece is his ballet The Red Poppy (actually, to be more precise, the Russian Sailor's Dance from it). He also composed three symphonies, the last of which was also widely performed for a time. While the first symphony is essentially a student work, both the 2nd and 3rd symphonies (premiering in 1908 and 1911, respectively) are mature works, melding his main influence of classical Russian themes with a little early impressionism (though he certainly does not tend towards the shorter works for which the impressionists generally favoured -- the  complete recording  by Harold Farberman of the 3rd symphony is about 100 minutes in length!!).
In the 2nd symphony, Gliere follows a more or less classical style, key themes with systematic development. The work has an impressively Russian feel; there is no mistaking the composer's nationality. From the tension and rhythmic drive established in the opening bars you are at once aware of that elusive quality, that presence of greatness, I mentioned above. The orchestra maintains its passion and focus throughout, responding to Macal's visionary reading with exemplary playing. The result is an exhilarating listen.
The fillers are, not unexpectedly, a selection of pieces from The Red Poppy mentioned above (and yes, including the Russian Sailor's Dance). Good though they may be, for me, they are secondary to this great performance of the 2nd symphony.
Early in his career, while chief conductor of the Prague Symphony Orchestra, Macal won several conducting competitions, marking him as one to watch. He left Prague following the crushing of the Prague Spring uprising in 1968. Though he was to return in 2003 as the chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, in the interim he was to hold two decade-long positions as music director, first with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and then the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra with which he made this recording. As opposed to his successor in the New Jersey post, Neeme Jarvi, Macal has not been a prolific visitor to the recording studio. Though he has made several other successful recordings -- perhaps most notably, a well-received recording of Smetana's Ma Vlast -- this recording is probably (in my opinion, it is by far) his best effort.
In great sound -- a "Delos virtual reality recording" -- this disc is a great affirmation of both Macal's talent as a conductor and the quality of Gliere's 2nd symphony. To be honest, I feel I've hardly done this recording full justice; it really is fantastic. Most highly recommended. (Amazon review)
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L Mozart & Druschetzky: Musica Curiosa, Pál Németh, Cappella Savaria)

October 29, 2020, 9:00 pm
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Leopold Mozart (1719-1787)
Divertimento in D major, "Die Bauernhochzeit"
Symphony in G major, "Sinfonia Pastorale"
Georg Druschetzky (1745-1819)
Partita for Rustic Instruments in B-flat major
Pál Németh, Cappella Savaria
(Period Instruments)
Hungaroton HCD 12874 (1987)
 

 
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 3 in Chamber Versions (Australian Haydn Ensemble)

October 31, 2020, 9:00 pm
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Neal Perez da Costa, Fortepiano
Skye McIntosh, Australian Haydn Ensemble
(Period Instruments)
Australian Haydn Ensemble 01 (2017)


 
 
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Méhul: Stratonice (William Christie, Cappella Coloniensis)

October 30, 2020, 9:00 pm
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Etienne Nicolas Méhul (1763-1817)
Stratonice, Opera Comique in 1 Act (1792)
William Christie, Cappella Coloniensis
(Period Instruments)
Erato 0630-12714-2 (1996)

 
 
 
 
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Boccherini : Arie da Concerto (Naessans, Capriola di Gioia)

November 1, 2020, 9:00 pm
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Luigi Boccherini (1743-1806)
Caro padre, a me non dei, G. 552
Care luci, che regnate, G. 549
Se non ti moro allato, G. 545
Misera, dove son! - Ah! Non son io che parlo, G. 548
Deh, respirar lasciatemi, G. 546
Tu di saper procura, G. 555
Se d'un amor tiranno, G. 557
Amaryllis Dieltiens, Sopranos
Bart Naessens, Capriola di Gioia (Period Instruments)
Evil Penguin Records Classics EPRC 0023 (2017)
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Gershwin (Jos van Immerseel, Anima Eterna Brugge)

November 2, 2020, 9:00 pm
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George Gershwin 1898(1937)
Catfish Row
An American in Paris
Rhapsody in Blue
Songs: Summertime, I've got Rhythm, etc
Claron McFadden, Soprano
Bart van Caenegem, Piano (Steinway, 1906)
Jos van Immerseel, Anima Eterna Brugge
(Period Instruments)
Alpha 289 (2017)
 
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Beethoven - The Late Quartets (Quatuor Moasiques)

November 3, 2020, 9:00 pm
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 12 in E flat Major Op. 127
String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 131
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major Op. 130
String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major Op. 133 "Grosse Fugue"
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor Op. 132
String Quartet No. 16 in F major Op. 135
Quatuor Mosaiques
(Period Instruments)
Naive V 5445 (2014-16) 3-Disc set

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Kirkman: Lessons and Sonatas (Medea Bindenwald)

November 4, 2020, 9:00 pm
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Jacob Kirkman (1746-1812)
Lesson in B-flat major, Op. 3 No. 1
Sonata in F major, Op. 8 No. 2
Lesson in E minor, Op. 3 No. 6
Sonata in A major, Op. 8 No. 3
Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 8 No. 1
Sonata in C major, Op. 14 No. 4
Medea Bindewald, Harpsichord & Square Piano
Coviello Classics COV91616 (2016)

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Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 - Gennady Rozhdestvensky

November 5, 2020, 7:00 pm
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01. - 04.Sergei Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 2 in E minor, op.27 [66'13]

London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Alto ALC 1260  (recorded March 1988; first issued as IMP Classics PCD904 in 1989; this issue 2015)

(digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, no booklet)

Recording venue: All Saints Church, Tooting, London
Recording Engineer: Trygg Tryggvason; Producer: John Boyden

Yes, this performance does last all of 66 minutes. Not because it is particularly slow but it was the first recording that was totally uncut and included all the repeats. Andy Litton later repeated this feat in 63 minutes with the Bergen Philharmonic in another top recording but I've never counted the repeats to make sure that they are all intact. Seems to be rather over-egging the pudding, so to speak. But Kurt Sanderling takes even longer on his Warner recording.

Nevertheless, this is a very fine performance and recording, probably one of Rozhdestvensky's best during his "London" period and a contender for finest ever studio performance.

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