What are you listening to?

Seán
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bombasticDarren wrote:
Seán wrote:
Jose Echenique wrote:The soloists are nowhere as good as in the Solti recording, and Boulez is his usual clinical, analytical self, but I still enjoyed the discipline and sense of purpose of the performance.
A few years ago I bought a copy of Boulez's Mahler 2 with the VPO and I do not like it so I have given his Mahler recordings a wide berth ever since.
I like his 6th and 7th symphony readings greatly, the 8th came with high praise but didn't appeal to me. His DLvdE is very good, but perhaps an acquired taste

I notice Amazon are trailing a boxed set of his (now complete) DG Mahler recordings. Interesting....
Oh no thanks Darren. Did you enjoy last night's concert?
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Seán wrote: Oh no thanks Darren. Did you enjoy last night's concert?
I enjoyed the Russian pieces. The Sibelius was fine but I am afraid tiredness on my part blunted my enthusiam.
After a fresh air break the Prokofiev PC1 blew away the cobwebs with a dazzling solo performance. Petrushka was also superbly judged - the tempi were urgent and the playing extremely affecting.
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Rachmaninoff - Five pieces for cello and piano (Lynn Harrell/Vladimir Ashkenazy, Decca)

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Sibelius - Symphony No.3 (Pietari Inkinen, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Naxos)

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Saint-Saens - Cello Concerto No.1 (Yo-Yo Ma/Lorin Maazel, Orchestre National de France, CBS Masterworks), Piano Concerto No.2 (Cecile Lilad/Andre Previn, London Philharmonic Orchestra, CBS Masterworks) & Violin Concerto No.3 (Cho-Liang Lin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, CBS Masterworks)

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bombasticDarren wrote: I have very few chamber pieces by the great 20th century Russian composers - I though this would be a good sampler. It is really fine so far and I would urge you to try it - also contains the Shostakovich Piano Quinet (a piece that I love...)
Intruiging thought and recommendation Darren!
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bombasticDarren wrote:Sibelius - Symphony No.3 (Pietari Inkinen, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Naxos)

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Just as I had completed the Sakari cycle!!!
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Mozart - Piano Concerto No.19 (Mitsuko Uchida/Jeffrey Tate, English Chamber Orchestra, Philips)

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I really enjoyed these performances. They were really very fine. I am a fan of Manze and he certainly does not disappoint in the set. It is wonderfully played and recorded.
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fergus wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:Sibelius - Symphony No.3 (Pietari Inkinen, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Naxos)

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Just as I had completed the Sakari cycle!!!
I have enjoyed this Inkinen cycle so far Fergus. I am glad it's now on your radar ;-)
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