What are you listening to?

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I don't know about you but I feel sometimes that I take for granted some of the more popular or famous pieces. They are out there and I am aware of them but don't listen to them as often as I used to. And then one day you listen to it after a very long time and you are completely blown away but the piece and the performance. And that is pretty much what happened to me yesterday when I listened to Beethoven's Symphony no. 7 from the 1963 Karajan recording:

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I don't have many version of that work but I find this recording to be amazing. And the work itself is in my top 3 Beethoven's symphonies.

Matt,
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Imperial court composer Fux. A beautiful recording.
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fergus wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:Schumann - Cello Concerto (Maria Kliegel/Andrew Constantine, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Naxos)

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How did you like that one Darren? The Schumann in particular would interest me.
The Schumann is a wonderful piece - perhaps not as immediately satisfying as some concerti, but once it gets into your system I think it is rather brilliant.

This recording is one of Naxos finest concerto recordings in my collection. The orchestra play superbly (I don't know what their pedigree is) and the soloist gels nicely with them. A very satisfying recording :-D
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ravel30 wrote:I don't know about you but I feel sometimes that I take for granted some of the more popular or famous pieces. They are out there and I am aware of them but don't listen to them as often as I used to. And then one day you listen to it after a very long time and you are completely blown away but the piece and the performance. And that is pretty much what happened to me yesterday when I listened to Beethoven's Symphony no. 7 from the 1963 Karajan recording:

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I don't have many version of that work but I find this recording to be amazing. And the work itself is in my top 3 Beethoven's symphonies.

Matt,
I agree Matt - it's one of the stupendous achievements in music.

I really need to pay some attention to Karajan's approach to LvB. In the meantime could I suggest this recording to you Matt?:-

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...it will knock your socks off ;-)
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Prokofiev - Sonata for Two Violins in C major (Veronika Jaruskova/Eva Karova, Supraphon) & String Quartet No.2 (Pavel Haas Quartet, Supraphon)

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Mozart - Piano Concerto No.23 (Mitsuko Uchida/Jeffrey Tate, English Chamber Orchestra, Philips)

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ravel30 wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:Schumann - Cello Concerto (Maria Kliegel/Andrew Constantine, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Naxos)

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It is a nice recording Fergus. It is well played and well recorded. I really like the third movement of Schumann's Cello Concerto. Very special movement. The Brahms double concerto is splendid in my opinion. It deserves more love, that is for sure.

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Thank you for that Matt as both works interest me, particularly the Schumann cell concerto.
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ravel30 wrote:I don't know about you but I feel sometimes that I take for granted some of the more popular or famous pieces. They are out there and I am aware of them but don't listen to them as often as I used to. And then one day you listen to it after a very long time and you are completely blown away but the piece and the performance. And that is pretty much what happened to me yesterday when I listened to Beethoven's Symphony no. 7 from the 1963 Karajan recording:

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I don't have many version of that work but I find this recording to be amazing. And the work itself is in my top 3 Beethoven's symphonies.

Matt,
That 1963 cycle was a tremendous achievement and many here on this site have it and have enjoyed it for quite some time now. It definitely was one of von Karajans crowning achievements.

I also agree on Beethoven' s Seventh Symphony; to me it is one of THE great Classical Music works. It is also one of the works that I would judge and Beethoven Symphonic Cycle on.
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Jose Echenique wrote:Image

Imperial court composer Fux. A beautiful recording.
You never cease to amaze me Pepe with the wonderful CDs that you continually produce!!
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