What are you listening to?

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I have listened to three different versions of Petrushka lately and this was definitely my favourite.
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I continued my Tchaikovsky odyssey with the much maligned 1812 overture....


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I think that it is a great work.
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Two versions of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, first with Szeryng....


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....and then Oistrakh....


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I have enjoyed listening to that work for nearly 40 years now!
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Something completely different....


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The slow movement of the Concerto en Sol is a beautiful, wistful affair.
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Heard the first movement in the car on the way home, had to listen to it in the comfort of the man cave:

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fergus wrote:Image


I have listened to three different versions of Petrushka lately and this was definitely my favourite.
My favourite is the Bernard Haitink/London Philharmonic Orchestra recording.
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Diapason wrote:Heard the first movement in the car on the way home, had to listen to it in the comfort of the man cave:

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That's interesting. I didn't really like Harnoncourt's Haydn or Schubert recordings with the RCO, perhaps he fared better with Dvorak? The Ninth is a lovely work.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
English Suites 1, 2 & 3

András Schiff - piano.


Wonderful music, beautifully played, this is about as good as it gets.
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fergus wrote:Two versions of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, first with Szeryng....


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....and then Oistrakh....


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I have enjoyed listening to that work for nearly 40 years now!
Oistrakh? Now you're talking!
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Seán wrote:
Diapason wrote:Heard the first movement in the car on the way home, had to listen to it in the comfort of the man cave:

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That's interesting. I didn't really like Harnoncourt's Haydn or Schubert recordings with the RCO, perhaps he fared better with Dvorak? The Ninth is a lovely work.
I haven't got anything to compare and contrast with, but I think it's a very fine performance indeed. It sounds fresh but simultaneously moving.
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