What are you listening two?

Seán
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This is my last day of leisure before returning to work tomorrow so earlier this morning I got the day off to a great start by revisiting this gorgeous set once again. It really is splendid.

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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in F major Hob 40
Piano Trio in G major Hob 41
Piano Trio in A major Hob 9
Piano Trio in B flat major Hob 8
Piano Trio in E flat major Hob 10

Van Swieten Trio

Sixty minutes of pleasure.
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Nikolai Miaskovsky
Symphony No. 21

Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov conducting.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in D major, K448

Martha Argerich - Piano
Alexandre Rabinovitch - Piano
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I like an oboe concerto now and again....


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fergus wrote:I like an oboe concerto now and again....


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and Heinz Holliger is a wonderful exponent of his craft.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5

Weiner Philharmoniker
Lorin Maazel conducting.


This is a marvellous performance by the VPO. It is hugely enjoyable and for 1966 is very well recorded too.

Is anyone familiar with Maazel's Sibelius symphony cycle with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra? If so, what do you make of it?
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 & 6

London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis conducting.
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Seán wrote:
fergus wrote:I like an oboe concerto now and again....


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and Heinz Holliger is a wonderful exponent of his craft.
Absolutely Sean!
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Seán wrote:
Is anyone familiar with Maazel's Sibelius symphony cycle with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra? If so, what do you make of it?
Can't help you there Seán; I only have his VPO cycle.
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Seán wrote:Image

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 & 6

London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis conducting.
I wonder how the LSO Live performances compare with Davis' older recordings with the LSO on Decca and indeed with the Boston SO?
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