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Seán wrote:This one's for Darren:



Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Arturo Toscanini - conducting
Recorded in 1936

This recording definitely has the WOW factor.

I have his box set of the Beethoven symphonies played by the NBC SO and I really, really liked it....some very powerful performances in there!

Hummel: Trumpet Concerto and Mandolin Concerto....



....it has been a while since I listened to this 2 disc set which has some very good music contained therin!

fergus wrote:

Seán wrote:This one's for Darren:



Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Arturo Toscanini - conducting
Recorded in 1936

This recording definitely has the WOW factor.

I have his box set of the Beethoven symphonies played by the NBC SO and I really, really liked it....some very powerful performances in there!

and the price has dropped to €14.99 on jpc....the day after I ordered a basket full from them....AAARGH!
Fergus, the Toscanini Seventh is really terrific, I got it for €3.99 in Tower

Ludwig van Beethoven
Variations (15) and Fugue for Piano in E flat major, Op. 35 "Eroica"
Sonata for Piano no 20 in G major, Op. 49 no 2
Variations (5) for Piano on "Rule Britannia", WoO 79
Alfred Brendel - Piano

and more Beethoven:



Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet for Strings no 1 in F major, Op. 18 no 1 &
Quartet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 18 no 2
Guarneri String Quartet

I really adore Beethoven's music.

Geez, it's very quiet on this Classical Music Forum, pity.

Seán wrote:and the price has dropped to €14.99 on jpc....the day after I ordered a basket full from them....AAARGH!
Fergus, the Toscanini Seventh is really terrific, I got it for €3.99 in Tower

Nice price from Tower....at least you got one bargain!!

Seán wrote:and more Beethoven:



Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet for Strings no 1 in F major, Op. 18 no 1 &
Quartet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 18 no 2
Guarneri String Quartet

I really adore Beethoven's music.

Geez, it's very quiet on this Classical Music Forum, pity.

Yes the string quartets are amazing as a series. The Op. 18 Quartets are just fantastic: full of youthful energy and surprises, but there's no way in hell you could guess what was to come: the middle period quartets which reimagine every time what you can do in a quartet and the late quartets which rewrite what you can do in music and which, as Stravinsky said, remain forever modern... according to me because we still haven't really got to grips with their implications.

Sorry not to have been posting much lately: I've been busy!

Ciaran wrote:Sorry not to have been posting much lately: I've been busy!

Just make sure that you come back to us eventually!!!