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Seán wrote:

Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphonies 82, 83, 84, 85, 86 & 87
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Franz Bruggen conducting.

Very engaging performances.

And most definitely NOT overrated LOL

Jose Echenique wrote:

Seán wrote:

Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphonies 82, 83, 84, 85, 86 & 87
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Franz Bruggen conducting.

Very engaging performances.

And most definitely NOT overrated LOL

Definitely not Pepe. They are splendid performances.

Seán wrote:

fergus wrote:

Overrated!

Wonderful; this is a very good version infused with optimism and played very well.

I have spent the evening in the company of Busoni's Doktor Faust....





....and a very pleasant evening it was.

fergus wrote:I have spent the evening in the company of Busoni's Doktor Faust....





....and a very pleasant evening it was.

Excellent choice Fergus! I have always loved Doktor Faust, a typically decadent Busoni extravangaza but immensely enjoyable.

Jose Echenique wrote:

fergus wrote:I have spent the evening in the company of Busoni's Doktor Faust....





....and a very pleasant evening it was.

Excellent choice Fergus! I have always loved Doktor Faust, a typically decadent Busoni extravangaza but immensely enjoyable.

What prompted this choice of listening was that I had just recently finished reading Thomas Mann's book Doctor Faustus.

Among this evening's listening was Brahm's Double Concerto played by Oistrakh & Rostropovich as soloists with The Cleveland Orchestra / Szell....

Beethoven Symphonies 2, 3 & 4....





Symphony No. 2 for me was infused with a great sense of Life and spontaneity. It is a powerful and assertive rendition of a work that I do not, in truth, generally linger over.
All that I can say of Symphony No. 3 is that it was a wonderfully refined and noble version; a really great listen.
Symphony No. 4 for me is Beethoven’s most enigmatic work. This version is probably the best that I have heard. It had a wonderful cohesion to it and again it is obvious that a serious amount of thought went into it; I heard things that I have not noticed before.

fergus wrote:Beethoven Symphonies 2, 3 & 4....





Symphony No. 2 for me was infused with a great sense of Life and spontaneity. It is a powerful and assertive rendition of a work that I do not, in truth, generally linger over.
All that I can say of Symphony No. 3 is that it was a wonderfully refined and noble version; a really great listen.
Symphony No. 4 for me is Beethoven’s most enigmatic work. This version is probably the best that I have heard. It had a wonderful cohesion to it and again it is obvious that a serious amount of thought went into it; I heard things that I have not noticed before.

Brüggen´s first recording of the Eroica for Philips was the first truly great recording of a Beethoven symphony on period instruments, his second recording is, if anything, even greater. The Fourth is just as good, superbly played with that exquisite finish of the Orchestra of the XVIII Century.

fergus wrote:Among this evening's listening was Brahm's Double Concerto played by Oistrakh & Rostropovich as soloists with The Cleveland Orchestra / Szell....

None better.