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fergus wrote:

Seán wrote:

Wow, I have not dug into that set in years....literally!!

It is a splendid set.

Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet
Quartetto Italiano and Maurizio Pollini

Seán wrote:

fergus wrote:


The two main works, the Symphony in D minor and the Passacaglia were wonderful, powerful works which were performed very well here.

I never heard of Irgens-Jensen before. I must say the Bournemouth SO are a surprisingly good orchestra.

Sorry Seán I had meant to comment on this earlier and it was only when I was cataloguing it that I remembered that I had not done so.

Irgens-Jensen is basically a 20th century Norwegian composer that I have just recently come across. His music is wonderful and very accessible and he is definitely one that I will investigate further.

I absolutely agree with you regarding the Bournemouth SO; I have a number of their recordings and none has failed to impress so far.

JS Bach: Cantatas directed by Leonhardt....

fergus wrote:

Seán wrote:

fergus wrote:


The two main works, the Symphony in D minor and the Passacaglia were wonderful, powerful works which were performed very well here.

I never heard of Irgens-Jensen before. I must say the Bournemouth SO are a surprisingly good orchestra.

Sorry Seán I had meant to comment on this earlier and it was only when I was cataloguing it that I remembered that I had not done so.

Irgens-Jensen is basically a 20th century Norwegian composer that I have just recently come across. His music is wonderful and very accessible and he is definitely one that I will investigate further.

I absolutely agree with you regarding the Bournemouth SO; I have a number of their recordings and none has failed to impress so far.

Thanks Fergus, I appreciate your taking the time to do that.

Here is a symphony I haven't listened to for quite some time:



Albéric Magnard
Symphony No. 1
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Sanderling conducting.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Symphony in F
Philadelphia Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst conducting.

This is Fabulous music, it is brilliantly performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Seán wrote:

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Symphony in F
Philadelphia Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst

This is Fabulous music, it is brilliantly performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

I do not know Korngold's music at all Seán and coincidentally I have just posted a new purchase in the Recent Purchases thread which is a CD of performances of the Korngold & Tchaikovsky Vionin Concertos. I will see how I get on with that and then perhaps have a look at your one above which seems like a good introduction to the composer.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3....





....a terrific performance!

fergus wrote:

Seán wrote:

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Symphony in F
Philadelphia Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst

This is Fabulous music, it is brilliantly performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

I do not know Korngold's music at all Seán and coincidentally I have just posted a new purchase in the Recent Purchases thread which is a CD of performances of the Korngold & Tchaikovsky Vionin Concertos. I will see how I get on with that and then perhaps have a look at your one above which seems like a good introduction to the composer.

Yes it is, it's marvellous.