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This is a sound world that is far from my comfort zone and the Stabat is like no other that I have heard! However, one is experimenting with different music and one will persist!

fergus wrote: You have got it in one Jared! I have this one for some time now and it is good but not great. I come back to it now and again to see whether my opinion of it changes but it is still far from my favourite.

I must admit, I have very similar feelings about the Ormandy version of Titan, with the New Phil...

fergus wrote: I have found the Beethoven Violin Concerto a bit difficult to come to terms with over the years and this one plus an Oistrakh performance have helped me to finally come to get to grips with it!

I'm not sure whether you're in for another version Fergus, but for me, this offers a very coherent, fluent and vibrant version:



the winner however is a truly stunning version of the Britten, which made me re-evaluate the piece as a whole... it's also very reasonably priced.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Britt ... 396&sr=1-9

fergus wrote: This is a sound world that is far from my comfort zone and the Stabat is like no other that I have heard! However, one is experimenting with different music and one will persist!

I'm quite sure a man with such catholic tastes will prevail in the end... ;-)

2nd traversal through this set... op.18 nos 4-6... it's every bit as good as its reputation as a masterpiece from the late '50s suggests... the sound has been massively improved through Sony's 24 bit remastering, however some of the tell-tale signs of its age still, inevitably remain. It is a shame that these box sets weren't issued with any booklets, but we should be more than grateful that they have been reissued for our generation at such a bargain price!

Symphony No.5

Jared wrote:

fergus wrote:

Thanks for that Jared....I think that she is playing Dublin soon.

Jared wrote:

fergus wrote: This is a sound world that is far from my comfort zone and the Stabat is like no other that I have heard! However, one is experimenting with different music and one will persist!

I'm quite sure a man with such catholic tastes will prevail in the end... ;-)

I am not so sure that I will prevail with Pendecki Jared....for me, to say that his sound world is challenging, is an understatement!!!

DaveF wrote:Symphony No.5

how are you finding the Chailly set, Dave?

This is the first Gluck that I have listened to in quite some time and it was very pleasant indeed!