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Bohuslav Martinu
Symphony No. 3 & 4
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi conducting.

Hugely enjoyable. I am particularly fond of the Fourth Symphony.

Ronald Brautigam continues his admirable cycle with this issue. The playing is exquisite of course, both concertos superbly done. And it was a great idea to include the concert aria Ch´io mi scordi di te? with piano obligato, and even if it´s not a flawless performance from Carolyn Sampson, it still gives pleasure.

Seán wrote:

fergus wrote:

They are a fabulous orchestra, I am really glad you like it Fergus; now you might want to consider getting their Prokofiev Symphony cycle with Kitajenko too, or perhaps not?

That is a possibility Seán. I listen to so little Prokofiev that I only have his symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 in my collection! As you know I am always willing to give music a chance so that may well be a good investment. Do you have that cycle? Perhaps there is a "better" cycle that I should investigate first?

Seán wrote:

Bohuslav Martinu
Symphony No. 3 & 4
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi conducting.

Hugely enjoyable. I am particularly fond of the Fourth Symphony.

I have not listened to that set in quite a while. I always found the later symphonies to a bit inaccessible however.

Shostakovich: String Quartets 11, 12 & 13....





This set just gets better and better!

fergus wrote:Shostakovich: String Quartets 11, 12 & 13....





This set just gets better and better!

Delighted to hear it.

fergus wrote:

Seán wrote:
They are a fabulous orchestra, I am really glad you like it Fergus; now you might want to consider getting their Prokofiev Symphony cycle with Kitajenko too, or perhaps not?

That is a possibility Seán. I listen to so little Prokofiev that I only have his symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 in my collection! As you know I am always willing to give music a chance so that may well be a good investment. Do you have that cycle? Perhaps there is a "better" cycle that I should investigate first?

I do have the Kitajenko/Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne Prokofiev cycle Fergus and I really like it. I also have a few recordings of Prokofiev's music performed by the LSO under the direction of Previn and they are marvellous too.

Jose Echenique wrote:


Ronald Brautigam continues his admirable cycle with this issue. The playing is exquisite of course, both concertos superbly done. And it was a great idea to include the concert aria Ch´io mi scordi di te? with piano obligato, and even if it´s not a flawless performance from Carolyn Sampson, it still gives pleasure.

That does interest me, thanks Pepe.

Seán wrote: I do have the Kitajenko/Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne Prokofiev cycle Fergus and I really like it. I also have a few recordings of Prokofiev's music performed by the LSO under the direction of Previn and they are marvellous too.

Cheers Seán. As Kitajenko did such a good job with the Shostakovich symphonies I will put his Prokofiev cycle in the Ponder Pouch.

A new Mahler 10.



It is released on the 18th, but can be heard on Naxos Music library. So far don't bother.... nothing special and slower than Rattle's BPO performance.

Symphony No. 10 (Cooke,)
Orchestre Métropolitain (Montréal)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Atma Classic ACD22711