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bombasticDarren wrote:

fergus wrote:

bombasticDarren wrote:Vieuxtemps - Violin Concerto No.5 (Jascha Heifetz/Malcolm Sargent, New Symphony Orchestra of London, RCA)

Did you like the music Darren? I find the Vieuxtemps Violin Concertos to be really wonderful pieces of music but I only have them on Naxos (which I must add are very well performed!).

I didn't find it particularly inspiring if I am honest Fergus. I will try again at a later date...

I have the Jascha Heifetz RCA box set. I do not like his tone at all, it's sounds more like a Jazz musican's fiddle playing, it's thin and boxy and lacks emotion, I much prefer David Oistrakh, Arthur Grumiaux and Leonid Kogan.

Jared wrote: I'm not saying I don't like it... but it will certainly take more than a few listens to re-acquaint myself with this musical language...

Yep. I see where you are at....that sounds familiar!

bombasticDarren wrote:

fergus wrote:

bombasticDarren wrote:Vieuxtemps - Violin Concerto No.5 (Jascha Heifetz/Malcolm Sargent, New Symphony Orchestra of London, RCA)

Did you like the music Darren? I find the Vieuxtemps Violin Concertos to be really wonderful pieces of music but I only have them on Naxos (which I must add are very well performed!).

I didn't find it particularly inspiring if I am honest Fergus. I will try again at a later date...

Interesting Darren....I took to the music instantly.

Edit: I wonder if Seán has the solution there?

Mozart - Operatic Arias & Exsultate, Jubilate (Cecilia Bartoli/Gyorgy Fischer, Wiener Kammerorchester, Decca)



It's nights like tonight when I nearly convince myself that all I'll ever really need is Mozart...

;-)

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major & Gaspard de la nuit (Werner Haas/Alceo Galliera, Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo, Philips)

Dvorak - String Serenade

Suk - String Serenade (Christopher Warren-Green, London Chamber Orchestra, Virgin Classics)

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.4 (Murray Perahia/Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sony Classical)

bombasticDarren wrote:Murray Perahia/Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

That is a great set, I love it.

Partitas 4-6.