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Beethoven - Variations in E flat major & Piano Trio No.4 (The Florestan Trio, Hyperion)

Seán wrote:

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

That is a great set, I love it.

I agree; I had forgotten quite how good the combination of talents was...

The theme....AW YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

Vivaldi - Le quattro stagioni (Enrico Onofri, Il Giardino Armonico, Teldec)

Brahms - String Sextet No.1 (Yehudi Menuhin/Robert Masters/Cecil Aronowitz/Ernst Wallfisch/Maurice Gendron/Derek Simpson, EMI)

Haydn - String Quartet Op.76 No.1 (Amadeus Quartet, DG)

Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.5 (Andre Previn, London Symphony Orchestra, RCA)

bombasticDarren wrote:Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.5 (Andre Previn, London Symphony Orchestra, RCA)

That looks very interesting Darren. Do you like that set?

Matt.

Yesterday:

Bruckner no. 3 from





Once again, I did not purchase that box set for the Bruckner and saw them as a bonus. Upon listening to that symphony yesterday though, I now consider Kubelik to be a great Brucknerian.

I never really considered Bruckner's third among my favorites. But after hearing that performance yesterday, this may very well change. All great movements with a lot a variety in them. Now I see why my friend Jared likes this piece a lot.

My other versions of that piece are the Tintner on Naxos and the Jaochum on Brilliant Classics. These versions will get a listen soon as I want to see why this beautiful piece never had a strong effect on me until yesterday.

Today, I listened to Sibelius Symphony no. 1 from my newly purchased box set:



I own the Sakari/Naxos, Berglund/EMI Classics and the Vanska/BIS cycles and I found that version this symphony very interesting. It will be wonderful to discover the rest of the set.

Matt.

Matt, it has been my experience that Kubelik was a great conductor in any repertoire. I must get that set [some day.]