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These are wonderful pieces that are very well performed and the CD is worth the money for the Concerto in E major for oboe d’amore, flute and viola d’amore alone!

Mozart - Piano Concerto No.22 (Mitsuko Uchida/Jeffrey Tate, English Chamber Orchestra, Philips)

Shostakovich - Cello Sonata (Lynn Harrell/Vladimir Ashkenazy, Decca)

This performance has all of the hallmarks of a typical Herreweghe performance; a beautifully devotional interpretation, a powerful but not overstated performance and lovely choral singing. It is a lovely performance.

Stravinsky - La sacre du printemps (Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, EMI)

fergus wrote:


This performance has all of the hallmarks of a typical Herreweghe performance; a beautifully devotional interpretation, a powerful but not overstated performance and lovely choral singing. It is a lovely performance.

That one is under careful consideration at the moment.... ;-)

Beethoven - Symphony No.1, Overture: Die Geschopfe des Prometheus & Overture: Leonore No.3 (Riccardo Chailly, Gewandhausorchester, Decca)

bombasticDarren wrote:Stravinsky - La sacre du printemps (Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, EMI)

Did you enjoy that version Darren?

bombasticDarren wrote:

fergus wrote:


This performance has all of the hallmarks of a typical Herreweghe performance; a beautifully devotional interpretation, a powerful but not overstated performance and lovely choral singing. It is a lovely performance.

That one is under careful consideration at the moment.... ;-)

As you can see I did enjoy it Darren. It is a Sussmayr version in case you were not aware of it.

bombasticDarren wrote:

I will ask you for your comments when you have finished that cycle Darren.