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I blew the dust off this earlier today and very enjoyable it is too:



Giuseppe Martucci
Symphony No. 1
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Francesco La Vecchia - conducting.

Frederic Chopin
Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3
Murray Perahia - piano

Beautiful playing by the near perfect Perhaia.

I conclude my Zinman led Beethoven symphonic cycle with a powerful No. 9....






This cycle is available quite cheaply individually or as a set and comes highly recommended as a powerful and full blooded version of the Beethoven symphonies. In terms of performance I consider it to be up there with the best of them....macho Beethoven, hard and fast!

Seán wrote:I blew the dust off this earlier today and very enjoyable it is too:



Giuseppe Martucci
Symphony No. 1
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Francesco La Vecchia - conducting.

Martucci´s Notturno is what Muti gave us as an encore last wednesday.

I've been trying with the Harnoncourt Brahms 3 but put it down again.
With winter approaching there'll be time to have another go.

Meanwhile:


3rd Symphony, Blomstedt/Stockholm Philharmonic.

fergus wrote:


The drama and emotion of it all!!!

quite agreed Fergus, I do have a soft spot for that recording, in the way that I do, his Missa Solemnis.

Dane wrote:I've been trying with the Harnoncourt Brahms 3 but put it down again.
With winter approaching there'll be time to have another go.

Have you tried the MacKerras set yet? Well worth owning.

For a more traditional version, I plumped for the HvK 70's and the Jochum, both of which I'm happy with.

this has been getting quite a lot of plays, recently...

The music is wonderfully well played with sparkle and style and also with vitality and feeling where appropriate. It is a great recording as well: the authentic instruments sound very full.