Tír Na HiFi

as previously mentioned, my listening at present is concentrating around the Britten 100, and here's my early contribution to said celebrations...

first piece of music I've sat down to listen to in nearly 2 months.



Highly recommended recording of the 6th and 9th symphonies.

Was tempted to go this in the NCH last night but that dreadful organ they have put me off. A shame really.

fergus wrote:

That´s very early Gardiner Fergus. I also have the original ERATO LP.

There was a good programme about Beethoven's 2nd Symphony on Sky Arts 2 last night. Think they are doing the rest of them too.

DaveF wrote:There was a good programme about Beethoven's 2nd Symphony on Sky Arts 2 last night. Think they are doing the rest of them too.

the very first boxset I owned, Dave.... must get it out again this year.... ;-)

Jose Echenique wrote:

fergus wrote:

That´s very early Gardiner Fergus. I also have the original ERATO LP.

that is one recording I've long been menaing to add to my collection, Gents... it's one of the key gaps in my Purcell repertoire.

Félicien David [1810-1876] was perhaps France´s first "exotic" composer, that is, the first of those XIX Century composers who composed of exotic places in the Orient, Africa or South America, that produced works such as Delibes´Lakmé, Laló´s Namouna or Saint-Saëns´Samson et Delilah and the Egyptian Piano Concerto.
He seems to have been a most accomplished composer, but so far only his chamber works have been recorded. Let´s hope that his operas and orchestral music get noticed by the likes of Gardiner or Minkowski.