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Beethoven - Symphony No.4 (John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Naive)

Beethoven - String Quartet No.5 (Amadeus Quartet, Deutsche Grammophon)

how are you finding the 'Amadeus' set, Darren?

Walton - Symphony No.2 (Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Decca)

My dear friends, I warmly recommend this cd.
Tomaso Antonio Vitali´s Ciaconna was one of the rare Italian Baroque pieces that was actually played by every violin virtuoso since the mid XIX Century. It was arranged and edited circa 1860 by a famous violinist called Ferdinand David. Even at the turn of the century the name of Vitali may have been better known than Vivaldi´s or Corelli´s.
In the first half of the 20th Century every great violinist recorded it: Oistrakh, Grumiaux, Heifetz, Milstein, etc, so it´s very puzzling that there have been almost no recordings in period instruments.
The first I know of in the period violin was a late 60´s Archiv recording with Edward Melkus, but that maybe still uses the David arrangement.
So it is happy news that the wonderful violinist Stéphanie De Failly has returned to the original manuscript and recorded a very stylish and truthful to it´s composer Ciaconna.
The cd includes music by both Vitalis, Tomaso Antonio and Giovanni Battista.
Don´t miss it!

Finzi - Clarinet Concerto (Robert Plane/Howard Griffiths, Northern Sinfonia, Naxos)

Jose Echenique wrote:

That sounds most intriguing Pepe!!

Schubert:
Winterreise
Henk Neven (Baritone)
Hans Eijsackers (Piano)

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