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I have listened to three different versions of Petrushka lately and this was definitely my favourite.

I continued my Tchaikovsky odyssey with the much maligned 1812 overture....





I think that it is a great work.

Two versions of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, first with Szeryng....





....and then Oistrakh....





I have enjoyed listening to that work for nearly 40 years now!

Something completely different....





The slow movement of the Concerto en Sol is a beautiful, wistful affair.

Heard the first movement in the car on the way home, had to listen to it in the comfort of the man cave:

fergus wrote:


I have listened to three different versions of Petrushka lately and this was definitely my favourite.

My favourite is the Bernard Haitink/London Philharmonic Orchestra recording.

Diapason wrote:Heard the first movement in the car on the way home, had to listen to it in the comfort of the man cave:

That's interesting. I didn't really like Harnoncourt's Haydn or Schubert recordings with the RCO, perhaps he fared better with Dvorak? The Ninth is a lovely work.

Johann Sebastian Bach
English Suites 1, 2 & 3
András Schiff - piano.

Wonderful music, beautifully played, this is about as good as it gets.

fergus wrote:Two versions of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, first with Szeryng....





....and then Oistrakh....





I have enjoyed listening to that work for nearly 40 years now!

Oistrakh? Now you're talking!

Seán wrote:

Diapason wrote:Heard the first movement in the car on the way home, had to listen to it in the comfort of the man cave:

That's interesting. I didn't really like Harnoncourt's Haydn or Schubert recordings with the RCO, perhaps he fared better with Dvorak? The Ninth is a lovely work.

I haven't got anything to compare and contrast with, but I think it's a very fine performance indeed. It sounds fresh but simultaneously moving.