craigl59
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| Classical Music for Aficionados Years ago sat through several performances of "Heldenleben" with the Saint Louis Symphony that were deadly dull. Then, after hearing the Karajan 1973 recording with the BPO, decided this was a work difficult to make work for the listener -- and, a... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Time to get this thread moving again.Have thought of several challenges for you astute pundits. The first is the answer to the question "what is the most difficult orchestral work?"The rules require that it be played more or less regularly and tha... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Don't have that CD but think the approach will work and will tell you a good deal about the timbral accuracy of the audio system. Check this out with my systems regularly for piano CDs as well as the tapes made in my studio on a German Grand. It i... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados TwoLeftEarsThink you're right: the texture and crescendo sound very derivative. Have often thought that Mahler was in the same mood when he composed the slow movements for symphonies 4 and 5. Still go back to the Bernstein recodings for Mahler and... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados From the used bin...Wilhelm Stenhammer: Serenade, Op 31 by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Neeme Jarvi.Sweden's #1 classical opus written by its #2 ranked composer (Berwald gets the top spot) and played by the orchestra Stenhammer helped establi... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Alwyn: Complete Symphonies by LSO/Hickox. Have now been able to thoroughly preview this 3 CD set and it is a solid 5 stars (or, perhaps we should say 2 "LeftEars").The bookend pieces of the set leave you breathless -- the first symphony (written i... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Schubert:Must check out your Schubert/Goodman recordings. Have a number of the symphonies with Weil/Sony that are good but just a touch sterile. Surprise, but the older Karajan Schubert recordings are powerful and fun -- he had a real feel for the... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Thanks Again, TwoLeftEars!Based on your recco ordered the Chandos Vaughan Williams CD with "Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus." You're completely right; this is a fabulous/addictive piece and recording.Still haven't gotten the CD but am listening... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Have to check it out -- know little about Pleyel other than his reputation. The Mozart Sinfonie Concertante (violin and viola) is one of my favorite works and provides 3 spectacular crescendos in the 1st movement. Plenty of great recordings but li... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Well, the clarity of Mozart's mind is heightened by the precise nature of many early music performances. Recently ran across a Nimbus CD of the Hanover Band/Goodman doing his most popular items: the g-minor symphony (#40), Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados schubert:Decided to go with the remastered Boult set, along with some of the Stanford pieces mentioned above. Will let you know.Your comments about 78s reminds me of the point I made on the first post above; there are great performances out there ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Thanks, Schubert. Is that the Boult set for EMI you are referring to? Boult seems the iconic choice but would like the Chandos sound. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Newbee:Thanks. Go for the aspirin... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados newbee:When I google on Archiv Classics I get either the DG site or Classical Archives, a streaming/MP3 site. Can you provide the URL?Thanks. Am currently considering either the Haitink or the Thomson set -- both available at Amazon. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Sevs:Recently picked up the Seattle Symphony/Schwartz recording of Hovhaness's Mysterious Mountain and God Created Great Whales CD. Has become a regular listen and am wondering if Hovhaness, like some of the English symphonists mentioned on this t... |