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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Y3CG74D1L._SL500_AA240_.jpg Still: Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race" Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony Ellington: Harlem Detroit Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi, cond. CHANDOS A few months ago I was introduced to the music of William Grant Still (d. 1978) via thes...

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Donaldopato wrote:Einar Englund Symphony # 3 Rasilainen Tampere Philharmonic Ondine coupled with the Symphony # 7.

Thumbs up or down? I've been contemplating a purchase.

As to thread duty -- sorry, things were/are silent this morning.

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Sheer spontaneous magic? It would have to be first hearing my folks' RCA LP with Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. Or maybe it was hearing those horns and trombones in Wagner's Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin on one of those Columbia mishmash LPs with...

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DYVT004WL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Orff: Carmina Burana Christiane Oelze, soprano; David Kuebler, tenor; Simon Keenlyside, baritone Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Knabenchor Berlin Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Christian Thielemann, cond. DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON...

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Tonight it was a Cleveland Orchestra concert, guest-led by Osmo Vanska: Sibelius' Third Copland's Clarinet Concerto (w/Franklin Cohen) Tchaikovsky Swan Lake exc's. Just curious, Wallingford, is this a radio concert? On tape or mp3? A download? Per your post above, I've also never been shy about exp...

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Lost in America... http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WSJGK9TKL._SL500_AA240_.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61w47XKQ%2BfL._SL500_AA240_.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VAG9M3CBL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Chadwick: Symphony No. 3 Barber: Excerpts from "Vanessa" - Intermezzo; Unde...

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http://www.rockdiscography.com/pix/stockhausen_stimmung3x3.jpg Stockhausen: Stimmung Collegium Vocale Köln DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (LP) First heard by these virgin ears in its entirety on late night public radio sometime in the early '70s, Karlheinz Stockhausen's a capella classic Stimmung still teases...

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I've given a re-listen to the following and felt compelled to amend my earlier critique of it on Page 73 , ameliorating what was perhaps an overly harsh assessment of Levine's Sibelius Fifth . http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/212AH3KHEZL._SL500_AA130_.jpg Sibelius: Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. ...

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/212AH3KHEZL._SL500_AA130_.jpg Sibelius: Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. 5 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra James Levine, cond. DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON Under Levine's direction, Sibelius's dark and morose Fourth Symphony begins powerfully and weighty, more akin to Maazel/...

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I, too, wish to extend my wishes for a speedy recovery to Mr. Morrison, whose reviews are among the best reads on Amazon. Current listening, with a not-so-current commentary... http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31MFJG3M6VL._SL500_AA180_.jpg Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Pia...

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Detroit area music lovers have rued the demise of Harmony House Classical on Woodward Ave. in Royal Oak, a specialty store in the large, once venerable, and now defunct Harmony House chain. There were days when I felt I single-handedly kept them in business! Since then, it's been Amazon.com.

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A personal favorite not yet mentioned: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Kws%2BJ07ZL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Zdenek Macal, cond. TELARC This is available at a ridiculously low price from Amazon sellers. (Click on image) I must agree, however, that the many-times aforemen...

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[Updated for timeliness and extended remarks on 3/27/09] http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5186FBYS0KL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Sibelius: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 6 London Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis, cond. LSO LIVE With the semi-chaos that's become of the recording industry, and as do a few...

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NSZP37AKL._SL500_AA280_.jpg Stockhausen: Hymnen (Anthems for Electronic and Concrete Sounds) Electronic Realization from WDR - Cologne, West Germany DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (2 LPs) Avant-garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen (d. 2007) had his fifteen minutes of qu...

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I agree about Levine's Schumann. His recording of the C Major Symphony (No. 2) is superb. I'm awaiting his "Rhenish". http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/fb/02/3a3d9330dca0cc1b933c4010.L._AA240_.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FN9XFR89L._SL500_AA240_.jpg Levine/BPO's Rhenish ...

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41P9NJV2T4L._SL500_AA240_.jpg Sibelius: Symphony No. 2; Romance in C Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi, cond. BIS Here's a performance of the Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in the same vein as Berglund's Helsinki recording, also from the mid-'80s -- mostly dir...

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Does anyone have this recording? I'm right now in the midst of a record-buying moratorium, but I need to build my 'wish list' for once I've the finances to buy again! My past written thoughts: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Y204A4SEL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Sibelius: Symphony No. 3; Symphony No....

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Favorites are 4, 6, and 7 in no particular order; mainly because I can appreciate and enjoy most any well-considered interpretation and competent performance.

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41A%2BZBWqWZL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Sibelius: Symphony No. 2; Pohjola's Daughter London Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis, cond. LSO LIVE Colin Davis' conception here of the popular Sibelius Symphony No. 2 (I've not heard any of his other recordings of No. 2 , but...

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As for the straightforwardness of the interpretation; isn't that Dohnanyi's forté---to let the score speak for itself? ;) Whatever you say, Ken, whatever you say. :P :lol: Until I've had the chance to listen again, I'll just say that for a traditional big band cycle, it's far removed from Furtwängl...

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^ I, too, have heard many of the releases in Telarc's Dohnányi Beethoven cycle. Just know that they're very spaciously recorded and require a good system and heavy cranking of the volume to "release" their particular sonic wonders. I haven't heard them in a while, but do remember the Fifth being one...

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hXpUc8uiL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Sibelius: Karelia Suite; The Oceanides; Finlandia; Valse Triste; Tapiola; Night Ride and Sunrise London Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis, cond. RCA Outside of the gorgeously recorded orchestral sound (RCA and the LSO seem to stri...

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bim-yu%2BWL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Schmidt: Symphony No. 4; Variations on a Hussar's Song London Philharmonic Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, cond. EMI There's no doubt in my mind that Franz Schmidt's Symphony No. 4 of 1933 is a true masterpiece of Late Romantic expr...

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YCTVA7M3L._SL500_AA240_.jpg Rondo of the Waves Sibelius: Aallottaret (The Oceanides, Yale version); Fragments from a Suite for Orchestra / Predecessor of The Oceanides; Cassazione (first version); Musik zu einer Scène; Coronation March; Morceau romantique; Po...

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Z257TZWJL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 "Inextinguishable" Sibelius: Tapiola Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert von Karajan, cond. DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON Frankly, I find Karajan's Nielsen No. 4 with the BPO from the early '80s to be a bit underwhe...

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TXP8ST0QL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Mahler: Symphony No. 7 "Song of the Night" San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas, cond. SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY (Hybrid SACD) I've read myriad reviews on Amazon and elsewhere of this Grammy-winning recording -- oh, ...

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Just got this one today... http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/full/05/51847.JPG Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete); Fireworks, Op. 4; Four Etudes for Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Pierre Boulez, cond. DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON I'm not up to writing a review just now, but I will say the soun...

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Realizing it's been a few months since I've listened to the work, I've gone on a bit of a 'Great C Major' spree today: Schubert: Symphony No. 9 : Karl Böhm/Berliner Philharmoniker (DGG) Günter Wand/Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester (RCA) Michael Gielen/SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freibur...

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:lol: I just watched the YouTube clip above! Thanks, John, I needed that this morning. :D I have always loved this guy (yes, I have his R&J too). We almost hired him here; he was up against Tennstedt, Ashkenazy and Herb Blomsdedt. Guess who they took...I think it was a matter of $$ - guess it always...

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Has anyone here heard Previn's Nielsen Symphony No. 1 ? It seems to be highly thought of in critical circles; I was wondering if it was worth the effort to procure. The aforementioned Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 on EMI from the '70s introduced me to this great work. The super bargain re-release in E...

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Seán wrote:Any thoughts that you would like to share with me on the merits or otherwise of the Boulez treatment of these Concertos?

Seán, have you heard the Ashkenazy/Solti recordings? They're the only ones I've heard and have never felt compelled to search for others; i.e., they're excellent, IMO.

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61VzGzFm%2BRL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Barber: Violin Concerto Meyer: Violin Concerto Hilary Hahn, violin The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff, cond. SONY This is such sweet, evocative, and accessible music played so eloquently that I can't stop playing it -- t...

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Any fans of his Third “Pastoral”? Absolutely! :D Previn's LSO recording brought tears to my ears...uh, eyes. :cry: Overall, I like Previn's way with the Vaughan Williams symphonies over Boult, Thomsen, Handley, Haitink, and whoever else I've heard. I do hope I'm allowed the occasional exception, ho...

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Very fine!

Thank you for sharing.

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21AGV1PYG8L._SL500_AA130_.jpg Ives: Symphony No. 1 Barber: Three Essays for Orchestra Detroit Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi, cond. CHANDOS I know a different Charles Ives, the early twentieth century musical iconoclast who so dauntlessly took American music "w...

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Not exactly the CPO, but...

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Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien; Symphony No. 3 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Mariss Jansons, cond. MUSICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY (from CHANDOS) I'm certain this music has its adherents, but this morning I wasn't one of them. Fine playing and great sound quality, though. I like 4 - 6 as much as the next pe...

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Pohjola's Daughter...a good performance grabs you from the very beginning and never lets go.

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KK4T5G0SL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Recently included in this 2-CD budget set... http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PSZMD8J5L._SL500_AA240_.jpg Barber: Overture to "The School for Scandal"; Adagio for Strings; Essays for Orchestra Nos. 1-3; Medea's Dance of Veng...

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From the following boxset... http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/317%2BklW7A6L._SL500_AA191_.jpg Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Aase Nordmo Lövberg, soprano; Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano; Waldemar Kmentt, tenor; Hans Hotter, baritone Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus Otto Klemperer, cond. EMI (Disc #6 o...

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Wagner conducted by Boult

I've never felt compelled to search for other recordings.

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410DM8JJC0L._SL500_AA240_.jpg Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Christian Thielemann, cond. DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON After having been introduced to Schoenberg's Pelleas und Melisande earlier in a roughly r...

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As of today, it's the seven of Sibelius for originality, variety, and quality. One might extend it to nine by including Kullervo and Tapiola, as is the wont of many.

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karlhenning wrote:
moldyoldie wrote:However, if you're looking for "drama" in this work . . . .
But, I'm not ; )

Cheers,
~Karl

So you've said, touché!

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Sibelius Symphony № 3 in C Major, Opus 52 NY Phil Lenny The orchestra plays well, and generally, interpretation is fine. For Lenny , it seems like all music has to be drama all the time, and while I enjoy the occasional visit, after a while I find that tone rather hectoring. I'm somewhat surprised ...

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411nwE8DbcL._SL500_AA240_.jpg Sibelius: Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 5 BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Malcolm Sargent, cond. EMI By the by, this CD was something of a bargain bin epiphany pour moi in a much earlier time of my Sibelian experience; it occurred after ...

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Mahler - Symphony #7 (Levine/RCA) A very fun listen! :D I was fortunate enough to procure the following at a reasonable price as I've seen used copies at out-sized prices. Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 Helsinki Symphony Orchestra Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande Hallé Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli, con...

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Borrowed from the library...

I'm not a fan of religious choral, but thought I'd give it a shot.

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Hmmm, who else beside Robert Schumann and Richard Strauss?

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