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[Robin L]

Today is Schubert's birthday. Schubert: Schwanengesang, D. 957: III. Frühlingssehnsucht · Elly Ameling · Dalton Baldwin:

 

[Robin L]

A favorite Schubert recording, have a BBC CD featuring this performance:

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Today is Schubert's birthday. Schubert: Schwanengesang, D. 957: III. Frühlingssehnsucht · Elly Ameling · Dalton Baldwin:

I was not aware of that but, just by chance, I played an old favorite "Schubert" album today. (Not for everyone.)

 

[Robin L]

I was not aware of that but, just by chance, I played an old favorite "Schubert" album today. (Not for everyone.)
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I'm going to guess that these are compositions by 20th century composers who are working with (or against) Schubert's music?

I got this CD about two weeks ago, it has one of the best recordings I have heard of Schubert's final String Quartet—Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887: I. Allegro molto moderato · Emerson String Quartet. This performance reminds me a lot of the classic performance by the Busch Quartet from 1938:

 

[Kal Rubinson]

I'm going to guess that these are compositions by 20th century composers who are working with (or against) Schubert's music?

Adaptations and rearrangements. Mostly quite fascinating, to me.

 

[Robin L]

Adaptations and rearrangements. Mostly quite fascinating, to me.

I thought that Webern's arrangements of Schubert's German Dances would turn out to be something really strange, turns out to be some pretty stuff:

 

[theREALdotnet]

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At first glance I thought the concert master was Simon Rattle

 

[Robin L]

Looking up Sibelius dark and wintery 4th symphony on Tidal this morning, encountered a Dolby Atmos remix of Herbert von Karajan's/Berlin Philharmonic 1965 recording for DGG:

Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan - Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7; Valse Triste (Dolby Atmos)

Listen to Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7; Valse Triste (Dolby Atmos) on TIDAL

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As this was the first performance I heard, I've imprinted on it so other performances seem wrong, though of course those are simply different ways of realizing the score. But I just bought a used copy of the Lorin Maazel/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra complete Sibelius Symphonies, this being a mid-price reissue on London from 1991. It set me back $5. Funny thing, I remember seeing the 4th symphony in this set as a cut-out in drug stores in the early 1970's, when I first started collecting LPs. I have to wonder why I never bought a copy, it would have set me back $2. It's a very powerful performance. Tidal has Maazel's cycle streaming in 24/96, sounds a little better than my CDs but there are still a few moments of peak distortion. I've been listening to this symphony a lot lately, suits the weather and my mood:

Wiener Philharmoniker & Lorin Maazel - Sibelius: The Seven Symphonies

Listen to Sibelius: The Seven Symphonies on TIDAL

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You Tube only has a bad LP transfer of this as far as I can tell, noisy surfaces and other distortions:

 

[Andolink]

Been giving a listen to these two wonderful - and very contrasting - recordings - -

 

[Old Listener]

Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338: III. Allegro vivace · Sir Charles Mackerras · Prague Chamber Orchestra

George Szell's Concertgebouw recording of Mozart's 34th symphony has been one of my favorite recordings since I first heard it back in the 1970s. But Charles Mackerras' reading for Telarc has even more of what I love in Szell's recording—swift pacing, lots of energy, precise playing. And Telarc's engineering is better, though this You Tube transfer leaves a bit to be desired compared to the Tidal stream:

Mackerras' later Mozart Symphony recordings with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra are slightly better in all regards, emphasis on "slightly". Really fine sound and dynamics on these recordings, same caveat as regards the You Tube transfer:

The Szell/Concertgebouw recording remains my strong favorite since I first heard it. Szell captures the spirit of the work from the festive opening to the end of the last movement.

I bought the CD with Mackerras/PCO playing 31,33 and 34 many years ago. I found the overly revertant recording to defeat the qualities of the performance. One of the few CDs I've discarded. I listened to 34 again on Apple Classical and found that it had the virtues you mentioned but I think that Szell's performance does a better job of capturing the spirit of the work.

I do have several favorities in the Mackerras/PCO series. The CD with 25, 28 and 29 is solid gold. 38 is another favorite. All first choices for me. Telarc seemed to have fixed their recording technique after the 31,33,34 were recorded.

 

[J. Lohmann]

 

[Andolink]

J. S. Bach: English Suites BWV 806-811

Carole Cerasi, harpsichord

 

[CtheArgie]

A few months ago, we herd at the Hollywood Bowl the Fandango by Marquez. We really enjoyed it!

 

[Karmacoma]

A shame it hasn't been recorded in a better quality... Simply stunning.
Glenn Gould X Beethoven

As a bonus, a speech on Beethoven

 

[Kal Rubinson]

A few months ago, we herd at the Hollywood Bowl the Fandango by Marquez. We really enjoyed it!

I am addicted to his Danzón No. 2.

 

[Robin L]

A shame it hasn't been recorded in a better quality... Simply stunning.
Glenn Gould X Beethoven

As a bonus, a speech on Beethoven

This made me think of an Alfred Brendel recording I heard for the first time only recently, his last studio recording of Beethoven's Waldstein sonata. This is the first time I've run across a problem cited by others regarding streaming—sometimes the recordings can completely disappear, at least from Tidal. Fortunately, You Tube still has it. This is just about as graceful as this sort of thing ever gets:

 

[Karmacoma]

This made me think of an Alfred Brendel recording I heard for the first time only recently, his last studio recording of Beethoven's Waldstein sonata. This is the first time I've run across a problem cited by others regarding streaming—sometimes the recordings can completely disappear, at least from Tidal. Fortunately, You Tube still has it. This is just about as graceful as this sort of thing ever gets:

That's what Youtube is great for, even though in this case I found it on Spotify, and it's quite good thank you.

 

[CtheArgie]

I am addicted to his Danzón No. 2.

The soloist Anne Akiko Myers and Marquez weresiwning autographs after the concert. I went to chat with them. Marquez was surprised I spoke Spanish and complimented it. Then, I told him I was from Argentina. He laughed!
My missus, who studied violin she she was young was very impressed with he violin part, she said it was very technical bow playing!

I thought the music was terrific, the first part is a bit "Piazzola-esque"....

 

[Robin L]

Neil Sedaka plays Chopin. No, that isn't a joke. It appears that Mr. Sedaka was a contestant representing the U.S.A. at the Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow, 1966. Here's a television appearance with Steve Allen. Didn't know he had it in 'em:

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