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Johannes Brahms – Sextet for Strings No.1 Op.18, Sextet for Strings No.2 in G major Op.36
— Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), Derek Simpson (Cello), Robert Masters (Violin), Cecil Aronowitz (Viola), Ernst Wallfisch (Viola), Maurice Gendron (Cello)  (EMI Classics)

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On March 7, 2017 at 6:57 PM, mikeweil said:

Watch out for the many different approaches he has for timing and phrasing - from totally free to straightahead.

Thanks yeah, it's a ride all right. ... Hence the title, yes?

 

On March 10, 2017 at 9:41 AM, Peter Friedman said:

Bach - BWV 1041 & BWV 1060

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Have that Hahn recording squirreled away on my watch list. Criticisms range all over the place on various recordings of those -- from too fast tempi that obliterates counterpoint, to ... whatever -- but from what little I've gleaned from samples, this one sounds lovely.

 

NP: Bach Violin Concertos

Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage

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... which is quite lovely also ...

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Starportrait Glenn Gould Vol 1
Nota Blu 93.5097  1993
Beethoven Concerto No 2 in B-flat major Op 19 9&10 April 1957
Beethoven Concerto No 4 in G major Op 58 20 march 1961


Starportrait Glenn Gould Vol 2
Nota Blu 93.5098  1993
Bach, J. S. Concerto No 5 in F minor BWV 1056 1 May 1958
Bach, J. S. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: 
No 9 in E major BWV 878 1 July 1957 & 1 August 1957
Bach, J. S. Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: 
No 14 in F-sharp minor BWV 883 1 July 1957 & 1 August 1957
Beethoven Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37 4-8 May 1959
Mozart Concerto No 24 in C minor KV 491 17&18 January 1961
Mozart Sonata No 10 in C major KV 330 8&10 January 1958

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This morning:

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This is music I grew up with - some of it was featured every week on local classical radio programs, although in other recordings, probably the most famous by the composer's younger sister, Marie-Claire Alain. I loved it instantly, but never got around to buy a recording until last week, when there was a sale on Naxos CDs for less than two bucks a disc. Lebrun plays very well on an excellently suited organ by Cavaillé-Coll - some of my favourite organ music, and highly original.

20 hours ago, papsrus said:

Thanks yeah, it's a ride all right. ... Hence the title, yes?

The title comes from one of Royer's pieces, Le Vertigo - a vivid description of that condition.

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Now playing, CD 5:

"Perahia Plays and Conducts Mozart" (Columbia – Sony Classics)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
– Concerto for Piano No.14 in E flat major K 449
– Concerto for Piano No.24 in C minor K 491
— Murray Perahia (piano) – English Chamber Orchestra – Murray Perahia 

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Now playing, CD 21:
Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet for Strings No.5 in A major Op.18/5
– Quartet for Strings No.6 in B flat major Op.18/6
— Paolo Borciani (violin), Elisa Pegreffi (violin), Piero Farulli (viola), Franco Rossi (cello) – Quartetto Italiano (Philips / Decca Music)

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41 minutes ago, alankin said:

Now playing, CD 21:
Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet for Strings No.5 in A major Op.18/5
– Quartet for Strings No.6 in B flat major Op.18/6
— Paolo Borciani (violin), Elisa Pegreffi (violin), Piero Farulli (viola), Franco Rossi (cello) – Quartetto Italiano (Philips / Decca Music)

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They look very serious and severe in the photos I've seen. Is their music like that? Or perhaps I've just seen the wrong photos.

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53 minutes ago, paul secor said:

They look very serious and severe in the photos I've seen. Is their music like that? Or perhaps I've just seen the wrong photos.

Well, I don't think you can perform Beethoven unless you're serious, but they sound more joyful than severe to me.

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