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  On 2/26/2019 at 7:55 PM, soulpope said:

Excellent ....

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Yep!  Boult's rec of RVW's Pastoral is my go-to version.  That said, I only know two other versions -- Boult I (the earlier reading on Decca, in mono) and Previn.  I'm planning to get the Handley/RLPO Pastoral at some point. It's been on my radar for a while. Just haven't gotten 'round to it. 

Maybe this recent RVW mini-bender is the tipping point. ;) 

 

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  On 2/26/2019 at 8:46 PM, HutchFan said:

Yep!  Boult's rec of RVW's Pastoral is my go-to version.  That said, I only know two other versions -- Boult I (the earlier reading on Decca, in mono) and Previn.  I'm planning to get the Handley/RLPO Pastoral at some point. It's been on my radar for a while. Just haven't gotten 'round to it. 

Maybe this recent RVW mini-bender is the tipping point. ;) 

 

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Should have this one somewhere ...

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Will give it on my (long) replay list ....

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  On 2/26/2019 at 8:53 PM, soulpope said:

Should have this one somewhere ...

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Will give it on my (long) replay list ....

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Yes, that's the one I've got my eye on. :tup

 

Speaking of Handley and the Liverpudlians, I just pulled this LP from the shelf. Queuing it up next:

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William Walton - Symphony No. 1 / Handley, RLPO (Nonesuch)

I guess it's a day for 20th-c. English symphonies. . .  Why not? . . . Maybe some Bax next? 

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  On 2/26/2019 at 9:04 PM, HutchFan said:

Yes, that's the one I've got my eye on. :tup

 

Speaking of Handley and the Liverpudlians, I just pulled this LP from the shelf. Queuing it up next:

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William Walton - Symphony No. 1 / Handley, RLPO (Nonesuch)

I guess it's a day for 20th-c. English symphonies. . .  Why not? . . . Maybe some Bax next? 

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Vernon Handley with English composers usually a sure bet ....

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Fred Hemke - The American Saxophone (Brewster LP). Concertos by Dahl and Husa (with piano accompaniments prepared by the composers) and two beautiful miniatures by Warren Benson. Benson's deceptively simple "Aeolian Song" is one of my favorite compositions for saxophone.

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Johannes Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem - Herbert von Karajan, Berlin PO, Weiner Singverein, Gundula Janowitz, Eberhard Wächter (DGG)

Here's my take on Karajan: He could be very hit-or-miss, depending on the repertoire. Karajan's Sibelius and his Bruckner are legendary, but I've never really grooved to them. And HvK's Mahler gives me the willies! To my ears, they're a complete mismatch of composer and conductor. And yet . . . Karajan's Brahms is AMAZING.  It almost always wins me over. . . . His Brahms is like his Beethoven. It just sounds right.

Or at least it does to me. ;) 

 

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Earlier this morning, I listened to another Ein Deutsches Requiem that's in my collection:

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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem / Solti, Chicago SO & Chorus, Te Kanawa, Weikl (Decca)

Another outstanding performance, IMO. :tup 

 

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