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4 hours ago, HutchFan said:

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Carlo Maria Giulini - Great Conductors of the 20th Century
Pulled this out so I could hear Giulini's Beethoven 7 with the Chicago SO.  It's a superb rendition.

This "Great Conductors Of The 20th Century" series unearthed some tremendous performances ....

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Rameau's greatest hits assembled as a sort of instrumental suite. Real skipping round the kitchen music (with the odd pining lament [was there ever a greater tear-jerker than 'Tristes apprets']). Works on the exercise bike too. 

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First three parts.

SIGCD285 - Dove: There was a childColin Matthews: Horn Concerto, Alphabicycle Order

The Dove is a real beauty. Written in memory of a young man who drowned. Very much of the world of Britten's 'Spring Symphony'. I don't know its performance history but I would imagine this could be very popular. The forces needed - orchestra, choirs, vocal soloists- probably prevent it from being a regular with local community music groups. But it's immediate enough to get a place there. 

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Liszt: Sonata in B Minor/ Ivo Pogorelich (DG)
As usual with Pogorelich, his interpretation is "far off the beaten path." 

 

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Liszt: Années de pèlerinage - Première année: Suisse / Lazar Berman
from Berman's The Deutsche Grammophon Recordings box 

I admire Pogorelich's Liszt. But I love Berman's. 

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11 hours ago, HutchFan said:

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Liszt: Sonata in B Minor/ Ivo Pogorelich (DG)
As usual with Pogorelich, his interpretation is "far off the beaten path." 

 

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Liszt: Années de pèlerinage - Première année: Suisse / Lazar Berman
from Berman's The Deutsche Grammophon Recordings box 

I admire Pogorelich's Liszt. But I love Berman's. 

Agreed - but I (also) love Pogorelich`s Chopin and Scarlatti (!!!) ....

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Brahms: Symphony No. 4 / London Philharmonic Orchestra
What an electric performance! It may be my imagination, but it seems to me that Jochum's personality comes SHINING THROUGH in his work as a conductor -- and the two qualities that strike me most forcefully are his sense of humanism and his sense of the sacred. Better still, while hearing him conduct this music, you realize (sense? remember? hope?) that those two things are really one thing.

That is great artistry.

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